[Video: Thursday Morning, Week 21]

[genoshas_general]

Wanda is hardly happy to find herself naked in a pod. She’s even less happy that this is the second time in six weeks she’s found herself in an alien environment without prior warning.]

[She’s dressed now, though, and she’s got her communicator on. She’s not exactly smiling, but she looks much further from smashing everything in sight than she feels]

This is getting ridiculous. I’m the Scarlet Witch. Does that mean anything to anybody? [That echoes in her ears for a few seconds before she realizes how stuck up it sounds.] That’s not what I meant. [deep breath]

What I mean is: My name is Wanda Maximoff. I’m a mutant. From Genosha. [She takes another look around her surroundings.] Which is a country on Earth. I… [Wanda does not have much experience socializing outside an island nation ruled by her father, and her discomfort as she tries to figure out what a proper greeting sounds like is obvious.] Who else was abducted by aliens? [It’s a start]

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[genoshas_general]

[Since her father locked her Kurt in a not-so-giant dome until very recently, she's willing to accept a little grumpiness on his part]

[Wanda mulls over a few different things she could say in her father's defense before deciding against all of them.] How well armed are we, anyway? Is there some kind of resistance?

[thefuzzyguy]

There are some soldiers here, but I think they're mostly busy dealing with the big scary animals and monsters. Guess the scary overlords wouldn't be very good at their jobs if they let the other guys get weapons too.

[Kurt's tail lashes a bit like an annoyed cat's as he thinks.]

And remember they can just fly in and start burning stuff if they get mad.

[genoshas_general]

[Wanda frowns at that.] We can't just let them intimidate us. There's got to be something we can do about it.

I'd like to go in and strike back, but if the city has no defenses... [She grabs her hair and pulls it down.] We have to make them afraid of us. At least afraid enough that they hesitate a little while.

[thefuzzyguy]

That's kind of what I thought when I first showed up. But there are a lot of people here who aren't up to fighting, and they're really the ones who get hit when one of us does something dumb.

[Kurt sighs and teleports down onto the bed, looking subdued.]

[genoshas_general]

So we do something smart. We'll find a way. [Wanda rests her head on her hand, feeling drained.] But not tonight.

[thefuzzyguy]

Ja, definitely want to work on it. And there are a lot of cool people here. Plus Todd's not even here. He went with the people who left town when the plague started to get bad. But they should be back soon.

[Of course the Toad is necessary to cool plans.]

[genoshas_general]

[Wanda smiles a little. Kurt cooperating with her and the Brotherhood is strange to her, but in a good way.] For now, I have to sort out accommodations. I'll see you tomorrow?

[thefuzzyguy]

[He's still confused by all the attention. He can't really imagine a future where he's a priority to Wanda. Maybe it's just that Pietro's not feeling well, Todd's up a mountain somewhere with baby monsters, and he's the only mutant left.]

Ja, sure. If you stick around here watch for weird holes in the ceiling. This building's kind of close to collapsing, I think.