THE LIVING LEGEND

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Indie Selective Spidersona OC. +18 Themes. Spider-Angeles / Alecto Spyros-Barker

Across the Spider-Verse based w knowledge and influence of the Insomniac games (Marvel's Spiderman 2018 & Miles Morales 2020).

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Own Universe, with knowledge from Spiderverse Movies, MCU Spiderman, Insomniac Spiderman and Marvel Comics.

Rules.

Written by Sofi.

WEIRDLY SPECIFIC BUT HELPFUL CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS

from the grump ❛  how can you be this cheery already? we haven't even had breakfast.  ❜ ❛  just don't make a big deal out of this.  ❜ ❛  you know i love you, right?  ❜ ❛  i know, alright, i know i'm an asshole. but i'm trying here.  ❜ ❛  i'm sorry. i didn't mean what i said earlier.  ❜ ❛  do you always have to be so damn optimistic?  ❜ ❛  nobody has ever made me feel the way you do.  ❜ ❛  there's no way in hell i'm doing that.  ❜ ❛  i'm not good with this whole stupid feelings thing.  ❜ ❛  you make me want to be better. you make me want to be good.  ❜ ❛  can't you just move on and forget about it already?  ❜ ❛  i'm only doing this because you asked me to.  ❜ ❛  you're the only one who has ever believed in me.  ❜ ❛  you won't stop this until i say 'yes', will you?  ❜ ❛  how are you so happy all the time?  ❜ ❛  until i met you, i never thought i would've been capable of that.  ❜ ❛  you're the polar opposite of me.  ❜ ❛  whatever. i didn't think you'd care anyway.  ❜ ❛  your optimism might be starting to rub off on me.  ❜ ❛  why don't you give up on me like everyone else?  ❜

from the sunshine ❛  come on, it's gonna be fun!  ❜ ❛  see? i told you there's some good in you.  ❜ ❛  you should smile more. you have such a beautiful smile.  ❜ ❛  i'm so excited! there's so much i have planned for us.  ❜ ❛  i was just trying to do something nice for you.  ❜ ❛  do you always have to be so pessimistic?  ❜ ❛  stop being so stubborn. i'm trying to help you.  ❜ ❛  i knew there was a big softie under all that tough exterior.   ❜ ❛  i always feel better with you by my side.  ❜ ❛  sometimes you should let others in.  ❜ ❛  light up, [name]. we're gonna be here for a while.  ❜ ❛  why is it so difficult for you to accept a compliment?  ❜ ❛  stay? i just ... don't want to be alone right now.  ❜ ❛  just because i'm generally a happy person doesn't mean i can't have an off day.  ❜ ❛  i'm not some helpless little girl/boy!  ❜ ❛  you're not gonna get rid of me that easily.   ❜ ❛  stop that. i don't want you to talk about yourself like this.  ❜ ❛  of course, i remember! i remember everything you told me.  ❜ ❛  let's go outside and dance in the rain.  ❜ ❛  you don't mean that, do you?  ❜

.｡*ﾟ+.*.｡ Hearing Jackson’s words of forgiveness directed at her sent the dam of emotion Jade was keeping together bursting apart. Tears welled in her emerald gaze before spilling over onto her face, racing down both cheeks before meeting at the cleft of her chin and finally dropping onto the blankets below. She watched the man in bed with her as if he would vanish at any moment, in total awe of the sagacity he held. 

Shaking herself out of her trance, Jade reached up to wipe hee tears away before meeting Jax’s eyes with a timid look. ❝ If anyone should be asking that question it should be me. ❞ She notes. ❝ But yes. I am more than willing to see this through. I suppose you could say that I’m eager to see where it leads. ❞ And it was true. Jade had always wondered what the bond between her, Kitana and the Earthrealmers would look like if the two edenians had met them all without the shackles of Shao’s rule hanging over them.

