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Tweak says, "NOOO MOREEE WIRE HANGERS"

wanda_the_witch (wanda_the_witch) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2021-12-17 08:04:00

Entry tags:

bucky barnes (kid), wanda maximoff, ~enjolras

I went through the portal. The grief and loss here is overwhelming. These poor people. I can understand their anger only too well.

I am new here. When you see misery like this in a world not your own, do you interfere?

[Coffee shop owner Bucky]

I might stay here for a few days. It feels familiar here.

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	babybuck 2021-12-17 09:30 am UTC (link)
	We usually try to help, when we can. [Wanda] I understand the temptation. If you need anything, you know how to get ahold of me. I learned a lot of my baking in Paris. It was more modern, so the dialect is probably different, but my French shouldn't be that far off. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wanda_the_witch 2021-12-17 11:46 am UTC (link)
	How far do you go? Is anyone planning to help these people? [Bucky] Thank you. Would you come with me to this world? It is overwhelming. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	babybuck 2021-12-19 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Depends on the place I think. I know Enjolras has been going back and forth. ~~And other me sneaks over at night~~ I've been trying to get some food through without being too conspicuous. [Wanda] Of course. Can I help somehow? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wanda_the_witch 2021-12-20 09:29 am UTC (link)
	I can help you get food. [Bucky] I know you understand. That is enough. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	barricadeboy 2021-12-17 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	This is my world. Anything you can do would be appreciated, but be as safe as you can. I do not wish for there to be any more blood ~~on my hands~~ shed unnecessarily. I think we may need a plan. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wanda_the_witch 2021-12-17 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	I am sorry. It seems a hard world to live in. Do not worry about me. I can look after myself. What plan do you suggest? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

barricadeboy
2021-12-17 05:02 pm UTC (link)

We ~~have~~ ~~had~~ have a lot to be angry about, but there is much to love about Paris too.

Good. Take a weapon, and keep your wits about you.

For all those who wish to help, we should concentrate our efforts to make the biggest impact. It is not our fight now, the people must rise up for themselves, but much can be done to support them. I will consider this further, and post more thought out suggestions imminently.

For now, I am concentrating on cleaning up and repairing the building you first enter through the door. It was a stronghold of the Revolution. It will show the state that we are not silenced, and it will show the people that there is hope yet.

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wanda_the_witch
2021-12-18 05:06 am UTC (link)

Yes, I could feel it. I am not surprised. Love can strengthen anger. It is one thing to be angry about what is happening to you but if it happens to your loved ones, it makes it worse.

Do not worry about me. I can keep myself safe.

You are right. I will wait for your plan.

Hope is important. I can feel its flicker in some. But the loss is overwhelming. Many here were loved. What happened?

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barricadeboy
2021-12-18 12:20 pm UTC (link)

A very astute observation. If we did not love our country and the people, we would not care what happened to them. We would be apathetic.

If you are certain, then I won't continue to patronise you.

You have seen the state of the city for yourself. The people are starving. We are sick, we are dying in the streets, we are desperate. The rulers of this land do nothing, in fact they seek to keep us oppressed so that they can continue to rule. They care only about money, glory, and power. They extort basic healthcare in the middle of a cholera epidemic, they poison the drinking water, they push up the cost of living while withholding a basic living wage, their police and military are corrupt.

My friends and I have been rallying support in the city for a rebellion movement. One of our only supporters in power contracted cholera and he died. The state gave him a grand, no expense spared funeral, parading him through the middle of the slum district. Partly to gloat that he was dead, I imagine.

We protested, my friends and I blocked the funeral procession and spoke to the people. I don't deny that we were armed, and planned to shoot if necessary, but they fired the first shot. Only not at us, they panicked and killed an innocent, unarmed bystander. The people panicked, and the more they did the more the military sued brute force to try to control the crowd, and many people were killed.

We took occupation of the building you enter through the door, the Musain. It was our base, fronting as a cafe. We built a barricade, like many others across the city, and tried our best to hold.

I see from the papers today that they were an army of 60,000. We were but 3000, although the number pleases me still as I was told we were only 10. Still, we were no match for their weapons and cannons, we were severely outnumbered.

Towards the end of the fight, they killed a young boy of 11, and so we decided that even though we were certain to lose, we would make them bleed while we still could. They broke through, they killed all my friends, and saved my partner and I for last as they knew I was their leader and wanted to make an example of me. As I had hoped an anticipated, they did nothing but make us martyrs, and anger the people further. I hope that our death will be the spark that ignites real revolution now.

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	wanda_the_witch 2021-12-18 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	I am sorry to hear of your fate. An 11 year old boy should not have suffered that fate and neither should you. I myself have grown up in a country riddled with war. Bringing about change is never easy and sometimes the blood shed for it seems necessary. Does magic exist in your world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2021-12-18 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you. I am proud of my “death”, and I know it was important. I am fortunate that I have a second chance here now. No, there is no magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wanda_the_witch 2021-12-18 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	There are worse ways to die. It doesn't make it any less difficult for the people you left behind though. I hope you can find happiness here. Many people here seem to find it. I will be careful not to reveal my abilities then. Let me know what help you need and I will provide it. Your death will be worth something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2021-12-19 11:37 am UTC (link)
	I think most who would've cared died at my side. What are you abilities? Thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wanda_the_witch 2021-12-19 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	It seems like a mercy that they did. I do not fully understand the full extent of my abilities but I am an empath and a telepath. I can use energy to manipulate my environment and can change the nature of things around me. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Private ddddeeeeaaaannn 2021-12-18 10:50 am UTC (link)
	Dean has felt it. Seen it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Private wanda_the_witch 2021-12-18 04:24 pm UTC (link)
	It is a cruel time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private ddddeeeeaaaannn 2021-12-18 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	It is. But, why? Why do humans do this to each other? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private wanda_the_witch 2021-12-19 03:43 am UTC (link)
	There is a cruelty in some. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private ddddeeeeaaaannn 2021-12-19 08:28 am UTC (link)
	Dean does not understand why they are like this. Dean's tribe was never like this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private wanda_the_witch 2021-12-19 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	Cruelty breeds cruelty. People who have experienced cruelty at a young age often find themselves being similar. It doesn't name them right but it makes them who they are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private ddddeeeeaaaannn 2021-12-19 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	Dean knows it. Dean had been there. Dean has fought monsters that would make Dean's mind messed up. But this. This does not make sense, Dean knows Dean is not smart. But seeing humans harming other humans, over what!? It makes Dean want to show them.. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Private wanda_the_witch 2021-12-19 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	Green. It's done over greed and hunger for power. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private ddddeeeeaaaannn 2021-12-20 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Dean does not like that. Greed is.. Ggrr... Greed is awful. And no excuse for something like this to happen. Dean wants to help these people, but Dean doesn't know how to other than clearing rubble or fighting. But, Dean is not supposed to fight here, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private wanda_the_witch 2021-12-20 09:30 am UTC (link)
	This is not our fight. Enjorlas is right. The people in that world need to learn how to help themselves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private ddddeeeeaaaannn 2021-12-20 09:35 am UTC (link)
	Grmph.. Alright... Wanda makes sense... Dean will not fight, but Dean will help these people rebuild. These people de... Grm... Deserve that much. (Reply to this) (Parent)