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Steve Rogers / Captain America ([personal profile] assembles) wrote in [community profile] entranceway2016-06-01 10:00 am

video; guess who's back, back again

[ The feed snaps on, and the frame is on the crowded side. In the foreground Steve and Wanda are seated, arranged on a couch in one of the mansion’s tea rooms, while Natasha stands behind them, leaning against the wall near the door. Steve has his phone tilted so that all of three them are visible, Wanda’s arm linked with his.

Steve’s in civilian wear, his expression composed and collected. He isn’t here to give out orders or make any speeches, though. ]


So it looks like Wonderland sent all three of us home at once. Sorry about that. [ As if they had any control over it. ] But we’re back now and more or less in one piece. [ Which isn’t the full story at all, but that isn’t something that needs to be shared with all of Wonderland.

Natasha pushes away from the wall at this and moves closer into the frame of the video, leaning on the back of the couch over Steve’s shoulder, expression mild. ]
I don’t know if any others of us were sent home recently, but if so, letting us know would be greatly appreciated.

[ Her lips quirk briefly. ] Either way, I think some of us will need to be assembling for a SitRep soon regardless. But we wanted to let you know we were back to keep people from worrying.

[ Steve glances over his shoulder at Natasha, nods, and then returns to looking at his phone. ] Let us know if we’re needed anywhere.

[ With that, the feed cuts. ]


[ They’ve done their duty and reported their return, which means that it’s time for all three of them to go and lick their wounds. Steve returns to his room first and foremost, finding Bucky even sooner than he had expected when it turns out he’d camped in his room.

Once they’ve reunited, though, Steve laces up his shoes and goes for a run up and down the beach, needing some time to clear his head. Everything that happened back home has him on edge, searching for a way to take action, to do something, and yet none of it means a thing here in Wonderland. There are no Accords here, but a secret that had been revealed in the worst possible way back home remains a secret here, and it’s eating at him.

He also heads up to the roof, as if hoping that a bird’s eye view of everything will somehow cause it all to make more sense. Wonderland isn’t where he’s supposed to be, but at least some of his team is here. They maybe be prisoners, but they’re not caged and collared. It’s something. ]

[ Once Natasha parted ways with Wanda and Steve, having had a chance to - finally - compare information, she briefly stopped by her room upstairs, checking to make sure everything she'd accumulated here was as she'd left it. Then, after replying to a few text messages that had been waiting for her, she headed to the fifth floor. And the bar.

Because damn, did she ever need a drink. Or twenty. ]

[ For most of the day following their return to Wonderland, Wanda remains out of sight. There's no trace of her in either of her usual haunts, the training room or the magic study: she shuts herself away in her room for the better part of the afternoon, door locked tight, though she'll likely answer for those who seek her out. It's been months since she's been this withdrawn-- longer, considering how much time had passed during her trip home, but she finds herself feeling very much like the Wanda who had first come to Wonderland one year earlier, skittish and wary of human contact, unnerved by the idea of having to explain exactly what had changed to rob her of the confidence she had spent so many months building alongside her teammates and new friends alike.

Eventually, it's one of the most basic of human needs that forces her to emerge, hunger driving her to leave her room behind and make her way down to the communal kitchen. After spending time in government custody, the need for a real meal as opposed to whatever the closets might be able to supply is enough to make her brave the mansion beyond her room. She keeps her focus narrow at first, rummaging through the pantry to see what it might have to offer in the way of ingredients, occasionally turning her attention to the kitchen at large to see who else might have wandered in since her own arrival, an attempt to remain aware of her surroundings. House arrest followed by more severe isolation has done very little to put her at ease, and she finds herself unwilling to trust even the slightest creak of the floorboards, regardless of the fact that here, the word fugitive means very, very little. ]


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[personal profile] mindbend 2016-06-07 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
If it will help you, then I don't mind. Would you like me to meet you somewhere?

[The tearoom, she realizes, might not be ideal for Jane's purposes.]
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[personal profile] interspatial 2016-06-07 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure-- I can come to you if you're busy, but if you'd like to come up to my room.
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[personal profile] mindbend 2016-06-15 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I will be there shortly. Perhaps the distraction will do me some good.
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[personal profile] interspatial 2016-06-17 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
I can offer plenty of that. See you soon.

[ though when wanda shows up, it's more likely she'll have to pull jane from the lab next door... ]
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[personal profile] mindbend 2016-06-25 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Wanda is good to her word and makes her way there not long after their brief exchange, turning up about fifteen minutes later-- but when she knocks at Jane's door and gets no answer, she decides the lab is worth investigating. If Jane has already put herself to work, it would make sense for her to have relocated, and Wanda had gathered early on that Jane was often putting herself to work.

She knocks on the open door to the lab before entering, scanning for any sign of Dr. Foster.]


Jane?
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[personal profile] interspatial 2016-06-27 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Wanda? Oh my god, I'm so sorry-- I totally lost track of time!

[ jane pops out from behind a large chalkboard on wheels, shirt speckled with white dust -- the forearm of her sleeve is so white that it's very clear she's been doing a lot of erasing. ]

Thank you for coming. Would you like to sit?

[ jane's got a fancy stool for ya!! ]
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[personal profile] mindbend 2016-06-27 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[The younger woman smiles faintly, helping herself to the offered stool, shaking her head.]

You don't need to apologize. I know how busy you like to keep yourself.

[She's not sure she's ever seen Jane sit down for more than a minute at a time, in their brief dealings with one another.]

Looks like you've been hard at work here.
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[personal profile] interspatial 2016-07-02 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the janky looking device in jane's hand flickers to life via a small screen. she starts typing into it as she closes the distance between them, humming an affirmation. ]

Well, I'm not actually sure I have a choice. Wonderland doesn't exactly do breaks, you know? [ type type type ] Would you mind if I ask you a few questions that I can log with any data I'm able to collect?
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[personal profile] mindbend 2016-07-04 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. If I am able to help you learn something, then the trip home wasn't wasted.

[Right now, it's hard for her to think that there was anything else to be gained from it. She much rather would have stayed in Wonderland-- it would have been easier, but she's sure Steve would tell her that most things worth doing weren't easy.

She sits with her hands in her lap, watching Jane type with interest.]


Ask whatever you like.
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[personal profile] interspatial 2016-07-06 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ jane keeps her attitude polite but professional, businesslike. as a scientist she rarely interacts with people that aren't also in her field, but she's still very aware of the importance of boundaries. ]

About how long have you been back? You can round to the hour if it's easier.
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[personal profile] mindbend 2016-07-07 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
More than two hours now-- closer to three.

[She frowns slightly as she corrects herself. It had taken them some time to catch up and get their stories straight.]

We all awoke in the hedge maze, if that means anything to you.
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[personal profile] interspatial 2016-07-14 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
You did? That's where I woke back up when I went home recently...

[ she skips down ahead to fill in that answer, nodding. ]

Could be coincidence, though, given how small Wonderland actually is. Uh-- what about your memories: How fast would you say you realized you were back in Wonderland?