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[interns]

[ Gwen starts her awkward video with an awkward wave. hellooo~ no, she's not completely comfortable sending out a public video message to a group of strangers, but she knows it's necessary. if she's going to be an effective warden, she needs to get to know the other people here, even if there are a lot of them. ..not that she gets shy around large groups of people! no, she's gotten over that, sort of, since she started her internship at Oscorp. but it's still a little intimidating, isn't it? this isn't a group of high school kids, it's a group of- well, anyone. so there's some awkwardness here. definitely. ]

Hi, hello. My name is Gwen Stacy - [ head intern here at Oscorp Industries no wait, don't go on autopilot, this isn't work ] - and I'm new here. On the ship. Newish. [ there were two days of quiet oh god this is real panicking in her room before this moment ] I haven't been paired up with anyone just yet, but I will be a warden. That said, I do have a few questions about the kinds of things that go on here, semi-regularly, at least.

Back home, I was just a few weeks away from my high school graduation ceremony. Which, yes, means I'm technically done with classes, but it feels kind of wrong not to at least try and keep up on studying while I'm here? I might not know when I'll be going back, but I'd rather not be completely rusty when I'm about to head off to college, you know? So.

So I guess what I'm trying to ask - [ yes geeze stop rambling ] - is if there are any classes that go on regularly here? I know we have classrooms, but I haven't come across any kind of class ..schedule yet. I was wondering if there is anything like that here, or if anyone would be interested in maybe starting some kind of study group? [ she's prepared for all that "what a dork" reactions, she is. but. there's that. this is what she cares about, yep ] One with no specific subjects in mind, but just- something to keep us sharp. I'm more of a science and math focused student, but I would be up for just about anything, at this point. I was a tutor, back home, so I would also be up for running any sessions, if nobody else was up for it. At least until I'm assigned an inmate, then I'll have to see if I have time for it, and-

[ hup. no. stopping herself there. she nods, huffs, grins. ]

Right. Let me know?

-- And thank you for your time.


[ eta ooc: OH YEAH so her 4th wall is free to be shattered in whatever way, but please nothing about her comicbooky fate. just cause. reasons. it's on her permissions post, but I figured a note on her intro was a good idea too ]

Comments

[tolaywaste]

Sorry. I've just heard good things.

[And awkward things, because it's Peter, but mostly sweet things, because it's Peter.]

[Anyway, this is payback for him giving Alex crap, okay. Everyone gets embarrassed!]

I'm Alex Summers. I've been a warden here for, uh. More than a year now.

[interns]

It's alright. Hey, it's not the worst welcome in the world, if I'm being honest.

[ not that she's admitting to having warm fuzzies all of this. it's still kind of crazy! but. maybe it won't be so bad here, if everyone's this friendly ]

It's nice to meet you, Alex. [ a beat ] Although I have to admit I didn't expect to meet anyone that would stick around for that long. Or would be allowed to, even. Then again, it makes sense that it could take that much time to help someone in a situation like this... [ so many thinky thoughts!!! ]

[tolaywaste]

Nice to meet you too. But I'm, ah, here with my third inmate, actually.

[interns]

Oh! Wow. Congratulations, that's actually really great. Right? For some reason I was under the impression we would only get the chance to help one person before we were sent back home. [ she's got mixed feelings on it - because yeah, helping people is great, but so is going back home after, right? but. hm. ] Are we allowed to stay here as long as we want?

[tolaywaste]

As long as the job doesn't drive you crazy.

[It's a joke! It's mostly a joke. It's like 98% a joke.]

[. . . 90%.]

I don't think the Admiral's ever given anyone a time limit, but like I said - I've only been here a year, so there's plenty I don't know.

[interns]

Oh, yes. Only a year.

[ ohh, she wants to ask. she so wants to ask why he hasn't gone home yet, how he could stand being away from his family and friends for that long, but. nope. no. none of her business. she'll resist!! ]

Have a lot of people been here that long?

[tolaywaste]

[The answer's complicated. But he'd give it if she asked. Probably. 90%.]

Not too many, I think. Dean, Iris, Riddick . . . a few others. Arthas. [But Arthas is not exactly a warden, like, at all.] Most people come and go.

[interns]

Oh. [ she feels bad for sounding relieved, but. she does. ] I guess the idea of being away from my family for that long kind of- it's- I mean, I was still trying to wrap my head around going away to college, so this, in comparison, is all kind of sudden.

Not a bad sudden, I'm not complaining. But it's a little less scary knowing for sure that I can go back once I've done my part.

[tolaywaste]

Yeah, no, you haven't committed to any kind of - extended stay, or anything like that. Some of us are just, you know. A little crazy.

[Or overattached. That's another thing that happens.]

[interns]

[ she grins, shakes her head ] I'm sure you're not crazy.

Crazy for spending any extended amount of time with Peter, maybe. But I'm guilty of the same, so. At least we're in good company?

[tolaywaste]

Eh, he's not so bad. I've met worse.

He's really bad at hiding that he's Spider-Man, though.

[interns]

[ .......................................... ]

Whudduh-

Spider-Who?

[ omg ]

I don't, um. I don't think I know what you mean.

[tolaywaste]

Oh my god.

You're almost worse than he is.

[interns]

[ huff! ]

Is this just common knowledge here? How many people know?

[tolaywaste]

Uhhh. I think pretty much everyone.

He . . . kind of arrived with a gunshot wound? So. It was all downhill from there in terms of secrecy.

[interns]

He arrived with a what?

[ pETER. ]