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driftfleet2018-07-21 12:10 pm
unbearablynaive) wrote in driftfleet2018-07-21 12:10 pm
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Who: The Vision
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Caprine
When: At the Shuffle, evening of the 20th
[He doesn't appear immediately on the Caprine, of course. First he's rudely deposited onto the hospitality deck of the Marsiva, but although he grasps the reality of the situation quickly enough it takes some time to process it all - the uncovered memories of his time here, the juxtaposition of his new situation with the events at home, and then a crushing disappointment as he scans over his newly-acquired communicator and realizes he can't put in a transfer to the Windrose, because his ship doesn't seem to exist anymore.
So that's how it's going to be.
He figures it won't be long before he's assigned to a new ship, and sure enough he's popped over to the Caprine in all his maroon-skinned android glory. He shakes the confetti off and pulls up a video broadcast.]
Good evening, members of the Fleet. I am the Vision, recently of twenty-first century Earth and one of the Avengers, if that means anything to anyone. [Yes, he's still technically an Avenger, even if he's been a bit AWOL lately.] If there's anyone here who knows me, I'd like very much to know that you're here, and please don't hesitate to ask me if you'd like anything from me. I seem to be on the Caprine this time around.
[And then he looks a little wistful.
Does anyone know how long it's been since I was here last? It's been two years for me subjectively, but I'm aware that often has little to do with time passing in the Fleet. I was on the Windrose. [Captain of it, in fact.]
Thank you.
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Caprine
When: At the Shuffle, evening of the 20th
[He doesn't appear immediately on the Caprine, of course. First he's rudely deposited onto the hospitality deck of the Marsiva, but although he grasps the reality of the situation quickly enough it takes some time to process it all - the uncovered memories of his time here, the juxtaposition of his new situation with the events at home, and then a crushing disappointment as he scans over his newly-acquired communicator and realizes he can't put in a transfer to the Windrose, because his ship doesn't seem to exist anymore.
So that's how it's going to be.
He figures it won't be long before he's assigned to a new ship, and sure enough he's popped over to the Caprine in all his maroon-skinned android glory. He shakes the confetti off and pulls up a video broadcast.]
Good evening, members of the Fleet. I am the Vision, recently of twenty-first century Earth and one of the Avengers, if that means anything to anyone. [Yes, he's still technically an Avenger, even if he's been a bit AWOL lately.] If there's anyone here who knows me, I'd like very much to know that you're here, and please don't hesitate to ask me if you'd like anything from me. I seem to be on the Caprine this time around.
[And then he looks a little wistful.
Does anyone know how long it's been since I was here last? It's been two years for me subjectively, but I'm aware that often has little to do with time passing in the Fleet. I was on the Windrose. [Captain of it, in fact.]
Thank you.
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Yeah, she can't suppress that eye roll.]
You're nothing alike. [And as someone who was almost torn apart by the Mind Stone, she would know. It doesn't feel so cruel anymore - Vision seems to temper whatever bad feelings it used to give her. In his hands, it really is just a tool, nothing more.] It's obvious.
[The bitter sarcasm is strong with this one.] I thought he was supposed to be smarter than that.
[Or at least from everything she'd seen in Thor's mind, and how everyone always goes on and on about 'threats like Loki' like they aren't going to see something worse. Like she isn't worse.]
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I can't expect someone who doesn't know me to understand that, Wanda. I can hardly expect it of people who do know me.
[And Loki was afraid. Of the Stone itself or of what it might draw to them, or both. But he's not about to admit that over an open network where Loki might overhear him.]
His opinion isn't important to me. Yours is.
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[She exhales, some of the fire in her dimming. As long as Vision doesn't start believing it she can swallow her fury. For now. As long as it doesn't happen again.
She doesn't tend to fight back if someone is prejudiced against her, but mess with her friends and it's another story altogether.]
I believe in you, Vizh. It doesn't frighten me anymore.
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[Of course he knows he's not a roomba. He might have maybe adopted some of the cleaning bots his ship's janitor had had last time, but they were definitely pets, not people.
He smiles a bit ruefully.]
Considering you're one of the few with the power to stop me if it were necessary, I'm glad to hear it.
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[She doubts Loki's the kind of person to share the fear of what some people would do with it.
