3237/Sisterly Bonds

Sisterly Bonds
Date of Scene:	04 September 2020
Location:	Master Bedroom: Lorna Dane's
Synopsis:	Wanda and Lorna have a night in with ice cream, movies, and talking.
Cast of Characters:	Wanda Maximoff, Lorna Dane

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Wanda Maximoff has posed:
Sometimes there doesn't need to be a deep reason for visiting someone. Wanda honestly didn't have any particular reason for dropping by to see Lorna other than simply wanting company. That and ice cream had sounded good and eating ice cream alone wasn't quite as fun. She had sent a message ahead to Lorna to see if it was fine for her to drop by for some bonding time and to ask her favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor. Wanda had gone for chocolate fudge brownie.

Arriving outside, the pints of ice cream are tucked into a small bag hanging off her arm as she sends a quick text to inform Lorna of her arrival.

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna had sent Wanda quick, half distracted responses, half her time taken up by the Genoshan situation and the others... well everything else that came with being a member of the X-men. She was exhausted, worn, and emotionally wrung out after having had a run in with their father last week.

So she had more or less cut herself off from the world and everyone beyond her necessary duties to function. It would seem she was increasing swinging back toward another depressive spiral if she wasn't careful, and she knew it. So Wanda's offer for ice cream and sisterly bonding time couldn't come at a better moment. The text that her sister had arrived is answered with the door to the master bedroom flicking open under her command, Lorna sitting on the edge of her bed, while flipping through movies on the massive flats screen TV that sat on her dresser. She wore a simple black tank-top and a pair of jean cut offs. "Hey Wanda." She called, tossing the remote aside as she pushed herself off the bed, her bare feet lightly tapping across the wooden floor as she approached.

"Need a hand?"

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
While Wanda's in her usual dark colors, she's a least dressed more for the warmer weather in a pair of dark blue capris and a lightweight red blouse, hair pulled back into a ponytail. She /looks/ relaxed, but there's always that level of tired tension that's been there in the middle of everything that's gone on with Genosha. She reaches into the bag, fishing out Lorna's pint and a spoon, offering them over once she's inside the room.

"Here. I take it you've been holing up in here?"

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna commanded the spoon to her grip with a twist of her powers, the metal dancing through the air around her finger tips as she made to take the offered pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream from Wanda's offered grip. She shrugged as she made to peel back the lid and headed to the over sized bed again and plopped down. "That obvious? Dad was ... well Dad is manic as hell. As if that wasn't obvious from his ripping out everything I'd worked for for a space station. He was also here. And basically got pissed and threated to kill everyone. I mean he didn't //say// it.. but I could feel it in the fields. And also made vague comments that .. well.." She jammed the spoon into the ice cream.

"He's spying on me. So my life is freaking wonderful right now."

She started scooping spoonful of chocolate and cookie bits into her mouth, biting down on the spoon as she reached for the remote and wiggled it in offering to Wanda. A muffled 'what do you want to watch' following around the spoon.

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
Wanda joins her sister on the bed, settling on it in a bit less of a plop than Lorna. "Sounds as if you needed this ice cream more than I expected," she offers before spooning a bit of the chocolate into her mouth. She reaches over to take the remote, flipping through the guide as she searches for something that might jump out at her. She doesn't select anything right away, though. She's more feeling out the mood before selecting anything.

"You know you don't have to do everything on your own, right? I may not have all the answers but... you are certainly not alone in your troubles."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna pulled the spoon from her lips jamming it into the ice cream pint. "You know, he used me to rip up the refugee camp. Used my powers to undo everything I'd worked for over the past six months. And then he.. he.." She shook her head. If anyone would understand the mercurial moods of Magneto on the planet, it would be Wanda. Her and Pietro had walked away from him before. And now? Well.. it would seem he'd returned to his old ways.

She sighed heavily, and seemed to deflate as Wanda spoke of her not being alone. She scowled. "I know that logically. I mean.. the X-men, everyone here obviously. You and Pietro try, but.." She pursed her lips. "You have the Avengers. And short of Dad seizing another country or something I mean.. you guys kind of deal with more global threats. I don't want to call you up every time I'm having a depressive mood."

