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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]

I consider it something in the middle. It was given to me by scientific means.

[fujita]

given?

[ dorothy ends up hesitating for a moment before she sends another message: ] probably none of my business but
did you want to have it?

[whatchoice]

I wanted a way to protect my home.

[ which isn't a no, but it's not a yes either. it's a hard question to answer via text. or at all. ]

[fujita]

that's fair

[whatchoice]

Are you familiar with magic?

[fujita]

i've been to a place where there was a lot of it
even though it was outlawed
or maybe because it was

[whatchoice]

It was commonplace enough to be outlawed?

[fujita]

yeah
funnily enough the guy who outlawed it calls himself the wizard

[whatchoice]

I'm not surprised it was a man.

[ stares directly at the camera. if natasha romanoff was in charge of the avengers nothing bad would have ever happened ok ok. ]

[fujita]

why not?

[ #truth ]

[whatchoice]

In my experience, men think they know best.

[fujita]

you know what? that fits the wizard

[whatchoice]

[ literally zero of the bad guys that wanda has fought or knows about were women so. ]

No offense if you're a man.

[fujita]

i'm not
my name's dorothy, by the way

[whatchoice]

I am Wanda.

Nice to meet you as it were.

[fujita]

same
are you new here, too?

[whatchoice]

I only arrived yesterday.

[fujita]

i wonder if new people always arrive at the same time

[whatchoice]

I would think so. An anomaly in space kept open for too long would rip apart the world so people can not come and go at all times.

[ she's been in thor's head, she knows shit. ]

[fujita]

sounds sensible, even if i have no idea about that kind of thing

[whatchoice]

A friend of mine is an alien.

[fujita]

wow. okay. is that a normal thing for you? magic, aliens

[whatchoice]

It wasn't. My world has changed a lot.

[fujita]

for the better?

[whatchoice]

I have not decided.