[open] do you want to...?

[seeingscarlet]

Who:a Wanda Maximoff & you!
When: December 13, evening
Where: The mess hall
What: It seemed such a shame to let all that snow go to waste...
Warnings: Probable silliness and general shenanigans. Maybe watch for snowballs?

There was really only so much one could do to clean the mess hall at this point. There was snow in here, of all things, to say nothing about the underlying layer of ice.

And still the captains had done nothing about the mess.

There's a grumpy-looking pile of blankets sitting on a table while she waits for coffee to brew. Wanda doesn't even want coffee but it's the fastest way to start feeling vaguely more like a human and less like a popsicle. It's strange - she's always loved playing in the snow but right now she's too cold and tired to really move from that spot without better motivation.

But that does give her an idea, or at least a challenge. Can she telekinetically build a snowman, even a small one? She gestures, pushes a pile of snow together successfully - and then the blankets just slide off her shoulders. None of the Moira's crew can catch a break, it seems.

Find Wanda fussing with the blankets or trying again. She's struggling but this (maybe a bit lopsided) snowman is happening.

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[whynotgoonmyown]

There were a few things Tyler had been expecting to see when he went to the kitchen. Someone eating, or drinking something warm, or maybe even just whoever had mess hall duty at that day and time. Those were reasonable expectations to have, he thought.

Someone apparently trying to telekinetically build a snowman in the snow that was still all over, however, was nowhere what he expected. And yet, there was Wanda doing just that. It was surprisingly enthralling, seeing the snow raise from the floor and piling on its own. After a moment, he finally went up to Wanda. "Thought you might as well make something out of the snow?"

[seeingscarlet]

This is...different. Everything else Wanda has tried to manipulate has been much more solid. Snow requires greater focus and finer control, which would be all well and good if she could stop shivering or forget about how she hasn't really had full feeling in her feet for days.

"I could wait for the coffee and remember how cold I am. Or I can try to make a snowman while it finishes." She grins, though it's probably pretty obvious she could use a full night's sleep. "It seemed like a better idea."

[whynotgoonmyown]

He can't help but chuckle sympathetically. "I don't get cold anymore, so I can only remember what it's like, but that makes sense." He'd comment on how she looks like she needs a good night's sleep, but he has a feeling she knows that better than anyone.

"So, you said try. First time making a snowman with telekinesis?"

[seeingscarlet]

She shoots him an envious glance. "It is not fun. I think I still have toes, but that could have changed. I would not feel it."

She shudders, the movement translating to the snowball and turning it into more of an egg shape. Oops. "I have never had a chance to try this before." There was precious little opportunity to play with her powers under Strucker's tutelage and experimenting with flight is as far as she's gotten since.

[whynotgoonmyown]

No chuckling this time, just wincing. "All the more reason for your coffee to hurry up, huh?"

He tilts his head at the snowball becoming more egg shaped. It really was weirdly fascinating to see snow moving in the air on its own. "Snow's not easy to move like that, I take it?"

[seeingscarlet]

That gets a laugh. "I was not going to put my feet in it."

Faint threads of red light still surrounds the snow-thing, trying to compress it more evenly. "It is not like that piece of the building. It was solid. Snow is...different. And if you don't support it, it falls apart. Normally I can focus on one point." As if in demonstration, the smaller point of the egg slips off to plop to the floor. "But for this, you have to see the whole."

[whynotgoonmyown]

And at that response, Tyler's laughing too. "I didn't think you were! Who would even... No, you know what? Don't answer that. If there is someone out there that would do that, I'd rather not know."

He does notice the red light. It makes the whole thing even more interesting, really. He's tempted to ask more about her powers, but he's not sure that'd be a conversation Wanda would be willing to go into. Still, he does decide to broach the topic somewhat. "It looks like it could be a good way to practice precision, if nothing else."

[seeingscarlet]

Wanda nods. "It is smaller than I am used to." She's not averse to discussing this aspect of her powers, though anything else she might have said is cut off by a faint beeping. Really, she should get bonus points for how carefully she sets the little snowball down before getting up as quickly as is safe.

"Do you want some? There is enough for both of us."

[whynotgoonmyown]

Oh right... He went there to get coffee and maybe food, right? Good timing for the both of them, really. "Ah, sure. It was actually why I was here, so... Thank you."