The Preserve | Sunday Afternoon

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Wanda had been studying enough to be fairly confident she could help Jane out with training without causing a disaster on the island. Still, she was going to be as safe about this as possible, putting up a shield around their little area of the preserve not unlike the one she had created around Westview. Only, you know, smaller and not trapping people against their will.

Surely between the two of them they'd be able to handle anything that could go wrong in this scenario. Jane had the power of Thor, and Wanda was the Scarlet Witch; that had to count for something.

[That Wanda and Jane were hanging out in the woods is fine to broadcast, but what they're actually doing is NFB]

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"It just felt like I should do that," Jane said, looking at the hammer and where it glowed through the cracks in it. "It was shattered when I picked it up. New Asgard made this whole... museum thing where it lay on the ground because they couldn't pick it up."

And apparently Thor couldn't at the time either.

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"Magical object only chooses to work for one specific person. That's usually how it goes." Much to the frustration of others, probably. "That's one hell of a surprise you can pull on people with the Mjolnir shrapnel."

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"But look at how much we kicked ass here," Jane said, holding up a hand for a high five.

The crab demon's corpse got no high fives.

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Wanda high fived Jane back. And then looked over at the demon corpse. "...here's the part I didn't think about."

Disposing of the evidence.

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Evidence was such a harsh word for the corpse.

"Maybe if we put it in the water?" Jane suggested. Because these things just got cleaned up by the government or something.

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"You don't think that'll disrupt the ecosystem or something?" she asked. "What if the kraken eats it and it ends up with magic powers?"

Wanda. Think about the sentence you just said and how ridiculous it was.

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No, no. It made sense! Maybe.

"Is that a thing that can happen? I didn't know magic could do that."

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"I'm still pretty new to this whole magic thing," Wanda admitted. "But I have seen a lot of Godzilla movies."

In some universe she could have starred in one with her brother playing her husband. Just throwing it out there.

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WANDA, NO. And let's just never think about the Ultimate Marvel universe too. Ever.

"And Godzilla is actually pretty plausible these days," Jane agreed, thinking about that hand just reaching out of the Indian Ocean.

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"I can try to make it disappear," she said. "And we just hope I don't send it somewhere else."

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"If that doesn't work... maybe lightning?" Wow, guys. Wow. This was pretty grisly.

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"We can do both!" Wanda said, eyes lighting up at that suggestion. "You zap it just to, like, really mess it up and I'll make it disappear. That way if it does get sent somewhere no one can use it for evil."

Like, just in case she sent it to Adrian Viedt by accident and give him the squid monster idea.

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Look, squid monsters were a classic.

"I can do that!" Jane agreed as some very localized thunder sounded overhead. Which, you know, maybe people thought it was part of the Halloween stuff.

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"Yes, good, just let me--" Take several steps back so she didn't get fried along with the crab.

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Smart. Yeah, the lightning sometime do what it do.

She hefted the hammer above her head to create a focal point for the thunder before slamming it down on that corpse. Again, it's just the Halloween stuff, folks.

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That would always be so cool to see. And it was effective! If a little messy.

Wanda waved her hands, and the still sizzling corpse disappeared to god knows where. Though there was still some indications it had been there in the first place. "Wow...that does not smell great."

Mmm burnt crab.

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It landed near Madisynn in her weird hell dimension.

"I'm very glad I didn't bring donuts with that smell now," Jane said, covering her nose like it'd help.

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"Oh, I think I would have thrown up," Wanda admitted, putting her shirt over her nose. "...I might still throw up."

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"Maybe the bubble is keeping it in?" It was not.

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"Oh, yeah--" Wanda brought down the shield, hoping that would dissipate the truly awful smell.

It...didn't do much.

Maybe the lightning just baked the smell in there?

"Let's just hope no one hangs out here much."

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Oh, it for sure did.

"It's the forest, it'll go away." Were either of them outdoorsy types to confirm this? Not really.

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"Yeah, of course it will." Or it'll be a permanent stinky spot. Who could say? "I won't tell if you don't."

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"It's definitely a naturally occurring smell," Jane agreed readily. Like Bigfoot!

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"I'm glad we work so well together," Wanda joked. "Next time I'm putting more thought into how the dead thing will smell."

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Jane had to laugh at that. "You know, it wasn't a skill I thought I'd ever need before now."