Thor Odinson (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rebuildyourruins) wrote2020-11-09 09:03 pm
rebuildyourruins) wrote2020-11-09 09:03 pm
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[So many things. Almost none of them achievable.]
i am all right for now. is vision still asleep?
[He knows from the manifest that the android is still present. He also knows from checking not so long ago - though it feels like a lifetime now - that Vision was in one of those damnable Fleet comas.
Maybe it's a little unfair to ask Wanda this, but the one thing he really needs to know is if Vision is still present and well.]
i am all right for now. is vision still asleep?
[He knows from the manifest that the android is still present. He also knows from checking not so long ago - though it feels like a lifetime now - that Vision was in one of those damnable Fleet comas.
Maybe it's a little unfair to ask Wanda this, but the one thing he really needs to know is if Vision is still present and well.]
Yes. I can still feel his mind but it's like he's very far away
It's been almost two weeks. I've heard this happens sometimes but I'm worried
It's been almost two weeks. I've heard this happens sometimes but I'm worried
it does. it has happened to me before. he will wake.
[He says it for Wanda's sake as much as his own.]
[He says it for Wanda's sake as much as his own.]
[Well, he's temporarily managed to distract Wanda from worrying about him, but the overall level of worry she's feeling is about the same.
But he shouldn't think for a second that he's actually off the hook. Wanda's more than capable of enough worry to go around.]
Is it normal to last this long?
But he shouldn't think for a second that he's actually off the hook. Wanda's more than capable of enough worry to go around.]
Is it normal to last this long?
I have known them to last for up to a month. It's rare for it to be longer than that.
Soon, then.
I'll tell him you were looking for him. Unless I can help?
I'll tell him you were looking for him. Unless I can help?
Thank you.
I don't know that there's anything else that can be done.
I don't know that there's anything else that can be done.
[It's been a long couple of weeks, but the Vision is finally awake again - and one of the first things he'd heard about was that something had happened with Thor and Loki. So he shoots off a quick text once he's taken care of more immediate problems.]
My apologies for the long nap. Are you all right? Is there anything I should be aware of?
My apologies for the long nap. Are you all right? Is there anything I should be aware of?
[Well that just confirms that everything is Definitely Not Okay.]
I'm here if you need anything. Even if you just need to talk.
I'm here if you need anything. Even if you just need to talk.
[Frankly, Vision's coma had been the only thing preventing Thor from contacting the android sooner. Part of him dreaded the idea of it but it was nowhere near strong enough to override his need to see his friend once more.
Vision just comes right out the gate with the hard questions, leaving Thor unclear on what to say next. His conversation with Natasha rings in his ears.]
I'm glad to hear you're awake again, my friend. I'm unharmed - but I have remembered more from home.
Vision just comes right out the gate with the hard questions, leaving Thor unclear on what to say next. His conversation with Natasha rings in his ears.]
I'm glad to hear you're awake again, my friend. I'm unharmed - but I have remembered more from home.
I would like to see you, if you're able.
[In person. Thor doesn't know yet if he wants to talk, but seeing Wanda in person will be better for his state of mind - if not necessarily the state of his heart.]
[In person. Thor doesn't know yet if he wants to talk, but seeing Wanda in person will be better for his state of mind - if not necessarily the state of his heart.]
[First Natasha and now Thor. Or is it first himself? He'd been the one from farthest along, if briefly, when he returned here after his long absence. But there was obviously something he was missing, if that weasel-wording is anything to go by. Unharmed and all right are two different things. So there's a pause as he considers his wording in response.]
Just a normal nap for me, I'm afraid. My memories remain as they were.
Do you want to talk about it?
Just a normal nap for me, I'm afraid. My memories remain as they were.
Do you want to talk about it?
[The dilemma: she doesn't want to leave Vision but Thor appears to be in no state to go anywhere.]
Should I come over?
Should I come over?
[He's not sure whether he's relieved or not. Whether that's cowardly or not. It is what it is, and Thor will just have to move forward however he can.]
I'm not sure that I do, but I do wish to see you.
I'm not sure that I do, but I do wish to see you.
[Thor doesn't much want to leave the Blue Fish or First Breath either, but he can't be foolish about this. He'll need to leave the ships eventually.]
I'll come to you. The Twin Roses?
I'll come to you. The Twin Roses?
[Honestly? Not an uncommon sentiment after someone's been in a coma for a few weeks, so it doesn't raise any alarm bells.]
Of course. I'm on the Twin Roses, unless you'd prefer to meet somewhere else?
Of course. I'm on the Twin Roses, unless you'd prefer to meet somewhere else?
[It is a deeply appreciated sacrifice.]
Yes.
Thank you.
Yes.
Thank you.
I'll be there soon.
