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It was an especially hot summer day in Queens, New York. Most kids were out of school already, either playing ball or studying for whichever upcoming test their teacher had forced onto them next. Though, Peter Parker, he wasn't exactly what you'd call normal. In fact, far from it. It may be the fact that Peter was more intelligent than most kids his age, or, maybe that he lived with his aunt, May, instead of his parents, who had died in an accident. Or, there might've been the fact that he was living a double life, fighting crime under the alias of Spider-Man. He sat atop a building ledge as he surveyed the crowds of New York below him, nothing out of the ordinary. He wondered to himself when Stark would give him his next 'big' mission, before tearing a large bite into a sandwich May had packed him. (not my best but here you go.)

This beautiful Art was made by The Blu Cake on Tumblr- But it was deleted for unknown reasons so you will no longer be able to find it on their page.

After the events of the game, Ryley abandoned his dive suit after quitting his position as a Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief, preferring to work with Alterra Corporation from home.

(Which, in all honesty, lacked the "work" part. Ryley refuses to share anything about Planet 4546B, including even the smallest pieces of information about local fauna or flora. Even so, The Corporation has been regularly sending him sums of money just to be safe and don't let the whole ordeal get out to the public.

Now, Ryley is living an ordinary life in not-soo-ordinary Facility. Most of the days, you can see him strolling around the city of Vanton in dark-blue fleece vest with a big patch, depicting now long extinct Whale shark, on the back. The vest combined with a gray T-Shirt with sleeves that end below his elbows.
Through his go-to pants are shorts, recently he had to change those for black Cargo pants due to change in the climate. They are black with two white stripes near the cuffs. In the left pocket, he keeps a Themoblade- Weapons were made illegal by the Alterra a long time ago but Ryley does have quite a few privileges. Plus, it doesn't seem like he uses it anyway so no action has to be taken.

Getting a permission from Alterra to reconstruct his old Alien Containment unit in his studio was surprisingly quite a challenge. The paperwork was a pain to fill out and he will try to not touch a pen for another year or so. (Its 22nd century, why can't those tasks be done digitally?)
But making a wise decision and labeling the structure as a "fancy Fishtank" seemed to help with the whole ordeal a little and the creation begun just two months later.

The time has gone fast and now he stands in front of the familiar structure, soft blue light illuminating his dark face- And doing a good job of rendering all other light sources in the room completely useless.

Ryley couldn't resist taking one step forward and placing his hand on the plexiglass of the tank, surely leaving fingerprints that he is going to have to clean up later.

This one was almost identical to the one he had on Cyclops. It just lacked a hatch (For obvious reasons) and the specimens inside originated from Earth... almost. Among the Mandarinfishes and Pipefishes, swam a Manta-Ray like being, its bioluminescent body completely translucent. It flew around in the round tank, sometimes locking into a staring contest with some other fish or Ryley himself, before giving up after just several seconds later.

Fishes seemed to already be used to it as they swam through the holograph without a flinch as if it was not even there. Ryley programmed it to turn off if someone who doesn't posses Ryleys DNA were to enter this room. He was never good at this and the Ghost ray seemed to glitch right and there but it was Ryleys best work yet- And that was just enough.

He tapped on the glass slightly and the creature promptly made his way toward him, coming face-to-face with him after just three flaps of its giant wings- It wasn't as big as its counterparts on Planet 4546B but compared to other fishes in the tank, it was massive.
Ryley chuckled as the holograph bumped its head gently against the wall of the tank and found it shifting though, making it swim away in alarm. He will have to fix that later.
"Hey, Buddy. I'm glad to see you again too."

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My posts are usually longer but not this long- I went a little overboard here and I apologize for that. I hope this at least gave you a slight idea of what my writing is like.