[The cityscape bathed in moonlight before us, with the camera gliding above the skyscrapers. A lone figure in insidious black moves through the shadows with agile grace.]Peter (Voiceover): [Exhibited through a whisper] The city pulses beneath my feet. It's heartbeat, a discernible rhythm. Shadows dance, intertwining with its lights, and I... a phantom, navigate their choreography.
[The camera briefly shifts to a parallel scenario, where Peter stands before a gravestone with Mary-Jane Watson's name inscribed on it. He bears a bouquet of flowers, with his gaze solemn, a mixture of pain and determination.]
Peter (Voiceover): [Contemplative tone] Each swing is a story. An unspoken tether to a city that rests asleep, but thrives with its own pulse. I've now become a crucial part of this symphony... harmonizing with the whispers of the night.
[A soft breeze rustles the leaves around the gravestone as Peter's voiceover continues]
Peter (Voiceover): [Abstractly] This mosaic is woven with threads of moments. Some glistening in the sun's embrace, while others... cloaked in the shadows. But the absence of your laughter paints a canvas of starlit sorrows.
[The camera captures the silhouette of Spider-Man leaping onto a rooftop, surveying the city below with a watchful eye. The camera captures Spider-Man's gaze as it shifts to a newspaper headline fluttering the wind, depicting the corpse of a woman with multiple graphic stab wounds]
Peter (Voiceover): {In a determined tone] This city is a canvas. Painted with shades of both hope and despair. Everyday a new darkness looms, threatening the fragile equilibrium I strive to maintain.
[The camera captures his grip tighten on a nearby ledge, the determination in his posture palpable.]
Peter (Voiceover): But I won't let that happen. For this city's pulse is my anthem. It's people my inspiration. It's days my stimulation, and it's nights, my invitation. Who am I, if not a beacon of hope in the abyss?
[The camera captures an artistic shot of Spider-Man gracefully swinging through the city, donning his black symbiote suit, as it zooms in on his mask, fading into the title.]
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Spider-Man: Luminescence
FanfictionAuthor's Note: This book is purely structured in the format of a script. Haunted by the loss of his beloved Mary-Jane Watson, Peter Parker wrestles his inner demons, whilst a mysterious string of serial killings grips the city that never sleeps, in...