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𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀 ⬡ 𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐅𝐅 ([personal profile] carmesi) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs2024-03-10 12:14 pm

• OPEN •

Who: wanda maximoff + others
When: march
Where: solvunn & horizon
What: catch-all for the month! general top-levels for solvunn, horizon threads for out-of-territory friends (and new meetings).
Warnings: tba!
furibund: (inkonic aru nebula (45))

A - ish? Mostly A.

[personal profile] furibund 2024-03-11 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ The best question to ask here is how did Nebula of all people get roped into this? At least, that's the question she's asking herself. ]

[ She knows why she'd agree — even if she'd never admit it aloud. Nebula doesn't know much about children or how to be gentle in the least. Of all the skills that were sharpened, childrearing wasn't one of them. (Something she's woefully aware of and of her own concern - given Knowhere's newest circumstances). ]

[ She tells herself it's the fact she knows she can keep them on the ground from house-to-house if necessary and not that she cares if a child gets hurt at all. Even if right now is... They're safe. Happy. And she keeps to herself, watching the activities more like an observer than a body guard. Only speaking when some child pipes up asking her how something looks and she's quite a too second long time before saying 'it looks fine,' which was clearly not the enthusiastic response they wanted and so she kept quiet after that. ]

[ Cleaned up a mess here or there. Corrects tool holding. You know. Things she can do. ]

[ So when Wanda approaches with the egg she turns her attention at the offending item. No, offending wasn't the right word. Bewildering? For a lot of reasons. And she could answer no but she asks something else instead and it's not 'what's the point'? ]

... Is it normal to play with your food?

[ It is not, in fact, a condescending question despite the same serious way she says it - a quizzical note to it. Like she doesn't get any of it to begin with and a part of her might be insulted on what happened to the food (or the creature that would otherwise be born). ]
Edited 2024-03-11 01:32 (UTC)
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[personal profile] furibund 2024-03-12 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nebula tilts her head. ]

Depends on the planet.

[ Not entirely inaccurate, at least, but the point is made well enough. At least here it's usually not a part of it. Even so, she's as much one to pretend she understands something as she isn't (usually when her pride is at stake). ]

[ Which is why although she doesn't know what an egg torte is, she nods in acceptance and doesn't ask further - some kind of food clearly. Her brows do furrow at the additional question and she stares at the other woman, hard a moment: ]


Help with - [ She starts. Then stops quickly finishing her own question as she glances at the item in hand. Then quickly, perhaps a little more so than someone might otherwise. Because Nebula isn't capable of not seeing it as a challenge, especially if children can manage. ]

I can do it.

[ She offers a hand to take the one Wanda still has. Another beat before she - assumingly -moves to a table,] Why do you do it?
inthenameofhades: (Sarcasm and snark face)

B

[personal profile] inthenameofhades 2024-03-11 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
Zagreus doesn't seem particularly bothered by the winds. They push at him just like they do everybody else, of course. But he doesn't seem particularly bothered by it. If anything, it's actually a rather new and fascinating experience for him!

But something has Wanda worried, so he stops when she approaches him. "I...don't know," he says. "What does a goat look like?"
inthenameofhades: (Serious face)

[personal profile] inthenameofhades 2024-03-12 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah! With the horns, yes - I have seen those!" Zagreus says, pleased to finally be able to put a name to the creature he'd seen so frequently about the place.

Although his smile soon falls from his face. One of them is missing. He might not be very experienced with winds like this, but even he can see how they would be dangerous for such a small creature.

"Do you know where it was last?" he says, looking about as if it might just pop up in view, right then and there.
inthenameofhades: (Smiling face)

Sure thing!

[personal profile] inthenameofhades 2024-04-09 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
"In that case...we'll just have to search all of them," Zagreus says. Not an ideal approach - but better than any alternatives that might have them missing the creature. He scans their surrounding, taking note of any piece of vegetation large enough for a small goat to hide behind.

"I can search to the left, while you go right?" he suggests. Divide and conquer - always a respectable strategy.
familysucks: (07)

C

[personal profile] familysucks 2024-03-14 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[As Wanda carves away, Michael arrives in a rush of air much quieter than the gusting winds outside the bubble of magic. The wind doesn't interfere with his flight, but he prefers to engage in conversation without sticks and bits of plant debris slapping him in the mouth throughout.]

I hope it's not too early for housewarming gifts?

[If so, too late. He has arrived with a cloth-wrapped gift in hand. She looks like she's made quick progress on her weekend home, however; he assumes any rough patches on the outside are the work of the recent storms.]
familysucks: (09)

[personal profile] familysucks 2024-03-23 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Michael tilts his head, matter-of-fact when he speaks.]

It's significant to you.

[In some ways significant to Michael, too—not in comparison to his own lifespan, but in the moments he has spent with Wanda and gotten to know her, absolutely. Friends and interfamilial siblings are a rare and notable occurrence.

He approaches the rest of the way and offers her the small bundle between his hands. His eyes flick to her work for a moment, but he does not comment on her ritual practices.]


Only a small something, for your new home.

[Wrapping paper isn't really a thing in Solvunn, but if she unfolds the dark fabric she'll find it large enough to play the part of a placemat or a hand towel; within, there's a fish-scaled ceramic tea cup. Fishing is an important part of life for many residents of the Tertiary Settlement, hence the nautical theme. He did also want it to be something she'd find a use for, though.]
familysucks: (07)

[personal profile] familysucks 2024-04-07 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He might be fonder of flavored water if he had the capacity to perceive it as she does. Alas, with his brother gone, he has no mentor with experience in how to bend his angelic senses to perceive the little joys in life. Perhaps with more practice, it'll come to him.

Michael echoes her smile in his own way, a far milder curve of his mouth. He's pleased she likes it. ]


If you're finished out here then yes, I'd be interested to see what made you pick this place above the rest.

[The door is obvious, but it's her home so he waits for her to turn and lead the way in so he can follow.]
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[personal profile] familysucks 2024-04-09 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[The roaring wind makes him think of himself at times, but he appreciates the bubble of calm she creates. Batting flying sticks and stones away with his wings is getting old.]

Following my design philosophy, I see.

[Joking, though he doesn't sound like it any more than usual. The lack of decor on the inside does not escape his notice. It's not what he associates with Wanda, who rather likes her clutter in his opinion, but he also gathers it's only a start. She did only just move in.

He gives the chairs a sharp, evaluating look. She could likely have guessed which one he'd pick before he makes a move towards it: basic, bare wood, but it's solid and level. There's no wobble as he seats himself.]


I'd offer to help, but I have yet to finish cleaning up the inn. Something I'll be doing alone, now.

[Gabriel had been doing the opposite of helping, but still. It feels like tidying up after a dead relative rather than foiling his brother's chaotic instincts.]