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driftfleet2016-10-02 12:45 pm
notmutantbutmiracle) wrote in driftfleet2016-10-02 12:45 pm
"My mind's like a deadly disease..."
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.]
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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You sound as though you have had experience with each.
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But he doesn't mind at least admitting his knowledge. Hinting is enough.]
You could say that, yeah.
I've been caught up in plans of beings who are in charge of the three, unfortunately.
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[She'll let him fill in the obvious blanks.]
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It's weird to think about too deeply.
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Are you playing with me?
[The question is a little biting in tone, but, well, it seemed a fair question.]
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No, of course not. I mean, I know it all sounds pretty crazy, but - it's how life is, back home.
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I have just never heard those places and those that run them described in such a unique way.
[It was like the word "unique" was the one she'd been hung up on typing as she lacked a better way to describe what it was like to hear Sam's explanation.]
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[It's meant to be a playful question, but she's also, naturally, rather curious.]
Re: text
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A hunter, huh? How exactly does one enter into that profession?
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My father was a hunter, and he taught us. He got into it because something supernatural attacked my family when I was a baby. That's usually how it happens, really. You don't really think about things like that existing until it comes after you.
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Does it pay well?
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We don't charge for it, or anything. It's - on the house?
[they're broke constantly and use credit card fraud ok]
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So how exactly do you make a living then?
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Normal, everyday ways of making money.
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[Sam doesn't know it, but he's talking to a former pickpocket and thief. Growing up with little means to provide for one's self, Pietro and Wanda both picked up skills that enabled them to survive.]
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My dad couldn't use a computer to save his life. Technology didn't work with him, but I had a knack for it. He drove me crazy just trying to teach him how to use e-mails.
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Why do it?
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But, um. I like helping people, I guess. Keeping them safe.
Safer than my family, anyway, you know? Someone needs to look out for people who can't defend themselves.
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I do know.
[Another pause. This one a little longer before her next message appears on the screen.]
Does it ever feel futile? There's so much death that happens everyday. So many lives lost that couldn't be protected. How do you keep going? Doing what you do?
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Even if you can't save everything, you save something. It's worth it.
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You may have a point there.
Thank you.
We have been chatting this whole time, and I do not even know your name.
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And it's no problem at all. We're all in this together, better or worse.
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Wanda. Wanda Maximoff is my name.
Nice to meet you, Sam.
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