He didn't know where this road would lead them, nor did he expect this to be an easy transition for the two of them. Yet somehow these two had the courage to admit their flaws and mistakes, so it was a good step forward. Jax could see the tears begin to fall from her eyes, such a strong woman...yet it was clear she carried so much pain as well, the weight of many things still on her shoulders.

Jax kept his hand close to hers, then began to join their hands together as he looked into her eyes. "I can't promise things being easy, hell I'm not even sure what I can promise to you at this very moment. But... no matter what it takes, I'll be here for you. You're strong Jade, this I already know....yet even the strongest of us require someone to lean on from time to time." And he was no stranger to needing others, knowing that people can't exactly make it through this thing we call life all on our own.

.｡*ﾟ+.*.｡ ❝ I know no amount of words shall ever erase my wrongdoing… ❞ she swallows, suddenly parched, ❝ but I am sorry for my actions. My service to Shao…it was never a path I chose. It was one that was forced on me at a young age. You’re no stranger to that brutish tyrant or his cruelty…he was merciless with his assassins. Perfection was all that was accepted in his creed and failure? Insubordination? They were met with punishments arguably worse than death…all that was left to do was submit. ❞ Sighing, Jade pushed up until she was sitting upright, the majority of her weight balanced on her hips. 

Avoiding the other’s gaze, she continued. ❝ I’ve spent millennia numbing myself to all of the atrocities I commit under his command. Told myself my sins were a necessary evil. When I held you captive on that island I didn’t see you as I see you now. I didn’t see a man with strength of heart, courage and honor. …You were merely a means to completing the objective I was given at the time. ❞ Shaking her head and blinking back moisture, she meets Jax’s eyes again. ❝ I am deeply sorry Jackson. Truly, from the bottom of my heart. ❞

Before he even had a chance to speak back to her...he was cut short, yet perhaps it was needed. He listened to her words with ears open and attention only focused on her. This was the first time Jax had ever heard of anything of her past. And was she said was true, he was no stranger to Shao's way of ruling...one that left bodies seemingly everywhere.

Were they so different? In many ways, yes of course. Yet in one minor way...they shared something in common. Both weighted down by past actions, hating the sins committed under the control of a dark leader who held power over them. As their gaze met again, he could see the forming of tears she was seemingly fighting back. "I cannot forget the things that have happened. Those scars stick with you wherever you go." He then rested his hand close to hers. "But I forgive you. And...if you would like, I would like to see what this road has for me and you...if you'll have me."

TERRI BRIGGS ⸻ ❝ everything's been fairly quiet since you left; auntie 'lise took me out for a mani / pedi; even got my hair blonde. ❞ that last part was probably noticed as soon as the patriarch of the briggs saw him. ❝ but enough about me; so tell me all about your fun in the sun ? you definitely seem to have taken of some of that island glow with you. ❞ it was true: terri has seen his father in various stages and states, some extremely hard to watch. this seemed to be the opposite though, as jax had something totally different in his posture, his energies. the sullen tiredness had been traded in with relaxation and ease. ❝ and don't leave out any details --- unless they really need to be left out. ❞ he'd very much prefer it if any sex on the beaches had stayed on the beach.

"Well, I suppose the best place to start is from the beginning right?" On his first day, he spoke about the fact that it was mostly a day of relaxation. He kept himself inside for most of the day, kicking his feet up and catching up on some well-deserved rest. "But my night time, oh you best believe I was out there cutttin' up." Jax talked about his night out of throwing back drinks as if they were nothing. "And believe it or not, I actually taught one of my...well interesting friends how to dance that night too." The entire night might have seemed like a blur, but there were moments from it that still stayed in his drunken mind. "Day after that, your old man tried surfing." Was it a success? No. But it was the experience that mattered to him. "Shoot, I even sang karaoke with Bo Rai Cho."

