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[carmesi]

You're coming with me to do some work in the Primary Settlement.

( without preamble, a message to distract peter's vision wherever he may be zooming by. )

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[ well. he was bored anyway. ]

ok
what kinda work

[carmesi]

They're preparing the funeral rites for Winifred.
I know it isn't exactly the most cheerful thing to do, but I'd like to pay my respects.

Got some chores to do at the tree house and the Tertiary Settlement first.

You can come with if you like.

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need me to bring anything for the funeral
or do they have everything already

[carmesi]

We'll get what we need from the Primary Settlement.

How are you feeling after the summoning that took place?

( it's a lot )

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like i was on a real life episode of pokemon

[ he's kidding don't hex him please. this is how he copes. ]

i don't really know how to feel
but i wish she didn't have to give her life like that

[carmesi]

( she hates that she gets that reference. )

Strangely enough, I think she was... getting ready for it.
Some things are worth dying for, for some people.

( anyway, this is getting rather heavy— )

Hungry? I'm bringing some snacks for you.

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[ he gets that. it's a strange feeling, seeing it happen in front of him like that, knowing that she'd made her peace with it and being unable to do anything about it.

snacks, though. ]

you know i'm always hungry

[carmesi]

( unfortunately, she does know that about him. so much like pietro, even when he isn't. )

You didn't answer if you'd come with for my chores or if you'll meet me in the Primary Settlement.

( SIGHS )

[carmesi]

( 'no', she had said, and yet here she was—in the garden of her shop in the tertiary settlement, tossing some ingredients into a cauldron over the fire. proper witchy stuff, except it's smelling more like caramel and cinnamon than something otherwise mischievous. wanda even has a few glass bottles on the stone step of her shop, set aside for the concoction that she thinks ought to be something like coke.

and, maybe, unsurprisingly, with peter's speed, it won't be a wonder if he ends up here of all places, smelling caramel and thinking he's hungry enough for a snack or treat. )

im crying

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[ he was, admittedly, going to see if he could try and convince her despite her saying no. because as much as carmy says it's not a big deal, peter understands that he's still going out of his way to source ingredients and figure out how to make things. and yeah, maybe peter doesn't like owing people things, so.

anyway, after not finding her in the primary settlement, he makes his way over to the tertiary one, and does pick up on that caramel scent. interesting. and like she expects, he's there to snoop, coming to a stop next to her cauldron. ]

Another love potion?

[ he's kidding... or is he. ]

[carmesi]

That's not all I do here, thanks.

( peter must be used to it by now, how biting wanda can be at times with her words. not because she actually dislikes him or his 'interrupting' her, as it were, but that's just how she defends herself when she feels she is giving too much away.

she grabs at the wooden spoon she keeps and starts stirring the mixture, now that the caramel has the consistency she wants. )

Don't get too close. Caramel burns like a bitch.

( (it probably says a lot that she swears around him—just how comfortable she feels to not have to keep up a façade around him.) )

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My bad.

[ he is used to it. admittedly, it was a little shaky at first, unable to tell exactly when she's being serious and when she's... giving him shit, as it were. he doesn't think he gets it right every time, but he likes the familiarity of it — most of the team back home treats him in the same way and it's nice to be able to feel it again. the swearing, too. even if that still catches him by surprise every time.

but okay, the bottles, the caramel... he's connecting the dots. he could bring it up, but he refrains, for now. just to be sure. ]

Can I help with anything?

[carmesi]

( the familiarity is easy enough, and comfortable, now.

wanda reaches to push him away a little more, because it doesn't seem like peter has a real sense of how much is dangerous and how much isn't. she doesn't mind, though, the company that his presence offers.

she does a raise a brow at the question. )

Feeling like you could brew a potion or two?

( she's teasing, and will continue to do so unless he brings it up. wanda is not about to admit to anything. )

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Sure.

[ okay, okay, he's stepping back. still close enough where he can still see what she's doing in the cauldron, but far enough where she won't chew him out. ]

I know I don't got the, [ he wriggles his fingers a little. ] Witchy vibe, but it looks fun.

[ "fun." ]

[carmesi]

( he wriggles his fingers, and wonders if he's taken that from the times he's seen her using her powers. she snorts, then hands him the wooden spoon she's been using. )

Keep stirring it at a normal speed for a minute. I think that'll make the cinnamon and caramel mix.

( and now she stands, a little at a loss of what happens next in the soda making process. )

We're making the Coke for Carmy. I've never done it before, but I think caramel and cinnamon are a place to start.

( maybe? )

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[ firstly, he absolutely did. secondly, he snickers a little, more of a heh heh than anything else, but he does take the spoon from her to stir the contents at normal speed. ]

What happened to saying no? [ he's gotta be a shit. but did she really expect anything less. ] I drink more of 'em than I've ever made 'em. But I guess the trickiest part is the fizziness. Unless you got, like, highly carbonated water lying around somewhere in your shop.

[carmesi]

Nothing happened.

( she was being an ass to peter in specific, but she wasn't just about to deny carmy of having coke if that's something that he really wants. besides— )

He's taking requests from everyone, and that's got to be tiring. Sure, he's a cook, but it's not like it makes it any easier.

( defensive, much?

anyway, she sits down on her haunches, hugging her knees, and watching as the concoction emulsifies as peter stirs it. )

Carbonated water isn't a problem.

very late at night

[carmesi]

Are you awake?

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[ is it because he's a light sleeper or because it's wanda?? maybe both. he's surprised wanda's still awake, which is why his answer comes just as quick: ]

yeah
you ok?

[carmesi]

I can't find Dot. He's not in nor near the treehouse.

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where's the last place you saw him?

wait isn't he like made of your magic
can't you do the witchy thing

[carmesi]

Around.

( very helpful, wanda. )

I did try doing 'the witchy thing'.
I just thought it'd be faster to check in with you since you can, you know, do the running thing.

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[ heh. running thing.... that's cute. ]

ok
give me a minute

[carmesi]

Keep me posted.