[CLOSED] We'll be together again;

[mindbend]

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.]

Comments

[minimoff]

[ Tommy gives her an awkward smile, rubbing the back of his neck. It is nice to hear, but it is obvious it does not sink in. ]

It's not like I'm jealous or anything. But he's apparently some sort of inter-dimensional magical messiah. I'm just fast.

[ Not to mention the many other ways Tommy felt he did not match up to his twin brother. ]

[mindbend]

There is a lot to be said for being fast.

[She'd never considered Pietro's powers any lesser than hers, just different. There were a number of things she couldn't have accomplished without him, as a matter of fact.]

My brother and I-- we worked best as a team. Complemented each other's strengths. He was fast. [It pains her to talk in the past-tense, but it needs to be said.] I may be able to move things or shield others, but it means nothing if they are in danger and I cannot reach them. If I'm not fast enough.

[minimoff]

I guess Billy and I have never had that.

[ Which pains him. Some part of him wants that, badly, that feeling of being in sync with his twin, of complimenting someone like that. ]

I mean, we've fought together on teams, but -- I guess we don't spend a lot of time together. Not when it's just us.

[ The time they had gone looking for Wanda was one of the few times it had been just them. ]

[mindbend]

It's not too late-- if that is what you want.

[She's still trying to get a read on him, on both of them, naturally and by getting to know them the right way instead of cheating and simply looking for herself.]

If you wish to grow closer, Wonderland has presented you both with the opportunity to do exactly that.

[minimoff]

It'd be kinda nice.

[ Which translates into it's something I want more than anything. He finds it difficult to admit to things that mean a lot to him, especially when they are as important as family. Admitting it just meant someone could take it away. ]

[mindbend]

[He doesn't say what he really feels-- but she doesn't have to look all that deep to know what it is he means, and she offers him a careful smile.]

If I can help you, you know I will.

[minimoff]

[ That makes him smile back. ]

Yeah. Thanks. You know, if I can do anything to help you, I will.

[ It is said quickly; he nearly stumbles over the words, nerves catching him up. ]