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I looked into that Phillip Urich guy's Daily Bugle Articles on Alchemax. His uncle Benjamin Urich worked as a security guard at the Alchemax lab that Dr. Curtis Connors AKA The Lizard was the lead scientist at. Ben was on shift the day that Connors had his transformation, and Ben was assaulted by The Lizard. Pretty good reason to have a grudge against Alchemax.

Phil has also written some of the Bugle Articles condemning me, so I probably don't want to directly confront this guy if I can help it. Markus did make a couple of the trackers, so I'll see if I can bug him and just keep track of his movements.

I still don't know the how or the why that he would be doing this Goblin stuff though. Like The Lizard thing happened a little under 2 years ago at this point, and Phil has been working at the Bugle all that time. Why would he do anything now, and also how would he even get his hands on that tech the Goblin is using?

Roderick Kingsley, even though his business went under, seems to still be having a pretty cushy life. He moved down to LA and is doing some sort of business venture. I found an article theorizing actually that Alchemax bought him out. Regardless of if that's true or not, he's doing perfectly fine as all rich CEO a-holes usually are. All of that happened years ago anyway. I severely doubt him having moved to LA and doing fine would have any reason to bother attacking Alchemax, especially so directly.

Dr. Mendel Stromm is still in prison. Of course, he could orchestrate something from inside there, although if that was the case, I'd expect something more idk... subtle? This is one specific guy waging war on Alchemax with a goblin costume on a hoverboard with bombs and rockets. He could be maybe funded/hired by someone else, but idk.

Stromm does harbor a grudge against Norman Osborn for catching him embezzling from Oscorp and testifying against him, but means and motive for him having anything to do with this Specific Green Goblin guy is shakey at best.

Not even sure if there's any way I could talk to the guy, or find out what he's doing in there if I wanted to. Not about to break into a prison, and not going to try to visit the guy with my civ identity. That'd look so weird, and might compromise me. I'll keep him in mind I guess, but that's about all I can do.

Speaking of prisons, there is someone else that might be worth talking to, given that the Goblin's board shares some design similarities with her wings... but I'd rather keep her as a last resort. Don't want to dredge all that up again if I don't have to.

Been very busy, but I talked to the guys. Markus was pretty easily able to make a little GPS tracking bug that connects to the WEB app. Even made it shaped like a little spider.

Also talked to pete about all this and if he has any ideas as to suspects for who could be this goblin dude. Gave me a short list, but Alchemax has so many enemies that really it could be anyone.

•Phillip Urich; 'Daily Bugle' Journalist with a particular grudge and focus on doing Alchemax hit pieces. Apparently, his uncle was involved in some accident when working for Alchemax.

•Roderick Kingsley; Former Founder and CEO of local business 'Kingsley Pharmacy'. His business went under shortly after Alchemax came to portland. Couldn't compete with them.

•Dr. Mendel Stromm; Former business partner and engineer in the early days of Oscorp. He was arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement.

Dunno why any of these guys would all of a sudden start attacking Alchemax NOW, but suppose I finally have something to work off of. Gonna see about tracking these guys and looking for any suspicious activity. If that turns up nothing, then at least next time the goblin shows up I can hopefully place that tracker on him.

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Been very busy, but I talked to the guys. Markus was pretty easily able to make a little GPS tracking bug that connects to the WEB app. Even made it shaped like a little spider.

Also talked to pete about all this and if he has any ideas as to suspects for who could be this goblin dude. Gave me a short list, but Alchemax has so many enemies that really it could be anyone.

•Phillip Urich; 'Daily Bugle' Journalist with a particular grudge and focus on doing Alchemax hit pieces. Apparently, his uncle was involved in some accident when working for Alchemax.

•Roderick Kingsley; Former Founder and CEO of local business 'Kingsley Pharmacy'. His business went under shortly after Alchemax came to portland. Couldn't compete with them.

•Dr. Mendel Stromm; Former business partner and engineer in the early days of Oscorp. He was arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement.

Dunno why any of these guys would all of a sudden start attacking Alchemax NOW, but suppose I finally have something to work off of. Gonna see about tracking these guys and looking for any suspicious activity. If that turns up nothing, then at least next time the goblin shows up I can hopefully place that tracker on him.

