entrancelogs | [OPEN] Can the city forgive;

Who: Wanda Maximoff & you!
Where: Training Center & Magic Training Room
When: 10/21
Rating: PG?
Summary: Slowly but steadily, Wanda is learning to trust herself and her powers as well as her teammates, but there's always room for more practice.
The Story:

[The morning of the 21st finds Wanda in the Training Center shortly after breakfast. It's still empty when she gets there, although she's sure it won't stay that way for long-- she expects people to trickle in throughout the course of the day, teammates and other Wonderland residents alike, but she likes it best when it's quiet. Over time, she's improved when it comes to working with her teammates, but she still feels safest when she has the opportunity to practice alone. She hasn't had any accidents since arriving in Wonderland, but she still doesn't quite trust herself-- or how much stronger her powers seem to be than she first realized.

She spends the better part of the morning training with the targets provided, flinging hex bolts of various sizes and strengths, testing and aiming to refine her control over distance and impact as well as aim. Steve was right when he told her that she would learn more when there was another party involved, especially when it came to having to think on her feet, but she maintains that there are certain things she can only do by herself, things that can only be properly tested and practiced in a controlled environment.

Late in the morning, one of her bolts goes rogue and damages one of the dummies she'd been practicing on more severely than she'd intended. Grimacing, she levitates the target itself from its post and detaches it, bringing it to her rather than walking over to investigate, turning it over in mid-air before she passes a hand over its body, focusing until the metal itself begins to bend itself back into shape, mending.

The rest of her training goes mostly without incident, and after lunch she dips into the Magic Training Room. While she doesn't have any lessons planned with Billy today, she's been meaning to take the time to spend an hour or two looking through some of the books in the collection he's assembled during his time in Wonderland. As it turns out, she ends up staying there for the better part of the afternoon, and can be found either perusing the shelves, investigating potion reagents, or sitting in front of the fire with one of the books she's helped herself to.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[The science part of it eludes her, to a certain degree, but this part she understands-- the way Jane chooses to phrase it clicks well with what she can feel herself doing, and she nods once, confirming.]

It is-- still new. I'm still learning.

[But even for someone who's only had their powers inside of a couple of years, she's come a long, long way.]

I can imagine. I mean, I'm not a biologist but whatever your body's doing to shield you from the effects of having that much energy that close to your person must require almost equal force and that's not even taking into consideration the amount of control necessary to produce it to begin with.

[ bedside manner falls so quickly to curiosity and a brain suited to number. despite being quite out of her element here, jane has already accept that she'll have to take new information as it comes. ]

I mean-- it's a miracle that you're able to stand there and hold, well, radiation in the palm of your hand without burning the both of us up and taking the mansion with you.

[ despite how monumentally dreary that all sounds, jane is still grinning. this is so exciting. ]

[That is more difficult for Wanda to follow, and the lopsided smile she offers Jane in response is a curious one, both awed by just how much the young woman seems to know as well as touched by her enthusiasm.]

You sound like an expert.

[She could probably use one of those.]

I do not understand it all, myself. The source of my powers is-- otherworldly. They are not natural.

[ jane's excitement seems to drop away. figures and numbers come to a hard stop as she shifts gears too fast, adjusting her view of wanda almost immediately. sure, yes. jane tends to let the equations run away with her -- but people aren't usually a factor. not directly. ]

What's your name? [ jane takes a moment to tuck her scanner away, before finding a seat and making herself comfortable. ] I'm Jane.

Wanda.

[She watches closely as Jane puts her equipment aside for the time being, and something about that makes her feel just a little bit more at ease-- she relaxes visibly, though she remains standing.]

It's nice to meet you, Jane.

You too. And I bet you know more than you think. About physics, about natural science. Think about it, I'm sure you've heard how energy is only transferred. That it's not created or destroyed-- right?

[ the fervor reenters jane's voice, though the pink in her cheeks has begun to fade. ]

Yes-- and so any energy I use is only being manipulated, not created.

[The energy itself isn't hers, but the ability to warp and control it certain is.]

The men and women at HYDRA weren't all that interested in discussing the science of my abilities with me, I'm afraid. They were more concerned with how it could be weaponized.

[At the time, so was she.]

Oh.

[ she'd had a great point about wanda being perfectly natural, but it's derailed in this moment. a moment she has to take to consider what it is that sits on wanda's shoulders, and in her dna. ]

I didn't even-- god, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to jump all over you like that.

[Wanda is quick to shake her head, discouraging that particular line of thought.]

You've done nothing wrong.

[Really, her enthusiasm is refreshing.]

You're only curious, yes?

[ she chuckles then, a shy smile replacing her previous worry. ]

Yeah. Yeah, I am. There's a lot to be curious about, and I've never seen anyone do what you do.

I never have, either.

[She sounds disappointed about that, in fact, rather than boastful as she's sure some people might be. It would have been nice to know someone with similar gifts, someone who could help her learn the full extent of her own. Billy did his best, but it wasn't exactly the same.]

I am happy to let you observe, if that's what you want. I'm sorry I cannot answer more questions-- I wish I knew more, as well.

Thanks, but-- I shouldn't pry. You're not a performing monkey. I just have to get used to the fact that almost anything is possible here. Try to stop running headlong toward the data.

[ she stands again, nodding. making friends isn't jane's forte and she already has so much work to do. ]

I should probably leave you to your work. I'm on the fourth floor, uhm-- you know. If you ever want to come and talk. Or just, or just you know. Hang out.

[It's the offer to talk that takes her most by surprise, but after a moment's hesitation, Wanda nods in reply, offering a faint smile of appreciation-- for that as well as Jane's sentiments about respecting privacy.]

I-- would like that, I think.

[She has so few friends to begin with, and even fewer who are girls.]

I've been the only woman on the team for some time. It gets tiresome.

[ that makes jane smile something a little warmer, more knowing. ]

Oh, I've definitely been there. I can divulge tips in exchange for coffee.

[ the fastest way to a girl's heart lbr. ]

[OPEN] Can the city forgive;

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