ᴄʀɪᴍsᴏɴ Warlock

chxotic-mxgic‌:

It is kind of ODD hearing that she is welcomed in Genosha where in her world she wasn’t. It did bring a WARM feeling hearing it though, especially from those she cared so very much about. It ALSO piqued her curiousity. She glanced at them both as they were adamant tha she stayed here. “Well that’s very fine that you want me to stay,” she started. “In fact, it WARMS my heart to hear that. Though, I can’t very well hide in your room or someplace MAGNETO will just walk in,” she tried to explain. “Besides you guys need your PRIVACY especially when one sleeps,” she added.

She walked across the room a bit and placed her hand in her chin for a moment. Numerous scenarios ran in her head along with things she wanted to see to do. “Besides what if the…ME from this universe shows up we can’t just have two Wanda’s hanging around in GENOSHA?” she said trying hard not to laugh but ended up chuckling. She can see the confusion that can stem from it. “I can stay as long as your VACATION lasts,” she thought out loud. “That shouldn’t hamper anything too bad, right? After that you will go to work and it’ll be like nothing has happened,” she added. “So tell me or…SHOW me where would be a good place for me to stay away from the sight of the others,” she said placing a hand on her hip and shifting her weight. To be honest she didn’t want to RUN into anyone important of that she knew. ESPECIALLY the ones closest to her, she been REALITY hopping enough to know that every version of oneself was DIFFERENT and those closest tend to spot the differences.

@fastestass​

Tommy is on his feet when the two speak, toying with his bracelets and beads when he gives a lazy shrug. “Gramps gave us two rooms but honestly we really just use one bed. I could clean up my room and you can stay in there - I mean I’m not that messy and I’ll have it cleaner faster than Gramps can scold me for whatever he wants to get mad about.” he laughs, beaming, cocky. 

“If Mom comes home I’m sure my mom back in the city wouldn’t mind if you stayed with her. ….. Starting to realize we got a lot of moms, Bibs…” He pauses and stares at the other for a moment, processing how many mothers in total they had met or lived with so far. 

“As far as hampering it- Nah. I mean Loki pops in all the time and I mean- there are all kinds of tears into time and space and alien things floating around.” He wriggles his fingers in a mock ‘spooky’ movement. “Anyways- Billy’s right. You’re not the first person I’ve snuck into Genosha for fun.”

He’s already shifting to sit on Billy’s dresser, head tilted softly to see how the other two react to the proposal. Tommy can’t see Billy giving up time with Wanda just because Eric had said ‘too many of this one person’. 

@crimsonwarlock​

At the mention of their multiple mothers, Billy simply nodded. He had his human mother, his biological mother, and now this mother from another universe, not to mention Tommy’s human mother, who really couldn’t deny him because he was her son’s identical twin. It was a lot of moms, but that made them lucky as far as he was concerned.

“I think it would be fine to have her stay in your room, Tommy. I mean, if push comes to shove,” he looked back at their mother, “you can just stay with our other mom.” That time, he’d meant the other Wanda. He couldn’t imagine she would blame her for wanting to spend time with her sons, even if they were more...the other’s than hers. “She’s really nice, but I guess you would know that.” There was a small smile on his face. Wanda probably knew how Wanda would react.

crimsonwarlock‌:

As a young man with far too few friends, he felt safer with Loki than by his lonesome. Foolish, but that was the consequence of a sheltered life. “I’m sure it will be fine. I don’t need much.” Though, he could hardly imagine Loki squatting in a run down apartment or a cave.

Inclining his head, Loki carefully stepped closer and put a hand on the other’s shoulder. Connected to the other, Loki stepped through Yggdrasil with him, guiding them to one of his many places.

Soon enough he legt go again and took a step away, revealing what seemed to be a little wooden house in a forest with rather cozy interior. And books. “Make yourself at home then. I shall fetch the food.”

chxotic-mxgic‌: 

She titles her head smiling at Tommy’s advice. His positivity breaks through the HURT and PAIN. The regret she keeps deep down and SHE is able to PUSH it back down. It’s the people she CARES most OPINIONS that matter. “You’re right THOMAS…it’s something I must work on,” she aknowledged. She smiled she wasn’t sure if liked being called that but didn’t anyways.

