For lastvoyages: Thirty-Fifth Hex, The Musical Version [video+spam]

[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda is sitting on her bed in her now fixed up room, next to a full backpack, a full duffelbag and Fozzie's full saddlebags. She's smiling in a slightly gloating way. Around her are neat piles of mostly books and clothes, and a few pairs of shoes.]

Welp. That's it for me. Laura says I'm ready to leave, so as soon as I wrap up some loose ends, I'm outta here.

I need to talk to a bunch of people. I've got a lot of stuff in case anyone wants a bunch of books and graphic novels. Also if you're a women's size six and on the tall side, or take a size eight shoe, come by. I've already packed up everything I'm taking. Oh, and I also have a bunch of these. [She turns the camera to a bunch of lacy, abstract sculptures, most around a foot tall, that she's stretched out and shaped via her powers from soda cans and bottles.] I'm heading out to the CES if anyone wants to hang out or wants doggie time with Fozzie. [Fozzie woofs in the background and knocks something clattery over with his tail.] It's BYOB and potluck--I'll handle chairs and tables and a barbecue pit.

[She hesitates and then sighs.] I owe a bunch of people, some of whom aren't even here anymore, thanks for teaching me stuff, listening to me and helping me get through this without falling apart completely. You will see me again, and I'll pay you back somehow. There are also people I owe a punch in the teeth for making my stay longer and more miserable than it had to be, but you guys are lucky today--I don't feel like wasting the time.

[Her smile becomes a touch poisonous as a sprightly piano line starts playing in the background.] And as for those sickos who keep causing trouble and pain for everyone here--for those dregs of the fucking Barge who drug us and strand us and try to murder us all...I've got a special goodbye for you....

[Wanda grabs a hairbrush to use as a microphone.]
Look inside
Look inside your tiny mind
Now look a bit harder
Cause we're so uninspired,
so sick and tired of all the
hatred you harbor

[Various books and other objects start floating around behind her, dancing through the air to the music's rhythm.]
So you try
And make sure we all die
Well I think you're just evil
You're just some shithead who'd
Be better off dead
Your point of view is medieval

[Wanda gets up and starts dancing, with much sassiness and the occasinal buttwiggle.]
Fuck you (Fuck you)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
You're just a waste of space
You need putting in place
So please don't stay in touch

Do you get
Do you get a little kick out of
being so crazy?
You just love throwing fits
Like monkeys flinging shit
But your crap doesn't faze me

Do you
Do you really enjoy living a
life that's so hateful?
Cause there's a hole where
your soul should be
Your losing control of it and
it's really distasteful

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
You're just a waste of space
You need putting in place
So please don't stay in touch

Look inside
Look inside your tiny mind
Now look a bit harder
Cause we're so uninspired,
so sick and tired of all the
hatred you harbor

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
You're just a waste of space
You need putting in place
So please don't stay in touch

You say
you think the Barge should go to war
Well you're already in one
Cuz it's people like you
that need to get slew
No one wants your opinion

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
Cause we hate what you do
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you (Fuck You)
Fuck you very, very much
You're just a waste of space
You need putting in place
So please don't stay in touch

[Things settle down into place as the song ends, and she sits again with an arch smile, twiddles her fingers bye-bye, and cuts the feed.]

[spam for CES]
[The CES is a rocky hillside today, and Wanda is using her magic to reshape some of the boulders into a trestle table and benches. After almost two years of intensive practice, she's barely breaking a sweat. Meanwhile Fozzie divides his time between chasing squirrels and bugging people for love.]

Comments

[private]

[megamind]

Hey! 'bout time, huh? I'm glad for you. You and Fozzie go somewhere safe and happy, okay?

[private]

[scarlet_discord]

I'm gonna settle on some Earth or another and sort myself out. I'm thinking training, studying my spellbooks and lots of time raiding libraries.

We'll meet again, no doubt. And in better circumstances.

[private]

[megamind]

Anything would be better than the barge.

[ That's not a yes or a no, really. He knows his plan to re-write his own timeline is fairly public by now, thanks to Steph and Roaxnne, but... Well, no use dwelling on it. ]

Good luck, though, where-ever you go. Raise some hell, huh?

[private]

[scarlet_discord]

Yep. I'd be amazed if I was ever desperate enough to come back and work for that bastard.

[She chuckles.] Oh yeah. Especially if I find out that so-called "heroes" out in the multiverse are as complacent and selfish as so many of the ones here.

[private]

[megamind]

[ He laughs, and it's weak. He's already planning his deal; just got to reach graduation. He is that desperate. ]

I'm sure you'll find some are. And then you'll kick their butts!

