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[sixwayheart]

[ Heart (or Elizabeth or Ariel or Ginger depending on who you ask) lived a simple life here in Luceti. She still lived at the Welcome Center, making due in the beds there at night and then going out her day outside of it thereafter. She didn't eat (unless the social situation called for it) or drink... or really, do much of anything other than sit around, most days. Wait for someone to approach her or approach someone who was already her user. It's true that if she was actively in one of her other modes she had other interests though, so if her "mind" wandered it was possible -- but she was a robot. Associative memory was programmed into her, but not terribly effectively.

But then, nothing she experienced in Luceti Valley was programmed into her either, and trapped without her own head, she had taken to thinking about (or well, more accurately, replaying) those memories a lot and ... not quite pondering, but acknowledging the inherently contradictory emotions she felt during it which were literally impossible for her now.

Which is probably why he day today is a little more varied. For one, the young woman robot walks all the way down the South Lake, here the Aylum used to be based on her memories - by comparing it to the geography leading up to it, she stands right at where the front entrance would have been, silent for a long moment.

And then finally, unless interrupted, walks right back to town. She intends to go back to her watching, but rejects that, instead going into the grocery to look for anything resembling a TV dinner and then staring at it for some time. She never picked them up though unless prompted, and then moves on to the next stop, the Library. Unmoded, she doesn't have even simulated intellectual curiosity enough to pick up a book and read it, so instead she just sets out the memorize the layout of the whole place and get a look at the titles on every spine. Which will take the whole rest of her day until she goes back to the Welcome Center for the night.

Just a day in the life. Run into her at any of these moments or along the way to any]

Comments

[sixwayheart]

No, no. It's a personal thing - a real hassle, actually. Don't you think?

[maximoff_girl]

Yeah... Sorry I had to-- put you through that, then. ...At least it's done? Like you said.

Oh! Right-- Sorry! My name's Wanda.

[sixwayheart]

It's really nice to meet you, Wanda. And you... can name me whatever you want. It'll be fun, won't it?

[With a hand over her chest]

[maximoff_girl]

Whatever... I want? Don't you have something you call yourself? [Is this more of those cultural differences? Should she have not introduced herself by name? The other lady is smiling, and she has a cheerful tone, so it's not like whatever that awkward introduction was, at least!] Or something your family calls you?

[sixwayheart]

There's a name I could give you, but I'd really much prefer to get one from you, honestly.

[maximoff_girl]

You would... prefer? Um. ... I've never had to give anyone a name before. [She didn't even pick her own code name.]

Any name? You don't have any-- hints?

[sixwayheart]

Mmm. No! I'd rather you be original. But we could wait until we know each other better. Wanda~

[She says that name a little melodiously, twirling]

[maximoff_girl]

[Wanda smiles a bit because the tone of her voice is kind of amusing. Sort of like how Pietro used to say her name when they were kids, and he was making fun of her, only-- not mean, somehow.]

Alright. ... We can wait then. But-- I should probably warn you, I'm not very, ah, quick about things.

[sixwayheart]

You could call me "hey you" or "love" or whatever you want until then. I don't really mind. [And she tilts her head, cupping her hands together and looking thoughtful before]

But, to speed things up a little - are you doing something now?

[maximoff_girl]

[Ooookay, that's a little... different. British people call each other love though, right? At least on TV.

And ah. To speed things up. She sounds just like her brother.]

Well-- just now I was meditating. But I saw you and thought maybe-- you might be new or lost. Oh! Am I-- keeping you from something?

[sixwayheart]

You aren't but- even if you were like, change of plans! I've got to spend more time with you. I can feel it.

[Meditate. She could meditate. Probably]

[maximoff_girl]

Really...? Why? [Wanda can't even conceive of this.] ... Is that-- your power? Can you, like... see the future or something?

[sixwayheart]

[...Pfft that just makes her burst out into a giggle, ending with her tapping the other girl on the shoulder]

No, no - it's a figure of speech! Well, that and woman's intuition.

[maximoff_girl]

Ohhh. So-- you're not a mutant then? [That's too bad. Y'know. not that there's anything WRONG with that. Mostly.]

[sixwayheart]

No, I'm not. [Or should she be. Mode six can lie, after all. It might be easier if she was. Whatever a mutant is]

[maximoff_girl]

Ohh. ... Well. Maybe they just don't have mutants where you're from. [As previously mentioned, Wanda is a terrible liar. It's fairly clear that mutant=best in her book.] ... That's ok. ... You seem like a really nice lady, anyway!

[sixwayheart]

So I could be a mutant and not even know it. [An impish smile spreads on her lips before she rocks a bit more, side to side before she leans forward again]

So, Wanda. Do you want to go back to meditating?

[maximoff_girl]

You could be! That's true! [There's a cheery thought.]

I-- could. I mean... I meditate every day. It's... pretty much all I do, really. ... Though I'm getting better about-- meeting new people. [She smiles, shyly.]

[sixwayheart]

Are you sure you don't want something more spontaneous than what you do every day though?

[maximoff_girl]

I like-- new things. Bulla said she'd teach me to fly. And-- Ororo said she'd help me train, though... That'd probably be a lot more meditating.

[She considers.]

I like... the idea of spontaneous. But it-- usually doesn't work out so well, in practice.

[sixwayheart]

Well, what's the worst that could happen?

[Fly?]

[maximoff_girl]

Worst...? [Ooh, there's a creepy thought.] I don't... really want to think about worst. ... But the average is explosions. ... and lots of chaos. People getting hurt. ... that sort of thing. [Not a pleasant thought at all.]

[sixwayheart]

...Is there something you're not telling me? Maybe a little anarchism?

[maximoff_girl]

... Anarchism? ... Anarchism. ... [That sounds like a word she should know. ] I don't-- I dunno. Just... My powers are unpredictable, and they... can be dangerous. Sometimes.

[sixwayheart]

Oh. I didn't realize you had powers - my bad.