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Man, i am so tired 😮‍💨

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"Ah, your universe finally has a Green Goblin huh?, I am so sorry if they turn out to be like the Green Goblins of other universes, tricky thing about Goblins are their identities are common yet hard to discern within an individual universe. Start with figuring out who has a reason to attack Alchemax exclusively and go from there, you really need to nip this in the bud or it will get worse eventually if the wrong person is behind the mask" - Spider-Thorn of 4563

Thanks, this is INCREDIBLY OMNIOUS 👍

The tough thing is Alchemax is really big, and there's definitely a lot of people that have reasons for hating it. Hell, I do! But tbf they are the main source of the people who try to kill me sooo

Well, Peter did have connections to Alchemax through the Oscorp merger before he left, so maybe he knows other people with a more direct hatred and means. Some disgruntled ex employee, maybe. Hell, it could be someone from a rival company. I have no idea 🤷‍♀️

I haven't had to really worry about finding out the secret identity of the peeps I fight. I usually just beat them and find it out when they get arrested, or they don't even try to hide it in the first place

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Okay, so goblin guy isn't some october/halloween one-off villain. Despite the fact he's def wearing some altered halloween outfit. Guy keeps showing up. He's actually really hard to fight. His board has rockets, blades, and dude has different types of weird grenades he tosses out. I'm used to having the aerial advantage, at least, but I can't even have that. He's just messing with me half the time.

I don't even know what his deal is! Like the guy doesn't even monolog! Usually, these guys LOVE to monolog. He just shows up, attacks some Alchemax related place, fights me a bit, and fucks off

I need to find out where the hell this guy is set up, like an evil lair or something. Gotta talk to the guys about making some sort of gps tracker maybe that i can stick to him

Happy Halloween! Or that's what i would say. Unfortunately for me, there's some new green costumed weirdo on a flying hoverboard thing in town. News has taken to calling him "Green Goblin". I'm not sure what his deal is, but he's been targeting a lot of buildings owned and operated by Alchemax.

Strangely, his board actually reminds me of the designs Vulture stole and altered from Alchemax for her wings...

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Happy Halloween! Or that's what i would say. Unfortunately for me, there's some new green costumed weirdo on a flying hoverboard thing in town. News has taken to calling him "Green Goblin". I'm not sure what his deal is, but he's been targeting a lot of buildings owned and operated by Alchemax.

Strangely, his board actually reminds me of the designs Vulture stole and altered from Alchemax for her wings...

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Genuinely don't know why there's still the occasional person that thinks they can fuck with F.E.A.S.T.. like idk how you see Arachne throw the Lizard into a building and break several of their bones for targeting FEAST and trying to turn them into iguanas or whatever the fuck they try to do, and think "oh yeah that's a good idea I'm gonna try to rob them".

Like first off it's a charity for the homeless and underprivileged , what the fuck is wrong with you???? Second off I don't have to be in costume to beat your ass. Like can they not see the punk girl volunteering there? How could they think she wouldn't kill you for assaulting people/trying to steal shit???

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Awesome! The birthday, not the almost murder

Happy early birthday! 🥳

my birthday’s coming up soon!!!

in other news, i almost got murdered last night

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do you like bonsai trees?

They look nice, I guess. I'm not really the zen or gardening type, tho

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The lizard bit me :<

It's FINE. I've had much worse, but now I have Gwen worried when I'm reckless and get messed up. Which tbf they have been before, it was just easier to hide and lie about before.

On one hand, it's nice having them know and care. On the other, it instills a deep dread 💜

The struggle of pushing myself too hard and being a self-sacrificing idiot VS. Wanting to have a life with Gwen

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So it went... interesting.

Thankfully, there at least wasn't any baddy shenanigans that night. Anyway we went to a bar to see some local punk band, 'Hobie & The Shocks'. Hadn't heard of them before, but they were pretty decent. We had a great time.

I walked Gwen back to their place, and I tried to tell her how I felt, but then they hit me with what they thought I was going to say. It was such an awkward mess. Here's pretty much how it went.

"Hey Gwen, I've meaning to talk to you for a while now, but not really known how to. So I'm just gonna be straight-forward and say it If that's okay."

"GOD FINALLY!"

