Room 509, Thursday evening

[trigons_child]

Raven had the spell ingredients that Tara had prepared for her, as well as the instructions on how to use them, set out in front of her on her bed. The spell didn't seem difficult to perform, but she wanted to make certain she understood each step before attempting it. The last thing she wanted was to do something wrong and end up attracting vampires instead of warding them out. Between Max and Sebastian, she was drawing them to her enough on her own, thank you very much. Hopefully the cross Tara had given her would help as well.

Talking to Anakin that morning had her questioning what had happened to her on Monday night, but she remained absolutely certain what had happened. Max had assaulted her and used her powers against her again, just like in the other Fandom.

Sighing, she pushed the spell components aside and tried to calm and center herself. Tahiri needed her help soon, and she didn't want to be distracted by her own Issues.

She just hoped she wouldn't discover any more of her teachers were secretly vampires like Professor Chevalier.


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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

After an interesting evening in Baltimore, Dinah had decided to stop in and see Raven. Karla had explained what happened to her yesterday, and Dinah wanted to be sure the other girl was really okay.

She knocked on the door and called, "Raven? It's me."

[trigons_child]

"Come in, Dinah," Raven called out. "The door is open."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Dinah said, gently, as she came in an shut the door behind her. "How're you doing?"

[trigons_child]

Raven studied Dinah for a moment. "You have been told?" she asked, sensing this wasn't just a random social visit.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Karla came by yesterday. Gave me the basics of what happened." She studied Raven, and said, "So how are you dealing?" Mostly she looked okay, but Dinah knew how good Raven was at tying herself into knots.

[trigons_child]

"I am scared," Raven admitted quietly. She gestured to the spell components on the bed. "I am trying to ward my room to make certain no vampire can get in so I will feel comfortable enough to rest."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"That's good, that you're doing something. I'm sorry you're scared, though." Dinah looked at the spell components, and then reached out for Raven's hand, trying to send as much confidence and surety as she could. "You'll be safe here. Vampires need an invitation to get in, remember? At least, the ones we met before did. Even there, the dorm was safe."

[wantstodirect]

Tony wanted to see how Raven was doing and separate rumor from fact, so he stopped by and knocked on the door. "Raven? It's Tony."

[trigons_child]

Raven got up and padded over to the door. "Hello, Tony," she said as she opened the door.

[wantstodirect]

"I heard you were attacked. You doing okay?" he asked.

[trigons_child]

"The bite was healed," Raven said, touching the side of her neck where only faint red marks remained. "I am all right now." She pulled the door open wider. "You may come in, if you wish."

[wantstodirect]

Tony stepped inside. "I didn't mean to intrude. I just know a little about vampires. Are you sure it was a vampire?"

[trigons_child]

Raven moved back to her bed and sat down on its edge. "I am certain," she said. "I remember the vampires of the other Fandom, and...his face changed like theirs did, and he had fangs, and he bit me and drank my blood." She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to force back the memory.

[likethegun]

Pacing around his room waiting for calls from Isabel wasn't getting Sam anywhere, and that was when he remembered that there was something else around here to investigate. Heading upstairs, he went to Raven's room and knocked on the door.

[trigons_child]

"Hello, Sam," Raven said, smiling at him when she opened the door.

[likethegun]

"Hey Raven," Sam said, trying to discreetly check her out. "How are you feeling? It's been sounding like you've had a pretty terrible week."

[trigons_child]

Andy might have something to say about Sam checking Raven out!

"I am feeling much better now," she said, gesturing for Sam to come inside if he wished. "I wish you and Andy had not found out the way you did, however."

[likethegun]

Not dirty checking omg!

"I wish we hadn't had anything to find out," Sam said as he came inside. "I'm glad you're feeling better though. If you don't mind me asking, was it really a vampire that attacked you?"

[trigons_child]

"I am certain of it," Raven said. "He bit my neck, and he drank my blood. What other manner of creature would do that?"

[glacial_queen]

After a long shower and a giant second dinner, Karla felt enough herself to brave the next confrontation she had scheduled tonight. Taking a deep breath, she knocked on Raven's door. "Raven? It's me, Karla. Can I--" she paused, realizing that her habit of asking permission to enter might look...not so great, with Raven as nervous about vampires as she was. "I'm going to come in now."

[trigons_child]

"It is all right, Karla," Raven said, moving to the door to open it herself. "I trust you."

[glacial_queen]

"I'm really glad to hear you say that," Karla said, coming into her room. "Because I have a question for you."

She'd been planning on making some small talk, maybe easing Raven into the idea, but Karla had never been good at beating around the bush.

"Professor Skywalker and I were talking today," she said slowly, looking for a place to sit. "And we have an...idea." Or she had and he agreed, but whatever. "We'd like to see your memory of that night."

[trigons_child]

There was either the chair at Raven's desk or the bed. Raven had taken to the latter, folding her legs and leaning against the wall. "My memory?" she said. "Like what you did with Tahiri? Why do you wish to see that? It is not pleasant at all, and I do not wish to relive it." Anymore than she had every day since.

[glacial_queen]

"It's not a matter of want," Karla said, also sitting on the bed and reaching for Raven's hands. "Neither of us want to see it--and we definitely don't want to put you through it again. But we have to understand what happened. Completely. Professor Skywalker and I talked about a lot of options for what's going to happen and the idea of a Fandom trial was mentioned and..." She shook her head. "We figure this is the quickest, cleanest way to make sure everyone knows what happened."

Karla was skating a thin line here--every word she said was the truth, if not exactly honest. She felt wretched, but she also didn't want Raven to think they didn't believe her.

[trigons_child]

"I...think I understand," Raven said slowly. "It is my word against his now, and if others saw what happened...." She tensed, squeezing Karla's hands. "There is no other way?"