[Fourth Wall]

[selfhelp]

[This is a catch-all! If you want to bother Billy Kaplan, Asch the Bloody, or Ellie, they are around town and available for pestering. Billy and Ellie are wandering (on the look-out for familiar faces), but Asch is most likely holed out behind the counter of the bar and hating everything.

Non-obvious visitors should request/specify who they want or prepare to be surprised.]

Comments

[selfhelp]

[Freaking. Speedsters. Seriously, it's a good thing he's used to Tommy. Half the time he can actually decipher the speed-speech, now.]

I think it just... disperses. I've tried blasting it before, and it doesn't even make a dent. And... no, we've never met before, but I'm pretty sure I know your sister.

[maximoff_boy]

[There is an immediate souring of his expression, as he folds the map in a sudden, precise gesture.]

You know Wanda? How?

[This question is more important than following up on the "blasting" thing. He is the self-proclaimed keeper of his sister these days, and the number one hardest part of that job is keeping boys away from her.]

[selfhelp]

I met her?

[Okay, that's probably too vague.]

I mean, she's here. We're friends. I'm Billy, by the way.

[maximoff_boy]

[Yeah, that's hella vague. Thankfully, there's been some help in this department.]

Ahhhh. You're Billy. Wanda told me about you.


[That's still not a smile. Apparently he didn't hear good things?]

[selfhelp]

[Oh dear. That's... kind of...

...what does that tone even mean?]

Sh... she did? What did she say?

[maximoff_boy]

Well, for one thing, she told me you have the same powers as her, but that you refuse to use them. [He looks Billy up and down in a clearly judgmental manner, before standing. He has impeccable posture, carrying himself with the kind of spine one only gets by just knowing you're better than everyone else.] I can't say as I appreciate your tending of her self-doubt garden. She's got enough issues without your help.

[selfhelp]

[Whoa, okay, that was uncalled for. Billy's eyes narrow.]

What I do or don't do with my powers have nothing to do with her. I never told her she should stop training or anything.

[maximoff_boy]

["Uncalled for" could probably be Pietro's middle name. That, or "Asshole".]

Wanda takes her cues from the people around her. She's decided that you're "like family" [Cue sarcastic angry airquotes], so she's going to assign way more importance to your opinions and actions than you have any right receiving. It's going to take me months to undue all the confusion you're causing her.

[He jabs a finger at Billy's sternum.]I don't want to see you anywhere near her from now on.

[selfhelp]

[Yeah, Asshole wins.]

That isn't your call to make, it's hers. And you can't tell me what to do.

[God, Pietro, are you five?]

[maximoff_boy]

[It usually does. Pietro has a way with people. He looks Billy over again, judging. There is something damn familiar about this kid who is probably actually older than himself, but he's chalking that up to the terrible Wanda-like hair-cut. ]

Hmn. You're right. I can't tell you what to do. But Wanda'll listen to me. So you best just start getting used to the idea of not seeing her any more. Really, it's all for the best; once I find a way out of here, she and I won't be around, anyway.