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[codenamewiccan]

Characters: codenamewiccan and anyone
Time: Evening
Location: In front of the Millennium park bean.
Content: Put one new wizard in Chicago, add snark, and stir well.
Format: Starting with prose but not adverse to action
Warnings: Moonspeak, and geekery. Not much unless you attack him then watch out for chanting and your socks on fire.

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[becauseimboring]

[codenamewiccan]

"And embarrassing." Billy added helpfully after jumping in surprise at someone else being around. Of course other people were around, it was Chicago. He rubbed the back of his neck and glanced around one more time. "Yeah, just a few-" Wait. She said arrived as if he'd been expected. Or this wasn't the first time someone showed up. He paused, his hand staying where it was. "Wait, Wait. Back up. By arrive do you mean 'thank you for flying US airlines' or 'so you've popped into the city and don't have a ticket to the clue bus'?"

The smell of the take-out reminded him he hadn't eaten since he got to the Avenger tower...when was that? He could go for some pizza or something. He needed to find the others first. Or snag some take-out to go for the trip back to Russia.

[becauseimboring]

[codenamewiccan]

"You'd be surprised." Maybe not in public airlines unless you were a big shot. Billy rubbed his temples and thought about switching out of his usual gear. It was less conspicuous. He was on the run but he'd do it later. "For Chicago," He started as he stepped forward, and looked around. "It has a lot that feels off about it."

"Like something straight out of the Twilight Zone." Don't know how to leave, so it was affecting the whole city? Who or what caused it? Doctor Doom? "Any idea what happened to make the city like this?" He was more than curious how it was keeping his powers suppressed. Or blocked. He hadn't tried to pull a Thor and call down lightning. "...I'm Wiccan."

[becauseimboring]

[codenamewiccan]

Creepy things always had an agenda. It came with the territory. "So they're being controlled by something?" Or someone. He frowned at the thought, running through every villain he knew that had that kind of power. Billy was sure he needed to re-evaluate his life when too many names popped up on his mental search engine. A few of them were now allies like Miss Ema Frost. Not that he'd met her face to face yet.

"While I'm asking the standard need to knows, what is the agenda. Do you know? Or will we be rolling the dice for that answer later." It felt a little comfortable to talk about things as if he were in some giant D and D game. After everything that had happened from the fall of Asguard to the secret invasion and even the civil war....something simple was good. His eyes flicked over the holes and he added. "And tell me it isn't Godzilla."

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[codenamewiccan]

"It's also like a veil draped over their sight." An illusionist? He'd need to look into it if he was going to get back. "It doesn't help most people would rather not see something strange and their mind rationalizes things away." Most of the time. It was a different story for New York, people knew things were out there. The difference was it wasn't any of their business and they let the trained professionals handle it. Unless they were young super-powered kids out to do something.

He liked to think they'd gotten better at the hero thing. "Yeah I didn't think it was Godzilla. Had to make sure they didn't clone him badly or something worse." It wasn't Tommy or Cassie's fault either. Billy couldn't think of a single person that could cause that. Maybe Teddy. "They'd be bigger all around too and longer because of his claws." Geeky but true. He knew his monster movies. Wait. "...steal the Statue of David for its magical properties? Are they serious?"

[becauseimboring]

[codenamewiccan]

The Statue of David. He couldn't believe it had any sort of power in it. Dr. Strange would have known...any caster of great power would see it. Billy couldn't wrap his mind around the thought. But all those people had missed the Scarlet Witch was in the hands of Doctor Doom. Wanda. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to be completely alone. No. He did know, from the memories of his holding cell during the civil war between heroes.

They weren't memories he liked to revisit. "I'll take a look at them, a bit later. But are you sure there's no way out?" His magic wasn't providing the usual outs it always did. That bothered him. What could restrict his magics? He had to know and if possible, lift it so anyone here could go home. "What else have they said to all of you? Seems a bit on the sinister side."

[becauseimboring]

[codenamewiccan]

That was something he was familiar with. Billy frowned and looked off into the distance for a moment. "So they're keeping us here for a reason but they won't tell us why." He wondered if this was anything like the Avengers thoughts about him. "Whether they're the good guys or not, what they're doing is wrong. If they need help they should say so, and if they're doing this for our own 'good', I don't agree with them."

They were needed in other places. Everyone here, even those he didn't know. "And it's too suspicious they have a 'reason' to bring us here but don't say it. A bit too like some things I've seen before." A reason. More like they were being observed in his mind. He sighed and rubbed his temples. "Say uh, I'm looking for some friends of mine. They might have showed up here."

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[felis_umbra]

Kitty was jogging through the park, which had become something of a routine for her of late. She'd go for a run, and run by the Bean just in case there were any new arrivals wandering about.

Much to her surprise, she actually recognized this one. Whoa! It was that New Avengers kid. Wizard... or Witch Boy... no, Wiccan! That was it.

She came up to the two of them, waving to Clare. "This one's from my neck of the woods," she told the girl. She didn't expect Billy to recognize her out of uniform, so she offered her hand. "Hey. Shadowcat. From the X-Men," she pointed her thumb at herself. "I guess Clare's already given you the Welcome to The Weird speech?"

Sorry for how late this reply is, had to take care of some things the past few days.

[codenamewiccan]

A hotel after dark as a safe haven, that sounded like any horror movie or horror game he knew. But it was better than nothing. "What kind of monsters, Clare?" Hopefully not the type that thinks wizards are tasty or humans in general. He wasn't holding his breath his team's luck had always sucked in that department. Always.

"Anyways, lead the way and if they're here I'll find them." She looked a bit nervous or worried, he was going to trust her get out of dodge instincts. She was a veteran as far as the situation here went. "They look sorta like those iphones. Any idea what they're running on?" Maybe he could track their service provider down.

He started to ask another question when another woman that seemed way too familiar joined them. He knew that face but from- WAIT. The Shadow cat? Oh crap. It was really awesome to see her and he grinned as he accepted her hand. He really hoped she wasn't here to lock him up for the greater good. "Yeah, she gave me the Welcome to Creepyville speech. Uh, I'm Wiccan from the Young Avengers."

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