But enough of that - Wanda's face goes slack at his last sentence and she's stiffening again.]
Don't...don't talk like that. [Don't even make her imagine it. It makes something in her chest twist painfully.] You're going to be fine.
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I hope it never does happen, but it's worth being aware that this place can...cause strange reactions. Once, for example, it caused the Winter Soldier to revert to his previous programming. [And if it can mess with Bucky like that, there's no guarantee it couldn't mess with the Vision as well.]
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Maybe it's not fine, but it's as fine as it could be.]
I don't think there's any future where you would try to hurt people.
[She's seen his mind and she just...can't comprehend that. He's too gentle. Always has been. Timelines shouldn't be able to change that, and again:] We're going to be fine.
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He definitely has to tell her about the intervening years, he thinks, but perhaps not until they meet in person. It will be easier to show her.]
Thank you. It does mean a great deal, coming from you.
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[Wanda smiles and ducks her head, unsure what to do with that level of praise. It's...unusual, coming from someone who isn't Pietro. She's not blushing, not yet, but it's the notch just below that.]
Is there anything I should know about this place?
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Actually, yes. You've been here a short while already. Have you learned that it pulls people from different points in time?
[Not that that hasn't been, like, obvious from the fact he'd been here before for years at a time, but he needs to segue into the subject somehow.]
May I ask what was the last thing from home you remember?
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Sam said everyone else is later in time than me. Do you remember when we fought Ultimo?
[So not immediately after the fall of Sokovia, but a few months before Lagos. That would be why she's not so withdrawn.]
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That's close to three and a half years ago for me, I think. I only ask because I don't want you to be disturbed by anything you might see in my mind. You can imagine things haven't been...peaceful.
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[And a strange cocktail of emotions, although the time difference would explain some of the changes in Vision's mannerisms. Wanda's expression turns concerned.]
Are you all right? Were you hurt?
[Logically, she wouldn't be surprised if he had; the life of an Avenger isn't exactly a safe one. Less logically, the thought makes her upset (and she'd be even more upset if she knew that she'd contributed).]
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[Oh boy, is that a trick question. He smiles ruefully and his tone softens a little.]
Only emotionally, and I assure you it's nothing I haven't recovered from. [Mostly. There's still some guilt there and there probably always will be, when he sees Rhodey's walking assistance. Wanda using her powers on him? He forgave her for that a long time ago. Forgiving himself is always more difficult.]
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[It's part of what it means to be alive, but that doesn't mean the first times hurt any less.]
And I understand if you want your privacy.
[She wouldn't really expect anyone beyond Pietro to have an open-mind policy with her, and it's not like she's constantly reading everyone's thoughts anyway. She doesn't need to in order to ground herself...it's just helpful for trying to explain the things you can't learn from the internet to him.]
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Guilt. That's what he has now. And a bit of anxiety about the whole "I fell in love with you, twice" thing. Because she certainly has the potential to do the same, but if there's one thing he's learned about this place, it's that things can and will go differently even with two seemingly identical versions of a person.]
It's not that I wish to keep anything from you, Wanda. Perhaps--perhaps a little at a time, though? To, er, ease you into the events of the past few years?
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Wanda would be lying if she said that Vision's caginess didn't worry her because it's so unlike him, but it's for his sake. She doesn't feel slighted by his request for privacy.]
It's normal to want privacy, Vizh. [She smiles, but she can't quite keep the edge of concern out of her expression.] But is it...is it that bad?
Wow phone
Oh, no. It isn't even remotely all bad. But I can't know how you'll feel seeing yourself doing things you don't remember.
autocorrect!!!! /shakes fist
[Like what if she accidentally killed someone? That would be a terrible thing to try to come to terms with. And she supposes seeing herself in love with someone she can't remember at all would also be super weird.]
But we will have time to talk about it later. I talked to Kitty about transferring ships.
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Oh! Oh, that's wonderful. I'll put in my transfer request right away, then.
[He can't help grinning. There's so much about his old ship he's excited to share with her, and--and he wants to be with her. Even if it's only as friends.
And who knows? They've fallen in love with each other twice now. Maybe she'll fall in love with him a third time.]
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Then I'll see you soon.
[She'll just have to hold out among (still very nice) strangers the rest of the week until the Shuffle.]