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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]

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?