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[ragingbeauty]

[After finally being free of the stupid trials Big Boss put her and the others through, Raven spent a while sitting alone in her room... thinking. Her mind was so scrambled from the week, she didn't even think to call John and tell him where she was. She had a goddamn bird land on her at one point, she wasn't going to forget that any time soon.

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[alicehazel]

[Despite the dislike Raven had for psychics at current as well as Alice's usually "stellar" record with using her psychic powers to avoid tribulations... even the best ones "eff-up" now and then. She was no different. Having walked out on Tanya's line of heavy inquiry on her recent ties to Donald/SIGINT, Alice was headed down the hallway, preening her doll's hair quietly as she strolled toward the lobby - and eventually her room on the third floor.
That is until she spotted Raven's loud yelling ahead.]

...Is that really necessary?

[ragingbeauty]

[Raven turns to approach Alice.]

Show me your rage!

[alicehazel]

[...after dealing with the aforementioned heckling by her close friend, having a deranged woman yelling at her wasn't a good follow-up. So she attempted to psyche her into calmness.]

"Top grade silk does a body good... Sleep tight tonight like you always should!"

[ragingbeauty]

[She just grabs Alice and clings to her. She had to make the ravens go away!]

[alicehazel]

[Alice flinches... breaking the psychic trance momentarily as she's held. As Alice attempted to regain the trance, the mental images of preying black ravens swirled above, cawing feverishly.
While most would've saw it as a rather overly embracing hug; she slowly felt exasperated and exhausted... literally slumping against Raven as she tried to uphold consciousness.]

...stop... wha... what are you doing?
What... birds... move away...

[Her right hand attempted to arise to swat away the imaginary pests.]

[ragingbeauty]

[Raven begins to sigh into Alice's shoulder, clinging to her even tighter.]

[alicehazel]

. . .

[It wasn't enough. Well, her psychic talents versus physical strength, that is. Alice succumbed to the stamina draining female soldier; losing consciousness completely to her whims... left as an unmoving slender figure against her own. Whether or not the ravens truly were shooed away was another story - Raven's traumatic experience apparently was so great that it literally became an apparition in her own thoughts!]

[ragingbeauty]

[She falls with Alice as she loses consciousness, intent on draining away every last bit of her life...]

Rage... RAGE!

[alicehazel]

[Slipping to a 'pile' on the floor, she released her hold upon the doll in hand. While the faint fuchsia aura of her psychic power was faded to a dull hue, Alice remained motionless. The one time she goes wandering the halls late at night...]

[ragingbeauty]

[Raven lies on top of Alice, occasionally stroking her hair. The cries of the ravens become less frequent. She can see a way out of the cage... she only has to hold on to Alice a little longer...]

[alicehazel]

"Top grade silk does a body good... Sleep tight tonight like you always should!"

[The echoed lullaby seemed to repeat, a result of the touched closeness of the woman above her. It was a soft aura that would seep into the thoughts of the aggressor - willingly or not. That telepathic gift oddly remained active, even at basal function level. And yet the ravens, while still cawing loudly, seemed to fade with each passing moment. Maybe it was the mentally spoken music jingle of that commercial that soothed the beast!]

[ragingbeauty]

[She half wonders why she's thinking of silk now. But if she thought too much, the ravens would come back...]