[private]

[scarlet_discord]

Yeah well, someone's gotta watch the watchmen.

You take care of yourself.

[private]

[megamind]

I'll do my best.

private;

[nospecialhurry]

I am going to be horrid and selfish, but this prison will be the lesser for your having left.

private

[scarlet_discord]

Well, that's actually very gracious of you to say. But I can't stay. Some can, but me...I'm in need of a big chunk of time away from any heavy conflicts.

Private

[with_my_teacup]

[A real, if slight smile.]

Good job. Say hi to the exit for me.

Private

[scarlet_discord]

Thanks.

You don't let this place beat you down, all right? I don't like the idea of you caged up too long.

Private

[with_my_teacup]

Been worse places longer. I'll be a'ight. Don't look back.

Private

[scarlet_discord]

Yeah, I don't plan to.

[Action]

[fuckingvisions]

[ He hadn't even waited for the message to finish before he dashed from the room making his way to her room to try to catch her before she gets too far. He's been feeling the itch of withdraw pulling at him but he couldn't just hermit and not go see Wanda before she leaves. She's been much too good to him for that. He knocked hard on the door standing there a hand pressed top the side of the door as he tried to catch his breath. He wasn't really much of a runner unless he was in serious danger.]

[Action]

[scarlet_discord]

[Fozzie woofs and rattles the door, and Wanda quickly opens it and pokes her head out.] Hey! C'mon in, I'm doing the Divestiture of Crap I Can't Carry.

...you look stressed. You do believe that I'm gonna catch up with you guys, right?

[Action]

[fuckingvisions]

[ He offered her the best smile he could give in his current state.]

Well I'd be more then happy to help with that, let's see what you got yeah? and also I came to give you something else. [ Making his way inside he reached into his jacket pulling out a worn copy of fight club] I want you to have this darlin' a friend gave it to me before he got himself killed and now I want you to have it okay?

[Action]

[scarlet_discord]

[She nods and closes the door behind him with a gesture, then takes the book and peers at it.] Haven't read this one yet. Thank you, I'll give it a shot. [And realize how much she resembles a magically-empowered Marla.]

C'mon. I have a crapton of graphic novels, a few books, some sculptures and stuff, and my furniture. You got a bookshelf yet? [Her bookshelf used to be boards and cinderblocks, but she kept altering it until it was light as wood, strong as stone and less likely to fall over in a Barge tremor.]

[Action]

[fuckingvisions]

You should, it's a fantastic one. [ he offered her a smile.]

I have one but its long since overflowing, I got a few too many books o' late but Im always willin' to read more. And if your offer o' us seein' one another after you leave is still open I an hold onto some o' it and give it back to you later.

[Action]

[scarlet_discord]

That's cool. I'm really hoping to settle somewhere a while for a bit first, heal up, learn a skill...maybe figure out this healing magic stuff. But yeah, I will be catching up with you, don't worry.

Now how about we get this shelf down to your room? I'll totally throw in some cleaning and rearranging to make room for it.

[Private]

[truth_is_cold]

Remember what I said, at least the parts you found helpful.

[Private]

[scarlet_discord]

I will. And you'll see me again. Just...not here, unless some kind of miracle happens.

Spam

[darknessb4me]

[Arthas looks out of place among sun and squirrels and a cheerful dog and new beginnings in general, but he showed up anyway.

What is he supposed to say? Don't leave? Leave as fast as you can before something goes wrong?]

There isn't much I haven't shared
With you along the road
And through it all there'd always be
Tomorrow's episode.

Spam

[scarlet_discord]

[Fozzie puts his head down and slinks away--kind of progress, since usually he runs off whimpering.]

[Wanda's face falls, and she smiles sadly as he sings. She gets it. But it's not necessary, not really. She lets him vent as she goes over and takes his big, cold hand in hers.]

Spam

[darknessb4me]

[Arthas' face twists into a frown and he shakes his head as if to dislodge the song. It doesn't work.]

Suddenly that isn't true,
There's another avenue
Beckoning, the great divide
Ask no questions, take no side.

[All the high notes are hideously off-key.]

...I don't want to sing this.

Spam

[scarlet_discord]

[She just smiles, and lets him off the hook as she lets the music take over her voice. She's not familiar with the song, but it says the right things.]

Who's to say who's right or wrong
Whose course is braver run
Still we are, have always been
Will ever be as one

What is done has been done for the best
Though the mist in my eyes might suggest
Just a little confusion
about what I'll lose
But if I started over
I would choose
The same joy the same sadness
each step of the way
That fought me and taught me
that friends never say
Never say goodbye....

Spam

[darknessb4me]

Never say goodbye...