TERRI BRIGGS ⸻ it had been about two weeks or so since the middle of the briggs trio had seen their dad. wanting to catch up and hear all about the voyage to yin yang island for the illustrious passion lanterns festival. with a few days off, terri invited his dad out for brunch at ANOTHER BROKEN EGG CAFE to hear all about it. having already gotten their table and ordering a nice little strawberry mimosa for himself, the recently-blonde male patiently sipped until the man of the hour arrived, grinning as he got up and giving his larger-than-life dad a hug before sitting back down in his chair. ❝ well don't you look refreshed and renewed. is that the tropical breeze I still smell on you ? ❞ he can't help but tease as he sips on his champagne glass, waiving for jax to order whatever he wished since he was covering it. ❝ get whatever you want, pops; I'm getting that strawberry & crème french-toast special with crepes. ❞

How quickly time had flown, his time on the island was one that was truly needed for himself. Jackson went into the island, a tired man who simply wanted to get away and relax. And he came out of it as if the weight of the world had just been lifted off of his shoulders. So when he had been invited out to brunch by his middle child, of course, he had to accept. Upon entering and seeing him from across the entrance, Jax went over and embraced his son with a tight hug.

"Good to see you too, son." Sitting down, Jax took a look over the menu. "Keep it simple, with a steak and egg breakfast." along with some bits of hashbrowns, and toast to go with it and he'd be set. "So, how've you been? Everything been alright at home?"

SAREENA ⸻ such an important moment for her, especially once she makes the lin kuei recruits learn how to do it as she crosses the goal of having a viral video on tik tok off her list. there was just something freeing about moving to the beat, letting one’s self go to the command of the dj. with intent eyes, the demoness watchs the major’s next moves, keen on keeping up the funky energy. this routine seemed a bit more complicated in the movements, but she was focused on getting it right, moving her shoulders and moving back and forth like jax did, bumping her hips just as he did. ❝ you seem to have a very expansive knowledge of dance moves, jax; I take it you’ve done a lot of it outside of the world of kombat ? ❞ it was a reasonable question, one she wouldn’t be surprised with if the answer was yes.

"Oh, many times." From family functions, private moments to have with himself, and even random days in his youth. It wasn't exactly something Jax talked about, or even liked to mention for that matter but despite his large posture, and rough exterior...he liked to have fun. As the two of them continued to dance, it seemed the DJ was prepared to play his next song. "Uh oh, alright Sareena time to see your leg work."

Again, Jax motioned for her to keep her eyes on him. This dance was a bit easier to follow, for it was all about using your legs and moving your knees and from time to time your hips as well. Jax began moving his knees inward, then outworld having them at a bent angle just a bit for him to get lower.

Lost in the dream.

⸻ ❝ perhaps one day he will learn that chill is more of a mindset than just a byproduct of his powers. ❞ though she knew that kuai’s stubbornness to do anything outside of maintaining the reformed clan came from a genuine place, she vocally warned the cryomancer about restricting himself to the cold walls of the lin kuei all the time. it would be a plight she would pursue another time, for now she was learning the ways of the groove from jax, who definitely seemed to know what he was doing. ❝ feeling it … ❞ she had to tap into what emotion this sick beat gave her, loving the brass bass to the upbeat tempo, head bobbing slightly to the rhythm, picturing herself in full sway with the crowd, moving side to side as everyone else did.

by the elder gods, she was dancing.

❝ I think I’ve got the hang of it. ❞ sareena grinned to herself, even shimmying her shoulders a bit. she was always a quick study, so why should dancing be any different ? the groove was infectious, everyone busting a move as the song commanded. ❝ this is so much better than that dance of the demon heads in nekros. ❞ it was a far more darker ritual than this one to say the least. there was inexpressible joy for the demoness gone good, feeling as if her hellish lineage was put on a shelf, feeling as normal as most earthrealmers did.

She wasn't doing too bad, she learned quickly and was even able to add a bit of style to her own. "You're doing good." Jax continued to dance along with Sareena, grabbing a cup off the passing tray that a worker had, and sipping from the cup as they grooved to the music. "Alright, next lesson. I want you, to see if you can match what I do alright? Choreography is mainly for style points. But it looks cool when done right."