Her gaze returns to Billy as he explains about their GRANDFATHER, he sounds VERY similar to her father. She swallowed as she looked down, she can tell though the careful words that there is that ingrained RESPECT and FEAR. She could not help but think that he picked them up becasue he thought them USEFUL. Useful to their cause. The only reason why he picked up her BROTHER and HERSELF. It was only later they realized that they were related. Though she sometimes wonders if DEEP down he knew. Her eyes glance to TOMMY, as he explains he was harder to catch. A soft smile graced her lips, that did not surprise her.

“He sounds very similar to Magento in my world,” she started looking down. “Though it sounds like he holds more patience in this world and if HE can garner your RESPECT,” she paused looking at both of them. “Then I will try to be RESPECTFUL to him,” she noted. IF he BOTHERERS to show her that same respect, she thought. “It sounds like MUTANT kind might have a more promising LIFE. I like that,” she added with a strong nod. “HOWEVER, I still would not to LET anyone know about my PRESENCE. Even Magneto knows the THREAT of me BEING here,” she reminded. She took one last bite of her cake stood up.

“This is great news,” she realized. She liked what she was hearing; the slow but steady acceptance of MUTANT kind. Her Grandrather a strong and sturdy presence in both their lives and they WERE people to PROUD of. So he must have more positive traits she thought. “I am happy to hear this,” she added. She paused. “Ah…you guys should probably check back in, let others know you are here and alright,” she figured. “Your people need you. So does Magneto, meanwhile I will think of someplace to lay low. I can come visit from time to time,” she added with a shrug.

@fastestass​

Tommy says little more of Magneto. Their relationship is close, but nothing like Billy’s; as far as Tommy is concerned, if Billy is on hand he’s the better man to explain their current patriarch. The relationship he shares with him is a little more dotted with bitterness and spice; mostly revolved around training and ideals. 

He does pull from the thoughts and returns to the moment when Billy praises his speed, the frown on his lips curving into a brighter smile again. “Damn rights I’m fast as they come.” 

Wanda mentions leaving again and he sighs. “Why? You’re welcome here in Genosha and plenty of places; you’re not limited to where you are ‘allowed’ to be. I’ll fight that right with every fiber. I’m sure Billy isn’t going to sit idly by and let the Scarlet Witch herself give the boot to any on beloved, let alone herself.” Tommy settles his legs a little heavier over her lap in defiance as she gets up, though he does slide off some as she moves. “Nhh- Anyways- we’re on vacation; I’m not due for training for AT LEAST a few more days and I plan to milk the hell out of it!” 

@crimsonwarlock​

There was a bit of panic in his eyes as his mother seemed to wish to leave again, but Tommy handled it with the swiftness expected of him. Then, it was Billy’s turn to pipe up. “Tommy’s right. It’s not every year we’re granted a vacation. He’s going to use every day of it.” Billy, on the other hand--But that didn’t mean he wouldn’t try to spend all the time he could with his mother. He just happened to like his work, or at least the results of it.

chxotic-mxgic‌:

She smiles and it’s true. In the end PIETRO seems to be the only constant in her life. SURE, they fought, argue, disagree on somethings but when it really counted, he was THERE. Just like Tommy and Billy, they are there for each other, when they needed eachother the most. She took a deep breath and sighed. She did miss her brother a bit. She watched amused by TOMMY’s energy. So vibrant, positive, it SPREADS. As she can see it as she looks at Billy. Though she can tell how CLOSE Billy is to Magneto. It saddens her a bit but it also fills her with hope. HOPE that perhaps here…he is a better man, a better father, a better caretaker than he was at her WORLD.

She smiles as she nods. “It’s true…I tried to fix what I have done. I did but…but the wounds…some take longer to heal and others don’t heal at all,” she said sadly. She nodded to her own WISDOM and took a deep breath and sighed. She picked up her CAKE once more and started eating it once again. “BUT enough about me and MY world. I’m here… in your world, the NOW. So tell me how it is here? How is your GRANDFATHER? Does he treat you well? Are mutants treated better here? They are not hunted or anything? I just…I just thought it would be better since I saw a young girl so PROUDLY displaying her support for MUTANTS. So, I assumed you are being treated better in this world,” she said hopeful and excited.

