And We Danced (Masquerade Overflow!)

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda nods her head in agreement.]

You are not the only one. There are several in the fleet who wish very much the same.

[namisan]

I hope they have better luck. [She's heard some people talk about terraforming, but the only kind she knows how to do is through weather science. Which is not something she has access to here, and if the problem does come from the land it's not going to be effective.] It's tragic this moon could go from having all this wildlife to... what they have now.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Perhaps it was a natural progression. My world back home, there is a lot of talk about the climate, the atmosphere, and how man is destroying nature. This... [She takes a look around them.] may very well be a bleak vision of a potential future.

[namisan]

[She glances at Wanda.] That sounds pretty alarming. I really hope not. You're from Earth, right? [Or one of them.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[As if reading Nami's thoughts, Wanda quickly responds.]

One of them, at least. It seems there are other versions of Earth out there. Some of them that I have been told look much like this moon.

[namisan]

So... maybe they could all end up like this. [If it's a progressive thing. That's sad to think about. Sam comes from Earth as well, but he's never mentioned anything like that, so it's probably just worst case scenario thinking.]

I hope not. You'd hope some would have the knowhow to turn it back around.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda smiles a soft little smile at that.]

Perhaps. There is always hope. There are plenty of very intelligent people back home that I doubt would simply sit back and let it happen.

[namisan]

That's good to know. [Nobody would stand in the way of such people, right? It isn't a problem in her world, so Nami can't fathom that there's money to be made in letting the world go to hell.]

I have a weapon at home that could at least clear the air for a while. Give them a clear day. But it wouldn't last.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

A weapon that clears the air?

That does not exactly sound like something I would call a "weapon."

[namisan]

[She laughs softly.] The science behind it isn't, no. It's used to bring hope to small towns afflicted by drought. I weaponised it so I could keep up with my crew-- but it still has a whole lot of benign uses.

Not that long ago at home, I had to clear an island of its poison gases so we could survive there. It's just controlled wind. In a place like this where the poison comes from the ground, though, it wouldn't last.