Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[maximoff_girl]

Day One and Two
[Mentally exhausted and out-and-out horrified by that- thing she had experienced, Wanda takes only a small amount of time to herself, before throwing herself back into the battle. If that was death, then it happened because she was weak. She wasn't smart enough, or fast enough, or powerful enough to stop it, and that meant she was useless. And she couldn't be useless; not in battle. It was the only thing she was good for. She'll skip the warm ups, this time, going straight for death kills, if she can manage them. She doesn't want her friends to die again. She doesn't want to die again. She just wants the fighting to be over.]

Day Three
[Airships go bye-bye.]

Day Four
[Definitely suffering from exhaustion by this point, Wanda's hexes are starting to go erratic. It didn't so much matter in the airship battle as, hey, explosions were her friend then. But back on the ground, her magic keeps back firing, and she has been knocked back more than once by the force of a flaming ball of fire created from thin air by her magic. Very wobbly on her feet, she hasn't slept much, if at all. She'll need to be told to stop fighting, or she will pass out on the battlefield. ]

Day 4

[wildbluevagner]

[To be honest, Kurt has been avoiding Wanda for most of the draft. Because seeing her in action is scary. Very scary. He's only sometimes bamfed into her vicinity to check on her and make sure she's doing alright.

But this time he can see a difference. She seems so... tired. And it won't be long before the next wave of enemies comes in.

So he rushes to her side.]

Wanda!

Day 4

[maximoff_girl]

[Her head whips around, hearing her name-- her REAL name, not even her code name!-- being called. Her eyes blink erratically, as she tries to keep them open, despite the smoke and exhaustion. She is positively filthy, from nonstop fighting.]

... K-urt? [A croaking voice. She's probably dehydrated, too. No one ever taught her how to take care of herself. That had always been Pietro's job.]

Day 4

[wildbluevagner]

[He doesn't even think to call her by her codename; after all, the Scarlet Witch was not the name of a fellow X-Man, but of an enemy. And Wanda was so much more than that.

He looks her over carefully as he tries to figure out how to handle this.]

Are you alright?

Day 4

[maximoff_girl]

[Well there was a loaded question. Wanda didn't think she would ever be "alright" again. Though, there were plenty who would argue she hadn't been "alright" going into this mess.

Her aura sparks and fizzles, as she tries to process this question, glancing around, erratically. In the very least, there are no serious looking wounds on her. Some cuts and bruises, she looks more than a little singed, but overall uninjured.]

I-- have to help everyone. I can't-- I can't let you get hurt, again. I have to-- help.

[She has to kill. It's her job, now.]

Day 4

[wildbluevagner]

[He flinches as her hex factor sparks.]

Whoa, slow down there. It sounds like you've done a lot so far. What you need now is some rest.

Day 4

[maximoff_girl]

[There go her eyes again, back and forth, like she's watching some sort of invisible tennis match.]

Rest? But-- what if something happens... I could have stopped it. I need to... I have to finish what... was started. ... right?

[She's uncertain. Gambit said to let loose. There's still much left to be 'let loosed' upon. But Kurt is smarter than she is. If he's saying 'slow down' maybe there's a reason for it. ]

Day 4

[wildbluevagner]

Wanda... Listen to me. [He tries to look her in the eyes, pleadingly.] Right now, the only person you can stop something from happening to is yourself. You've done enough. It's time to stand down... Please.

Day 4

[maximoff_girl]

[Oh, that's just uncalled for. She had met his gaze, and was letting what he said sink in; Stand down! It was a very militaristic order. It was the sort of thing she could respect and listen to. But Please?

That just made her want to cry, for some reason. Cry and cry and never stop.

She stiffens up, as her hands go to cover her face. Mutant soldiers do not cry. Especially not on the battle field. But it's too late. Even if there are no actual tears, she can dry sob.]

I'm sorry. ... I'm so sorry! God...!

[She will sink down to her knees, unless otherwise acted upon. Standing under her own power is no longer an option.]

Day 4

[wildbluevagner]

Wanda...!

[He leans down and tries to drape his arms around her in concern. He's worried for multiple reasons - they're still on the battlefield, enemies could find them at any moment, and he was afraid that trying to teleport her in this state might upset her more.]

It's okay, it's okay... I'm just trying to help.

Day 4

[maximoff_girl]

[Wanda is not a master tactician. She has two modes, really: Off and On. Especially now, she is simply oblivious to the potential danger around them, any more.]

I... you're... good. I'm sorry. I'm sorry! [She doesn't even know what she's apologizing for, as she shakes her head back and forth, 'no, no, no'. ]

I'm just... so tired. But-- I couldn't stop the fighting-!

Day 4

[wildbluevagner]

[He rests his hands on her shoulders calmly.]

You can now. You can stop the fighting and we can find you some rest. Is... is that what you want, Wanda?

Day 4

[maximoff_girl]

I don't know, I don't know... I want the fighting to be done. I'm ...