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
There's a moment where Wanda's silence is a reflection on Magneto's current actions. She takes a bite of her ice cream to fill the quiet, nodding a little in understanding. It's not entirely unexpected, just... disappointing, maybe. She does, however, offer a tiny smile even though Lorna's deflating. She gives her a gentle nudge of an elbow.

"You may forget it sometimes, but you are a person first and foremost." The gentle smile remains there. "We need each other to keep going. You can't perform your best for others if you don't take care of your own needs first. If you need something, you can ask. Always. Global threat or not. Even if it's just some ice cream."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna sighed heavily, and continued to stab the pint of slowly melting ice cream, running the spoon about the edge. She remained silent for most of Wanda's response, and she bit back the urge to sigh again. She glanced side long at her older sibling, and pursed her lips together. "I spent most of my life without siblings.. without a family that I could go to and just.. explain things. The people that raised me weren't interested in why I was acting how I was acting. They just wanted me to stop being a problem. So it's sort of hard for me to stop sometimes and remember that. Particularly when everything is just.. it's.." She grimaced.

"It's a lot. It always is."

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
"I don't have it all together, you know," Wanda admits. "Without Pietro, I don't know where I'd be... but I know it would not be somewhere good. Not somewhere happy." She looks into her pint of ice cream for a moment, taking another thoughtful bite. "He has helped me get through a lot of things and I'm grateful for that, I am very lucky to have him. It makes me very aware, though, that you have not had someone to help you through things the way I have."

She looks back over. "It's a lot to bear alone. So much so that it feels like giving any of that weight to someone else would be a burden. But you find your own strength in the strength of others who are there for you. I know it's a lot. I feel it every day."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna shrugged, leaning over to try to steal the remote back from Wanda and still keep hold of her pint of ice cream, spoon once more tucked in her mouth to keep at least one hand free. Whether or not she managed, she'd sit back and take another bite of ice cream.

"Ever since I've known you, you've always seemed more together than I have ever been." She exhaled a breath, "And I dunno, part of me has always been jealous that you've had Pietro to grow up with. To have a twin with you that whole time. I can't think of all the times I wished I'd had someone with me." She wrinkled her nose slightly.

"And I thought on Genosha, with everything, that I finally had something to believe in. Something that needed me. And somewhere that I could do something good. Beyond the secret missions the X-men always had. And.. with everything dealing with Dad? I just.. I still feel alone again. Even if I'm not. And it's hard for me to change my mindset, I guess." She flashed Wanda a weak smile.

"And everyone else just seems so much happier without me bringing down the mood.. I dunno."

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
The remote is easily stolen: Wanda's not /really/ searching for anything to watch anyway. She takes another bite of her ice cream as she glances to the TV for a moment, then back to Lorna. "I'm only as together as I am because of the people who are around me. It's not always that together, though. There are times I wonder if I could do more than I am, if I'm not being enough of what people need me to be."

Wanda turns a bit so she can face her sister more seriously. "You are important, Lorna. To me. To Pietro. I would like to be a better sister, as much as I am able. Everyone deserves someone they can reach to if the world feels like it is crumbling around them. Asking for help is not easy, especially when things seem darkest." She smiles again. "So you don't have to ask. My help is always a standing offer."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna shrugged, scrolling through the various things on the TV before she flipped it off and tossed the remote aside, giving up on finding something that she'd actually want to watch more than the conversation happening with Wanda right now. She shifted, pulling her legs up onto the bed and folding them beneath her.

"You've seen me at my darkest after Genosha, and I am trying to never end up there again. And I know you and Pietro really stepped up and you were there for me and I appreciate it. I do." She paused, turning her green eyed gaze back to Wanda.

"But I dunno, after being at my lowest point it also feel silly to call you when I'm just upset over normal stuff too. It's not like anyone in my social circle isn't an active hero and handling a million other more pressing things at any given moment..." She trailed off, and jammed the spoon into the ice cream to dig out a chunk of cookie dough.

"I'll try. That's about all I can promise to do. Because sometimes I'm not even honest with myself that I should talk to someone either.."

