The Park, Saturday evening
Raven's brothers hadn't returned to torment her dreams the night before, but she had seen something, some strange image of the human Santa Claus, though his face had been skull-like instead of normal. Ordinarily she might have just brushed it off, but Fandom being Fandom, she knew better.
And on top of that, her shielding didn't seem to be working as well as it should, and the resulting emotional turmoil was both giving her a splitting headache and making her unable to think straight. The children seemed strangely unaffected, but the presence of other people nearby in the hotel was driving her almost mad. She asked Tilda to watch over the younger children for a short time while she went out to try to find some place to meditate and center herself and hopefully get her shielding back in working order.
As she approached the park, a feeling of dread scraped down her spine. She could feel them before she saw them. Her brothers, the other six of Trigon's Deadly Sins. Though she hoped it was just a dream again, she made an abrupt turn to go back the direction from which she'd come. But Wrath was there, blocking her path, and he grabbed her arm and flung her to the ground before she could evade him. The six of them quickly surrounded her.
"Hey, sis," Lust said. "It's okay. We're not here to hurt you. You know that. We're here because we're family, and you belong with us."
"You are not my family and I do not belong with you," Raven said, pushing herself up, bracing for an attack.
Envy snickered. "Told you we were going to have to do this the hard way," he said.
Then it was like the dream/memory again, with the six of them focusing their power on her, darkness crawling over her, seeking to claim her soul, and Raven screamed.
[For she who knows who she is to start, but open to anyone else who wants to play with Raven's stupid brothers. If you want a particular sin to target you, poke me on email or twitter!]
And on top of that, her shielding didn't seem to be working as well as it should, and the resulting emotional turmoil was both giving her a splitting headache and making her unable to think straight. The children seemed strangely unaffected, but the presence of other people nearby in the hotel was driving her almost mad. She asked Tilda to watch over the younger children for a short time while she went out to try to find some place to meditate and center herself and hopefully get her shielding back in working order.
As she approached the park, a feeling of dread scraped down her spine. She could feel them before she saw them. Her brothers, the other six of Trigon's Deadly Sins. Though she hoped it was just a dream again, she made an abrupt turn to go back the direction from which she'd come. But Wrath was there, blocking her path, and he grabbed her arm and flung her to the ground before she could evade him. The six of them quickly surrounded her.
"Hey, sis," Lust said. "It's okay. We're not here to hurt you. You know that. We're here because we're family, and you belong with us."
"You are not my family and I do not belong with you," Raven said, pushing herself up, bracing for an attack.
Envy snickered. "Told you we were going to have to do this the hard way," he said.
Then it was like the dream/memory again, with the six of them focusing their power on her, darkness crawling over her, seeking to claim her soul, and Raven screamed.
[For she who knows who she is to start, but open to anyone else who wants to play with Raven's stupid brothers. If you want a particular sin to target you, poke me on email or twitter!]