@fastestass​

The familiar, loud, clink of Billy’s spoon on his plate isn’t surprising to him. Tommy is used to running his mouth and his brother chiding him for it. It was for the best, really, who knew when his tongue would wag in front of the man…. again.

“That’s their issue- You’re busy working on making things right and if they can’t see it and don’t want to work with it then they can wallow in their own personal hells. It doesn’t matter what they want to do so long as you’re keeping it up and on.” Tommy lets his brother handle the first bit of questions; his outlook wasn’t so… positive… as Billy’s on their grandfather.

For Tommy, Magneto was a man that was a coach more than a father figure and Tommy sure as shit wasn’t openly or outwardly looking for one any time soon. He was content enough with Billy at his side.

“Mutants are treated… well here. But outside its hit and miss. Sometimes they are. Sometimes they’re not, and that’s when we step in. We have a network outside of Genosha.” He surmises, leaving more of the talking and vivacious wording to him. “I can definitely say that it is a hell of a lot better than before. It’s kinda taking a lot of steps in the right direction, a few in the wrong and sometimes it’s at a standstill. Not long though. We make sure we keep it moving.” Tommy pokes his finger into the icing of one of Billy’s cakes just to snag another taste more than anything.

@crimsonwarlock​

“Grandpa does the best he can. He isn’t often affectionate, but that just means it has more meaning when he is.” Billy smiles warmly at the memory of a simple pat on the head and a few words of pride. “He does love us, though. I know he does. When he found out about us, he retrieved us immediately. Well, he collected me from my human home immediately. Tommy was a little harder to catch...The point is we are his grandchildren, so he knew we belonged with him. I’m sure mom would have come to get us too, but she didn’t know about us, and nobody knew where she was...”

“He’s the best leader Genosha could ask for, though. He’s always finding ways to change the world for the better for our people. It’s because of him that mutants can feel safe in...most first world countries. It will be because of him that mutants will no longer have to live in fear around the world, just give him time.” 

Sighing, more because Loki was pitying himself rather than being tired of the other, Loki nodded somewhat. “Alright. I’ll stay with you until you deem yourself well enough to get back. You won’t mind being cooped up in one of my places?” Technically one of his hideouts when he didn’t want to see the world but even so, they did have some commodities to be comfortable.

“There I can provide some food.”

crimsonwarlock‌:

“I just…did what he told me to do.” That was just how their friendship worked, even when Loki had been a young child. Loki always had a plan, and Billy was usually willing to execute it. Usually. Billy rubbed the back of his neck. He was a bit of a follower.

“My universe. It’s–” How did one give directions to a universe? “Not parallel, but–” He pointed in two directions simultaneously. “I just need to rest, and I can take myself back, but I’m going to miss at least two meetings. Grandpa is going to be so disappointed.”

So what the other was saying was that he had aged up a younger version of himself. Which..never bode well for anyone. Ever. Not those kind of spells. But…the less he argued with that, the less he was involved in this situation. And he really didn’t want to be that kinda person anyway. He was the Trickster! Why should he tell anyone anything about mischief!

“Alright…how long do you need to rest? Food?” Of course he could have left at this point but…it would be too dangerous. To leave him here alone, apparently too tired to travel by himself. And Loki would do well to see him off, so that he would really not get pulled into this by accident.

The kinds of tricks he planned, he wanted to do on purpose.

Billy had personally never seen any issues with giving Loki the body of an adult and the power that came with it. No, not at all...So what if he wasn’t on good terms with Thor? If he were a better brother, Loki wouldn’t be such a problem for him. That was his fault, not Billy’s.

chxotic-mxgic‌:

She sat there trying to quell the emotions that stirred in her. Though listening to Tommy speak reasoning made her feel better. Her children were so STRONG. Much stronger than her in some ways, they’re mentally and emotionally more stable. Perhaps that was her father’s doing. IF that was so, she was grateful. She’s not sure how they would have turned out if SHE had raised them. That was the thing, she could not find a UNIVERSE where she had raised her own children. A mother never to ENJOY motherhood. She immediatly pushed the saddening thought from her head. She sighed knowing BILLY most likely suffered the same mental distraught as she. It was how it was being magic users, it was how it is with those in her family line.

