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[seeingscarlet]

Who: Wanda Maximoff & you!
What: Exploration time
When: The first week
Where: Greenhouse, hospital, and the forest outskirts
Warnings: N/A, will edit if needed

I. The Greenhouse
[Close to dinnertime you might come across Wanda standing in the greenhouse staring thoughtfully out over the vegetation.]

We could make a soup, I think. If we had a fire and something to cook it in...it would be better than just eating raw vegetables.

II. The Hospital
[The canisters are already ruptured by the time she gets there. Hospitals have always made her uncomfortable, but it's better to take stock of what they have and what they might need now, before anyone needs it. And it would be good to have some idea of how necessary certain aspects of her powers might be and where she might try to explore and push them.

Except while she's exploring the halls, she starts feeling warm and light-headed, and a little bit claustrophobic. She knows whoever worked here is long gone, but the hallways feel cramped and sinister and finally Wanda decides that she can't take it anymore. She turns to start making her way out (going out a window would be quickest but she feels off) and the world lurches sideways. Wanda stumbles into the wall to brace herself and leans her forehead against it. It's nice and cool. She'd stay here for a while if it didn't feel so threatening...

...but it does, and so Wanda's stumbling down the hallways with a hand braced on the wall to steady herself. Just a little farther...]

III. closed to Vision
[They walk hand in hand, Thistle chirping happily at the chance to explore a more familiar environment. Wanda's hair is braided now, looped through itself to hold, and while she misses the feel of the wind (or her lover's fingers) in it, it's not worth how much trouble it would be to detangle it later.

She leans up to kiss Vision's cheek and squeezes his hand.]

Over there? [There's a small clearing around a large tree, and it looks like a nice place to have a talk. Wanda trots ahead to beat him to it and settles back against it between the roots.] Come here, love.

[He's been keeping her as comfortable as he possibly could, and it's time to return the favor.]

IV. wild card
[You know what to do.]

Comments

[seeingscarlet]

I think we can roast them even if we can't find a container for soup. I can probably get Thistle to start a small fire...have you seen anywhere safe to set one up? There are plenty of weeds for fuel.

[theladyofwinterfell]

Hmm, we could clear a place, I think. It'd be best to put it in a place that is well-ventilated so the fire doesn't go out and so that the smoke doesn't overwhelm us. Perhaps near one of those back corners?

( Sansa is surprised she knows this much about it. She's managed the stores at Winterfell and during the war, yes, but she's no forager and she doesn't know much about camping in rough country. Perhaps she's just learned something new the way she would in the Fleet sometimes. She tips her head a bit. )

Does that sound good to you, Wanda?

[seeingscarlet]

Or maybe outside? If it gets out of control I don't want to risk it spreading to the plants.

[She doesn't quite trust their ability to put it out if it did - there's not enough water available to put out a blaze and what would she smother it with? Everything in the greenhouse is potential fuel.]

Have you done this before? I've only gone camping with Vision a few times and I've never had to light a campfire by myself.

[theladyofwinterfell]

I know how to light a fire, yes. We do not have climate controls in Westeros the way we did in the Fleet so I remember some of my old ways, do not worry.

( It's easier now, with both the knowledge from the Fleet and from her own home and she feels confident in a way she didn't feel upon arriving on the Marsiva the first time. )

Come, Wanda. Just trust me?

[seeingscarlet]

Always.

[Her smile is warm. She's completely out of her depth here, much more used to scavenging from a living city than having to fend completely for herself. Wanda hates that people she cares about are having to suffer through this with her, but she is very grateful for their knowledge.]

I will follow your lead then.

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa gathers some dry branches and plants for kindling and finds a stone that seems similar to flint. )

You can do this with sticks, as well, but I prefer to use a flint. It usually catches faster and burns hotter.

[seeingscarlet]

It seems like it would be easier too.

[Not as easy as having a lighter to get things started, but possibly easier than trying to coax Thistle into lighting it for them. The little dragon thinks all of this is some sort of very fun game.

Wanda gathers some of the vegetables she was thinking of roasting, or putting into a soup if she can finagle it. There are so many modern cooking implements that she misses...]

I think this should work? Unless you can think of anything else we should use.

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa looks over what she has, assessing it for a moment before giving a swift nod of her head. She'd had to learn quickly what was edible and what wasn't after becoming the Lady of Winterfell. There'd been no one else to rely upon and it'd been her sole duty to look at crops and judge the stores. She's grateful for it now. )

Simple, I think, but it will stick to us long enough for us to explore a little more. Sometimes the simple foods are the best.