New Gotham, Robinson Park - Friday evening

[blondecanary]

After a Thanksgiving spent with her entire family-- none of whom had gone missing yet-- Dinah had needed time to process the disappearances, trying to separate out the feelings, trying to remember what happened. She finally had to give up on 'investigative' mode and just sit and think, on top of the Gotham Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mourn a

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[trigons_child]

Ring ring. Empath calling.

She was worried about her friends and needed to check in on them.

[blondecanary]

Dinah was on top of another skyscraper now. Looking down to where Gibson's bar, No Man's Land... used to be. She checked the Caller ID, and sat down, legs dangling off the roof. "Hey, Raven. How are you?" Said with more worry than usual.

[trigons_child]

"I am...not entirely myself," Raven said. She wasn't going to lie and say she was fine, not this time.

"But I am safe enough for now. I am more concerned about my friends. How are you?"

[blondecanary]

Grieving. Scared. Frustrated. "I'm in one piece, and no one in my immediate family has gone missing," Dinah said slowly. "But pieces of New Gotham are starting to go missing. Barbara's trying to get us tickets to Fandom as soon as possible." She bit her lip. "How about you, hon? And what do you mean, you're not yourself?"

[trigons_child]

"I am in no physical danger," Raven said hastily to reassure her. She was weak and tired, yes, but she didn't sense any immediate danger. "But whatever is affecting the multiverse is also affecting my Soul-Self."

[blondecanary]

"Oh crap," Dinah breathed, rubbing her eyes. "Can you-- good grief. Can you anchor it somehow? Anchor yourself? I don't want to..." Lose you too!

[trigons_child]

"My Soul-Self exists in all dimensions," Raven said. "As long as one still stands, I will still retain part of it. But as each world vanishes, it takes a part of me with it."

She paused a moment, closing her eyes against the memory. "Azarath is gone," she said quietly. "Whatever is happening...it is consuming the netherverse as well."

[blondecanary]

"Ohhh, Raven." God. A lot of Raven's memories of that place weren't good, but it was the only home she'd had before Fandom, the only remnant of the people who'd died to save universes from Trigon. And now it wanted Raven too? "You're scaring me," she said, trying to keep her voice calm. "I want you to stay safe. You shouldn't go anywhere-- you're not, right? Please say you're staying in Fandom."

[trigons_child]

"I have been limiting myself," Raven promised. "And I have no current plans to travel elsewhere, though I will go where I am needed to bring someone back to Fandom."

Hint, hint, Dinah.

[blondecanary]

Hint received. Torn feelings, activated. "We're ordering tickets. My family, I mean. We're on stand-by... there's no rush yet." For herself, the risk was too big. But for the people she cared about, that was another thing. "If it looks bad, I promise I'll..." What? Ask Raven to risk her life, to save her family's? Dinah put her head in her hands. "Do something."

[trigons_child]

"I understand," Raven said softly. "I would not be able to leave those I care about myself. If I knew how to find my mother, I would...."

She shook her head. "I hope you are able to find your way here soon," she said. "I will be relieved that you are safe."

[blondecanary]

Not for the first time, Dinah cursed Arella's cowardice, then put the feeling aside. "Me too. At least we have some idea what's happening now? Sort of?... and Fandom is still safe." As long as it was still standing, action could be taken from there. "Are your shields holding up, while everyone's upset? You're not overdoing it?"

[trigons_child]

"Fandom indeed seems safe for now, and each day more people are arriving. We have already begun to attempt to deduce what the problem is." Raven did her best to sound confident.

"My shields are...adequate. My emotional state was already less than perfect before this all began, but I am doing my best to keep myself calm and centered. I am much more concerned about people who are not here."

[blondecanary]

"Yeah, I get that." Dinah thought of Dean and Warren; Jak and Priestly. "Rest in the meditation room on the Sixth Floor if you need it, though. I don't think this thing will get fixed quickly... it took weeks to develop, it'll probably be weeks before it's resolved."

[trigons_child]

"I hope it is not that long," Raven said. "I have faith that we will find the solution, as we have always done."

This time, though, it seemed what threatened Fandom was bigger and more worrisome.

[blondecanary]

"Me too." If it would be in time to save everyone else, though... it was already too late for Priestly. Reversing it-- some things couldn't be undone. Dinah shook her head, trying to banish the negative thinking. "You'll keep an eye on Karla too? Make sure she doesn't overdo it? You know how she gets."