[He switches the communicator off, staring at it for a long moment before getting to his feet and leaving for the shuttles. Thor tries not to think as he flies over to the Twin Roses. Not of what's happened, or of how it will feel seeing Wanda again. He had never had much time with her; more here, ironically, than he ever did on Earth. But they were both Avengers, teammates. It's a bond Thor cares about more than ever, now that his older friends were gone.
Arriving on the Twin Roses, Thor steps out of the shuttle and momentarily falters. He's never been on this ship, and doesn't know where Wanda will be. With a shake of his head he walks into the main corridor, deciding he'll figure it out if she doesn't appear to find him herself.]
[He switches the communicator off, staring at it for a long moment before getting to his feet and leaving for the shuttles. Thor tries not to think as he flies over to the Twin Roses. Not of what's happened, or of how it will feel seeing Wanda again. He had never had much time with her; more here, ironically, than he ever did on Earth. But they were both Avengers, teammates. It's a bond Thor cares about more than ever, now that his older friends were gone.
Arriving on the Twin Roses, Thor steps out of the shuttle and momentarily falters. He's never been on this ship, and doesn't know where Wanda will be. With a shake of his head he walks into the main corridor, deciding he'll figure it out if she doesn't appear to find him herself.]
[Thor has a strong presence and it doesn't take Wanda long to sense or find him. She doesn't mind leaving her room, just the ship - she's still close enough to feel if Vision wakes or get to him if something changes and he needs help. And while Wanda clearly looks tired, she's alive.
He looks like he needs a hug but Wanda hesitates. She's not sure if it would help or if he would rather not be touched.]
Hi. [She manages a small smile - it's still good to see him, even if the circumstances aren't great.] The lounge is this way. Unless you want something to drink?
He looks like he needs a hug but Wanda hesitates. She's not sure if it would help or if he would rather not be touched.]
Hi. [She manages a small smile - it's still good to see him, even if the circumstances aren't great.] The lounge is this way. Unless you want something to drink?
Then I will meet you in the cargo bay.
[True to his word, he's waiting in the cargo bay not long after, checking up on his garden and making sure the aquarium is in good working order. Everything's fine, but it's a routine maintenance that's good for killing time. When he hears the shuttle dock, he turns away and gives Thor a smile - he looks a little strained, but nothing more serious than one would expect after being out of the loop for a couple of weeks.]
[True to his word, he's waiting in the cargo bay not long after, checking up on his garden and making sure the aquarium is in good working order. Everything's fine, but it's a routine maintenance that's good for killing time. When he hears the shuttle dock, he turns away and gives Thor a smile - he looks a little strained, but nothing more serious than one would expect after being out of the loop for a couple of weeks.]
[There's a brief moment, fleeting, when Thor sees Wanda appear in the hallway where he almost loses what composure he has. There's something desolate in his eyes as he looks at her, expression going strangely torn. But it passes and he manages a smile, strained though it is.]
People keep offering me drinks. I think they're trying to tell me something.
[How burned out he looks, most likely.]
People keep offering me drinks. I think they're trying to tell me something.
[How burned out he looks, most likely.]
[The journey over is - tense. If only because he's looking forward to seeing Vision and dreading what feelings it's going to inspire in him. It won't be so bad as running into the man without warning, but even so. Thor's already heartsick.
Exiting the shuttle, Thor sees Vision turn to him with a smile and takes it like a stab in the heart. It shows, briefly, when he falters in his step and there's an awful flash of relief and distress on his face. He's so wrung out from the past few days however that he's able to mute it relatively fast, and bring out more of the genuine happiness to see Vision here at all.
So he makes his way over without further delay and claps a hand on Vision's shoulder.]
I'm glad to see you awake again. You had us worried.
Exiting the shuttle, Thor sees Vision turn to him with a smile and takes it like a stab in the heart. It shows, briefly, when he falters in his step and there's an awful flash of relief and distress on his face. He's so wrung out from the past few days however that he's able to mute it relatively fast, and bring out more of the genuine happiness to see Vision here at all.
So he makes his way over without further delay and claps a hand on Vision's shoulder.]
I'm glad to see you awake again. You had us worried.
[Wanda hadn't been kidding. Thor looks like he's been to hell and back, even if he has a new dark eye where his eyepatch had been before. And that initial expression - there's no mistaking the distress there.
He clasps Thor's shoulder in return, concern written clearly on his face.]
I'm sorry to have worried you, my friend. [And then, bluntly:] You look terrible.
He clasps Thor's shoulder in return, concern written clearly on his face.]
I'm sorry to have worried you, my friend. [And then, bluntly:] You look terrible.
[She'd hate to see any of her friends with that expression, but on Thor it looks extra wrong. He's always seemed so jovial, even in the face of troubling odds. She can only imagine what's put that look on his face.]
You look a little tired. [Understatement of the year.] Have you had any sleep?
You look a little tired. [Understatement of the year.] Have you had any sleep?
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