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[carmesi]

Who: wanda maximoff + others
When: september/october
Where: solvunn, horizon, nocwich
What: catch-all for the month! including quest, and general top-levels for solvunn. horizon threads based on request! additionally, she'll be in nocwich teaching high magic basics.
Warnings: blood??

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[carmesi]

[suddenly, there’s a lot of conversation about time travel and portals, and while wanda isn’t entirely too privvy about this, she thinks she remembers an off-hand mention of this all. letting go of children is never an easy choice, much less when caught in the limbo—of here—of waiting.]

She is safe, though. That’s what matters.

[that’s what wanda would ever want, for her kids. and, because she knows that it helps her when she is allowed to talk about her tommy and billy, wanda says,]

Tell me about her.

[beautifullies]

[ Claire's quiet for a few seconds, thinking back to the best of her time as a mother. ]

She's so incredibly smart, and funny. But it's a dry sort of wit. She loves to read, and she enjoys history and architecture. Bree has the most beautiful red hair, just like yours, actually. [ And her sister, Claire adds quietly to herself. She does that frequently, always starkly aware that there should be two. ] According to a friend from home in the Free Cities, she's made a grandmother twice over.

[ That fills her with a certain kind of elation that's enough to boost her heart. ]

I have an adopted son, Fergus, and apparently, he has more children than John could remember at the time. I must be busy.

[ She says this with fondness, as if she'd ever be idle anyway. ]

[carmesi]

[the loss of a child—be it through distance or situations that are out of a parent's hands—is never quite something one wants to envision for themselves, when they hold the infant in their arms, so innocent and perfect. the retelling of her daughter's traits brings a swell of tears to wanda's eyes.

would that her mother have grown old, to tell stories about her like this. would that she could have seen her boys grow, to know about the things they love, what they would have become.

wanda sits up abruptly, but turns to claire and wraps her arms tightly around the older woman, a gasp of air escaping her—a sob, as she shakes her head against the curve of her neck.

she misses her mom desperately.]

I'm sorry you're not there with her.

[beautifullies]

[ Claire is so grateful for Wanda, for her kindness, her friendship, and for allowing herself to be taken care of, just a little. When they're suddenly embracing, Claire holds onto her tightly, cradling the back of her head with one hand. Gently, she rocks back and forth, just a subtle motion to soothe. ]

You've been patient enough to allow me to mother you, just a little, and being able to take care of you has been a balm to my heart Wanda, truly.

[ She means it, and her thoughts are openly free for Wanda to pick up, though she doesn't realize it. There's simply trust, and her caring for Wanda like a daughter runs deep. ]

I'm grateful to know you.

[carmesi]

[that much? that much has wanda turning her head down, letting claire's shoulder catch any stray tears that now fall from her. iryna maximoff would never be replaced, but wanda wishes she wouldn't have to think of finding traces of her mother anywhere else but in herself.]

I don't have parents. They were killed.

[she says quietly, a whined kind of mutter, hands gripping tighter against the folds of claire's clothes.

her voice is shaky, and it's no one's fault, really, that this conversation has turned around to this form of lamenting.]

I miss my mom.

[beautifullies]

Oh, darling.

[ She lets out a soft breath and just continues to rock. She remembers tying her wrist to the bedpost of her parent's bed, as if that would keep her uncle from taking her away, and all she needed to do was wait for their return. ]

I miss mine, still, nearly a half-century after losing her. Just so that you know it will always be normal, and you can always miss her, always cry for her. But as a mother, I think I can say she would want you to carry her with happiness, as often as you can.

[ For as long as Wanda wants to be held, Claire is willing to sit with her, to be whatever she needs in this moment. ]