Spam

[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda sighs and squeezes his hand.] You remember what I said. I am not going to forget you or leave you behind. I just can't stay here while I wait for you because I will lose it and rebel on principle.

Spam

[darknessb4me]

What's wrong with that?

[The sly smirk drops from his face.]

No. Don't listen to me. You should leave while you can.

Spam

[scarlet_discord]

[She takes the joke at face value.] Real reason? Because to really win here, enough people on both sides of the bars have to work together.

[She sighs gently and touches his shoulder.]

I have to. But I'll be waiting. I'll even give you the coordinates. Remember those multiverse maps I gave out to everyone?

Spam

[darknessb4me]

It was a map?

[pub spam]

[scarlet_discord]

[She smiles and shakes her head, and then pulls hers out and starts showing him the controls.]

Here, see, all these points of light have the world names. And these different trails show where we've gone and where we come from.

Re: [pub spam]

[darknessb4me]

[Arthas looks... helpless. He touches a port world on the map experimentally - the Earth of the Overlook Hotel.]

[pub spam]

[scarlet_discord]

[She scowls as she sees what he's looking at.] Yeah, if we ever go back there I say I make you the world's biggest sledgehammer and we boot party the whole place.

[pub spam]

[darknessb4me]

Where's Azeroth?

[je_suis_avec_toi]

I am so happy for you.

[scarlet_discord]

Thanks, Lia. Here's hoping you'll be free soon as well. If you need any gear or books, I've got them.

[je_suis_avec_toi]

I wouldn't mind some books.

I'll miss you, but I understand why you're leaving, too.

[scarlet_discord]

I'll miss you too. But we'll talk again. I can't cross worlds yet, but I will, some day, and I'll make sure to visit.

[je_suis_avec_toi]

I will keep you to that.

[supersonic]

[ Getting someone to let him into the CEs takes a little finagling, but he doesn't want to do this from a distance. So for once, Pietro isn't the first to find her. When he does his approach is almost hesitant, and not just because he's still limping around with a crutch after the rabies incident. ]

So you are finally getting out.

[ He sounds happy for her, but— well, it's complicated, too. ]

[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda looks up from finishing the stone barbecue pit and smiles, and it's a bit sad. Fozzie ambles up and she throws his ball for him. She has a pretty good arm.]

I was hoping I'd get to talk to you before I left. I have something for you.

[An apologetic shrug] I uh...finally figured out what I'm doing next, but it will probably seem really mundane.

[supersonic]

[ He gives a slight, wry smile at that. ] Somehow I doubt a little more mundanity would go amiss in any of our lives.

What are your plans?

[scarlet_discord]

I'm going to settle on a bog-standard Earth, and live quietly. I'm going to study the few magic books I've got, and practice on the sly, and meanwhile I'll learn something totally ordinary. Maybe building houses, maybe fixing things, I don't know, whatever I can pick up. Just...spend some time without Superhero Drama.

[supersonic]

Good. After this place, you deserve a break.

[ He nods, although something in his expression falters for half an instant. Is that all his sister needed? A change of pace? (Is she getting that now, or was it already too late?) ]

It's important that you take care of yourself. [ insistent. ] You will remember that, won't you?

[scarlet_discord]

Thank you. [She smiles shyly, and then she hesitates.] Look, I uh...this is going to sound weird, but I want to help you. You uh...you made it clear when we met that you really care about your sister. And that's a good thing. Our whole screwed up, multiverse-spanning clan kinda needs more of that.

Many months ago I heard a story from a guy from a version of our worlds. He was a superpowered, invulnerable mountain of a man, but he was worried when he heard my name. He never got very specific, but he told me that the...version of me he knew had had some kind of breakdown. And that a huge amount of people had suffered because of it.

Ever since that day my number one job has been to learn to control myself and my powers. Because it sounded like a forewarning, you know? And for all I suffered here, I have been pretty damn successful. If you think it will help, I'll let you know what I've figured out. I wrote a bunch of it down, actually. And I have some suggestions, if you want to hear them.

[supersonic]

[ That certainly catches his attention, yes. ]

My sister is the one they're afraid of. [ He could be wrong, of course, but he hopes he isn't; he hopes there isn't a version of Wanda out there who's done worse than what she has. ] So yes, I would hear any suggestions you have.

[ Spam ] I AM THE LATEST I AM SO SORRY ignore if you like but Dean wanted to pop in

[surfaceshine]

[Dean doesn't bother with the network because everything he has to say is not what he wants to be possibly the last thing he does to Wanda; and even in his own head it sounds Lifetime-y and New Age-y, he doesn't want to hear it aloud.

So instead he pops down the hall one last time, and knocks on her door.]

Open up, it's the pastry police.