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[scarletcast]

For those of you who have [ pause, a low hum, ] superpowers. Has this place ever taken them from you?

​​[ A beat. ]

If you wish to speak in person, I will be in the park. In the red jacket.

​​[ She has ways of being completely private, but that's a little invasive and not something to advertise. Anyone heading to the park to speak to her or in the vicinity will see a young woman on a bench, with a thermos full of tea next to her, steam rising off the cup clasped in her hands. ]

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[cashlin]

[Really, Lilith just wants some company.

With a paper bag full of something resembling peaches in tow, she takes her plac beside Wanda on the bench, slouching a little in her seat.]

So you're worried about the same thing I've been worried about, too.

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[scarletcast]

[ The signature hum of Lilith's thoughts are familiar by now, and Wanda's mouth is already curving into a smile when she sits. ]

Are you surprised?

[ Playful. They have overlap, the two of them. ]

permaaction; NOoo I JUST NOTICED THE TYPO

[cashlin]

Mmm... nah.

[She smiles, too, a little more sheepish, and rifles through the bag for the best of the fruits. (The color's off from Earth peaches, not that she'd know; they're tinted a little lavender.)]

But if it makes you feel better, I only met one person who said her powers didn't work here anymore. See-something, I forget her name.

[Lilith pulls one out and hands it to Wanda.] She'd have been able to teleport us back home. Conveniently.

voice; did someone say powerchats

[dedikated]

Not myself. Heard of it happening to people.

[ pushing yourself to the point of total power exhaustion does not count ok ]

also voice, somebody did

[scarletcast]

[ Sharply, ]

When, and how?

permavoice; yeeee-

[dedikated]

Was a while ago... [ there's a sigh and a rustle of paper before she speaks again ] Spoke to someone who could teleport. Apparently they couldn't any more. Also mentioned some problems with other powers they had being weakened.

[muscovy]

[...

That makes him wonder. He didn't try this yet here - had no reason to - but...

A good while later, Muscovy will show up in the park, looking around until he spots a red jacket, and walks towards her.]

Hello.

[scarletcast]

[ She blinks, looks at him up and down. His thoughts are a little funny, but Wanda registers that more as the hum of a radio crackling in and out than any real focus on what he's thinking. ]

Hello. Would you like to sit down?

[muscovy]

[He pulls himself onto the bench as an answer and looks at her.]

Did you lose a power?

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[whichend]

Give me a reason to trust you.

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[scarletcast]

[ She is silent for some time, then, quietly, ]

I have no use for false assurances.

[ A beat. ]

You can get to know me, and then decide.

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[keep_smiling]

What do you consider a superpower?

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[scarletcast]

[ Yeah see this is why she hates the word. Wanda sighs. ]

Like this.

[ Thin red streaks dance around her hands, coalesce into a ball of bright red hex energy, and she flicks it at the ground, scorching it. ]

[video]

[wormintheglass]

It's not a power, but I was in my ship when I was pulled through the Door. It took me and my pets and left my ship out there alone, cut off from me.

Like Kate says, it strips away anything that might let us leave.

[video]

[scarletcast]

[ Nothing is impenetrable. No fortress, no person. But Bianca knows that. ]

I am realising that. There is nothing to stop them taking the rest as well.

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[skelebro]

Define "superpower".

[Not that he's really tried half the shit he's capable of here. That'd require effort and planning.]

video

[scarletcast]

[ In reply, Wanda trains the camera on the hand holding the up, and it levitates, surrounded by a reddish mist. ]

Video; locked

[fortunefavored]

[he didn't know you had superpowers, Wanda, but he really isn't bothered either way]

Did you get something taken away from you when you came through the door?

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[scarletcast]

[ It takes a moment to run tangent to his worry — it's not expected. ]

No. I don't think so.

Voice - private

[prespangled]

Has it happened to you?

Voice - private

[scarletcast]

No, but I think it might. Who's to say what they will think of next?

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[pellameno]

[ Pell takes any excuse to get out and meet people in person -- he spots her easily once he's in the park, and comes over to take a seat a modest distance away from her. ]

What do you consider superpowers?

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[scarletcast]

This.

[ She withdraws her hands from her cup, and it levitates upwards, the liquid rising and swirling above it surrounded by a reddish mist. ]

voice

[wipedclean]

[He sounds a little confused, but curious.]

I'm not sure... that I count. But nothing about me has changed physically.

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[scarletcast]

[ He counts. She hums quietly. ]

If it can't send us home, they let us keep our abilities.

[ A beat. ]

So far.