entrancelogs | [CLOSED] We'll be together again;

Who: Wanda Maximoff, Billy Kaplan & Tommy Shepherd
Where: All over, for now.
When: Thursday, July 16th, late morning.
Rating: PG
Summary: Wanda is due to try and connect with her supposed family, and the current state of things has spurred her to seek them out.
The Story:

[The single tear floating above the beach had been worrisome enough on its own. Wanda had approached it, done her best to study it from a safe distance, tried to manipulate the energy around it in order to seal it, but it hadn't made a difference. Nothing had budged, and nothing about whatever it actually was made sense to her-- as much as it had attracted her interest, she wasn't qualified to do much about it, at least not at the moment, though she knew there were countless others conducting their own investigations, as well.

When the tears begin to multiply is when she really starts to worry; the anxious concern she'd felt regarding the first rift grows exponentially, bordering on panic. Whatever is happening, it's escalating and quickly, and she's surprised to discover who her thoughts immediately go to. Not her supposed teammates, but the two boys she'd met upon her arrival in Wonderland, the ones who had informed her that they were family, even if she still wasn't quite sure what that meant. Their worlds were different, separate from one another, but she still seemed to mean something to them-- and even if she didn't know why, they already meant something to her. She could feel it in her gut.

She pauses a few feet short of a rift in the garden, closing her eyes as she goes still, opening herself up. She's done her best to keep her powers to herself since coming here, afraid of being too invasive, afraid of seeing too much, but now-- now feels like the moment to use them, letting the dull roar of thoughts from those within the mansion wash over her, searching for two voices in particular.

Wherever they are, she'll find them. She has to. She needs to know they're safe.]

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[Billy smiles at her and lets her approach him as her own speed.]

You too. The mirror side isn't really somewhere I like ending up. And letting my mirror lose over here is also not a good idea. He's a manipulative asshole, from what I hear anyway. And much stronger than I am.

[So beware, in case he ends up over here.

He shakes his head.]

Nothing yet, they are powerful. I haven't been able to close them, I can feel it wanting to close but it's almost like some force it keeping it open. Going through them doesn't seem to be harmful. Unless you land on something painful.

I am not sure I like the sound of 'stronger.'

[Even without seeing Billy in action, she can sense the weight of his power. He has a lot of it-- to imagine someone with ill intentions wielding even more is definitely cause for concern.]

Have you been testing that theory yourself? Seeing what happens if you go through?

I don't either. I'm not sure if he's actually stronger, he just doesn't care to have control like I do? You'd have to meet him I guess to know. He did almost kill Teddy once and that takes a lot of power. So.

[He shrugged. His mirror made him nervous because he knew exactly what he was capable of. And none of it was pretty.

He shot her a sheepish smile.]

Maybe? Once I figured out it wasn't harmful to go through. I know Steve said not to but... How else are are going to learn?

A lack of care is more dangerous than power alone.

[She hadn't cared about who she hurt; it was all means to an end. It hadn't helped anything. She grimaces.]

You have a point. [And as much as she has come to allow herself to trust Steve as their leader, most things cannot be solved by simply sitting back and watching.] Is there a pattern to where they lead?

It is. It's what separates the villains from the heroes I think.

[ And sometimes it was an all too easy line to cross. He would have been lying if he had said he was never tempted, never pushed too far. He had wanted to kill, and had been thankful he didn't.

He shakes his head.] Nothing I can find, at least not yet. And I can't interact with them. I can make portals and they send people where I want them to, but no matter what I do I can't get these to respond.

[Something about that spurs her to give him a curious look, seeking.]

You really think so?

[It's an honest question, rather than skeptical-- she has a very personal interest in what it is that defines the two. After a moment, she purses her lips, looking back to the nearest rift.]

You make portals? [Interesting.] If your magic cannot effect them, I cannot imagine there is anyone else here who might.

[ He nods. ] Yeah. Or at least its one of the things. If you didn't care about who you hurt it would be much easier to do things that would cause people to hurt. Thats not the only thing, of course. Sometimes you can care and still make choices you regret. But then again, I guess a real villain wouldn't regret, would they?

[ He shrugs. He has a lot of feelings about what separates a hero from a villain. Not all villains are evil, sometimes they just make the wrong choice because they don't see any other option given to them. Then again he also has been on a team with two teenage versions of villains and stood up to the Avengers and the X-Men to save his mother. ]

People make mistakes, they make bad choices, but I think people deserve second chances. Especially if they want to make amends and put things right.

[He grins at her next question, something less serious.] Yeah, I don't do it often but sometimes it helps in a pinch. Wanna see?

Perhaps they wouldn't.

[And yet she's made choices she regrets, and she fears the results of those choices are no less villainous despite how she feels now, after the fact.]

You are-- much more open-minded than some.

[She smiles just a touch. It inspires a certain degree of confidence; perhaps he won't suddenly decide they shouldn't get to know each other better after all once everything concerning Ultron is laid bare.]

You can do it now, on a whim? [Oh.] I'd love to.

[ Billy shrugs. ] I've had to be, I guess. Besides, I don't think everything is black and white. In the world I come from you learn there are a lot of shades of gray.

[Billy already knows what she did with Ultron. Steve had told him when he had come back from being home. He wasn't going to bring it up, Wanda would talk about it when she was ready and Billy wasn't going to push her. ]

I can. Where do you wanna go? Anywhere in Wonderland, just pick a place.

Most worlds are like that. Moreso than some people are willing to admit.

[Herself included-- she'd been fixated on her own perspective for so long that she hadn't allowed herself to think of what might have influenced the actions of others.]

Anywhere?

[Hmm.]

The kitchen-- or is that the garden, now?

[Considering things are all out of sorts.]

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