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[whatchoice]

[ the video feed comes to life with a young woman slumped against the counter of what looks like brooklyn's finest water bar. behind her is a blue sign that says 'the HYDRAtion station', but the lights on HYDRA seem to be broken because they're currently not lit up.

she looks vaguely unamused, ribbons of red energy swirling idly around her finger tips as they drum against the counter. ]

I'm taking suggestions for a new name for this... water bar. [ she gestures back to the sign, red energy following the motion like the tail of a comet, her thick vaguely eastern european accent not thick enough to disguise her disdain. ] English is not my native language, I'm afraid my puns will not do it justice.

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[whatchoice]

We use the same alphabet and some of the words are close. Sokovians signs tended to have Russian and Serbian on them.

[ look, this is kind of weird. ]

You've never expressed interest in Sokovia before.

[amelioraate]

SO what you are saying is I wouldn't actually have that much of a hard time with it. Huh. I

[ this is you accidentally volunteering to teach him, I hope you know this. ]

What? I totally have, I am always picking up important languages, except Latverian because I enjoy pissing Doom off, even if he was nice to me for like a whole month.

[ wait... waaaaaaait.... this place wouldn't do that to him, would it? probably would]

You are Wanda Maximoff, right? Breaker of realities and whatnot? I mean, I haven't seen you since the whole mutant fiasco thing but...

[whatchoice]

[ LOOK TONY we didn't have the rights to mutants so pietro and wanda are CAR HORN BLARES LOUDLY ]

I am Wanda, yes. What mutant fiasco, Tony?

[ see? she knows you, too. ]

[amelioraate]

[ ... this sounds like a you problem. Tony knows The Truth.

also Tony is rolling his eyes and--]

asgdfjkhaj';

[ sorry. that was him face planting onto the communicator because THIS PLACE DID NOT DO THIS TO HIM.

fucking multiverses, he is so sick of this shit.]

The fiasco where you got pissed off and decided to completely warp reality to the point where you removed all mutant powers more or less? I mean, it was a while ago, but...

[whatchoice]

[ wat ]

I did not!

[amelioraate]

[ o shit. this place DID.

...fuck. ]

No, you totally did. Since I am not a mutant, it was kinda badass. Don't worry, they fixed it. I think. Possibly. Pretend I am not spoiling the future for you.

[ p a u s e ]

Or possibly a whole other reality, because let me tell you I have had way too many instances of fucked up universes lately.

[whatchoice]

Did Pietro lose his ability?

[ easiest way to find out if it's the future or a different universe: is pietro even alive ]

[amelioraate]

Honestly? I don't know, you guys weren't around when it happened, but I'm gonna assume he did.

Got it back though.

[ also got killed not too long after but even Tony knows better than to say that to her. those two are... close. weirdly so, but whatever. when you go through hell like that you stick to what you know. ]

[whatchoice]

[ well. ]

Different reality.

[ can she go there???? ]

[amelioraate]

[ ... that is... weird. ]

Do I ask how you know that or....

[whatchoice]

Pietro died so any reality he is still alive is some luckier version of me.

[amelioraate]

[ oh ouch. he is so glad you cannot see the array of emotions that cross his face at that one because-- well, in any universe he is pretty damned sure the two of you are inseparable.]

Shit. I know I'm sorry won't cut it but-- I am.

[whatchoice]

[ she knows tony lost his parents and she felt his grief when rhodey fell (because of her and, god, she feels a metric shit tonne of guilt for that) and it's not the same, but she appreciates the condolences nonetheless. ]

Thank you.

A different reality explains why you are speaking to me at all. We are not very happy with each other right now.

[amelioraate]

[ Tony has had a lot of time to deal with that, and with many other revelations and losses since the death of Howard and Maria, he is pretty sure that loss doesn't compare to what Wanda must have felt.]

Huh, what did I do this time?

[ because he knows it's usually something he did. not always on purpose but-- ]

[whatchoice]

It was not just you. We fought, all of us. You and I were not really on the same side.

To protect me from the rest of the world or to protect the world from me, you kept me in the compound with Vision to babysit me.

[amelioraate]

Well that wouldn't be the first time. I've learned not to hold it against people now.

....I asked Vision to babysit you? Was I secretly playing matchmaker?

[whatchoice]

[ WHT THE HECK DID U JUST SAY ANTHONY STARK ]

Matchmaker?