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Steve. I think something's wrong with Sam.
He isn't replying to my messages. We talk every day. I thought he was just busy on his trip. He's not gone. I feel him.
I still feel him. But he's not.
What if he's? If he's? Hurt? In danger.
Steve. Do you know where he is? What can I do?
Edited 2022-07-06 12:22 (UTC)
[ Well, shit.
Steve should have realized that Wanda of all people would have picked up on Sam's absence. Not that he'd known they talked quite that often, but Wanda also has a certain way of sensing these things.
At least he's here to answer her questions, as he watches the panicked red writing cover the walls of Sam's sick room. ]
Steve should have realized that Wanda of all people would have picked up on Sam's absence. Not that he'd known they talked quite that often, but Wanda also has a certain way of sensing these things.
At least he's here to answer her questions, as he watches the panicked red writing cover the walls of Sam's sick room. ]
Wanda, sorry I haven't been in touch yet. It's been a little crazy here.
Sam's back in Cadens, but something happened while he was out there. He's stable, but he hasn't woken up yet.
I'm here with him, don't worry.
He hasn't woken up??
[the idea alone that sam was injured sufficiently, in whatever shape or form, to have him bedridden and unconscious is cause for concern.
there is nothing she can do from solvunn, and steve is there with him. that offers some amount of comfort, at least.]
Do you know what happened?
I don't have the full story. We won't have it until Sam's awake, but it started with the nightmares. The person he was traveling with woke up from one, but instead of just a few scratches, he was badly injured. Sam did something to heal him, we aren't sure what, and then he passed out.
[ Steve's learned by now that the Summoned can be gifted with abilities by the Singularity on top of actively studying magic. Sam must have used some sort of power that the Singularity gave him to heal Geralt. It's the only thing that makes sense. ]
[ Steve's learned by now that the Summoned can be gifted with abilities by the Singularity on top of actively studying magic. Sam must have used some sort of power that the Singularity gave him to heal Geralt. It's the only thing that makes sense. ]
[while that sounds exactly like something sam would do without skipping a beat, wanda can't help but feel that it was irresponsible of everyone involved. but the details are not all there, and she can't judge the entirety of the situation from where she stands.
she hates, in this moment, that where she stands is so far away from everyone.]
she hates, in this moment, that where she stands is so far away from everyone.]
You'll stay at his side, won't you?
[ Steve is also eager for more of the details, but the damage is already done and he knows that he's the last person who can take the high ground and deliver a lecture about something like this. Really, all he wants right now is for Sam to wake up. ]
Of course. I don't plan on going anywhere.
Of course. I don't plan on going anywhere.
I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HER. I HOPED THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME INDICATION OF WHERE SHE HAD GONE. SHE HAS NOT RETURNED TO THE FARM FOR DAYS NOW. NERO AND I HAVE SEARCHED THE AREA TO NO AVAIL.
HIMEKA DOES NOT THINK THERE IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF VIOLENCE, AND WANDA IS QUITE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING HERSELF... STILL, THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL.
HIMEKA DOES NOT THINK THERE IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF VIOLENCE, AND WANDA IS QUITE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING HERSELF... STILL, THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL.
No, it doesn't.
Has anyone checked to see if her spot in the Horizon is still there?
[ Steve knows that people can vanish from Abraxas with little warning, with not even a chance to say goodbyes, and there is always a chance it could happen to them. Especially with how many Avengers are here, the odds of that only increase. It's something to rule out, at least. ]
Has anyone checked to see if her spot in the Horizon is still there?
[ Steve knows that people can vanish from Abraxas with little warning, with not even a chance to say goodbyes, and there is always a chance it could happen to them. Especially with how many Avengers are here, the odds of that only increase. It's something to rule out, at least. ]
LAST I HEARD SHE WAS HEADED TO THE COAST.[ it may or may not have exactly been the reason sam had checked her horizon, those couple days ago. a nagging that something was off. ]
BUT THAT WAS BACK DURING THE AFTERMATH OF THE NIGHTMARE STUFF
THOR - DID SHE MAKE IT BACK FROM HER TRIP?
HER HORIZON IS STILL THERE, OR IT WAS THE OTHER DAY WHEN I CHECKED
AND IF SHE'S BEEN MISSING FOR DAYS...
I CAN GO CHECK AGAIN?
SHE RETURNED FROM THE COAST SAFE AND WELL. AT THE TIME, IT SEEMED AUGHT WAS AMISS.
IF SHE HAS BEEN TO HER HORIZON RECENTLY, I HAVE NOT SEEN HER THERE. THE PLACE REMAINS, BUT IT SEEMS ABANDONED NOW.
IF YOU COULD LOOK IN HER HORIZON FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE WE CONTINUE THE SEARCH IN SOLVUNN, THAT WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE IS NEWS.
JUST... BE CAUTIOUS. IF YOU SEE ANY OF HER MAGIC MANIFEST, IT IS PERHAPS BETTER TO LEAVE, EVEN IN THE HORIZON.
