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Who: Wanda and YOU
Where: All over
When: Starting ass-early in the morning, through all day
What: Insomnia turns into a controlled experiment in randomness.
Warnings: none

Sometimes Wanda woke up in the dark and had to grope around for her bedside lamp right away to make sure that the darkness wasn't full of falling concrete. Sometimes the dreams of

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Way-Ass Early in the Morning: Gym

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Wanda first changed into her red gym shorts and a black tank top and headed down to train, just like she'd done every single morning since making that promise to Luke that she wouldn't waste his time. It was embarrassing to set the machine's weights so low, but everyone had to start somewhere.

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Amanda, of course, was already fully awake and training as usual. Two hours every morning, seven days a week--there could be no breaks. She could not falter, and so neither could her physical strength, as unexceptional as it may be. She had to make up for the days lost to her coma, anyway.

At least she was improving, she thought; she'd redoubled her efforts after getting fighting pointers from Blonsky. Half her time was spent hitting the bag, and the other half maintaining and/or improving her physical strength.

Using one of the adjacent machines, she continued her repetitions, lifting more weight than her tiny frame would suggest she could handle. She gave Wanda an unimpressed once-over. The girl was starting awfully low.

"Never worked out before?" she asked with a tiny, snide smirk, shaking her head.

Way-Ass Early in the Morning: Gym

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For a split second Wanda's eyes narrowed, but she covered with an innocent and slightly embarrassed smile. "No. Never had access before." Living in that shitty rooming house, where most of her exercise involved cleaning up after idiot teenage boys or fending off Toad.

She kept working, her cheeks burning only for a few moments as she schooled herself against taking the stranger's attitude to heart.

Wanda was very thin--too thin, with a slightly unhealthy look, like an ex-invalid. She made up for her lack of strength with determination, silently working through her discomfort.

"You've obviously been at this a while." she didn't expect an actual conversation out of the woman, but it seemed less rude than just slapping on her headphones immediately.

Re: Way-Ass Early in the Morning: Gym

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"Three years, if you count the two before I died," she said, some resentment over her death seeping into her voice. Well, fuck that. She wasn't going to stop just because she'd kicked the bucket. She still belonged to John, and she would continue to serve him. For that, she needed to be strong.

She almost adds I don't have a choice, but then that would make it sound as though she wasn't happy to serve him. Instead, she settles on "My job requires it."

Still Early: Anywhere

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Next Wanda walked out of the gym, took a deep breath, spun around with her eyes closed, and walked in the direction closest to where she was facing when she stopped and opened her eyes.

The walking meditation was an idea she had come up with back home. Basically she let chaos and intuition guide her, trying to leave her talking mind out of it as much as possible. Where she ended up was sometimes interesting, sometimes boring, but usually she learned something from it. She walked at a moderate pace, watching out for people and obstacles, but seeming a little tranced out.

Still Early: Anywhere

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Wanda moved down the hall, trying to figure out what this leg of the journey had to teach her. The meditating redhead was a real surprise, and a moment of real resonance for her. "Aha," she said queitly to herself. "That's what I'm here for."

She knew enough not to disturb him, but instead waited a little ways away, watching the mudra-like movements of his hands. Her fingers started to imitate the movements a little tentatively; she chewed her lip thoughtfully.

Breakfast: Anywhere

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Wanda chose to load up a few bagels and wrap them in napkins, grab a bottle of juice, and head out of the dining hall to continue her wanderings. Again she spun around, taking a random direction down the hall once outside, humming as she went. She let herself walk for about fifteen minutes before finding a spot to settle and munch.

Noon: Anywhere

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Wanda's stomach growled, but she was too deep into her meditative state to pay it much mind. A passing conversation had mentioned this area just as she had grown tired of the last, and she had gotten up and hoofed it over here. On average, she was changing location about every fifteen minutes unless caught up in a conversation.

Afternoon: Anywhere

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This time Wanda needed a little bit of a break from her wanderings, so she settled in her latest area for a little bit and took a look at her new videobook reader, quietly looking up a futurescience article on post traumatic stress.

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"Eee!" She appeared to levitate off her seat for a moment as she flailed slightly, eyes big.

"Oh, Lord Loki!" she stifled a giggle with her hand, cheeks rather red. "Oh man, you scared me. Hi!"