She smiled softly at the thought of Tommy mentioning his UNCLE. She looked down it was TRUE. Her brother was always there to her rescue. It was part of the REASON why she made that GRAVE mistake. She realized how close Billy and Tommy were and smiled brightly as she felt the weight shift on the bed. She smiled looking at Billy and noting his devotion. Because she held the same for her brother as well. “Ah, I wouldn’t tell that to his face… though I’m sure he’ll welcome the challenge,” she finally spoke. But before she knew it he was back with CAKE.

Her eyes widen as she smiles brightly grabbing a plate as she listens to Tommy defend her presence. She titls her head placing a hand on her cheek. “Awe, thank you… I know should be more stronger,” she admitted but before she knew it he was already lounging between them. She scoffs out a chuckle as she begins to pick up the fork. Her mind listenning to Tommy, his words hitting a nerve but she pushed it away as Billy reminds her of..herself.

Wanda stares at them and looks down as she carefully cuts a piece of her cake. She’s not sure how she should continue but decides to start. “I live in many places, sometimes in the Avenger’s Mansion, sometimes in my apartment,” she noted. “I never had a traditional HOME,” she said looking up. “As a child me and your uncles were NOMADIC. Then Magneto came along and swooped us up,” she said finally taking a bite out of her cake. She chewed on it a bit savoring the flavor before swallowing. “From there on out…I never really had a perminate place of residence, at least NOT for long,” she said taking another bite out of cake. She hesitated. She didn’t know if she SHOULD answer the other part of the question. So she continued to eat cake before nervously putting it aside. The emotions attatched to the question dulled the taste now. She felt a bit bitter. “That asshole is your GRANDFATHER,” she simply answerd. ‘BUT- he’s not the only one,” she admitted nervously. “They have ever right to be angry,” she breathed out looking at them both. She frowned looking away. She really hoped they did not press on. Though if they did, she would tell them. At least they can say she was not HONEST.

@fastestass​

“Mnn- I get it… But what matters is your local, beloved, speedster forgives you. Right?” he grins and basks as they tuck into their cakes.

“Hell yeah- Any time, anywhere, any place without reason.” He grins brightly at the thought of being pushed in a much more fun way than invisible obstacles that tested his reaction times and muscle response.

“Look- if stuff goes south and we’re done with the drama and baggage that ‘comes’ with it-” his fingers mimic quotes in the air before the rest on his ribs again. “- then, believe me, I’ll let you know. I’m pretty blunt and I’m not too polite enough to hide it.” Tommy gives a soft shrug of a shoulder as he drapes one arm lazily over the bed.

Listening to her story, Tommy closes his eyes and tries to picture what it would be like to be nomadic. While it wasn’t too different than the constant travel, he couldn’t imagine enjoying it without having a bed to finish the month on.

“Not shocked.” he chimes, almost sing-song. “He’s a bit of a prick. He’s …sometimes not bad, I guess. He could be better. People follow and it’s easier to blame. You just gotta have big shoulders to carry all their petty pissant problems. I don’t know what you did- but it doesn’t matter, to me at least. Mags I’m sure has done a lot of mistakes, I bet there’s a reason he is so nice to Professor X, but why it is that way I can’t say I care. What he did, what they’ve done, the past they share, the mistakes they make together and against one another is their game. Billy and I have our own agenda and a start date to fix it. If you have a plan to start fixing your mistakes then there’s nothing to really piss on, now is there?”

@crimsonwarlock​

Billy couldn’t imagine being nomadic. Heck, he could barely handle a night outdoors where he was expected to sleep. Often, he ended up floating off of the ground in his sleep because his back couldn’t handle it. Genosha had been his home since he was six, so he could hardly imagine a life where he couldn’t come back to it. Honestly, he didn’t want to imagine a life without it.

Feeling a bit sad for his mother, he comforted himself with a large mouthful of cake. A slight against his grandfather from his mother made him purse his lips around it, though. Then, Tommy called their grandfather a prick. Billy tapped his spoon against his plate with a loud chime and aimed his spoon at Tommy. No insulting Grandpa. That was what his eyes warned against. He would only allow so much.

