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[carmesi]

Who: wanda maximoff + others
When: november
Where: solvunn, horizon, nocwich
What: catch-all for the month! including general top-levels for solvunn. horizon threads based on request! additionally, she'll be in nocwich gathering some supplies.
Warnings: tba!

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[heavymetals]

[ He can almost feel her presence before he can hear her. A sensation all too familiar, and that in itself is a vague comfort, if complicated. At least it's nothing so new that he can't handle it, at least the part where she's simply speaking to him.

It's only when her emotions begin to crawl into his space that it feels strange, unreal, new. Erik's immediate instinct is to lash out, to push it all away rather than let them exist on the edges of his own mind. He manages to suppress the urge, but only because he knows that Wanda is in complete control. And because he trusts her.

To think of a barrier is more of a challenge, but it's more instinctive than anything else. There is a barrier that comes as second nature to him, an extension of his own abilities, and while in his own mind, he could create anything, what comes up is an energy shield of sorts, a deformed shape that vibrates, encompassing him, his thoughts and feelings, isolating him entirely. The longer it lasts, the stronger that barrier becomes. She can even try to push back, but she'll find it to be impenetrable, unless she were to push her own abilities to their maximum just to test how much it would take to break through. And even then, it would be a challenge. ]

[carmesi]

[wanda doesn't have to try to push back to test the limitations of erik's barrier to know that it has, in fact, become what it needs to be for the intended purpose of isolating, protecting, and differentiating him from outside forces. it's quite sturdy, although it might need some continuous practice to grow strong, still.

erik will find that things become quiet inside his mind again, and it's not because wanda has decided to step away from him.

in the present world, she puts a hand to his arm, gentle, and urges him to draw away from the sinews of his mind.]

Hey.

[he is in control now.]

[heavymetals]

[ Erik opens his eyes again, slowly. It feels like waking up, in a way, but it goes deeper than that. He can still feel that barrier in his mind, a conscious presence for the time being. Perhaps with time, it will just become a part of him, something he won't be so acutely aware of all the time.

He looks to her, and lets out a breath. ]

Thank you.

[carmesi]

( wanda smiles softly at the thanks. when it comes to people like him, people like her, to be able to guard ones own feelings and memories from others becomes so important. to be able to not allow the emotions and memories of others to muddle one’s own? it’s too intrinsically tied to survival. )

You’ll have to continue working on it.

( that ‘shield’ that he’s conjured for himself within his mind. )

Push yourself to uncomfortable lengths, too. Let me know if you ever want to practice that.

( if he deems her a safe enough person to entrust with such delicate information; with such particularities. )

Would you like to get some tea? Warm up?

( to just ease out of this moment. )

[heavymetals]

[ She understands that better than most others here, he thinks. When he first began sensing others' feelings, the sensation of being overwhelmed soon took over; it posed a threat to his own mind, his own emotions, and he knew that if he didn't seek solitude, and help, he would soon lose himself in his new ability, or assimilate emotions that were not his own.

He nods at her instructions, though for the time being, he plans on continuing this way; putting off getting a handle on his new power for as long as possible. Probably not the best idea, but it's just a lot; more than he might be keen to deal with at the moment. ]

That would be nice.

[ A good way to ease back out of his own mind. Eventually he'll have to go back to the settlement, and see if what they've done here really will work in keeping others' emotions at bay. ]