...And also these.

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ROOMS BY CHARACTER

N - Q Nami Natasha Romanoff Nelkeila Tarid Nux Nyssa al Ghul Octavia Blake One Peggy Carter Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève

R - U R. Daneel Olivaw Rapunzel Remy LeBeau Riku Robin Redbreast Rogue Santanico Pandemonium Shawn Hunter Stefan (Alesci) Salvatore Steve "Orion" Rogers Steven Quartz Universe Souji Seta Stiles Stilinski Syeira Tadashi Hamada Tekhetsio

V - Z Vash the Stampede Vima Sunrider Vision (The) Wanda Maximoff Wrath Yamanaka Ino

Comments

[unbearablynaive]

[Very interesting. Does she still feel silenced by those around her, or is it just that her recovery from that trauma is slow?

Since this is a dream--if a very controlled, artificial dream induced by their hosts at Atroma--he should be able to act freely. So, if the rules of her dream allow, he'll use his own power to pick up the blocks and form them into a polyhedral shape, spinning slowly.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda watches Vision's display with the blocks, looking a bit in awe. As the blocks spin, she reaches a finger out to poke one. Oddly enough, it's almost like she isn't aware that she was just doing something similar with the blocks herself. When she is able touch one, she jerks her hand back in surprise. She then smiles broadly, claps her hands, seemingly entertained by this.]

[unbearablynaive]

[The Vision smiles at her reaction and makes the blocks float a little closer to her. His eyes invite her to do...something? So he clarifies.]

See if you can take over the pattern.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda looks at him, a bit inquisitively, but eventually nods her head, signalling her understanding. She lifts her hands, glowing once more with scarlet, etheric energy. She takes over levitating the blocks like before, and then does her best to mimic the pattern that Vision had demonstrated earlier. It's clunky, not a perfect reproduction. The movements are a little choppy, and the blocks do not move or rotate quite as smoothly. However, after a few moments of this reenactment, Wanda lets the blocks slowly fall to the floor, then looks at Vision expectantly.]

[unbearablynaive]

[He speaks softly.]

Very good. The more you practice, the better you will become. You have great potential, Wanda.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[The girl smiles once more. Clearly pleased by Vision's praise.]

[Suddenly, her expression changes. She looks scared, frightened. As if expecting what was about to happen, she backs away from the window-wall. Crawling towards the opposite part of the room.]

[A silhouette is not standing on the opposite side of the glass. It's the figure of a middle-aged man, standing at military rest. His outline looks familiar, but when he speaks... his voice likely sounds even more familiar.]

Is that all she can merely do?

[The question seems to be addressed to someone else on the opposite side of the windowed wall.]

She plays with her little blocks. Like a child? She will not be ready at this rate. We need her to be able to fight. To kill.

[The figure turns and starts moving away, faint footsteps signal his leave. As his voice fades out on one last statement.]

Continue your testing doctor. You may push her, but do not kill her please. She and her brother are the only successes we've had so far.

[Wanda is cowering in the opposite corner of the room now. The man's voice... it had been the same man from the memory, the voice that came before the white hot, overwhelming pain.]

[unbearablynaive]

[As the memory plays, he stands protectively in front of Wanda. He can't shield her from the past, but he can at least stop anything more in the present from hurting her. When it ends, he speaks over his shoulder but is still faced toward the origin of the voices.]

He won't hurt you any more, Wanda. He's gone now.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

He will come back.

The pain.

It always followed.

Never good enough.

[She's talking. It's the first cohesive, verbal response that Vision has been able to get out of her. She still looks rather shaken, however, she is sitting with her knees curled up in front of her face. Her arms wrapped around her legs, pulling them close to her chest. She is not looking at Vision or the glass, instead her gaze is directed firmly at the floor in front of her.]

[unbearablynaive]

[He nods, pleased to have her speak even if it's something so terrible as that.]

He is gone, Wanda. You don't have to stay in this cell anymore.

[Because that is what this represents, isn't it? That in some way she's still stuck in this phase of her life.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She looks up from the floor, meeting Vision's gaze. The fear still evident on her face. She quickly looks away from him though, back towards the floor and shaking her head.]

I can't. I can't leave. He- Hydra... they are going to hurt the people of Sokovia. If I leave... the attacks, the bombings... they'll start all over again.

[unbearablynaive]

[He nods acknowledgment - that's a good enough justification for them to have trapped her here with, isn't it? And obviously the torture (because that's what it had been, no use calling it anything else) had convinced her of its truth. Clearly there is still a part of her that's having difficulty moving past this stage.]

What if you were able to stop them from doing that?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[The question makes her pause, both audibly and visibly. She sits there for a moment in silence, contemplating over Vision's question.]

If I could stop them...

I... Am I capable of doing that?

[But then she shakes her head, her expression becomes more grim again and a discernible tone of anger creeps into her voice.]

But it's not just the people of Sokovia that I am here for. I want... they promised me... revenge.

[unbearablynaive]

You are capable of a great many things, Wanda. Most people underestimate that, and it can be a serious point in your favor.

[Especially if she chooses to use it to help people--which is relevant to her next thought. And even though that revenge is directed at his friends, he nods soberly.]

Because your life as you knew it was destroyed, and you did nothing to deserve it. That's a reason to be angry.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She falters for a moment. Her anger vanishing briefly, and a look of shock replaces it. She's not used to having someone speak to her in this way, so calm and understanding. The anger returns, but it feels forced. Like, she has to be angry, because it is the only reason she can use to justify her actions.]

I- I don't-

What am I supposed to do? What would you have me do?!

[unbearablynaive]

[He doesn't let it show in his expression, but he's quite happy to have produced that reaction. That's exactly how he wants her to think - not clouded by rage, but with her heart. And what few enough people have done with her, frankly; she always had her brother, but one confidant is hardly enough.]

I would have you find out who you are, and what it is you truly want. To bring others suffering through revenge - or to bring peace to your people?

Applause and curtain?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda looks at Vision rather incredulous by his words. He wants her to find out who she is? What she truly wants? What does she truly want? Revenge... to make Stark suffer for the loss of her parents? For what his weapons had done to Sokovia? Or to bring peace? To protect the innocent... perhaps that desire had been at the core to her motivations all along. The desire to be strong, strong enough to protect others. To protect the innocent, those that could not stand up and fight for themselves.]

[Tears begin to flow from her eyes again. But it is only a few, not the storm that they had been before. A smile creeps its way onto her face, and she reaches up to wipe the water from her eyes. She looks up at Vision.]

I will try.

[As she smiles up at him, the door to the prison cell slowly opens. Blinding white light streams in, enveloping the two of them. The light is so bright, it forces their eyes closed, blocking out everything they can see.]

[As the light fades, Vision will find himself back aboard the Marsiva in his assigned room. His time in Wanda's calibration room is at its end.]

sounds good!

[unbearablynaive]

[That's very satisfying on a number of levels - to have her dream-self search deeper for the answer will help her waking-self commit to that decision, for one. For another, he hates to see his friends in pain and discomfort, and that certainly qualified as both.

And he likes to see people hope.]