Chapter 601 - Strange (1/2)
All ghosts weren't as 'sensible' as Casper and Nik had often thought what would become of him should he become a ghost one day. The answer came to be a regal, selfless, and prideful peeping tom. But what about the two women who had the same hairstyle as Gwen, turned out to be palm-sized humanely proportionate gals who called themselves Spider-Gwen and Gwenpool for the sake of having their own calling. ”There are two more Gwens?” Anna tilted her head, clearly happy to pursue the particular oddity instead of her assignment as she looked towards Gwen for validation. The blonde sighed deeply as she saw Gwenpool swimming in the bowl of Cola, ”Don't drink from this bowl... she's swimming in it.” Anna freaked out a little, ”Why would someone swim in a bowl full of soft drink? She should try lemonade!”
”I believe that isn't the problem,” Nik sighed. ”But instead of lemonade, try iced tea,” his words met with a smirk from Anna and an equally frustrated grunt of annoyance from Spider-Gwen as well as the 'regular' Gwen. ”That isn't the point,” Gwen glared at Nik, ”How can you see them?” She inquired. Now that Nik understood that the two thumberellas might not be ghosts, after all, they claimed themselves to be consciousnesses from the other universe, which Nik found more believable, Nik sighed and picked up the swimming Gwenpool, ”not just see them,” Nik explained and placed the giggling Gwenpool on the table, ”I can touch them, too.”
”Oh, my,” Gwenpool exclaimed, ”it just got hot in here!” Chuckling at Gwenpool's words, Nik looked back at Gwen and stated plainly, ”I am what you may call a genuine spiritualist so I can do as much. While Anna refrained from rolling her eyes, Nik continued with a ponderous tone, ”So you are saying that this happened when Kiara was trying to put a 'curse' on Nik.”
”That bitch is crazy,” Anna promptly hissed. ”Sorry,” Gwen looked apologetic, ”Kiara doesn't handle breakups well.”
”Kudos to Brandon, though. The guy had a long-standing crush on Kiara and he broke things off within a month...” Nik mumbled before shaking his head, ”So, are you sure that nothing happened to Kiara?”
”No, she just stabbed the teddy bear in the face with practiced ease and left my room with a delighted expression... and the next day, she heard that Brandon hooked up with someone else so she came crying back to me again,” Gwen explained as everybody cringed.
”Here, I'll let you see them, too,” Nik whispered to Anna and connected their consciousness. Since Nik's mind itself had grown past the limits of humanity, he could easily bear the burdens of sharing one's consciousness through the spiritual connection he is capable of developing and finally, when Anna blinked for the umpteenth time, she saw two curious figures, extremely tiny, staring back at her. ”Amazing!” Anna's hands moved on their own but they phased through Gwenpool and Spider-Gwen, making the duo sigh collectively. ”Huh, I really can't touch them...” Anna murmured while Gwenpool shrugged and walked back to the bowl of cola she had filled only for Gwen to pick it up, making Gwenpool whine, ”Hey, don't be like that. I would have invited you to the cola party but you are just too... I would say big.”
Snorting at Gwenpool's words, Gwen looked at Anna and Nik, ”We need to do something. I'll go crazy if they stay with me.”
”Ouch,” Gwenpool held her hands over her bosom followed by a crestfallen expression. ”That's hurtful, my other serious, daddy issue self,” Gwenpool exclaimed, ”How I wonder you'll fall. My awareness senses a really large pole in our future!” She grinned, ”Heck, Wade would squeal for this!” Her words not bringing any sense to the onlookers but Gwenpool seemed satisfied by her outburst, ”Anyway, instead of spoiling Reed Richards for you guys, may I suggest Doctor Strange? As his name states, he deals with strange things.”
”Doctor Strange?” Nik furrowed as the group looked at each other. By now, Gwenpool's credibility had fallen quite a bit short but the woman now diving into Cola without even a single patch of splash swam up and grinned, ”Yeah. Supreme Sorcerer. Every universe has one. I am sure the s.e.xy, bearded guy would love to help us solve the issue.” Thinking for a moment, Gwenpool looked back and winked at Gwen, ”Oh, and he's totally your type!”
”That's enough embarrassing your other self,” A sling of the web completely sealed off Gwenpool's mouth as she glared at Spider-Gwen. ”Umhgnodhataikanbrakihapae!” Gwenpool squealed while waving her hand angrily. ”What?” Spider-Gwen leaned the side of her face towards Gwenpool's direction, ”Couldn't get ya!”
With the web crumbling apart, Gwenpool shrieked, ”I said! I can totally break it apart! We're not material existence.”
Meanwhile, Gwen looked at Anna and Nik, ”I think we should find this Doctor Strange.”
”We?” Nik looked at Anna, ”She has to complete—”
”Lemme wear my magic skirt!” Anna grinned, scampering off to their room, making Nik roll his eyes.
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