A bittersweet return; Video + Action

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Who: Wanda Maximoff
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Starstruck
When: Right now

[At first, the scene appears to be a relatively familiar one. That is, the typical network broadcast of a new arrival to the fleet. A communicator's video feed broadcasting a slumbering figure curled up on a ship's cot. However, a second glance and one can easily tell that this not typical at all. Instead of the Marsiva's recognizably distinct interior, this feed seems to be coming from the bunkroom aboard one of the Fleet's smaller ships. In fact, crew members of the Starstruck may find the setting quite familiar looking indeed, along with anyone else that may have paid Wanda a visit in the past.]

[The sleeping figure stirs, waking from a deep slumber with a slow sit up and stretch. The communicator's camera focuses on the individual, as she quickly recognizes that something is amiss. Wanda Maximoff looks around, startled and confused to not find herself waking up in the room she'd been given in Wakanda. However, she soon begins to recognize the room. It's her room, her bunkroom aboard the SS Starstuck. And that could only mean...]

I'm back...

[The thought vocalized out loud, her tone sounding somewhat somber, yet also a tiny bit relieved. She swings her legs out of her cot, and pads her way over to her storage locker. Checking inside, she finds all of her trinkets, clothing, and other souvenirs that she'd picked up on previous planet visits. All of them in the exact place she had left them. A new outfit also noticeably present among the garments. Her fingers gently glide over each item, as the respective memories associated with each one float back to her.]

[A moment later, she closes the locker and turns her attention back to her room. She studies the interior, looking everything over.]

All exactly as I remember it.

[She then spies the communicator perched upon a shelf, optimally poised to capture her return. She walks over to it, picking it up and holding it out in front of herself. She looks ready to address the camera yet falters for a moment. A small frown on her face, and her eyebrows furrowed as she ponders what to even say, if she should even say anything at all. But only a moment later, her expression relaxes, and a small grin replaces the frown. Looking now more bemused and her tone more playfully sarcastic, she addresses the camera.]

It's been a while. What did I miss?

Comments

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

Professor.

[She gives a small smile and nod of her head.]

It is good to see you.

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[axiomed]

[ He nods. ]

Likewise. What happened?

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She cocks an eyebrow, wondering where exactly to begin.]

You mean what happened to me here? Or what happened to me back home?

[She gives him a small, sly grin, watching for his reaction.]

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[axiomed]

[ He smiles faintly in return. ]

I hear it could be either, though I've yet to see it for myself. You went home then?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She gives him a bemused look. It was just like the Professor she remembered to give a measured response. She gives him an affirmative nod of the head.]

I did. I cannot say what exactly happened to me here, or if I even was here in the time that I was home.

But I did return home for a year. Or at least it was a year there. I am told it has only been a little over a month here.

[axiomed]

Fascinating.

[ Charles is a scientist in many ways. While he doesn't embody the love Hank has for the subject, his mind often drifts towards theories and probabilities. ]

I suppose it makes sense for time to travel strangely . . . but for the mind to travel back and forth like --

[ He freezes. Like he did. ]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Okay, not a reaction she was expecting, or one that she really wanted to see. She's definitely concerned.]

Professor? What's wrong?

[axiomed]

Nothing. I think I might have a working theory on how this place works . . .

[ He shakes his head. ] But enough about that. It can't be easy, suddenly recalling a year.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda looks a little peeved to be left hanging like that. However, she knows there's already enough theories floating around in the Fleet about how this place operates, so who was to say which one was the most accurate? Still, Professor Xavier had certainly left the impression on her of being a rather intelligent, deep-thinker. If he had a theory, she wanted to hear it. But for now, she'll let it slide, making a mental note to bring it up later.]

It does not feel so sudden. If anything, it is the memories of this place coming back to me that has been jarring.

It is like organizing a book case, only to realize there is an entire box full that you forgot about. And now, you have to organize them with what you already have on the shelf.

[axiomed]

[ He nods in vague understanding. ]

I had dealt with a time traveler once. He existed between two different points of time but his mind could go back and forth. It's how I visited the future once - by the mind.

So this sounds very familiar to me. At times, he seemed not to recall the future but like a rubber band, it would snap back.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She relaxes, taking in his every word. His friend's situation sounding rather similar to Wanda's current one.]

So, you think it was only my mind that traveled back home? That is, my body was still here?

But I know that can't be right, because I was there. Physically, back home. I had to have been.

[She knows this with a certainty. There's no way her participation in the Sokovia Accords, and the resulting conflict, could have happened otherwise.]

[axiomed]

I'm not saying you weren't there physically. But there might be two times where you do that - exist, I mean. But your mind is only conscious of one until it snaps back.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda tries to wrap her head around this. She is managing to mostly understand what he means, but the actual logistics of how something like that could be possible... well, that certainly was the hardest part to comprehend.]

So... I was existing here and there, physically, but I could only be conscious of one at a time?

[She checks to see if she's more or less on the same wavelength with the professor here.]

[axiomed]

[ Charles nods. ]

That's the gist of it. Then, at a certain point, you would - for lack of a better word - absorb the knowledge of the other timeline.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Back home though... when I returned, it was like no time had passed, and I was not able to remember anything that had happened here. In fact, I do not think I was aware that I had even left.

Yet, returning here... Not only has time passed since I left, but I am also able to remember both what happened here previously and everything from back home.

Why the difference?

[axiomed]

Most likely because this is an alternate timeline. The one that matters - the one where we come from will always take precedent.

[ Logan couldn't remember the future when his mind snapped back to the present. ]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

So you don't think it is Atroma's doing then? The reason why my memory is behaving so oddly?

[axiomed]

I think it's more their outcome from keeping us here, not the actual cause itself.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

An unintended side effect of being in this little game of their's?

[axiomed]

Most likely, though this is all conjecture.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

It seems this place just gets better and better.

[Wanda sighs, definitely feeling a little conflicted about being back here. On the one hand, it was good to see friendly, familiar faces. On the other... well, there was everything else. She decides to try and change up the conversation a bit.]

I guess I missed a few training sessions. I hope you won't be billing me for them. I was not exactly in a position to attend, after all.

[She gives him a wry grin.]

[axiomed]

[ He smiles. ]

We can always reschedule. I'm simply glad you're feeling all right. It should never be taken for granted in places like these.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda nods.]

I have some new things to show you. The year at home... well, I was not just sitting around.

[axiomed]

I didn't think so.

What kind of new things?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Ah ha. She knew that would catch his interest. The sly grin returning to her face.]

You will just have to wait and find out.