( wow this sand is so quick!! )

[prescind]

Who: stefan salvatore (prescind) + amos burton (rocinantes) + katherine pierce (manipulative + wanda maximoff (explosion)
What: event + other shenanigans
When: march
Where: all over the place

Content Warnings: possible nsfw, language, violence

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[rocinantes]

You're fine.

( he looks over at her and then looks again when he notices the blood. he shakes his head and the points at the blood on her face. )

Except for that big mess you've made.

[explosion]

[ she lifts her brow in a feigned look of surprise. ]

Where? Here?

[ and, of course, when wanda slides her hand against her face, she smears blood from the corner of her eye to her ear. ]

[rocinantes]

Are you trying to make a bigger mess?

( because that's damn sure what it seems like. )

Or is this some secret kink that I didn't know about?

[explosion]

[ wanda smiles and cocks her brow softly. ] I have many kinks you don't know about.

[ she may seem like an open book, but sometimes this witch's spells are under lock and key. she does make a genuine attempt to wipe at her face with the back of her hand, only partially being successful in cleaning it off. wanda smears blood to her ear. ]

But blood is not one of them.

[rocinantes]

Blood's a weird kink to have anyway.

( he can see the allure sometimes but in most instances, blood's happening because someone has a gaping wound somewhere. )

You don't need to go rubbing it all over your face.

[explosion]

I'm not trying to rub it over my face!

[ she laughs, feigning offence. she wipes the heel of her palm against her face. ]

Did I get it?

[rocinantes]

It's absolutely all over you. If I didn't know any better, I think you'd just murdered someone.

( in the messiest way possible. )

The only way you're gonna get that all off is a shower.

[explosion]

I can't go and leave for a shower now. There are blood blisters everywhere.

[ she looks around at them bleeding and oozing. a little bit of blood isn't going to deter wanda. if anything, it feels right. she's not used to being overly clean in a fight. ]

Leaving would make me very vapid. [ she teases, ] And the blisters are waiting to get all over your face.

[ and amos doesn't think she's vapid at all. ]

[rocinantes]

You don't need to go around popping these things. All they do is get blood everywhere. They're not doing anything else.

( so maybe she could leave to take a shower. )

I think you can afford to leave and get cleaned up.

[explosion]

And then get bloody again?

[ she shakes her head, glancing around. that's not what heroes do—not that wanda is one. she doesn't want to go shower when she can help others.

wanda regards him with a cocked brow. ]

Will you go shower? You have blood [ she waves her hand over her face. ] on your cheek.

[rocinantes]

Probably. But I'm not as filthy as you are.

( she needs the shower more than he does. )

These blood things are still gonna be here when you come back if you really wanna get messy again.

[explosion]

[ wanda thinks to ask him what the point of showering is, but she regards him for a long moment before she crosses her arms against her chest and narrows her eyes playfully. ]

You're trying to get rid of me. Why? To have all the blood blisters to yourself?

[ tsk, tsk, amos. that's hardly gentlemanly. ]

[rocinantes]

No. Why would I want these things to myself, Wanda?

( amos makes a face and shakes his head. he's trying to be nice. )

Do you want me to walk with you? I just want you to get cleaned up so you're not completely covered in blood.

[explosion]

[ she thinks to tease him again, but wanda drops it. she tilts her head gently to the side. ]

Does it bother you so much?

[ honestly, it doesn't bother her. it doesn't sting. it feels tacky and thick, but nothing more than that. but wanda's had soot in her hair and in her eyes before. a little blood smeared on her face is nothing. ]

[rocinantes]

What, the blood? No, it doesn't bother me.

( he's been covered in blood enough times to barely blink. it just looks...strange on her when he's never seen look like that before. )

I just don't think you need to walk around like you've bathed in blood.

[explosion]

[ wanda shrugs. ]

When they are gone, then it will be gone from my face.

[ but just for him, her hand glows and she waves it in front of her face. it acts as a face cloth; when her hand completes its arc, her face is clean. ]

[rocinantes]

You're stubborn as hell.

( does she know that? well, amos is gonna tell her. )

And your magic's cheating.

[explosion]

[ wanda smiles toothily at that—and happily so. ]

You said that before.

[ she doesn't appear offended at all. ]

But is it cheating if I do magic for you, too? I think it's incredibly generous. Like giving a gift.

[rocinantes]

It's still cheating, it's just cheating that benefits me.

( which he does appreciate. )

But still cheating.

[explosion]

[ she nods, pursing her lips as she considers his response. but then wanda lifts her hand and points her finger and furrows her brows. ]

But is it bad cheating when it benefits you? I just want to understand the levels of cheating.

[ so she can, you know, cheat. ]

[rocinantes]

I don't know the levels of cheating.

( that's going way too deep into this, wanda. he shakes his head. )

It doesn't matter.