ᱬ WANDA ❛sorceress supremely fucked❜ MAXIMOFF (
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( CLOSED ) ; don't call it a fight when you know it's a war
Who: Wanda Maximoff & Cisco Ramon. (
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Where: Wherever she finds Cisco.
When: Backdated to yesterday (July 10th).
Rating: At most, PG-13.
Summary: Wanda comes back from a canon update. Her first stop is Cisco.
The Story:
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Where: Wherever she finds Cisco.
When: Backdated to yesterday (July 10th).
Rating: At most, PG-13.
Summary: Wanda comes back from a canon update. Her first stop is Cisco.
The Story:
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This now has her one year older (27 now) and, in theory, also one year wiser. However that latter part is debatable at best, she feels at present. Those restraints? She doesn't feel too wise after her imprisonment in the Raft -- the collar that they put on her there is still on her now; it's a shock collar that also inhibits her powers -- but at least Wonderland doesn't feel like a prison. At least not in the same way. Most of the people here have been alright enough, the magical closets are entertaining, and sometimes the events don't completely suck. (She could do without seeing her friends get yanked back home, though -- when their names disappear from Wonderland's rooms, so it's not just a temporary departure.) While it's true that there's also no one here to tell her that she's a criminal who is a danger to everything about society, and that is a plus, she's still wrestling with some feelings about her most recent experiences of being told otherwise.
She spends some minutes escape artist-ing her way out of the straitjacket, but the issue of the collar still needs to be taken care of. She doesn't have the muscles to rip it off, nor can she use her powers to blast it off, and trying to fit a pen or something in between the collar and her neck sounds like a great way to do a DIY surgery that would go wrong. Wonderland is full of witches and super-people who could take care of this for her if she asked, probably; she just has to find one she feels comfortable asking, someone who might have the powers or tools to do so.
Finally, with what seems like an age and a half, the straitjacket is off and in the trash, she wraps a red shawl (she's also changed into more decent clothes), around her neck to cover the collar, and exits her room. Time to go find someone she can trust with this, and honestly, one Cisco Ramon sounds like a good start. Sure, they've not spoken a lot, but given the nature of their conversation, he's ... probably one who could best understand this, outside of anyone else here from her own universe. And right now? Right now she'd rather hold off a little bit on approaching anyone from her universe. Just because she now knows what they've known for ... well, before she showed up. Not that she's mad at them, but, how does she say 'hi so I'm in the loop now?' when this is the loop?
So, she starts towards locating Cisco's room if she can, but if she happens to come across him elsewhere, than that's just as well.
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He's been doing better, recently, with not keeping himself entirely isolated. He keeps it mostly to openly public spaces, like the coffee shop and the library. Places he can be alone, without really being alone. But he still spends a good amount of time in his room.
Which is fortunate for Wanda, and makes finding him pretty easy.
He isn't expecting anyone, but maybe it's Jesse coming by with some food or other she's cooked up. She does that a lot lately, to make sure he eats. But when he opens the door and finds someone unexpected on the other side, the surprise registers easily on his face. "Wanda? Uh- hi."
They hadn't actually...seen each other socially, so this was unexpected on several levels and he was a little confused by the sudden visit.
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"What's-- going on?" He feels kind of bad for not even realizing she'd been gone, but then that's kind of ridiculous, they weren't exactly close or anything. But had anyone mentioned...? He wouldn't know, he's avoided things too much until the last week or so.
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How she got it on is another story.
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Absently and in a way that he isn't really at all conscious of, he reaches up and rubs a hand across the back of his neck. "Uh- y- yeah." He nods a little. "Probably. Uh--" Think, Cisco. Use words. He spins on his heel to go grab the toolbox he keeps around at all times. "Can you tell me anything else about it? Is it-- rigged to do something if it's broken or anything?" Amazing how he can speak suddenly, when he's not staring at that thing around her neck. "You said you were...at home?" Because he would have assumed Mirror Side, if he'd been asked.
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She sighs slightly, more to get more of the nervousness out than anything. "Yeah." A quick nod. "Short story is I made more mistakes, people were afraid of what I can do, so, I wound up in a prison that was built underwater. Literally most of the governments in my world consider me a criminal now. I have a few friends from home here, they just weren't in the same position, really, not to that degree," She was the only one who got extra restraints and a smaller cell. The others were not restrained and actually had a bed in their cell; she had barely enough room to stretch her legs out, and a hard metal stool bolted the the floor. "so when I thought of who might have tools for this and who might have a little more perspective..." Well, she came here. He probably still feels terrible for his offense here, a feeling she could understand then and even more so now. She meant what she said to him then -- he shouldn't beat himself up, he should forgive himself -- and while she didn't come here for that, she did feel like he more than anyone would understand how she feels now. That perspective that she'd not wish on anyone to have, but that they both have the unfortunate luck to have most in common right now.
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"Underwater?" He shakes his head a little, that sounded awful. Based on things he's heard from various people, it seems like as bad as Wonderland ever is, a trip home is almost always worse. "People are... often afraid of things they don't understand, but...it doesn't make you terrible or irredeemable, just because they're scared."
He talks while he fusses with the collar, brushing her hair to one side to get a better look at the mechanism.
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"It is, it's a huge obstacle and an unfair one to need to work around. But it's unfortunately how the world works." He pause and grabs something from his toolbox before setting back to work. "Accidents shouldn't be held against you that way, either. People just like to feel they're in control, and when you add abilities like ours into that mix, they let the fear guide their actions." In some ways, it's surprising there hasn't been more of an issue with metas back home.
With a soft click, the collar separates and he unhooks it from her neck. "There."
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"Ours?" She tilts her head slightly to the side. "I mostly just thought you had tech skills. You can do the .. telekinetic and psychic things too?" His wording is curious, is all.
With the collar off, finally, she rubs at her neck with one hand to try to get the weird feeling away sooner rather than later. With the other, she lets a few red wisps float in the air, not doing anything but that. Just to illustrate what her power actually looks like.
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He starts putting his tools away and explains, "Not so much telekinetic or psychic--" There's a beat. "Well, maybe a little psychic..." He frowns a little as he puts the toolbox away. "It's hard to explain, it's...vibrations, and energy from them, I can tap into it. Make portals to other worlds, theoretically I can make concussive blasts from that energy too." He pauses and folds his arms across his chest. "I met a doppelganger once who had the same powers...he could do that, so...I know I can, but I don't know how." He waves one hand, somewhat dismissively. "And the psychic thing-- sometimes I get these...vibes, I see things before they happen. It's super sporadic and really hard to force. Hasn't happened in awhile, though."
His powers are weird and multi-layered and complicated, Wanda.
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"Makes you wish it came with a users manual or something. I would have loved one of those for mine: 'So You Have Powers, What Now?' or some other appropriately cheesey title. Other than that it's just ... hitting up training rooms that can take it and hope for the best."
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"That would be great. There'd be a real market for that kinda thing back home, if someone could actually make one." He snorts. The powers in the metas were so varied, it would be hard to do a one-size-fits-all sort of guidebook, though. "I'm not looking to do too much with mine just yet." Maybe one day. He'd taken a bit of a backslide in his confidence when things fell apart a couple of months ago.