Dite's Decadent Delights, Wednesday morning/early afternoon

[trigons_child]

After her morning class, Raven headed into town to 'Dite's shop, hoping to find it all back to normal. Well, as "normal" as the store ever was. But she was dismayed to find it was still the same as it had been Monday night when she'd picked up Karla, and she could still sense the lingering storm of negative emotions. She took a hesitant step

Comments

Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

...about the last person Raven wanted to see walked in.

[Thread locked for those who know who they are.]

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

Max didn't really feel up to talking to Aphrodite, but he did feel the need to check in on the store. It wasn't the sort of environment that he felt was healthy for any of his students, not with 'Dite the way she was, and he wanted to make sure none of them were there.

Imagine his surprise when he found Raven. Dressed like that.

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven had been trying to concentrate on doing the inventory and looked up to see Max come in. So very much a person she didn't want to see.

"Professor Maximus," she stammered.

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

Max took a deep breath to buy a few seconds to shove the accusations 'Dite had made on Monday to the back of his mind. "Raven." Max did not sound pleased to find her here.

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven ducked her head, her cheeks reddening again. "Lady Aphrodite is..." she began to say, but saying she wasn't there was a lie, and she couldn't bring herself to do it. "She is...occupied."

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

"Yes. And you shouldn't be here." Because the one followed from the other, clearly.

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

"I work here," Raven said, showing off her mastery of stating the obvious. "I must be here."

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

"No," Max shook his head. "Not while Aphrodite is like this, you mustn't."

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

"I already missed work yesterday," Raven said. "I do not wish to disappoint her further."

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

"What about disappointing me?" Max asked, eyes narrowing. "Because I know you're smart enough to know that being here right now, like this, isn't a good idea."

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven took a step back without even realizing it. "Disappointing you was not a concern," she said without malice. It was simply a fact. "I am shielded. I am not in danger." For the moment at least.

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

"Not in any danger?" Max repeated. "You're wrong. Whatever happened to Aphrodite has made her dangerous. Extremely so."

Max rather pointedly looked Raven's new 'uniform' up and down. "Look at what you're wearing."

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven's cheeks turned even pinker as she flinched at the look and crossed her arms over her chest. "It is not dangerous," she said. "Merely...cold."

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

"Are you saying you wanted to wear it?" Max rather doubted it.

"You're wearing that, something you don't want to be, because she told you to. And when she tells you to do something else you're not comfortable with?"

Re: Later that afternoon

[trigons_child]

"It is not causing harm to me or anyone else," Raven protested. "If she were to wish me to do otherwise, that would be a different matter." Obeying her elders did have a limit.

Re: Later that afternoon

[furious_maximus]

"Not causing harm?" Max asked. "You can feel the emotions in this place. Are you seriously telling me that no harm is being done here?" Some of it voluntary, of course, but some of it...

Well.