selfhelp: ([billy] oh god. oh thank god.)
William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2013-07-12 09:13 pm

[Action, July 11th-13th]

[To say that Billy is a bit of a basket case right now would be a severe understatement. His mom is here. His admittedly teenage and therefore doesn't-know-who-he-is-and-kind-of-alternate-universe mom, yes, but that doesn't seem to make the intensity of his feelings about the matter any different. One small comfort is that they're getting along (so far), and their shared powers gives them common ground, but there's still that lingering... risk that he can't stop thinking about. That he won't be able to keep his secrets, that eventually everything will come crumbling down. He's terrified of that.

The first day, he does little else but fret and mull over it, after separating from Wanda; Teddy's kind enough to cancel any of his daily doings, since he's in no state to be pretending like everything's normal. It had been hard enough with Wanda the first time. Today, though, he feels much better. His head is more clear, he's found his center of calm, and he spent at least half the day and night before meditating so he figures he has a firm grasp on his sanity again.

There are certain things that he knows he needs to do, especially since he ditched all his usual priorities the day before, so he's made himself a list, and today he's going through it all. It is as follows: He swing by the art gallery and removes some of his work, namely anything that features the Scarlet Witch (only a couple of pieces, mind you, and they're his, but art theft is still art theft). He attends training with Logan and begs for forgiveness about skipping the day before (beg may be an overstatement of what actually happens because he isn't really sorry at all). He'll attend X-Men Training and try to perform decently despite feeling ridiculously scatterbrained. And finally, he'll probably talk to some Very Important People in the process of completing the rest of his list.

In the end, well... he's decided to track down Wanda again, maybe not now, but some time in the near future. Because despite his fears and misgivings, despite everything he's likely to say to everyone else - that it's a bad idea, that he'll mess things up, that he'll accidentally reveal himself - the temptation of sharing his powers with hers, teaching her, helping her, is too strong to resist. This is about more than a lost family, now. This is about magic.]
snikting: (Damn kids)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-07-31 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that gets a stunned look. It was one answer he certainly hadn't been expecting. He's not even quite sure he heard it right.]

... she's your what now?
snikting: (Keeping the doctor away)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-04 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
... makin' Magneto yer gramps.

[He doesn't hold much against Wanda. But that realization still doesn't sit well with him.]
snikting: (Is that right?)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-06 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. [Well. Good enough. So he goes back to the matter at hand.] So, you tell her?
snikting: (Piloting)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-08 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You ain't wrong. But she's gonna find out, one way or another. Luceti ain't so good a place fer keepin' secrets. Better she gets it from you than through some experiment.
snikting: (What's that?)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-10 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
It's yer choice, kid. I ain't gonna go spill the beans for ya. Just know it ain't gonna end well.
snikting: (Chuck)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-13 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. [...] Could always have someone else break the news to her.
snikting: (Morning face)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-15 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well. That's that, huh? Logan slaps Billy on the shoulder. A nice solid pat, yes.]

Alright, well, I can sympathize, kid. Yer off the hook. Tomorrow we'll do level three again.

[Which isn't level four, at least. But it's not the normal level two.]
snikting: (Charming)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-18 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Just see that it don't happen again. Next time I might just have to invent a Level Five.
snikting: (SHIELD)

[personal profile] snikting 2013-08-20 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so. Unexpected family members ain't somethin' easy to deal with.