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[divaricate]

✖ OOC NOTE: Spoilers for MCU's Avengers: Infinity War will be in this post. If you're still avoiding spoilers, don't click the cut below. ✖

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[Wanda is chilling on a high rooftop of a building in Maurtia Falls for this video, her device, as usual, levitated by her telekinetic powers; her hair is several shades lighter than her natural dark brown; there's a new scrape on that cuts across the left edge of her forehead and almost down to her eye, the wound still rather raw looking. A few other various scrapes on her face and arms/hands.

Those are the most noticeable changes on her, save for the fact that she also looks two years older ... which, thanks to her previous time bullshit here, she guesses makes her older here than back home. Whatever, that's too much numbers and math thinking for now because she also happens to be more than halfway to tipsy on a bottle of plum rakija. She's earned it, okay.]

So, when you get ported back into this world when the last thing you remember in your home world was dying, is there a membership card for that here? Because I'm thinking we should start a team.

[That's a lot of cynical, sardonic humor in that. Honestly, fuck teams at this point.

And another large drink from her glass before: ]

Also, none of you from universes similar to my own thought of mentioning 'hey by the way there's this ugly purple crazy being named Thanos who is a god damn piece of work' -- which in itself is an understatement by the most massive amounts, but you get the idea -- thanks.

[Not like she'd remember the heads-up when porting back into her universe, but look, let her be salty for a second.

Another drink, finishing off her glass. She gives it a sharp look before red wisps circle it and shatter it into several pieces which fall to the ground. Then she grabs the bottle and starts drinking from it.]

I'm assuming since half of this world doesn't look to be obliterated, the past... however the hell long I was gone -- [she knows it's only been a day, but she doesn't care to state that; not for any reason other than just more details to spit out] -- here have been nicer than my two years I just lived through in my universe?

[Ha. Wanda, out. The feed cuts off suddenly at that moment, with no outro.]

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[pickledturncoat]

[Oh boy, a drinking buddy.]

Maybe this is some sort of otherworldly afterlife and none of us realize it. Condolences on your demise?

[divaricate]

[yesssssssssss.]

Even for the people who are still alive back in their home universes? Or at least, don't remember dying there.

[If she thinks about that too hard, her drunk brain will probably hurt.]

Thanks, I guess there's worse places to come back to. I'm maybe ten percent more put together here. Twenty when I'm not drunk.

[pickledturncoat]

Perhaps they only think they're still alive. Maybe they never saw it coming. Like in the ghost stories where the ghosts don't realize they're dead.

Personally, I do much better when I'm brined to a certain degree. It keeps one from over-thinking things.

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[am_i_a_monster]

A team, huh? Team dead-gals? Team is-this-hell? I guess it could also be team second-chance.

[She pauses.]

I'm sorry about whatever happened on your world.

[divaricate]

We should put all those names in the running. [ha.]

Does half a universe have to end sometime? Death by climate change might have been kinder. [which ... you know, isn't saying much. The bar is very low, here.]

[am_i_a_monster]

I don't know about has to, but the bad, evil stuff always seems to happen.

[She looks away.]

That's not very comforting, is it? I'm not good at that. At least you're here now, that's something.

[thehawksnest]

["Did you turn the purple guy into that plum stuff?"
"Are you saying we couldn't beat up some Grimace look-alike?"
"So when you say half the world do you mean the handsome half like me or the ugly half like Tony?"

Clint immediately rules out his first 3 impulses because Wanda looks pretty Fucked Up(TM).]

Two years huh? What exactly were you up to for that long?

[divaricate]

You know .... running secret missions, staying away from governments, usual Team Fuck-Tony-Stark things.

[thehawksnest]

[He nods thoughtfully at her words, especially so at the part about Tony.]

Good, good, sounds like you're staying out of trouble, at least. Sounds like we got off the raft ok then? This-me wasn't exactly around for that part of your escapades.

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[sanguinespell]

[... okay. she doesn't really know Wanda personally, they've spoken maybe once here and she only knows her from the news at home, but this chills Nico. she likes none of what is being implied here.

she doesn't know where to begin. finally:]

What happened?

[divaricate]

Have you ever heard of the infinity stones or gems or whatever we're calling them now? [might as well get that out of the way first.]

[sanguinespell]

The what. [that's a no]

[quickfingers]

[This doesn't seem great.] You okay, Wan?

[divaricate]

Yep, never better. [a super obvious lie.] All not dust and everything.

[quickfingers]

[He doesn't really know what to say here; takes a pause instead.] D'you wanna talk about it?

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[monsterdoc]

[ The background is moving, because you better believe Bruce is coming in your direction, Wanda. ]

Wanda, love... are you okay? No, wait, let me rephrase. What can I do?

[ He'll leave off talk of Thanos just yet because damn, that fight sucked. All of those fights. All.... ten or twelve of them. ]

[divaricate]

Dropkick a stupid metal glove into the fiery sun where it will melt and no problems will happen because of it. [what.]

I'm on a ... somewhere. [wait what roof did she take up a spot on again??? uhh—] My phone's gps traceable.

[monsterdoc]

If I can, sure. If someone is wearing it, it's a little harder.

[ Yeah, he's figured out the Infinity Gauntlet is what she is talking about. GFods, he hates that thing. ]

I'm on my way. I'm sorry you had to deal with that, there.

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[fridgeflower]

We did have something of a support group, a while ago...

[ What to even say to stuff like this..? Nothing's good?! ]

I don't think it's been very long. It's been fine here, I suppose.

Sorry that happened to you.

[divaricate]

Time to bring it back maybe.

Well, at least nothing blew up here I guess, that's good. I probably shouldn't complain since I was ported back in here, and I'm not just dust, but I'm complaining anyway.

[fridgeflower]

No, you're-- That's perfectly fair. Being upset is beyond understandable.

I was, like, messed up for a long time, after I figured out I'd died. So... You seem like you're taking this pretty well, actually.

If it helps, your likelihood of somehow gaming the system is probably way higher than most other people's.

[eyeforaneye]

I'd say it depends on "however the hell long" you were gone.

[ Hi, Wanda, have a somewhat poorly aimed video feed of a dark-haired young man from where he's sitting in a spotless kitchen. ]

Who is Thanos?

[divaricate]

There's always some catch. [or... something like that.]

'Genocidal space maniac' sums it up nicely. Giant purple guy who killed half the universe because he could.

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[morethan084]

[It's been a long time since Daisy has gone back home, so, to say she was panicking at what she was hearing was putting it lightly.]

Wanda? What happened?

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[divaricate]

The short version is— about half the actual universe is gone. Population-wise only, I think. Hell if I'd actually know that fact one hundred percent, because I was turning to dust before I ported back in. Talk about timing.