"Wh- huh?"

"It's really obvious girl, I've just been waiting for you to say anything!"

"Wait- oh god. It is?"

"Girl you're *obviously* Arachne."

"What!?"

"Dude, you're aways late to practice, almost miss shows, stand super hot dates up, and always have some new cut or bruise. Like there's only so many times you can make up excuses for that before people start to think you're in a bad situation OR a superhero."

"Well I-"

"Girl, It's fine! I think it's awesome! I just wish you would've told me sooner."

"Fuck- well what I was gonna say is that I have a crush on you, but guess I was bad at keeping a completely different thing secret."

"Yeah dude you're so obvious. Well to be fair we've been friends for like two and a bit years so of course I'm going to notice. Wait... what did you say? YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON ME?! What!? Since when?!"

"I uh-... yeah for a while now um... like 2 months... probably more I don't know..."

"So you're Arachne AND have a crush on me??? Okay, wow, well that makes more sense now. The acting weird around me and avoiding me recently. I thought it was, I don't know, some superhero shit."

"Yeah I'm sorry, It's like a thing I've been trying to ignore. I didn't mean to ignore you. I didn't want to ruin things and like-"

"Hey you're fine, I get it. This sort of thing is already complicated enough even without superhero bullshit clogging your life up. Honestly though I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought about it before. Like you're my best friend and have been for almost the whole time we've known eachother. Hell, I'm always kind of glad when you stand up those randos from the clubs."

"Okay well those aren't entirely on purpose... well maybe a little bit."

"Point is they never really get you, they just see a hot punk rocker. Which like, you are, but also you're an absolute dork and a mess."

"Ha. Rude, but true."

"What I'm saying is dork, I like you too. And hey I already know about your silly superheroing stuff."

"2 birds I guess haha 😅"

"Okay you gonna kiss me now or what?"

"Uh! um yeah sure. Eh hem. I mean yes."

Anyway that was extremely awkward. Cool, but extemely awkward! It weirdly went almost the best possible way it could of. I've been busy spending time with Gwen and telling them everything, in between patrols and other shit. so sorry for taking forever to update about this.

Guys help! What do you do if your heart skips a beat when your drummer has a really cute laugh??? I'm going to fuckin disintegrate

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Overpower them with your queer thoughts. 4d6 Psychic damage

i need to stop thinking about men on patrol what if i meet a telepath and they know I’m gay :/

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Nah thats too easy /j

Yeah, i know im just being obtuse and am filled with anxiety about fucking it up. I should just be honest and straightforward, tho. Well, not straight, but you know what i mean lol

It's tonight, so fingers crossed

Thanks for the support, Toxy Toxington III

Guys help! What do you do if your heart skips a beat when your drummer has a really cute laugh??? I'm going to fuckin disintegrate

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Okay, after a while of continuing to try to ignore this, and failing and being super queer around them. I asked Gwen on a date, but I dont know that I made it clear it was a date 💀

Like, we've been friends for a long while at this point, so idk how the hell to do this. How do you say "Hey I think I have a crush on you" to someone you've been friends with for like 2 years??? Also her dad hates me lmao

I swear if some villain tries causing problems during the date/hangout/whatever then im going to beat them to death. /j /j /j I would be pissed tho

Guys help! What do you do if your heart skips a beat when your drummer has a really cute laugh??? I'm going to fuckin disintegrate

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Get better knees dork

Or be sexy and smart and cool like me and wear kneepads

my fucking knees

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ARACHNE YOUR NEW SUIT LOOKS AMAZING THAT SHADE OF PURPLE IS SOOO GOOD

-toxin

Wait, is it a different shade from before?... Oh , I guess it is lol. The old suit was a slight tint warmer

Honestly, I thought I got the same frabic as the first one, but guess it was just a liiiittle different. Hey, whatever, it looks good. Thanks Toxyyy 💜

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Feelin' absolutely fresh in this new suit! I've been overdue for a new one for a long time. Been running around in that old one for 2 years.

I've had design ideas rattling around in my head for a while, but pete and markus really helped with the upgraded webshooters and the proper padding. Oh! Also the soles are designed for like grinding on rails and stuff like soaps (skater shoebrand thing. Sonic the hedgehog had them for awhile)