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OUT OF CHARACTER

Player Name: Jansen.
Are you 16 or older: Yes.
Contact: midcirclenine
Current Characters: N/A
Tag: peter parker (mcu)

IN CHARACTER
Name: Peter Parker.
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Canon Point: Post CACW; going back home from Germany.
Age: 15.

History: MCU wiki.

Personality:

Peter Parker – how do I begin to describe Peter Parker?

I certainly wouldn't start off by mentioning his sense of personal responsibility, something that motivates him to help people in whatever capacity he can, because in his words, "When you can do the things that I can, but you don't... and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you." For the most part, he seems to accept this on a level that's more or less healthy, neither feeling the world resting on his shoulders, nor flippantly electing to half-ass his efforts while shit goes down around him. Peter Parker whole-asses everything, and is very strongly guided by a clearer idea of right and wrong than just about any other hero we see within this universe. At this point in his life, he has already lost not only his parents, but his uncle as well, in addition to the usual problems of the American teenager, and yet he still maintains youthful optimism and eagerness.

Next, I'd never say anything about how – aside from periodically stopping bank robbers and swinging through the city like some sort of urban Tarzan – he lives the life of a normal teenager. Friendly, but on the shyer side and a little awkward, Peter can stumble over his sentences occasionally when surprised or otherwise flustered. He worries about his homework, is interested in girls, and cares very much for his Aunt May – in fact his decision to keep his identity a secret is more or less wholly due to not wishing to upset her, along with likely his general disinclination to the spotlight. Additionally, throwing back to his sense of integrity and responsibility, he refuses to use his recently gained abilities to benefit himself socially, as "I couldn't then so I shouldn't now." Rather than being a superhero who has to learn to become part of a team, Peter enters the game as a team player from the beginning, and he considers the effects his actions could have on those around him to a point a bit more frequent than some of his adult counterparts.

There's also clearly nothing to reference in regards to his intelligence and clear interest in science. Attending Midtown School of Science and Technology, Peter is advanced enough to scavenge minor electronic devices and build his own web-shooters, as well as creating and manufacturing the web serum he uses them in conjunction with. During the fight at the airport, he was clearly impressed and interested in both Barnes' metal arm and Sam Wilson's Falcon gear, in between beating them both hand-to-hand-to-web, and otherwise chattering away like he was just on some sort of extra-violent school field trip for one.

Once he feels a little more comfortable, it's clearly obvious that Peter is a very playful and energetic individual. He's chided several times during the airport battle for effectively just talking non-stop during a.... fight... and in general he seems to be really enjoying himself for most of it, eager to help, excited to be included, and somewhat easily distracted by things he finds interesting. He's the one who comes up with the idea to topple Giant Man, from "that really old movie [...] with the walking thingies". Perhaps a downside to this is that such exuberance is largely due to his age. Calling Empire Strikes Back a "very old movie" is frankly horrifying, and he states outright that he's trying to "impress Mr. Stark" with his actions. Additionally, he appears to be involved in the fight purely because Tony asked him to be on his side – he tells Captain America at the beginning that he's a big fan, and when Steve asks him why he's involved at all, Peter reiterates something Tony told him rather than having an opinion of his own. In fact, he spends the vast majority of the fight trying to impress basically all of the adults around him, proving that he deserves to be there and is a valuable hero in his own right.

So if I were to describe Peter Parker, I'm not sure what I'd use, but it definitely wouldn't be any of this.

Contracts: Given that Peter is entering the game from some random Ingress while they're stopped on a planet, he'll accept the offer because he doesn't see any other way to potentially get back home, and he's pretty big on helping out people who ask for it. He's also intrigued by the broken Ingress machines still apparently working enough to pull people through space-time, and wants to learn more about them, so sticking with the only people around with not only those, but also normal things like... food. and water... seems like a good idea. He will want to read the thing first though, even though he doesn't really know enough about anything for that to benefit him.

Abilities/Skills:

Spider Physiology
Like a spider, Peter is capable of feats that one wouldn't really expect from a grown adult male, much less a scrawny-looking fifteen year old boy. He's shown the ability to catch and stop a speeding car without being thrown backwards like what would happen if anyone else tried to stop a speeding car with their bare hands, and while it was clearly somewhat taxing to do so, supported an airplane loading ramp overhead when it was dropped on him. Peter is also superhumanly fast and agile, with reflexes to match, allowing him to easily avoid multiple airborne cars being thrown at him, catching a flung War Machine and sling-shotting him back the way he came, and catching a punch thrown by the Winter Soldier just so he could admire the guy's metal arm. Additionally, his senses have been "dialled up to eleven", granting him preternatural awareness of his surroundings to the point of sensing some immediate dangers slightly before they occur. He is also less susceptible to physical injury, being thrown into several different objects and through a window during the airport battle, but winding up with only a black eye he passed off as an altercation with a school bully. Finally, he's able to cling to just about any surface, even glass.

He's basically the one you can assume your teammate is muttering "Get back here you little shit" about over the comms.

Physical Combat
Having only been gifted his powers six months ago, and with no formal training before that in any martial art, Peter's method of fighting is more or less purely instinctive and improvised. While he is capable of utilizing his environment to his advantage, the lack of much experience or awareness of given techniques means that more often than not, his actions are very difficult to predict. That said, he is shown to be capable of going head to head with the Winter Soldier and Falcon simultaneously, and even battles Captain America successfully for a period of time.

Gifted Intelligence
This comes across within Peter's love and aptitude for science. He is specifically advanced enough in chemistry to synthesize his own webbing material, as well as to produce enough of it himself to ensure he doesn't run out of web cartridges. To go along with that, his understanding of mechanical engineering is sufficient enough to allow him to design and create his own web-shooters, as well as cover any repairs or maintenance they might need later. Additionally, he is able to think quickly on his feet to both capitalize on potential tactical strategies, or come up with an apparently never-ending stream of sarcastic banter.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Scientifically minded, Peter is good with most applied sciences relating to chemistry, physics, or engineering. Personally, he is a hell of an optimistic thinker, and is typically very eager to prove to people that even though he's only fifteen, he can still play with the big boys. Unfortunately, being fifteen means that he's lacking in pretty much all the life experience that comes with maturity and time, and his naivete can cause him problems on occasion. Additionally, he is fairly impressionable, and sometimes might work a little too hard to gain someone's approval.

Items:

• 1 Spider-Man suit
• 1 pair of blue jeans
• 1 t-shirt
• 1 smartphone
• 1 backpack, containing half-completed homework, 1 notebook, 2 textbooks, 2 pens, 3 pencils, gym clothes, 3 web cartridges, and an extra pair of socks
• 1 mp3 player
• 1 pair of earbuds
• 1 set of keys
• 1 wallet, containing library card, school ID, provisional driver's license, movie theatre rewards card, and eight dollars
• 1 pack of gum, 4 sticks remaining
• 1 gum wrapper

SAMPLES
Network Sample:

[ there was really just.. really just a lot to take in. like, conceptually and literally – everything was new and grabbed his attention, everything needing to be noticed and catalogued and moved on from, and holy crap this was an alien planet with people from across dimensions and if it had been a video game or a book or something it would have probably been way more cool, but since it was apparently his saturday afternoon instead he was finding it a little less so. like his life wasn't already enough like some sort of level-based rpg video game. ]

so uh
hey everyone
my names peter
im not really sure how i can help when theres so many other people here already but ill do my best

also just curious
i heard you guys had a ship that crashed?
howd that happen?

Prose/Action Sample: tdm thread.