IF SHE HAS BEEN TO HER HORIZON RECENTLY, I HAVE NOT SEEN HER THERE. THE PLACE REMAINS, BUT IT SEEMS ABANDONED NOW.
IF YOU COULD LOOK IN HER HORIZON FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE WE CONTINUE THE SEARCH IN SOLVUNN, THAT WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE IS NEWS.
JUST... BE CAUTIOUS. IF YOU SEE ANY OF HER MAGIC MANIFEST, IT IS PERHAPS BETTER TO LEAVE, EVEN IN THE HORIZON.
Yeah, we can take turns checking her Horizon on the off chance that we stop by while she's there. If you can continue searching in Solvunn, Thor, that would be great.
[ Steve doesn't want to panic, but first Sam, now Wanda? He'd gathered from that shared nightmare that her life hasn't been any easier after Thanos. Maybe something got to be too much, but her avoiding all of them without a word doesn't feel right. ]
Was she acting strange before she disappeared?
[ Why would Thor issue that kind of warning? ]
[ Steve doesn't want to panic, but first Sam, now Wanda? He'd gathered from that shared nightmare that her life hasn't been any easier after Thanos. Maybe something got to be too much, but her avoiding all of them without a word doesn't feel right. ]
Was she acting strange before she disappeared?
[ Why would Thor issue that kind of warning? ]
[last time she saw steve—it was bad. wanda messages him simply because she finds herself not wanting to reach out to anyone else (or having no one else to reach out to, really), but this is important to her.
maybe it's not the message steve would expect.]
[yeah, she's avoiding the elephant in the room.]
maybe it's not the message steve would expect.]
It's Peter birthday.
[yeah, she's avoiding the elephant in the room.]
Edited 2022-08-11 16:15 (UTC)
[ When Steve sees that familiar writing, he's not expecting it to be about a birthday of all things. There's plenty of other things they could and should be talking about, but if this is what Wanda wants to start with, then so be it.
Measuring time here relevant to where they were on the calendar back home feels impossible, yet it seems like some have managed it. Or at least come close enough. ]
Oh, I didn't know. [ Nor did he realize how close Wanda is to the kid, that she would know. ] How'd you find out? Did he say something?
Measuring time here relevant to where they were on the calendar back home feels impossible, yet it seems like some have managed it. Or at least come close enough. ]
Oh, I didn't know. [ Nor did he realize how close Wanda is to the kid, that she would know. ] How'd you find out? Did he say something?
[how did she find out? how else would a witch who can read minds and sense emotion find out, steve? —the question is valid, however. it takes wanda a moment to consider how to answer.]
[the same way one feels the gloom in a room at the end of a sleepover, or the way one knows how the pinpricking of the sun calls for a thunder storm. the way the world moves, the axis-shifts of the planet—she feels these things, she can sense them now, more so than before.]
He didn't. I just felt it.
[the same way one feels the gloom in a room at the end of a sleepover, or the way one knows how the pinpricking of the sun calls for a thunder storm. the way the world moves, the axis-shifts of the planet—she feels these things, she can sense them now, more so than before.]
I check on him once in a while.
Edited 2022-08-13 00:34 (UTC)
[ Maybe Steve should have guessed that. Wanda's capable of so much more than he could ever understand. A lot of it he just has to take on faith.
She's changed so much from the girl he remembers, who'd just been looking for a place to belong, who'd had so much to learn. ]
Did you want me to get him a gift and give it to him on your behalf? I can do that.
Or cake, or something?
[ He's not great with this sort of thing. ]
She's changed so much from the girl he remembers, who'd just been looking for a place to belong, who'd had so much to learn. ]
Did you want me to get him a gift and give it to him on your behalf? I can do that.
Or cake, or something?
[ He's not great with this sort of thing. ]
[if only she could be there to really be with peter, especially now. wanda could say so many things—about his loneliness, about how he's lost everyone and so recently, how he's just a kid, or the fact that no one back home remembers who peter parker is.
her hex kept her from being affected by the spell, but outside of abraxas, it would have mattered little.
but all these things? this is peter's story to tell. not hers.]
her hex kept her from being affected by the spell, but outside of abraxas, it would have mattered little.
but all these things? this is peter's story to tell. not hers.]
It's fine. I got him a cupcake in his Horizon.
Fitting 19 candles in it was very difficult.
Edited 2022-08-13 01:41 (UTC)
Yeah, I bet.
But come on, Wanda. You messaged me about this for a reason.
[ Steve may not know Peter well, not the way that Tony does. Or Wanda, apparently. But he's a good kid and if there's something he could do, even something small, he'd like to make the effort. ]
But come on, Wanda. You messaged me about this for a reason.
[ Steve may not know Peter well, not the way that Tony does. Or Wanda, apparently. But he's a good kid and if there's something he could do, even something small, he'd like to make the effort. ]
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