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trigons_child

Room 509, Monday evening

Jan 31, 2011 20:29

After going into town and meeting with Tara and Dolf and then visiting Jono, Raven retreated back to her room. She was glad she didn't have classes until Tuesday, and she wasn't even sure then she could bring herself to go. She needed to see her friends, but the thought of going out in public terrified her.

So for now, she hid.

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where: room 509, who: karla, who: tahiri

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glacial_witch February 1 2011, 04:23:53 UTC

It was late by the time Karla realized that it was Monday night and she hadn't seen Raven pretty much at all since they'd rescued her. As much as she would like to stay in her room all day and hide (especially after stumbling over Hinata's note), she couldn't just abandon Raven right now.

Mother Night. Coming back from the dead was hard enough. Coming back from the dead to a campus that had already had your memorial was probably a million times harder. Coming back to friends that had seen what they had and done what they'd done...

Yeah. Karla might have been failing at girlfriend right then, but she could at least manage a passing grade Basic Friendship 101.

"Kiss kiss," she murmured, tapping lightly on Raven's door. She didn't want to be too loud in case Raven had somehow fallen asleep.

trigons_child February 1 2011, 04:30:09 UTC

She hadn't. She'd barely slept or eaten since her return, which she knew was foolish, but she'd had too much on her mind to try to take good care of herself. She'd probably get yelled at for it later.

"Please come in, Karla," she said. "I am awake."

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 04:44:09 UTC

Or, you know, sooner than that. She was besties with a bossy Healer. Funny how that worked.

"You look awful," Karla said, coming inside and wrapping Raven in a giant hug. "You need to rest."

Because Karla looked all that much better, really.

trigons_child February 1 2011, 04:45:54 UTC

"What is wrong?" Raven said, hugging her back. She patted Karla's hair, wanting to take away her pain. "Please tell me. I could sense something was wrong earlier but I did not want to want to bother you...."

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 04:58:18 UTC

"None of that," Karla said, though she did squeeze Raven extra-hard for a moment. "You have enough on your plate..."

Though was it really fair for Karla to ignore her own problems right now in exchange for focusing on Raven's? Especially if Raven was trying to do the same?

"How's this," she said, instead. "You get changed into your nightgown while I make you some tea, and then I'll brush your hair for a bit. And while we do that, I'll answer one of your questions for everyone of mine you answer. Fair?"

Then they could both avoid!

trigons_child February 1 2011, 05:02:49 UTC

"That seems fair," Raven had to agree. Hopefully Karla wouldn't ask her any hard questions, though.

She drew away from Karla and picked up the nightgown that was neatly folded at the end of her bed, then turned her back for some modesty as she slipped out of her skirt and top and bra and pulled the nightgown over her head. The clothing she'd shed was of course placed neatly in a basket to be washed later.

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 05:20:44 UTC

Karla busied herself with the tea things, calling in a pot, some water, and her chamomile blend--the kind that helped prevent nightmares, since she was fairly certain those were plaguing Raven's dreams as often as everyone else's. She wasn't looking, exactly, but she couldn't help noticing something out of the corner of her eye, either.

"Raven," she asked, puzzled. "Where's your tattoo?"

trigons_child February 1 2011, 05:26:06 UTC

Raven glanced down her bare back, frowning. She hadn't exactly inspected herself in a mirror yet. "It is gone," she said. "This body -- it is all new again. Untouched."

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 05:38:18 UTC

"That explains the virgin comment," Karla muttered, turning back to the tea. A tongue of witchfire was heating the water nicely, and Craft stirred the water a bit to aerate it or something, look it's a detail that always gets mentioned, idk. She wanted to ask how exactly it had happened, but figured that probably counted towards one of her questions later. "Are you going to get another?"

trigons_child February 1 2011, 05:41:27 UTC

Resurrections and virginity restoration seemed to go hand in hand.

"I do not know," she said, voice slightly muffled as the nightgown went over her head and she tugged it down. "I will have to think about it."

She sat down on the edge of the bed. "How are you?" she asked quietly.

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 06:06:39 UTC

Karla poured the boiling water over the tea strainers and let them steep, grabbing for Raven brush and sitting next to her on the bed. "Turn," she said, then flushed, thinking of the last time she'd given her that command.

Still. That one night had been so magical, so peaceful. Hard to believe that it could fall to far to where they were now.

Hard to believe Raven had been suffering, even then.

But those thoughts were even less helpful now, so she turned to brushing instead. "Better than I was Saturday night," she answered quietly. "Still not great. I spent most of the day in hiding. Didn't even go to the shop. 'Dite's not on the island now, so I figured it wouldn't hurt."

trigons_child February 1 2011, 06:11:39 UTC

Raven obeyed, shifting to sit with her back to Karla. "Does she know then?" she asked softly. That she'd been dead, that she was back, take your pick. "I should speak to her."

Her list was growing longer. She'd to Tara, but not Kennedy or Emma. Or Max. Oh, so not looking forward to that one.

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 06:20:15 UTC

"She knows you were dead," Karla said quietly. She floated Raven a mug, not wanting to interrupt the steady motions of the brush. "She left before I could tell her more. But a lot of people know you died. There was a memorial and everything."

trigons_child February 1 2011, 06:23:50 UTC

"A memorial?" Raven repeated. She felt touched yet uncomfortable at the same time for causing so much sorrow. "What did you tell people? Do they know what I did to you?

glacial_witch February 1 2011, 17:28:32 UTC

"You were dead, Raven," Karla reminded gently. "We couldn't just ignore that, not with everyone who cares about you. Too many people on the island needed to know that you weren't coming back--" except how she had "--to just ignore it or pretend it didn't happen."

This was really going to mess with Juliet's understanding of death. Then again, so was being a Skywalker...

"We were all kind of...vague," she added. "No reason to get into everything. Your father took you, we fought to get you back, you died in the struggle. Most people didn't ask much to begin with. I think everyone could tell we were a little...shell-shocked. What happened after you died? Do you remember?"

trigons_child February 1 2011, 17:38:04 UTC

Raven shivered and rubbed her arms to try to make the feeling go away. "My father ripped my soul from my body," she said, closing her eyes. She'd thrust Karla and Arella out of her mind just before that happened, sparing them the sight of that, at least. Pain. Cold. Screaming. "He replaced it with his essence. But Azar's rings caught my spirit and held it there. And when my body died, my soul, and all of Azarath, were able to enter the empty shell to use it to destroy Trigon."

She shrugged a little. "It is hard to make sense of what happened after that. It was...bright. Warm. All my pain was gone. I did not know what had happened to me or what I should do, but someone came to me to help me. Didi...Lady Death."

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