fandomtownies | The Perk, Saturday morning

Ben decided to crash at his store (Seriously, he came from the dead with a store. He would bet cash money that no X-Man ever returned from the dead with a store. Maybe it came with being a clone.) last night before getting an early start on things this morning. He figured that would be easier than randomly wandering around in the middle of the night for a place to stay when he didn't even have a wallet, let alone any money that he could take out of said imaginary wallet. When Ben woke up this morning, he decided to take a quick tour of the town. It was tiny, but it seemed to have a lot of interesting stuff. When he found the bank, he stopped in on a hunch and discovered that he had a checking account there with some money in it. Not a lot, but enough to get him started out with a new life here. Whoever brought him here was thorough, at least.

So now he could afford some coffee. And with some coffee came some information from the barista. He was in Fandom, it was in Maryland, and she just laughed whenever he tried to get more out of her. That seemed like an ominous start to any possible life here. Still, it was something he could work with. He'd never been in Maryland before and he was pretty sure Peter hadn't, either. That made things a little simpler. He could take his time and work things out without having to worry about any awkwardness at all.

All in all, he couldn't complain too much for now, at least.

[OOC: Open for all your Perkly or cloney needs. If you know Peter Parker, mistaking Ben for him or a double is entirely fair game.]

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Jamie was in the process of getting his caffiene on when he did a double take at what he was pretty sure was his roommate. Only blond.

"Brother Stickbug!" Jamie called out. "What the hell is up with the highlights?"

Ben turned around. He didn't see anyone else around, so the guy must have been talking to him. "Brother Stickbug?" he asked. "I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong person."

Jamie looked closer at him. "Oh. Sorry. You look exactly like my roommate, Peter. Except the hair."

"Peter?" Ben asked. Crap. Where did Peter meet somebody from Maryland? Ben was going to have to roll with it. The classic 'cousin' story was going to have to come back and save him. "Do you mean Peter Parker by any chance?"

Jamie blinked. "Oh, you know him?" he asked. "Or has somebody already asked if you were him?"

And now it was time for the cousin cover story. "I'm his cousin. Ben Reilly. Nice to meet you."

"Jamie Madrox," he said slowly. "And I had no idea he had a cousin. Then again he may not be the same cousin... Where is your Peter right now? Back in LA with Zero?"

"We've actually been out of touch for a couple years," Ben said carefully. He had no clue what 'not the same cousin' meant. "Last I knew he was in New York with Mary Jane... Wait, did you say Peter was your roommate?"

Either Pete picked up a teen sidekick or something really weird was going on.

"Yeah, he graduated last year," Jamie replied with a nod. "I'm not sure who Mary Jane is but he did come from New York before he got here. Just not my New York. He had a totally different New York going on though there were similarities."

Peter Parker was a teenager here.

Great. Just great. "When you say that they're different New Yorks, what do you mean exactly?"

Jamie raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess... new in town? We really should have a handbook for people. Here's the deal: The island here is a nexus where a bunch of realities meet up. So there's a whole bunch of people here from a bunch of different universes. For instance the Peter Parker I know isn't from my universe. ~~Or at least I don't think that now. Stupid Mephisto.~~ And while he does have a Jamie Madrox who multiplies in his world he's a complete dillhole and works for Magneto. Make sense?"

"It makes enough sense," Ben said. "It's definitely a different Peter, then. My cousin is just about my age. What's six times nine?"

"54?" Jamie answered. "What, did you think math changed here too?"

"Well, you said you multiplied," Ben pointed out. "I just wanted to make sure you weren't a liar."

Jamie groaned. "Yeah, you're definitely related to Parker somehow. No, I don't multiply like that."

Jamie slapped his hand on the table twice duplicating himself.

"We multiply like this," one of the dupes explained.

"Actually we show off like this," the other dupe said rolling his eyes.

"I bet you could still do your times tables, though," Ben said, refusing to let the joke die until it was sufficiently beaten into the ground. Because he definitely was related to Parker somehow.

Definitely a Parker thing.

"Yes and we're also pretty good at division but 'Madrox the Dividing Man' lacks alliteration," Jamie quipped.

"I'd suggest Mr Divisible," Ben said. "Maybe Sgt. Factor."

With the task of finally getting to writing a letter or two in mind, Minsc marched to the Perk to get himself and Boo some coffee.

However, it was not long after he sat down and had gotten through some of the drink that he noticed a very grave mistake. Boo had been obnoxiously running and scurrying back and forth, back and forth, up and down and in circles around the table and he lifted Boo's cup and took a tentative sip.

"Oh no!" he declared. "I said decaf!"

The Perk, Saturday morning

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