[ Give him an hour and he'll turn up at Scott and Wade's place with a bag of hamburgers, two milkshakes and a couple of joints in his shirt pocket. He thumps on the door with his fist, already not liking the sick smell lingering around the place. ]
Peace be with you. I know you don't know me, but my name is Rhys Dashasa.
I'm a magical healer, and Scott mentioned that you might need some medical help. You can let me know if that is still the case, and you're interested in talking abou the issue with me.
"Yes, absolutely teach me this dirty song. Once I'm better I'll sing it at every given opportunity." He's grateful when she moves in to help before much longer standing on his own he might have crumpled to the floor. He starts moving toward the couch since it's closer than the bed.
There's no puss or fluid, she'll be relieved to see. Wade's not quite as horrifying as comic!Deadpool is sometimes drawn luckily. He's only movie ugly.
"I know several. Each one worst than the last." She angles him towards the sofa and helps settle him in place before going to fetch a chair so she can sit by his side. "Wait until I get to 'Frigging in the Rigging' or 'The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered'."
"Now, as for what I can do. I can't heal you, but I can loan you something that will stop your ability to feel pain. Other senses might be a bit dulled, and you'll need to be careful because you won't feel any injuries." She's going to give him a list of written instructions once the spell is complete, but for now she'll just get to work. From a kitbag at her side, she pulls out a dark, semi-translucent stone and a bit of twine. While she talks, she braids the string into a little pouch and a neck strap. "If you brake or lose this, I will come find you, and take one of your balls to make a new one. Clear, darling?"
[It takes a long time for Wade to get to the door, really he should have left it unlocked and he may do that for future visitors because the longer this goes on the harder doing simple things becomes. When he finally does open the door, he's leaning against the door frame and puffing like he's just run a marathon.]
So are these like... super magical joints or what?
if you'd like to give it a shot. you're welcome to come over and try.
[He's gotten a few people offering help, but he's not going to say no to more. As much as Wade is uncomfortable with people seeing him like this... he also craves attention. It's a conundrum.]
do you heal with bugs?
[He can't help but notice the username, after all.]
To feel no pain. Something colors his expression a moment. That had been one of Francis' mutant abilities. Fucking bastard. It's not a luxury Wade's ever had.
"Even before the city decided to slap this power dampener on me, I've always been in pain. Never a moment I wasn't..." The idea of it being gone for the duration of this spell is both a thrilling prospect and terrifying. It's been a constant companion, he might feel empty without it.
For a moment he's not sure he'd heard her right, "Was that just a threat, or is this whatever it is that you're making actually made out of someone's balls?"
Who the fuck had Scott just sent his way? And why was he turned on!?
"Why not both?" A threat and made from a testicle; not that she'd take both balls. Once she's content with her macrame skills, she speaks a little smidge of something magical and the stone shifts colour from murky grey, to a cloudy, pale blue.
"There. I'll need to rededicate it to you every couple days, but so long as it's touching skin, it should work." The thing looks quite simple as it rests in the palm of her hand. "Take it."
"Wouldn't be the first time I've lost one. Or both. So who was the poor unfortunate soul that gave you this ball?" Threats of injury never really did much to dissuade him, although that was when his powers were actually working.
He stares at the stone-turned necklace a moment before reaching out to take it and set it around his neck, waiting for the effects to take hold. When it starts, Wade can't help but gasp as the pain starts to lift. He's not going to acknowledge them, but tears do start to form in the corner of his eyes.
"A friend's ex." She might be telling the truth! Or not. Hard to tell, but either way, she's smiling and doing some sort of magical equivalent to checking his ~aura~ or whatever. Once she's satisfied that her magic isn't going to turn him into an ugly pile of semi-sentient goo, she moves on to check his pulse and breathing.
"I had some fun with him first. I may be a moral deviant, but I am not a fan of that sort of screaming during the act."
"Looks and wit. Aren't you the full package?" Well, the full package so long as he doesn't lose her transmuter's stone.
Brushing past his questions, she has one of her own: "Do you feel up to having something to eat or drink? Given your state, I don't suggest you try anything too exciting, but I can't be trusted to cook anything fancy. I can manage some tea and toast. I'll even cut it into shapes if you want."
[ Logan regrets making Wade come to the door as soon as he opens it. His grimace of mingled sympathy and concern darkens his expression, though the up-and-down he gives the other man is more in the realm of someone checking out a problem they've just realised is worse than they expected. ]
They can get me high even when my powers are workin'.
[ So pretty damn good, in other words.
Logan doesn't wait to be invited in and just steps around Wade, wandering into the space like he has the right to do it. He reaches into the bag he's carrying and pulls out the takeout milkshake, offering it to Wade. ]
Shit. You look even worse than usual. [ A Wolverine's brand of sympathy. ]
His hand takes the milkshake taking one sip first before heading in the direction of the kitchen. It's slow going but he gets there finally, gripping the chair with a white-knuckled fist and slowly lowering himself down. He's grateful that he's stuck the landing and not tumbled right over the chair instead. ]
[ He could probably help, could slip an arm around him and shoulder him along like a wounded comrade, but Logan doesn't know if Wade would appreciate that and doesn't like the risk. So he just follows him instead, keeping an eye on him nonetheless until he's sat down. Then he sets the bag of burgers onto the table in front of him and kicks out the chair opposite, dropping down into it without much preamble. ]
Yeah. Not how I planned on doin' things.
[ Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out the baggie and fishes out a joint, then goes hunting for his lighter. While he sparks up, he glances back over at Wade. ]
Dreamed about home, how they say you do here. Thought I was there for a year. [ Once it's lit, he takes a drag and passes the joint over to Wade. The smoke from it has a purplish tinge and smells like magic. ] Mutants colonised Mars. So there ya go. [ As if that proves something. ]
[He's accepted help from people, but it did feel strange in a way to accept it from Logan. It didn't fit with their whole vibe? Or something? Plus he did still want to be doing things himself. To prove that he could. To give the city the finger in that small way.]
Mutants on Mars? Sounds like one of those terrible B-movies from the fifties. [He takes another sip of his milkshake before setting it down to snatch the offered joint.] Writers might be out of ideas? Might be time for a reboot. Or maybe they could revisit X-Babies again? That was always fun.
[He sniffs it once then takes a deep hit. Or tries to. His lungs aren't precisely cooperative, sending him into a full-bodied coughing fit as he holds the joint away from himself so he doesn't cough all over it. Give him a second.]
[ Logan knows from personal experience how tough it can be to put that bit of pride away and to accept that your body is no longer in your control. So he doesn't leap forward to help when Wade starts hacking up a lung, just sits back and picks up his own milkshake.
Once Wade's finished, he makes a disagreeable noise around his straw. ]
Those little knockoffs are a pain in the ass. They can keep on makin' commercials for Mojo or whatever the hell they're up to. [ He leans forward to root round in the paper bag, pulling out a cheeseburger and unwrapping it. ] You have that where you come from? Mojo and his goddamn nonsense?
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