Holding up his hand, Jax took the moment to finish off his drink, chugging it down quickly before handing the empty cup off to a worker. "Watch me, and match what I do." Jax started simple, stepping back and then forward, dipping his shoulders, and then getting beside her, and then bumping his hip against hers.

⸻ ❝ you’ll find that I am much more than meets the eye, major briggs. ❞ she giggled audibly. ❝ I found this a wonderful opportunity to see earthrealmers outside the blaze of war. even tried to bring kuai with me. ❞ unfortunately, the cryomancer was just as stubborn as his eldest brother in these things. his loss, however, for it seemed that sareena would be in good company on her stay here. while dancing was not exactly common in the deepest plains of the netherrealm, the sudden need to move was universal, with the former demoness assassin of quan chi quickly swaying and moving to the rhythm as everyone else. the sergeant left for a moment, then came back to a change of music, very uptempo and beat heavy.

❝ I very well could, but I am on a bit of a learning experience. you seem to be a rather ‘groovy’ man, jackson; do you think you could show a girl like me how to properly burn up the dance floor ? not in the literal sense, of course. ❞ old habits die hard, what could she say ? from what little bit that she saw, the metal-armed man was a master of the rhythm, so who better to learn from ?

"Kuai? At one of these events?" Yeah, he would believe that when he saw it. Not that Jax just couldn't see it...all of this just didn't exactly seem like something a man such as Kuai would find...enjoyable to say the least. "Maybe next year, that or his ass might just make a surprise appearance that none of us expected." As the new song continues to play, and the invitation of teaching her how to burn up the dance floor was offered...he gladly offered.

"Alright, it's simple when it comes to dancing to something like this, it's about feeling it. So let's start with something simple, then after that, you can always add your own variety of things." He motioned her to look at him, then began to move to the beat, moving his body from left to right, adding a dip to his shoulders in a sway-like motion as well. "Just keep the beat."

⸻ this island was quite a step up from the icy conclaves of the lin kuei ( and certainly realms up than the cursed plains of hell that she came from ). a deep desire to be free from the evils that surrounded her, to become more than what her demonic make-up made her out to be; this was a grand celebration in terms of progress. though she could not convince the grandmaster to voyage with her ( if she had brought hanzo with her, he more than likely would have came along ). regardless of his decision not to venture, sareena was determined to enjoy all that this island had to offer.

it was rather fun to what these humans did in their times of freedom and jubilation; quan chi argued that they participated in the most stupid of rituals, to which, some were a bit baffling. but a majority of them seemed to be delightful and her former boss was just a miserable one who hated the happier things. garbed in a revealing black bikini, in the midst of the shuffling crowd who jammed to the infectious techno beats of the designated d.j. above, sareena sipped along the tip of her glass, containing a sinfully delicious raspberry cocktail, observing and slightly shimmying her way through the crowd. her body seemed to have caught the attention of a familiar ally. at first, she had to do something of a double take, but those metallic arms were unmistakable. it was indeed comforting to see the major again, this time in very good spirits.

from the looks of it, he wished for her to come along to the dance floor. as the earthrealm saying goes: when in rome. thus she strode along to the dancefloor, the beat getting louder and vibrant. ❝ you seem to be enjoying yourself, major briggs~ ❞ she can’t help but grin, giving the larger male a quick embrace.

A familiar face he hadn't seen in quite a long time, at first glance one would think that Sareena was a person who was no good. Yet after a time of getting to know her better, it's easy to see just how deceiving how looks can be. "You have no idea, trust me." A small smile was on his face as he brought her in for a quick embrace before continuing his dance without missing a step.

"I never took you for a person that enjoyed dancing...or even summer getaways Sareena. But hey, learn something new every day. So how about you show me what you got?" All she needed to do, was find the beat, feel the music in her soul, her hips...and most importantly her feet.

"But then again,...you know what give me one second. Wait right here." Jax made his way over to the DJ while finishing his glass and handing it to an employee. Jax begins whispering to the DJ, handing them a few dollars before walking away and a new song coming over the speakers, then he returned to her. "Alright, let's see what you got."