Wanda Maximoff (quick_fix) wrote in districtmarvel, @ 2015-09-24 21:09:00 |
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Entry tags: | loki laufeyson, wanda maximoff |
Who: Wanda and Loki
What: A necessary education
When: The evening after the demonstration in District 8
This was as close to looking like she belonged in the Capitol as Wanda was likely ever to get. She had wiped off the strange technicolor lipstick and peeled off the feathery false eyelashes in the car, but otherwise had left her Stylist's exacting efforts undisturbed. Anyone who possessed even a passing familiarity with Wanda would know that the gaudy heels and elaborate hairstyle had not been of her choosing. But looking like herself was the very last thing she wanted that evening.
No, she was trying to stamp out any whiff of resentment towards the Capitol, to ruthlessly exorcise each telltale sign of her District upbringing from her air and appearance. That had been her goal since she had decided to embark on her mission for revenge, but the recent talk out of District 8 had made it an urgent necessity. She needed to look like a harmless glittering bauble, nothing more.
Stepping into the restaurant, Wanda paused in the doorway for a long moment for effect, hoping a few of the city's lazier paparazzi might be lingering in the lobby. She had secured a televised interview for the next night, but she wasn't willing to settle for that alone. Natasha had instructed her to be out in public, smiling and laughing as if she had never known a moment's unease. Certainly there was nowhere more suitable for just such a performance than The Gilded Lily. Loki had selected it, and Wanda trusted his sense of what was appropriate in the eyes of the Capitol's elite, if nothing else. This was the very last place someone with revolutionary leanings would choose to dine.
Had he made a reservation? Did a Gamemaker need to make a reservation? She didn't know and took an uncertain half step towards the maître d’, trying her best to stave off the sense that she was merely playacting a part that was beyond her.