Our Avatars Are In A Room Together Season 2

Park (Dori and Sthesia)

(Oh, Crap!)

Dori?

Uhhhh, it's nothing! Dori's short for, uh... My middle name! Isn't that right, Tsubasa?

Park (Ryusei) and (Tsubasa)

-OK, now it's Tsubasa's turn to internally scream.-

-He hasn't been liking this 'lying' thing to begin with, he's only been going along with it under the idea that 'Lydia' is a nickname!-

-B-But he can't say that 'Dori' is a nickname for her middle name! That's a lie...!-

-He never wants to lie, he learned that he hates lying the hard way, way back when Zwei lied to him...-

-He awkwardly looks at Ryusei and Dori before looking back at Sthesia.-

"...Y-Yes... 'Dori' is a nickname..."

-So... he worded it as the truth without necessarily contradicting what was said.-

-You do NOT understand how difficult this was for him.-

-Ryusei then rapidly nods to that.-

"Y-Y-Yeah!"

Hyperion HQ (Reserved)

-A large, shining building has been constructed rather quickly near the center of town-

-Outside is a statute of Handsome Jack, one hand clutching a cone-shaped artifact and the other triumphantly aiming a Hyperion gun into the sky-

At some future time...

Hyperion HQ — Spider-Man

Spider-Man is perched on a building, looking towards the new headquarters and the statues. "This is — new..."

Hyperion HQ

-Jack's voice rings out from a PA system-

"Hyperion - digi-structing your future!"

-A sign outside indicates that they're hiring-

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Might as well check it out..."

Peter leaps off the ledge and swings towards the building before landing on the wall. He starts to climb as he mutters, "Well, it ain't a mirage, that's for sure." He peeks into what windows might be on the way up for a better view.

Hyperion

-An alarm sounds immediately-

-Seems Hyperion takes security seriously!-

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Oh, come on, really?!"

Peter springs off the building — turning his body, he sticks out an arm and spins a web towards the nearest building, trying to zip himself towards it.

Hyperion

-Looks like the robots outside have turned in Spidey's direction, but they at least aren't firing weapons...yet-

-Several cameras also turn to face him-

"Wait a minute, hold up - pretty sure I've seen that costume on the news before. Man, is that...wait, what's his name, crap...that's Spider-Man, ain't it?"

Hyperion — Spider-Man

Peter lands on the building's ledge. "I will give you, nameless voice, some credit, most folks like you don't pronounce with a hyphen, correctly, so congrats on that. Now you wanna call off your mall cops?"

Hyperion

"Right, right, gotcha, y'know how it is with robots. Can't think for themselves, thought you were a burglar. Alright, stand down guys. Don't go shooting at local heroes, we talked about this. Name's Handsome Jack, CEO."

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Okay then, Jack, what's all this for? The private robot force, the sudden skyscraper, those weird, quasi-authoritarian statues out front of it?"

Hyperion

"Well, in order Spidey (can I call ya Spidey?) - we're a tech company, the robots are sorta our thing; Hyperion tech's damn good, not gonna brag but we're the best, got this place set up in record time; and authoritarian? Gonna be honest...IIIIII think it's a little tacky buuuuuuut board of directors got me outvoted, wanted something 'strong' and 'hopeful' to place outside. Personally, I was a fan of putting a fountain, myself."

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"So what're your goals? What are you doing here?"

Hyperion HQ

"Puttin' it simply? Investment. Dimensional nexus? Hell of an untapped market here, plus well...lookin' around your city's news headlines, place kinda looks like it's seen better days, y'know? So we've got a symbiosis thing going on here. We invest in this place - building projects, that sorta thing - and start sellin' Hyperion products. Lemme guess - ya came over here expecting some big evil company taking over the world or somethin', amiright?"

Hyperion — Spider-Man

Peter whistles as the lenses on his mask narrow. "Y'know, if there's one thing from my old world that I really didn't miss, it's the gentrification."

Hyperion

"You saying you don't want affordable housing?"

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Say, weren't you the one who was all like, 'hey, we're occupying this place now'? Your words. Was all over the paper."

Hyperion

"Sure did."

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Cool. Cool cool cool. Good to know."

Peter looks over at the robots.

Hyperion

-They've gone back to patrolling outside-

"Y'know in hindsight, maybe not the best choice of words but public speaking ain't for everyone."

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you regret saying that specific word. Just a bit of an oopsy woopsy, right? Let he who has never invaded anyone just minding their own business cast the first stone."

Hyperion

"Invasion? Okay, hold up there, kiddo. Anyone get shot? Anyone even hurt? Or is this a company selling toasters and firearms at competitive prices?"

Hyperion — Spider-Man

"Those robots have guns mounted to their arms. That's cool. They seemed pretty eager to pop one off at me for no reason."

Hyperion

"They're...security. It's what they do. Have you never been near a building that was in any way guarded before? Like...ever?"