Save Our Souls (Mantis x Peter Parker Sequel)

Whiskey History

Day 2, Week 1

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Bianca: Don't tell me you're going to the drink-in wearing that! *points to Mantis' current outfit*

Mantis: *looks down at the floral dress and fashionable pink flats she's wearing* But I like this dress.

Bianca: *pats her on the shoulder* Mantis, honey, our drink-in's got a dress code, and you need to dress to impress.

Mantis: How do I do that??

Phoebe: Here, try this on! *tosses an outfit at Mantis* an old colleague's outgrown this, but you look about the right size for it.

Mantis: Thanks! Let me just go change *hurries into their walk-in closet*

Bianca: Don't take too long in there.

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Mantis: *steps out of the closet wearing a sleeveless crop top with skin-tight leggings, dangly earrings and heeled boots*

Skye: OMG you look so fetch in that outfit!

Phoebe: You're gonna get heads turning tonight!

Luna: Yeah, whatever. Let's go now.

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Mantis: *waits downstairs in the Cobra's headquarters* Bianca, you say we're gonna meet some people here, right??

Bianca: Yep. Sebastian, Aidan, Logan and Axel should be here soon.

Mantis: Wait ... They're all guys?!

*Bianca, Skye, Phoebe and Luna all stare at her*

Bianca: ... Umm, yeah? You got a problem with that??

Mantis: N-no of course not! I'm just not used to hanging out with boys.

Bianca: Speaking of boys, where's that cute friend of yours??

Mantis: Oh, Peter's got a major exam for school tomorrow and he really needs to study.

Bianca: Aw shucks. Really looking forward to seeing him today. What a nerd.

Mantis: He's not a nerd! He just wants to do well in his exam. Didn't you ever do one when you were in university??

Bianca: Nope. Left after I (blah blah Michael Brooke pregnant). Never got back into Harvard after that.

Mantis: What does (blah) mean?

Luna: *sneer* She means pregnant, skank.

Mantis: *gasp* Like, a baby? Omg, Bianca, I'm so happy for you! Where's the child now? What'd you call her?

Bianca: ...

Mantis: ... What?

Luna: *steps forward defensively for Bianca, glaring at Mantis* There is no child. She had to throw it out before she got real trouble. Inez and her had fallen penniless, and a child would have just made things worse.

Mantis: Oh. I-I'm sorry to hear that.

*The room goes silent*

Mantis: Wait. You went to Harvard University?!

Bianca: My aunt Inez enrolled as principal until I was kicked out, and then she was stripped of her position because of me. We've lived as delinquents since then.