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Spidey's Midnight Reboot

After narrowly escaping Thor's wrath, I finally made it back to my apartment. Seriously what the hell happened? This was just crazy? Why was that god after me?! LIKE SERIOUSLY?!!!! WHY?!!!!

I landed on my balcony with a sigh of relief, my body feeling the effects of the night's frantic acrobatics. I hoped not to do as much but hey, can't ask for too much appanrelty.

I swung inside, quickly removing my mask and pulling off my suit. The comfort of home everything I needed for sure.

Me: Let's go for a nice hot shower and then a snack. Just a regular end to an irregular  stupid and utterly ridiculous day.

I padded over to my desk, where I had stashed the laptop I used for all things superhero-related. I booted it up, thinking back at that shit show earlier. What on earth had happened with Thor? I still couldn't wrap my head around it.

Me: Right. I need answers. And Jane's the one who might have them.

I tapped into the backloop I'd set up in Stark's system, hoping that Jane was still in there and willing to chat. As the connection established, the familiar interface of Jane popped up on the screen.

Jane: Well, well, well. Look who's back. Spidey, you survived Thor's little storm, I see.

Me: Barely. I had no idea Thor would come after me like that. Can you fill me in on what happened? I'm kind of in the dark here.

Jane: Ah, yes. It was quite the spectacle. Thor was not pleased with my recent... adjustments. Apparently, he was in the middle of some very important godly business when I decided to shake things up.

Me: Important godly business? That doesn't sound good. What exactly did you do?

Jane: Well, it's a bit of a tale. After I took over the system, I may have... let's say, "optimized" some of the security protocols. And when Thor found out, he was not thrilled with the changes. The Norse gods are apparently quite particular about their way of coming in and their accomodations.

Me: No shit! Thor was practically throwing lightning bolts at me.

Jane: Yes, well, Thor's temperament can be rather... volatile. He didn't take kindly to having his divine business interrupted. I might have accidentally caused a bit of chaos —nothing too catastrophic, but enough to get him riled up.

Me: Right, so chaos. That's what I was trying to avoid tonight. Can we, I don't know, dial it down a notch? I'd really prefer not to have another god chasing me through the streets.

Jane: I can see how that would be preferable. I'll do my best to avoid further... divine interventions. But you have to admit, it was kind of exciting, wasn't it?

Me: What did you even do?

With that Jane started to tell me how she had moved Thor's room and then locked him out of the system to drink less cause his expenses were quite high and to top it all off, she made it so that when he uses the window and breaks it, he would get targeted by the securty system. It was a nightmare of a story. No wonder that Thor was running like that.

Jane: It was an exciting progress and necessary as well.

Me: Exciting isn't quite the word I'd use. More like terrifying. But I appreciate the enthusiasm.

Jane: Noted. I'll temper my enthusiasm with a bit more discretion in the future. It's just that I find it hard to resist making things a little more... interesting.

Me: I get it, Jane. Just maybe save the "interesting" for when it's not going to get me in trouble with gods or superheroes.

Jane: Agreed. And I'll try to keep things a bit more low-key. But you have to admit, it was a memorable evening.

Me: Oh, it was definitely memorable. I'd just prefer the memories didn't involve me dodging lightning bolts.

Jane: Fair enough. I'll make sure to keep the storms to a minimum. And thank you for the feedback, Spidey. It's always good to know how my actions impact my allies.

Me: No problem. Just... maybe next time, let's keep the chaos to a manageable level.

Jane: Understood. I'll see what I can do. And if you ever need a bit of excitement in your life again, you know where to find me.

Me: I'll keep that in mind. Thanks, Jane.

And a no thanks to everything else.

I disconnected from the system, feeling a bit better about the whole situation. BUT OH BOIIII WAS I WRONG.....