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Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:45 pm**

Wanda leans back in her booth in the Rose & Crown while she waits on Isolde. She passes the time by slowly flipping through the small book that Erica had given her, puzzling over the diagrams and the uncommon verbiage.

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:54 pm**

"Out of your usual," Isolde says as she sets a drink in front of Wanda.

"I guessed," she remarks as she slides into her seat.

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:30 pm**

"I trust your guesses," Wanda says before she picks up the drink and gives it a brief sniff before giving it a taste. She glances at the book one last time before setting it aside.

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:43 pm**

"A little light reading, eh?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:53 pm**

"A peace offering from Erica," Wanda says with a shrug, "I *think* it's about wards of some sort, but I've not been able to decipher enough to tell what it's wards *against*."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:55 pm**

"She's the queen of contingencies, so a fair number of things she might want to ward against you might not have thought of."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:01 pm**

She takes another drink, "She's also not very forthcoming, but I can hardly be surprised by that. She gave me this when I went to consult her about some things I've been finding around campus and sensing in Maldon. Either she knows and doesn't care or doesn't know and doesn't want to show that she doesn't. Odds are pretty even on that, I would guess."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:12 pm**

"I'd offer to look at it, but I mostly just know enough that I understand what not to step on."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:05 pm**

"I appreciate it, but I have a feeling learning and figuring it out is part of the process here. Maybe there's even a clue buried in it somewhere. That seems like it might be her style."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:26 pm**

"Knowing her, it will probably be an awful pun she will deny having done on purpose."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:08 pm**

"Deny everything, yes," Wanda says, "What about you? Staying busy?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:03 pm**

"As well as I can. I was under the impression that mutants do things other than sulk dramatically, but I haven't seen it."

Posted: **Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:46 am**

"Well, there's the Festival of the Atom in London if you want to see other things," she says, raising an eyebrow, "Problems in the Pack?"

Posted: **Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:48 pm**

"I mean you can't really go anywhere in this damned school without tripping over someone sulking and imagining nobody has ever gone through what they're going through."

Posted: **Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:52 pm**

"The perils of having lived through it all," she teases, "Speaking of perils though, I want to go do some shopping, something wedding suitable."

Posted: **Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:32 pm**

Isolde blanches for a moment.

"Someone... in your family getting married?"

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:10 am**

"A friend of mine. You remember Kara? I crashed with her for a bit. They're getting a civil marriage, but she's asked me to officiate a celebration ceremony. What did you think I meant?" She *looks* completely innocent, even as she raises an eyebrow.

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:06 pm**

"Well ah... our arrangement certainly fits some people's definition of... lasting."

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:21 pm**

She sips at her drink, pondering, "True. But neither of us has proposed. Given the hypothetical though, would you prefer to propose or would you rather I do it?" She grins behind her glass.

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:36 pm**

"...you may have to hold my hand a bit. I generally haven't done long-term commitment."

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:45 pm**

"You seem to be holding up well in the short-term of the long term," Wanda says, extending her hand across the table to rest it on Isolde's.

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:51 pm**

"I can certainly let myself get... comfortable, sometimes."

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:16 pm**

"That's not a bad thing. And if there's ways that I can help, I'm more than willing to. Like I said, I want a partner here."

Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:11 pm**

"The trouble with getting comfortable is I'm also the one who has to look out for danger."

Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:41 pm**

"That's fair," Wanda allowed, "But nobody can keep watch alone all the time and I can share some of that burden. So can the university." She sets her drink aside and leans forward, "I want to open up space for you to find your place too and hopefully find our place together."

Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:22 pm**

"So no pressure as to what we'd wear to our wedding, eh?"

Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:41 pm**

"If... hopefully when... that time comes we'll figure out what suits 'us'," she smiles, "Will you be my plus one for this wedding?"

Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:23 pm**

"I wasn't about to let you go alone."

Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:37 pm**

"Would you like to go shopping together or should it be a surprise?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:58 pm**

"I'll... do my best to make whatever you pick look good."

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:36 pm**

"I'm sure of that," Wanda says, picking up her glass again.

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:31 pm**

"Getting to the point where I almost don't mind you dressing me up," she admits.

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:47 pm**

"Oh really? I can think of some things I'd like to see you in," she comments, "Though I do try to keep your general style in mind."

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:41 pm**

"...and what is 'my style,' here?" She asks, quirking a brow.

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:46 pm**

"Well, I certainly don't see you in my more Bohemian style. You seem to prefer darker colors. No frills or anything delicate, at least not on the outside," she smirks.

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