Eventually, he finished the food in his mouth. “We’ve all made mistakes. I’ve made...some grave mistakes...It’s what you do to fix them or make amends that matters, and that takes time. And forgiveness. From yourself.”

chxotic-mxgic‌:

She could hear the panic in Tommy’s voice as he quickly tries to EXPLAIN what was going on. The worry, angst, and slight distraught PULLED her. She stared at him trying to process everything that was going on. She shook her head confused slightly. He TOOK Billy? She thought wide eyed. What?! WHY?! she thought before listening about TURF’s. Some things stay inheriently the same. The voice rang in her head. Her own advice. Here she thought MUTANTS were better off in this world and now…she wasn’t so sure.

Her thoughts are distracted by Tommy’s arms. He knows her, DROWNING in her thoughts and EMOTIONS and once they started flowing it was HARD for logic to come back. NO, even so, her father will see to it that her VISIT is in VAIN. She thought raising her hand. She doesn’t want her CHILDREN to resent her. She can’t bear it.

…

She could feel the tingling sensation of magic DEFYING an owner as her portal began to shrink instead of grow. She released a heavy sigh as the tips of her fingers slowly stopped glowing as she lowered her arm. This time she knew it was Billy. Billy who was ever quiet. Billy who she wonders and worries about the most. She listened to him explain as her concentration broke completely and the portal vanished. She closed her eyes, she HOPES she does not REGRETS this. Yet she feels whatever will happen. Will happen.

She takes a deep breath and sighs. EXHALE the stress. “I’m so sorry…” she breathes slightly embarrased. “It’s just in my WORLD…I have made…grave mistakes,” she admitted. MISTAKES she knew her CHILDREN would HATE her for. So she does not continue. “Apart of me just wants to accept WHO I am, WHAT I can do, ANOTHER part…I don’t know,” she said making her towards the end of their bed and sat there. She calmed herself. “Cake sounds good,” she finally admitted.

@fastestass​

Tommy calms down and resumes his lax when Billy speaks up and the blue glow mixes with red. For a moment he forgets where they are and he’s lost in the neon swirls that dance on the air. He has to take, well, for HIM, a slow blink, his eyes shifting back to her face. He knows the look. Billy has it too; those nights Tommy takes too long to get home and Billy is having one of those… warlock panic attacks. The endless falling into a spiral they create in their own vast pits of … whatever it is they felt guilty over at that moment.

He lets Billy take over and only when he relents and the red hues overtake the room again does she seem to gather her thoughts and speak again. Listening, he rests his head on Billy’s shoulder, more to comfort Billy from the recent thoughts of Strange than out of anything else.

“… …” She sits on their bed and Tommy waves his hand nonchalant. “People make mistakes. Mutants make them too. It sucks that Warlocks can make some of the biggest ones.” He rubs Billy’s head and smiles softly. “But that’s what speedsters are here for. We fix it up, make it okay and you stick around and put up with us.” he motions next to her as if Pietro were there. “I bet he wouldn’t let you waltz around without cake either. In fact… I’m pretty sure if he were here right now I’d be racing him to the kitchen.”

Getting up he walks backward out of the room as he speaks. “Anyways- there’s a lot to you and Billy that you don’t know. I think it’s ‘cause you’re always changing- maybe it’s just because you’re not lame and boring as hell.” Darting out, Tommy is only gone for a short moment or a quick breath, but when he returns he comes bearing two types of cake on three plates. “Even if you don’t accept you. I do. Both of you. Each of you as you pass through this timeline. I’m happy enough. I know you’re not this timelines Mom - but I mean- neither is mom here. I still don’t really care. Mom enough that I’ll stand by that title and that’s what matters; just as I would die to help Billy and any other Billy that drops here.” Serving the cake he finishes his portion before he lays across Billy’s lap and his legs stretch across Wanda’s.

“Where do you live in your timeline? -And what ass hole thinks you screwed up so bad you gotta beat yourself up?”

@crimsonwarlock​

He had also made grave mistakes, so he understood her as well as anyone could. Many died when he made those mistakes. It was what had ultimately put him on Strange’s radar, what had placed him on everyone’s radar. Most watched and waited, but Strange was not content with inaction. The fact that Billy could not control his power made him dangerous, but he was most afraid of what he would do once he could control that ultimate power. So he was constantly trying to snatch that power away or destroy the vessel containing it so it would return to where it belonged. Billy knew Strange thought he was dangerous, but he didn’t know just how well he knew it.