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
"Trying is all that I can ask," Wanda fishes out a brownie bit with her spoon. "It might be nice to hear about 'normal stuff', though. A lot of my life has not been entirely stable and to find moments where I can forget about all of that? Being frustrated that I was late meeting someone or spilled nail polish or someone drank the last of the milk... it is very grounding. We are still just people underneath it all."

She sneaks her spoon over to steal a bite of Lorna's cookie dough. "Sometimes it is okay to just have someone keep you company, even if you just eat ice cream and watch television. Sometimes that's enough."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna flashed Wanda a brief smile as her sister leaned over to steal a bit of her cookie dough ice cream, allowing it. After all, Wanda had bought and brought her ice cream. Anyone else? Well, she had her own private fridge, why would she //share// if she didn't have to?

"Well.. normal stuff? I dunno. I guess.." She glanced at her older sister.

"I kind of had a thing with the King of Atlantis? And uhm.. I dunno. Either he's busy or tired of spending time with me." She glanced back at the ice cream and jabbed it a bit more with her spoon.

"Which is partially why I didn't want to say anything when we went to Fiji.."

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
Wanda raises an eyebrow, mostly because she hadn't been aware of the situation. "Ah, so it's girl talk now," her soft tone is teasing, but not in a pushy way. It's said with Lorna's feelings in consideration. "If there was something there and he's distant, you may be right in that he's busy. But if he hasn't said anything to you and he's leaving you hanging... I do not think he deserves the pleasure of your company, then."

She smiles genuinely. "You deserve a lot more than I think you give yourself credit for. If he isn't spending time with you? That's his fault, not yours."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna shrugged and sighed heavily, "He runs an empire that spans over seventy percent of the globe. I hope he's just busy." She drawled, and glanced down at her ice cream, unable to meet Wanda's gaze as she gently teased her. A faint hint of pink on her cheeks.

"It's not like we could be anything serious anyways. I mean.. he's a King. And that means political marriages. And I dunno what I am anymore. Not in Genosha.. or anywhere. And it's not as if people were ever lining up to date me before. So." She shrugged and sighed, glancing up at Wanda from under a fringe of green bangs.

"And Dad knows..." She coughed. "I didn't tell him. He made a comment .. and that's how I know he's been spying on me."

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
"I believe, at a certain point, if you have enough power you get to make the rules," Wanda offers her a smile. "If that's something he wanted enough, I'm sure he'd find a way to make that happen. Do not sell yourself short or feel as if there is no future without giving it a chance. That's not your logic or your heart talking." She does frown at the suggestion that Magneto's spying.

"Be careful, Lorna. It's hard to tell what he intends and if he is directing his attention your way I am not certain that it is a good thing. But I won't let him use you."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna sighed heavily, reaching up to drag her hand through her hair, the other still occupied with the pint of ice cream with the spoon jammed into the top. Or rather middle of what was left of the lump still frozen solid. "I guess.. I mean.. do rulers even get a say in those things? I mean good ones.. not autocratic dictators or anything.." She muttered, shaking her head.

A glance was spared back to Wanda and then back to her ice cream. "Of course he is. Everyone always tries to. That's been most of my life." She sighed, and glanced back at the TV.

"Ever seen Star Wars, Wanda?"

Wanda Maximoff has posed:
"I have your back, Lorna," Wanda assures her. "I do not give up on those I care about. We'll figure it out together." She looks into her pint of ice cream before gazing at her sister again. "Is Star Wars the one where they're on a ship and... Picard?" She's honestly trying to remember. Star Trek is clearly the same thing, right? "I think I've seen that one." The fact that she couldn't remember which one it was? Probably a good indicator she hadn't.

"I'd like to watch something with you either way."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna smiled, before openly falling into soft laughter as Wanda mixes up Star Wars and Star Trek. It wasn't her older sibling's fault, Wanda hadn't grown up with the sort of pop culture context and movies that she had here in the States.

"No it's not, but it has star in the name so you're almost there." She leaned over grabbing the remote. "There's an evil empire, and a princess that's captured and this kid... and oh it's all a huge family drama really. Anyways, Bobby has always quoted it at me. So you'll get what he's referencing. I hope you don't mind spending a few hours." She drawled.

Lorna at least hoped Wanda would enjoy the campiness and the themes of dealing with dark side leaning fathers.