"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.]

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha's breath catches in her throat, a soft sort of half sigh. She won't argue with Wanda. The girl's feelings are valid in this.

But it's not how Natasha would think about it.]

Maybe I will. But I'm not going to ask you how he's handling this.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

I don't expect you have to to know how he's handling it.

He watched... he had to witness his sister dying right in front of him.

[She shakes her head, trying to hold back some tears of anger and shame that are threatening to bubble up and over.]

[Natasha had been there at Sokovia when Pietro had died. She knew what Wanda's reaction to that had been. It's not too far of a jump to guess that Pietro's reaction was similar seeing the reverse.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha is aware she's not handling this well. Somehow, like quick sand, it seems like trying to correct her missteps just make it worse.

Even when her corrections mean not pushing.]

I imagine how hard that was for him. I wasn't trying to imply it was a mystery...

[But there are things going on here that Natasha fundamentally doesn't understand. Not on an emotional level, and even on an intellectual level, Wanda doesn't react in predictable ways.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda just sits and watches Natasha now. Her expression still sullen and unhappy. Though, it's not exactly clear who or what she is now upset about. Perhaps just simply at everything, at all of the things that have culminated into this moment.]

[She then, finally, looks down and away, letting out something akin to an exasperated-sounding sigh.]

I know you came over to try and help, but... I don't think there's anything you can do. What happened... happened... I'm still just struggling to make sense of it all like you are now.

[She tries to give Natasha an out.]

I know this... isn't really your forte.