[What. What were you going to say. So tired? Mutant Soldiers don't GET tired.]

... I want it to be done. I want the fighting to be done. Then I can stop. [She looks up at him, eyes searching his face for something. Allowance, forgiveness, understanding? He is like a beacon to her, right now, though. A familiar face, a good person in a sea of awfulness.]

Day 2...? Yes

[rashness]

[ The fighting is currently about a matter of getting to the city so that they can put a stop to the bomb and save everyone's lives. It makes sense, and ... well actually Rin doesn't do well with all the stealth and not pitched fighting they've been going at. But right now, Rin, Wanda, and probably some others people are in a loosely fit group making their way into the city itself, having found a way through the defenses! But it's through the sewer system. There's been no enemies here so far, but Rin's smoldering blue flames are the only big light source here too. And if there's an ambush well. That'd be bad.

He's trying to be attentive, but he got up barely an hour ago honestly ]

Day 2

[maximoff_girl]

[Wanda is no stranger to the sewers. She's visited the Morlocks before. Though, honestly, their sewers were nicer than this. She's grateful for Rin's light source, since night-vision isn't among her powers. Her own hex aura provides a small amount of light, but usually it only serves to prevent her eyes from adjusting to the dark. At least this way she can see beyond her own hands.

She's sticking close to Rin, using her powers to at least try and clear their path, though subtle finessed hexes aren't exactly in her bag-o-tricks when she's this tired and angry. She's glad to be partnered with someone she knows, though. She can trust him; right?]

Day 2

[rashness]

Do you think there'll actually be people down here...? It smells so bad, I dunno why you could.

[ But it also smells metallic. He's not quite sure why - he's not yet familiar enough with the scent of blood to know that the smell is from the blood from above leaking into the sewer and the rest of the stuff flowing through it. But he's trying to play it cool. Both for how tense he is and...

How much he feels a little awkward. Hot chesty girl who he apparently offended before? At least they were on good terms now? Maybe? They did go shopping ]

Day 2

[maximoff_girl]

Back home, there are an entire group of people who live in the sewers. ... I wouldn't. But. There could be, I guess.

[They did go shopping. And he did offend her, it's true, but Wanda's not all that great at holding grudges; especially if what he said was true. She likes Rin, and she's glad she got partnered with him.]

... I'd rather there weren't, though.

Day 2

[rashness]

I would too. I don't really wanna fight down here...

[ But he swears, every shadow looks like it could be a cultist. He frowns at each one in turn, and tries to look back to her after that. He's already soaked. He needs new clothes, but he didn't have a change ]

Day 2

[maximoff_girl]

[She is in her uniform, the tail end of which is dragging through the muck. She has one hand continuously held out, at hip height, all fingers splayed, glowing with a blue aura (not unlike the colour of his flames, actually). Her own eyes are trained ahead, unblinking. She's tense, and ready for some murderous cultist to spring out at them at any moment.]

I know. ... I'm afraid the ceiling will collapse and we'll be buried.

Day 2

[rashness]

[ Yes, any moment. Any... moment. Well, he has long ears now, and that's possibly helped his hearing, because he sword he just heard something ahead. So he holds up an arm for her to stop moving, trying to kill his flames a little too. He's not good at this stealth, please let it be nothing.

There is a distant splashing sound though ]

Day 2

[maximoff_girl]

[Wanda freezes when Rin does. She says nothing because he says nothing, but her eyes flick around, trying to stare past her own hex aura into the darkness, then back at his face, then back into the dark, trying to follow his line of sight.

It's a rat. Right? A rat... or maybe one of the other groups of Luceti folk, sneaking in. Or a drop of blood and muck falling into the water. It's nothing. It's nothing...!

Her own light source flares up, as if compensating for him pulling his back. She is also not very good at stealth. ]

Day 2

[rashness]

Can you see nothing?

[ Because she's flaring up! So she must see something, right? There's another drop. There's some dipping now which becomes steadily more continuous ahead of them. Rin, steeling himself, makes to slowly walk towards it. Some other Luceti people he knows were going to sneak in through here, so it would be them. Or it could be something which would be a danger to them ]

Day 2

[maximoff_girl]

I can't see anything. [Her response is half-whispered, not sure what's going on, which only serves to make her more on edge.]

I can hear-- something though. I don't know what!

Day 2

[rashness]

I'm gonna-- [ Wait. Both Logan's teaching and Bon's thing about them being friends back at the Impure King come to mind. About how he shouldn't just assume that he can handle it and that's for the best- ]

I mean, you want me to go ahead?

Day 2

[maximoff_girl]

Erm... [That will earn him an uncertain sideways look, still glancing back into the darkness every few moments. Wanda is not a strategist, and she doesn't really... go without being told. ]

If-- that's what you think is best?

[Like many others, she's pretty certain in her "I can take care of myself" footing, but she still prefers to take a non-leadership position.]