Wanda Maximoff (
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[closed] I can't help this awful energy
who: Wanda and Loki
what: Magical shenanigans and training.
when: July 18
where: Gramarye
warnings: None
[Wanda pauses outside Loki's office the day after their conversation, biting her lip before knocking. Of course she's a little nervous. How could she not be? Loki's the only other person she knows of who has both real experience with the Mind Stone and the magical knowledge to understand it. He's her best hope.
If he can't help her, at least there's still Stephen and Billy's books, but her powers are still some degree of different. She's not a sorcerer or a mutant...she just is, and whatever this power is, it's hers. Wanda doesn't know if she'll ever reach a point of absolute comfort with them - she has such an odd relationship with them. Some days it really feels like they're as much a part of her as any limb, but then something will happen and everything feels wrong and off, like her foot's asleep or she's having to remind herself to breathe. Still part of her, but uncomfortable and sometimes frightening in its potential.
But deep down, Wanda knows he's right - she can't keep going like this indefinitely.
She manages to school her expression into something more neutral before the door opens. Thankfully, her voice doesn't betray her.]
Hi. [Not her most eloquent but she's here at least.] Is this a good time?
what: Magical shenanigans and training.
when: July 18
where: Gramarye
warnings: None
[Wanda pauses outside Loki's office the day after their conversation, biting her lip before knocking. Of course she's a little nervous. How could she not be? Loki's the only other person she knows of who has both real experience with the Mind Stone and the magical knowledge to understand it. He's her best hope.
If he can't help her, at least there's still Stephen and Billy's books, but her powers are still some degree of different. She's not a sorcerer or a mutant...she just is, and whatever this power is, it's hers. Wanda doesn't know if she'll ever reach a point of absolute comfort with them - she has such an odd relationship with them. Some days it really feels like they're as much a part of her as any limb, but then something will happen and everything feels wrong and off, like her foot's asleep or she's having to remind herself to breathe. Still part of her, but uncomfortable and sometimes frightening in its potential.
But deep down, Wanda knows he's right - she can't keep going like this indefinitely.
She manages to school her expression into something more neutral before the door opens. Thankfully, her voice doesn't betray her.]
Hi. [Not her most eloquent but she's here at least.] Is this a good time?
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[ and using nostalgia, happier moments that elicit certain mental responses is important. more suited to her abilities too. ]
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[Wanda gives the memory a few more gentle tugs. That should do it. She could have done it faster, but it would have been more jarring than Loki had signed up for.]
Do you see it?
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Yes, but gentle. Focus on the feelings rather than the vision.
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Easier than pushing someone into unconsciousness or making them flee in terror.]
This shouldn't hurt...
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Good. Now we can move onto physical healing.
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Normally I would able to feel it, I think. Even if I couldn't see the injury.
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You're far more empathetic than me. But that can be dangerous too.
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Sometimes I can feel it, if someone I'm close to is hurt. Or if I'm in their minds.
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Do you want that?
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[And one day, the pain of an enemy burning to death will make her unable to contain an explosion that will set off the schism within the Avengers.]
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Not at all?
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Maybe a little, but only if I do nothing else. And only sometimes.
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Then you need to decide. Your powers can be remain near limitless that way or we can find ways to curb it.
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[ Because it seems like . . . a lot. ]
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But I limited those connections.
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[It is a lot, and while it has its uses, it would be nice to know how to not have to feel absolutely everything all the time.]
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That might be difficult. Even for me.
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[Not for something like this, anyway. She really should be able to master the mental aspects of her powers if she could best the Mind Stone.]
But for the healing, what next?
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[ It's certainly not something he's prepared for, at least not right now. He reaches out to the plant, snapping away a few leaves. ]
I want you to heal that.
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All right.
[Her eyes shift to red and gently she reaches tendrils of energy towards the plant. Her power is automatically drawn to the broken stems and slowly begins to stimulate regrowth.
It may be slow, but Wanda's control is improving: her power is only affecting the injured part of the plant.]
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It is a start.
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Slowly, tiny new leaves start to unfurl. Wanda shifts her gaze to him, grinning. It's working. She's not hurting it.]
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