Tommy pulled him out of his thoughts and brought a smile to his face as he spoke. Once the speedster left the room, he looked to his mom with a cheeky grin, “And Tommy would win.” He’d wave Tommy’s flag over Pietro’s until the day he died. He was his twin’s biggest fan--and cheerleader.

Before he could even show surprise at the cake, Tommy had already finished his and sprawled out like a cat. Billy laughed and pat his belly before he dug into his own cake. He ate quite a bit slower so he could savor the treat. “I think, in our cases, it’s usually us who think we screwed up so bad we need to beat ourselves up over it,” he chuckled sheepishly. That’s how their side of the family lineage worked. He was still curious, though.

chxotic-mxgic‌:

Her brows furrowed as she listend to them explain/complain. She was BAFFLED but they had NO reason to lie to her. She listened to both Tommy and Billy explain as her eyes shifted to one then the other. A part of her thought. DON’T ASK. You don’t want to know. BUT another part of was wondering. Her maternal part. The part that did not want any HARM to come to her children. YES, even if they already had two mothers. She felt frustratred as she sat up straight and looked down. Trying to fight the urge to ask. Everything they were saying just didn’t make sense. He sounded DANGEROUS. “It’s so … forgive me but strange. He’s not like that where I’m from. Sure he’s a bit of a busy body and comes off as a know-it-all,” she said with a wave of hand. “Though, raving, that sounds like he’s gone MAD? Has he tried to attack you? How is he allowed to be SORCERER SUPREME in this realm? Is he?” she asked in a whisper.

She stood up incredibly NERVOUS. They were both adamant he won’t come to GENOSHA. So maybe she should relax. Yet she found herself pacing. “Ugh, me being here put a target on your backs. I should have never came,” she said angry at herself. She should have followed her instincts. “You shouldn’t have to be dealing with him,” she said to Tommy sadly. “ESPECIALLY because of me. Besides if NOT him, then my FATHER,” she said shaking her head. If it wasn’t one thing it would be another. She held her hand up her fingerstips glowing red as she twisted her wrist and began to create a portal.

“I’m sorry…I should never have come here… it was a mistake. PLEASE forgive my intrusion.”

@fastestass​

A look of agreement to Billy and Tommy pipes up. “No- I can understand why it’s confusing. I mean where you’re from he probably is a stable guy. Hell, he probably agrees with anything that isn’t out of his realm of ordinary. I know that he doesn’t see our ideal; honestly, I don’t want to see to his either. It benefits no one- not even on equal ground. He did. Mom, he took Billy from us. Billy was working overseas and I was away on deploy. I get a call from Gramps to locate him.” He rubs Billy’s hip and drags himself to sit up with him.

“We stay on our turf- he stays on his- where ever he happens to be this month.” He watches as she stands, paces. She isn’t the mother from this realm, but she is every bit as invested into them and it makes him put at ease a little more.

At her thesis of being the one to paint the target on their backs, Tommy has to laugh. “Hey- hey- hold on!” He waves his hands to calm her down, ready to slide onto his feet and disrupt her if she doesn’t stop casting.

“Look- Regardless if you’re here or not, Strange is still a threat to Bibs and Gramps is still going to have me running blind obstacles and Billy casting above and beyond his limits. If it wasn’t me inviting you here- it would have been Billy. Neither of us regrets a damn thing.” he puts his hand on Billy’s shoulder in mutual assurance.

@crimsonwarlock​

The memories kept him awake some lonely nights, but he always felt safe when Tommy was there. There was no person alive who could act faster than Tommy could react, and, yes, he would say that to Pietro’s face. Tommy would always save him.

When the portal began to open, gently, Billy counteracted her powers. It was nice practice too. In the future, it would be useful to be able to close portals as they opened. For now, though, he only kept it from expanding too far, with quite the effort. “I-it’s really no problem. Honestly, it gives us a break from the everyday things. A visit from our mom is much better than, you know, hunting down a mutant-slaughtering human militant or responding to openly biased reporters about our latest actions.” With a soft sigh, he relinquished the fate of the portal to her, leaving it be.

“I say we steal dessert from the kitchen and talk about how different your world is.” He had it on good authority that they were having cake.