( 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]

They're rocks!

( he reaches over and kicks the side of the cave. some rock crumbles. )

If there was light in here, would you be calling them light rocks?

[explosion]

Yes!

[ she laughs, the night rocks glowing brightly. she eyes the wall of the cave and lets her gaze wander up to the ceiling. no big fissures form. the world won't fall in around them. ]

You have no imagination, Mr Burton.

[rocinantes]

You're right, I don't. Cuz they're rocks!

( he will not be swayed. )

I don't need an imagination in this case.

[explosion]

You do.

[ she shakes her head and tsks, hoping he feels a little insecure at the clear pity she regards him with. ]

How can you be in a place and see it so literally? It's dull to look at a rock and see it as a rock.

[rocinantes]

It doesn't make it any more exciting for it to be called a night rock, you know.

( it's still a rock, wanda. )

[explosion]

[ she presses her lips together in what is very close to an unamused and almost sad face.

she points up to the ceiling. ]

But what about the glow?

[ does that not make it exciting? don't break her heart. ]

[rocinantes]

So, maybe that means they're glow rocks.

( why would night rocks glow? night rocks would be just dark as night, wouldn't they?

if these rocks are anything, they're glow rocks. )

Glowing rocks? Glow rocks.

[explosion]

[ she wrinkles her nose as if she's tasted a lemon. ]

Glow rocks.

[ there's really nothing wrong with that at all. but since he's teased her about her story, she thinks it's only fair she teases him back. ]

That sounds very close to "glow sticks". Are you sure you want it to be "glow rocks"? People may mix them up.

[rocinantes]

The fact that we're talking this much about rocks is killing me.

( why were they talking so much about rocks? he doesn't want to talk about rocks. he just wants to get out of this place and not be surrounded by night rocks. )

And what do you know about glow sticks anyway?

[explosion]

They glow.

[ she looks at him with a "duh" expression. what else is there to know about glow sticks? they glow and they glow brightly and they dim and put them in darkness.

smiling, she tilts her chin upward and playfully haughtily: ] Speaking of rocks is a sign of intelligence.

[rocinantes]

Says who?

( you're a liar, wanda. not a bad one but he can tell you're lying. he just laughs, shakes his head. )

I think you might have hit your head on some rocks if you think that.

[explosion]

Why?

[ she laughs, aghast. her laughter echoes. ]

Because I am right? [ wanda's smile only widens. ] Because I am the one who says it?

[rocinantes]

Because while I might just be some meathead mechanic, even I know that talking about rocks isn't a sign of genius.

( try again, wanda. )

Come on.

[explosion]

But what makes you say that?

[ she cocks her brow. no, she won't give up on this. who's to say conversing about rocks isn't a sign of genius? she thinks it's a bloody good choice of conversation... especially when it's about her rocks. ]

Are you the rock police?

[ she snorts very ladylike. ]

[rocinantes]

Are you a rock expert?

( question for a question, wanda. )

Maybe we're both wrong.

[explosion]

[ she shakes her head. she's definitely not wrong here. ]

I have a certificate. I can show you when we are out of here.

[ the certificate will say CHIEF ROCK EXPERT WANDA MAXIMOFF and also CREATOR OF NIGHT ROCKS. sometimes it's useful having her powerset.

she clears her throat and hums innocently, which means that she's not acting innocently at all. ]

Then you will eat your words.

[rocinantes]

I will not. Because anything you show me is going to be a direct result of your magic and I know it.

( he knows what you can do, wanda, and he's not falling for it. )

You'll do anything you can to be right.

[explosion]

So, you're afraid of being wrong.

[ she straightens her spine and tugs her shoulders back smugly as she walks. the night rocks still twinkle above them. they seem to follow them as they walk through the caves. ]

My magic speeds up the delivery from the printer.

[ and, yes, lets her cheat. ]

[rocinantes]

No, I'm not afraid of being wrong. But I don't cheat.

( you're a cheater, wanda. )

I think you know you're wrong and you're gonna use your magic to make you right.

[explosion]

[ there is really no need to call her out so bluntly. ]

Doesn't that just mean I was right all along?

[ she chuckles. the ceiling continues to glow like the night sky. wanda finds comfort in it. even though it's not the night sky at all, the illusion makes being trapped in the catacombs feel… well, less trapping. ]

[rocinantes]

Nope. That means you're a cheater all along.

( he doesn't look at the rocks, choosing to keep moving forward to try and get them out of here. he's tired of the dark. )

Big difference.