"My mind's like a deadly disease..."

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Who: Wanda Maximoff
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Starstruck
When: Now


Broadcast - Text

[Wanda's presence, both in the Fleet's comms and aboard its vessels, has dwindled, slowly but surely, over the course of the past month. There was period of time, around the beginning of the month, when she couldn't be found or reached at all--save for by Misty, Vision and Pietro. More perceptive fleet members might recall that her disappearance occurred around the time that rumors of a dragon and its rider terrorizing Solrius were circulating about. However, she did pop back up a little while later, seemingly as though nothing was wrong. However, those that know her well may have picked up the subtle tells that there was something she was not saying. Something that she was trying to bury. And so, she became more and more scarce around the Fleet. At least, until now...]

What do you think happens after death?

[The message is short and simple. Anyone familiar with the festivities of the month of October, perhaps this is simply her way of trying to get into the spirit of things?]


Starstruck - Action

[Friends and shipmates of Wanda's, if they want to go looking for her, will find her either holed up in her bunkroom aboard the Starstruck, or in a corner of the ship's kitchen or shuttle bay at times she thinks no one would typically wander in. By the look on her face, it is clear something is troubling her.]

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[A pause.]

What did it look like?

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[revengeofthemordsith]

Lots of writhing bodies and fire.

Not very original.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

No. Not very.

So, there's only this Underworld? Nothing else?

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[revengeofthemordsith]

I hear there is a place blessed by the Creator, for those pure of heart.

Since I am not, I assume I shall never see it.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

What do you suppose it means to be "pure of heart?"

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[revengeofthemordsith]

I assume it means less killing, more saving puppies and children.

Beyond that, I would not know. The Creator and Keeper exist, but they're not my concern.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

Sounds familiar. Good people go someplace nice. Bad people go somewhere else.

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[revengeofthemordsith]

It's a common theme.

But why does it matter?

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

I suppose it doesn't.

Just curious.

There are more similarities than I thought there would be when it comes to beliefs about death.

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[revengeofthemordsith]

People fear the unknown so they try to rationalize it.

People don't change, even if places do.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

But for there to be such similarities among so much diversity, you don't find that interesting?

[Wanda's not sure "interesting" is the right word for it, but it's the one she has for right now.]

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[revengeofthemordsith]

Not really. It's not that strange. People don't behave differently just because they're in a different world or place.

Nature remains.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

You don't find it the least bit strange that despite lacking any cultural interactions between our disparate worlds, similar stories and beliefs about the after-life somehow developed?

You don't think that suggests some kind of truth?

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[revengeofthemordsith]

The truth is people will always behave in accordance with their nature. What other truth need there be?

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

I don't know.

Maybe what really awaits us at the end?

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[revengeofthemordsith]

If you spend too much time thinking about the end, you waste time not thinking about the middle.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[The obvious truth of the words gives Wanda pause as she mulls it over briefly.]

Having seen it for yourself though, is it not hard to keep yourself from thinking on it?

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[revengeofthemordsith]

No. Because that's what it is. It makes you think about it, dwell on it. It forces you to contemplate and judge yourself.

And I have no time to do that when I'm alive.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

You make it sound so easy.

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[revengeofthemordsith]

It is easy.

But I am less bothered by other emotions compared to most people.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[An image of Natasha flashes briefly in Wanda's mind.]

Sounds like someone I know.

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[revengeofthemordsith]

Perhaps.

[ There are people similar to her, but none she's felt a powerful connection to. ]

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

What's your name?

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[revengeofthemordsith]

Cara.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

Wanda.

Nice to meet you, Cara.