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*Raquel Ervin (Rocket) is speeding through space heading towards Wakanda. Tonight, after months of back and forth on Twitter, Virgil Hawkins (Static) and Miles Morales (Spider-Man) are doing a roast battle where all the proceeds will go to charity.* Rocket: Ohmygodohmygodohmygod–come on–come oooooooon YES! *Rocket lands in front of the Wakanda Barbershop. She opens the door to see a flood of people. She makes her way through the crowd, stopping once she finds Anita Fite (Empress) * Anita: Nice timing, babe. Rocket: Ugh, how much did I miss? Anita: They’ve already been through the first 2 rounds. Rocket: Oh Mother#%@%#@! Ughhhh, what’s happened so far? Anita: They both took a round, but Virgil is saving all that savage for the third round. He’s handing him the torch, but still gonna come for Miles’ kicks, web shooters, and hair line. Rocket: My Heroooooo, yes! I love that this is Miles’ official initiation. He’s really done a lot of work for the Spider-Family at Marvel and dealt with a lot of hate too. Almost as much as Sam got for takin the Cap title. Anita: You goin be Spider-Man, then you best be prepared for the hate. Rocket: Mmmmm -hmmm, well we haven’t stopped laughin’ at Peter for letting Spider-Man 3 happen. Sooooooooo…
Anita: *sucking in air* Yeeeeeeesh *Cut away to Duke Thomas & Eli Bradley sitting with microphones and cameras around them. They’ve been color commentating the battle all night.* Duke: Never in my life, except for last week when Monica was hook…
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