70,07 - Thank Rao this isn't my job.

[ichoosefight]

[ Stephanie doesn't look quite like herself today. In fact, she has been replaced with an alien imposter! Hey, it's not her fault they're both blonde. Blame society. In any case, Kara is trying to look Super and in-control, but she has no clue what she's supposed to be doing and she doesn't like the whole "trapped in a ship in outer space without powers" deal. ]

Is there a Wanda Maximoff still on board? I was hoping you'd join me in the CES since I'm taking your warden's place.

[ She pauses, utterly uncertain, but still feeling like there's something she's supposed to say. ]

I'm Kara. Hi.

[ Okay that was awkward let's just shut this dumb thing off now. ]


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Comments

[likeabanshee]

Hi, Kara. Who're you filling in for?

[itsaskort]

My friend Stephanie. Do you know her?

[likeabanshee]

Nope. My brother might, though, I'm just tradin' places with him for a while, I guess.

[itsaskort]

You too, huh? This place is kind of insane if you ask me.

[likeabanshee]

It's definitely nothing like I expected it to be. I wonder who built the ship.

[itsaskort]

And how do they stop our powers from working? It's all very weird.

[likeabanshee]

Powers?

[itsaskort]

Like, you know. The people with special powers, only they don't work.

[likeabanshee]

No idea how that would work. I'm just an architect.

[itsaskort]

Me neither. But I guess it works, or we'd be in big trouble.

[likeabanshee]

Probably. So, what powers do you have?

[itsaskort]

Me? None.

Right now.

[likeabanshee]

What can you usually do, then?

[itsaskort]

I can fly, shoot lasers, blow ice, see through walls. And I'm much stronger than a normal human. Right now I feel pretty ordinary.

[fastestjackass]

Uh...uh...Wanda's not here right now! And besides, she's crazy. And lying! That's right, she's a pathowhatical--patha-logi-cal liar!

[Someone has been reading Wanda's journal and is plenty nervous.]

[itsaskort]

Uh huh. [ That's not suspicious at all. ]

What is she lying about?

[fastestjackass]

Nobody ever did anything to her! She's just crazy and spreading lies about me and about Father.

[itsaskort]

Well I haven't heard anything about that, but it's kinda telling that that's the first thing you have to say to her warden.

[fastestjackass]

I'm defending my father. She hates him and tries to justify it with everyone she meets.

[itsaskort]

Your father can defend himself. A girl has a right to hate her parents sometimes.

[fastestjackass]

But she's tried to kill him like fifty billion times! [High speed flailing]

[itsaskort]

And now she's here as an inmate. Shouldn't you be glad she's getting help?

[fastestjackass]

I--

--uh--

...well...

[OK, he actually goes quiet to think about this.]

Yeah, I guess.

I just hate people badmouthing my dad.

[itsaskort]

What about people badmouthing your sister? You're supposed to be family. Doesn't that mean anything to you?

[fastestjackass]

I--buh--well--crap, lady, would you side with someone who throws hexes at you every time she sees you?

[itsaskort]

If she was my sister, I would try to understand. Family is important. You should recognize that before it's too late.

[fastestjackass]

I...

[high-speed fidgeting, and then a sigh.]

The whole thing has me torn in half.

[itsaskort]

Then why don't you take a minute and figure it out? You're saying some pretty nasty stuff about your sister.

[fastestjackass]

I think about it all the damn time!

...

...sorry.

Look, the truth is that...you can't change the past. There's no rewriting history. We tried! And I guess it didn't work. But at least we cared enough to try!

[itsaskort]

You don't have to change the past to do better in the future.

[fastestjackass]

Look. I'm gonna put it plain to you, okay?

I don't get how my Dad can be such an awesome guy but still have locked up my sister. I have to give him my loyalty. He's my Dad. And he and Sis are at war. It's all messed up.

If I could start over and try and make up things, if it was just her and me, I would! I swear I would. But the kind of loyalty he wants is absolute.

[itsaskort]

[ What. What. ]

He's your dad, he's not your lord and master!

[fastestjackass]

Lady, have you ever met my father? Cause trust me, they're pretty much one and the same as far as he's concerned.

[itsaskort]

Then maybe he doesn't deserve your loyalty.

[ Everyone on this ship has daddy issues, apparently. ]

[fastestjackass]

I...

Look, he's only that way because he's been through so much. I can't leave him. I'm the only family he has.

[itsaskort]

That doesn't mean you have to let him mess you up. Family is supposed to help each other.

[fastestjackass]

Look, either I follow him and get beaten up by her or I follow her and get beaten up by him. The other alternative is to bail on all of them.

[itsaskort]

Or you could act like a man and stand up for yourself. Just saying.

[fastestjackass]

Hell with this. Look. Manning up doesn't work very well when your relatives can literally kill you, know what I'm saying?

[itsaskort]

Is everything picking sides and fighting with you? No wonder your sister is here. I'm surprised you aren't.

[fastestjackass]

No, everything is picking sides and fighting with Wanda and my dad. If I had my preference I'd take off for the West Coast and leave them right the hell to it! Screw 'em! I'm always caught in the middle geting beat up.

[itsaskort]

Then why don't you tell them that and leave?