"Capes where I'm from have secret civilian identities. My classmates don't know I'm Lorica. My dad is also a cape and it's known that his cape identity is Lorica's dad, but that isn't typical, so that cuts down on family drama being particularly concentrated in capes."

"Oh yeah. We do have secret identities, and most people are pretty good at upholding them. But, like, there's a lot of heroes with villain parents, and a lot of villains with hero parents - though possibly the type of people who use their powers to punch each other in the face just have way more drama than people who decide to be, like, an accountant who sometimes goes flying on the weekend."

"Accountants who fly on the weekend are really rare on Bet. And capeyness runs in families but I think usually people wind up on the same side of that line - or the relationship's not public."

"Most people don't have useful powers, especially not for combat, and most people try to keep their powers on the down low - discrimination against mutants especially can get really bad, though that fluctuates a lot. You're also generally not supposed to be a hero or villain while raising kids, so a lot of people doing those actively aren't good parents in the first place..."

"...huh. I think literally every cape power has combat applications.

My dad triggered after I was born for whatever that's worth."

"Sounds like it's pretty different in your world? Here the risk of someone going after your family'd be too big, and you'd be coming home injured a lot, but, like, I could envision a world where that all happens less, and it's more like being a firefighter or something"

"No, capes get injured all the time. The secret identity thing is surprisingly robust though."

"It isn't very robust here. Scarlet Witch's name was public knowledge by like the year two thousand I think? And a lot of mutants have trouble keeping their powers secret, especially kids. Though there's a few edge cases - Captain America still has a secret identity, and he dates back to World War Two."

"I guess having a lot of kids with powers makes it harder. Capes can be kids but rarely younger than teenage."

"I think mutant powers are more likely to manifest in your teens? But it happens to under-tens enough to be notable."

"Something real bad has to happen to trigger an elementary schooler."

"We pretty much just get them usually. Some stuff's helped along by adrenaline, but, like, I've pretty much always been faster, more agile, and stronger than my classmates, and the gap just got wider as I aged."

"Sounds nice."

"Isn't always pleasant, but I'd imagine it's better than PTSD powers, yeah."

"We cope. Or don't as the case may be."

"Yeah. Lots of suck to go around in both worlds, sounds like."

"Mm."

She finishes her granola bar.

"'Bout ready to go?"

"All set."

"And Magneto's got us clear."

Everyone else seems ready, so Wiccan tells people to gather around her, then starts chanting about where she wants to go.

The teleportation's still a bit disorienting.

It's roughly the same time of day, here, a forested hill with a view of a castle on a larger hill, an old town sprawling around it, transitioning into more modern buildings at the edges.

"We're gonna need to be careful about civilians, but me and Loki's scrying thought that at least the trail should be around here."

"Suit sensors should hear people coming a ways off."

"Yeah. And Loki can make us harder to see. We'll need to stick together for that - it's kind of a chameleon area thing, won't hold up against bumping into people, and breaks when I teleport us."

"Okay." She huddles in.

And Loki mumbles. It creates a small visual distortion - "This isn't really effective against fast movement either, but it's the best I've got for groups."

"Right now - the name 'Cecelia Maximoff' or 'Scarlet Witch' would be stupidly convenient if someone said in our hearing, but, hey, sometimes we get lucky. I also know what she looks and sounds like, and have a feel for her magical signature, so our best bet might just be a grid search until we do get lucky. I'm assuming Doom's not intentionally hiding her, because he's usually somewhere between not dumb enough to give asylum to someone on everyone's shit list and dumb enough to actually try to openly use her as a weapon, which should make this easier on us."