"Get outta here if you don't know"

[takeitslow]

Who: Peter (takeitslow), Wanda (seeingscarlet), and You
When: 15th to early 18th in the medbay, late 18 to the 23rd in the hold
Where: Medbay and the Hold
What: Directly after this. Peter really screwed up and now he's hanging out in the medbay until he recovers. Later he hangs out in the hold. Wanda's around to feild all your questions about how stupid her twin is.
Warnings: Discussion of character death, violence, and severe injuries



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[highlyintuitive]

[ River is used to family doing stupid things for reasons that seem good. That was half the reason Serenity's crew saved her to begin with. She visited him while he was laid up but she doesn't like infirmaries so much. Too many memories, even if no one on the Moira was like to cut into her head. Instead of asking questions, she told him about her home on the firefly. About Simon since if he ever arrived he'd be family too.

But now she she carefully steps across the hold floor, a bag of candy in hand. She sits down outside his cell with the bag set in front of her. She waits for Peter to notice her. ]

They came in the mail, I don't know what they are. Thought I'd share them with you.

[takeitslow]

[He turns away from shouting at the wall, finally catching sight of River after a few moments. The change is night and day, the anger melting off into a small smile.]

Look who came to visit.

[His tone is far gentler than the one he'd been directing at Rinzler, something soft and warm. She may notice its the way he talks to Wanda, the kind of voice he's used to reserving for his sisters. It's as much his sign of family as saying it aloud could be.

He mirrors her actions, sitting opposite of her. He glances to the candy, reading the name and giving a little laugh.]

Thanks, River. But I don't know either. We can try them together, see if they're any good. [A pause.] Actually, maybe I should try the first one. Make sure there's nothing wrong with them.

[highlyintuitive]

Thought you might get bored, stuck in here.

[ She's tempted to write out some of the curses she knows for him, it might break up the monotony if he's shouting something foul in Chinese. Her smile for Peter is real. She hasn't known him long but he's already become dear to her, just like Wanda.

Her posture is easy as she pushes the bag into reach for him. ]

If you like them, I'll leave you the bag. I've got two more like it in the mail. Plus some new books.

[takeitslow]

You weren't wrong. This place really isn't made for people like me.

[Which may as well be the point. It's not meant to be a luxury. But the confinement still makes his skin crawl with the energy he can't quite burn off in the space. Ever fiber is screaming at him to move. He stays put.]

Books? [He goes for the bag, making quick work in opening it. He pops a few in his mouth, is offering her a palm-full before he's even started chewing. It reminds him a little of the taffy they sold at the corner store. He smiles, shaking his and to get her to try it.] Just like Wanda aren't you? One of those smart types.

[He can't help but sound proud.]

You don't have to leave any for me. Go share with your friends.

[highlyintuitive]

Something like that. Things were too slow for me, when I was younger.

[ She takes a handful of candies, popping a red one in her mouth. It's sweet, nothing like the candies she and Kaylee would buy from general stores on the border planets.

His suggestion that she not leave him any sort of treat is answered with an eyeroll. ]

Don't be a boob. This one is ours. The others can be shared. They're very big bags, you know.

[takeitslow]

Too slow? [That's met with a sly smile. Oh the things he could tell her about the world being too slow.] Want to tell me about it?

Big bags but I'm betting we've got bigger stomachs. [He knows he's capable of putting away a lot more than his build suggests. Not that he would, when it's her treats.] And now you're starting to sound like a proper Maximoff, insulting me like that.

[highlyintuitive]

[ Insults were easy, she's picked up a lot of them over the years. But it feels good being called a proper anything. ] Gun hoe-tze bee dio-se.

I picked things up fast. Simon always said I was... special. [ It was always so easy to pick things up, she always reached for the next challenge and ate them up too fast.

She eats a few more candies. ] He was gifted, he became a surgeon. He did useful things. I went to university at 14. It was still too slow even in the advanced classes.

[ And then, the Academy fell into her lap. It was perfect. Until it wasn't. ]

[takeitslow]

And what does that mean?

[And look, she even speaks another language. He feels the same here as he did sitting at home watching his little sisters, like he'd somehow gotten the lucky draw to get siblings brighter than he could hope to be. Between her, Billy and Wanda, he didn't think he'd ever stop being proud.]

Simon, your brother? I don't think he was wrong. College at 14, that's impressive!

[But he can't imagine it was too thrilling. Slow usually meant boring in his mind and he knows what it's like to find the world so boring at that age.]

But it wasn't enough for you.

[highlyintuitive]

Don't teach monkeys to throw poop.

[ She doesn't see anything special in the chinese. It's the standard, the mix of languages that weaves in and out. ]

I was impatient. I could see the patterns and I wanted to go faster than the courses. Then they told me about the Academy.

It was supposed to be a great opportunity.

[takeitslow]

[He laughs, for a moment every inch a teenager with the bad humor and all.]

Right. You're going to have to teach me some stuff like that sometime.

[The smile drops as she talks. There's something ominous in how she says it, something that crawls at his skin.

"It was supposed to be a school, it... it wasn't."

He remembers when she tried to explain her powers, when they first met. And he thinks he knows where this is going.]

River. [He reaches for her hand, voice soft. He responds the way he did back then.] You don't have to tell me. Not here, if you don't want to.