The Estate, Sidra, Glacia, Wednesday Morning (Fandom Time)

[trigons_child]

Raven sat cross-legged in the center of her bed, idly stroking Philia as she went through a collection of her belongings, jewelry and photos and other assorted trinkets she'd piled before her. Some of the items felt so familiar, but not enough to pierce through to her conscious mind. She sighed in frustration, and Philia nosed her hand with a wuff of concern.

It was so vexing, not being able to remember anything. Her mind had been through a great trauma and needed time to heal, and that healing was best done naturally rather than hastened along with her own abilities or that of any other. She certainly felt an instinctive trust of Queen Karla, and she definitely hadn't sensed any ill-intent from her or Jaenelle, just concern -- and relief?

In the meantime, though...redecorating. The staff had given her strange looks when she'd asked for the curtains and bed coverings in her chambers to be replaced, but then seemed extremely eager enough to help out and get rid of all the dark and gloomy black lace and velvets. Honestly, she didn't now how someone could live in a room like that.

[Open for any in Glacia or phone calls/texts with a confused empath. ;) ]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

What with one thing (escaped criminals /mental patients) and another (two paying jobs and one vocation) Dinah hadn't talked to Raven in... a while? Too long, anyway.

*Riiiiing tone of Dinah!*

[trigons_child]

Raven jumped when the phone began to play Pink's "Cuz I Can." She'd been looking through the phone earlier at pictures trying to see if any of them would spark any memories, but she hadn't expected a call.

The name on the screen said "Dinah," and she picked up the phone and touched the answer button. "Hello?" she said tentatively.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Raven? Hey, how's it going?"

Dinah would be dancing to another Pink song at the moment, by complete coincidence (U and Ur Hand).

"How's life, how's Kayla, how's the job?"

[trigons_child]

Whoa, Dinah, slow down. But her voice did send a tingle of recognition through Raven.

"Is this Dinah?" she said. "I am sorry, but I am having problems with my memory at the moment."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

That brought her up short. "You what?" Dinah's voice softened. "What happened? Are you okay?"

[trigons_child]

"Oh, I feel fine!" Raven said brightly. "Karla said the ritual went well, and this should only be temporary."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hold on, back up, ritual?" Dinah turned down the music, and flopped onto the window seat. "Does this have anything to do with you being a little... intense, the last couple months?"

[trigons_child]

"Intense? I do not know. But Karla said that I have six brothers, and some of them were affecting my behavior somehow." The thought of which was disquieting, but she was glad it was apparently dealt with.

"Is that what you mean by intense?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Ohhhhh. And also, crap. Yes, you do have six, and ... they're jerks, sorry." Dinah sighed, and then muttered, "Well, yeah, I mean, you kept saying how much you wanted to have a baby right now the last time I saw you."

Which, not judging! But it did seem out of the blue.

[trigons_child]

She'd definitely picked up on her brothers not being good people, which was a shame.

"I have not even thought about having a child," Raven said. "At least, not that I can recall at the moment. But I do think little Kayla is adorable. She is such a beautiful baby, is she not?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"She is! I need to come visit again soon, I'm missing everything," Dinah lamented. She let out a breath, and regrouped. "So... how much do you remember about your life? Anything at all?"

[trigons_child]

"Not much," Raven admitted, letting a little unhappiness creep into her tone. "I wish that I did, but it is all very indistinct. I seem to remember feelings easier than specific memories."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"So do you want me to tell you things about the past?" Dinah asked, dubious. "Does Karla think you'll get your memory back soon?" At all?

[trigons_child]

"Certainly!" Raven said, cheerful again. "And, yes, I should. She and Lady Jaenelle have great skills with healing the mind. They would do so now, but I need time to recover from the trauma."

She was kind of glad she didn't remember the ritual itself now, actually.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Ohh, that's good," Dinah said in relief. "Well... uh, you're an awesome healer. You love animals. You've helped save my life." She was starting to smile more, and it probably came through in her voice. "You are hilariously affectionate when high or drunk, and we met when I followed your spirit-self into the woods where your were meditating."

[trigons_child]

"I must be a good healer if I am the Court Healer here in Glacia," Raven said proudly. "And -- oh! My Soul-Self? It is white now! It used to be black?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You are." And you're still proud of it. Heh. Dinah's eyebrows went up in surprise. "It was! It looked like a big shadow-bird. So, does this mean your demon-self is .. healed? Gone?"

[trigons_child]

"Demon?" Raven almost dropped the phone. "I was possessed by a demon?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Uh. Nooooo." Well, crap, Karla. If you didn't explain all of everything to Raven... "Your, uh. Dad was one. He's gone now though! So. No worries there. Maybe I just said that wrong..."

[trigons_child]

"Oh," Raven said, trying to digest all this. She knew something had been very wrong with her, and these brothers of hers were doing bad things, but she hadn't learned the full extent yet.

"Well, I hope everything is well now," she said. "Karla and Jaenelle think I am all right." Just a little lost at the moment.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"They would know," Dinah said reassuringly. "They're the best at this. I haven't ever met your brothers, just heard about them. I'm not a fan, though." She sighed softly, then said, "You're actually originally from a world kind of like mine... you spent a year here, studying things like psychology and alternative healing."

[trigons_child]

"I fear I am not a fan, either, from what Karla has told me," Raven admitted.

Dinah's following words really got her attention. "You are from a place like Azarath?" she said, misunderstanding. "Are you a healer as well?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. "Sorry, I said that wrong again. Our lives are complicated, but no. Your mom was from a place with a Gotham City, like mine. Um. It's not much like Glacia-- I don't know how much you've seen of it. Or Azarath." She bit her lip. "It's a huge city, you found it stressful, sometimes, I know. And I'm an investigator here."

[heromaniac]

Momoko fretted and frumped and finally gave in and called Raven.

[trigons_child]

Oh! Another phone call! Raven was very excited by this today.

"Hello?" she said, answering.

[heromaniac]

Momoko waited an extra moment... usually Raven would actually add Momoko's name and ask how she was!

Okay, totally clutching the phone in both hands now. "Raven? This is Momoko Akatsutsumi. Do... do you remember me?"

Momoko was totally being strong and not wibbling. Yes.

[trigons_child]

"Your name is on my phone, so I must know you, but unfortunately I must confess I do not clearly remember you," Raven admitted. "I am so sorry."

[heromaniac]

"!!!!!!" Momoko's heartbreak was palpable, but she hoped it didn't translate through the phone. Healing people didn't need to be upset!

"We're best friends... we went to school together! Karla said you might have forgotten, but..." but Momoko hadn't believed it! Raven forget her FRIENDS?! "But it should only be temporary. "

...

"Not even a little? I have red hair and like to eat cakes and give hugs?"

[trigons_child]

Raven tried to clear her mind and focus on the name. Remembrance seemed to dance right at the edge of her thoughts, but she couldn't quite grasp it.

"Something about your name makes me feel...warm," she said. "And there are many pictures on my phone of a young woman with red hair who smiles a lot, so I believe that must be you."

[heromaniac]

"That's totally me! Unless they're embarrassing, and then I totally don't know who that person is and I will totally pinch whoever gave those ones to you."

Momoko's smile was huge. RAVEN REMEMBERED HER!

Well, sort of.

"How are you feeling? Other than not remembering, I mean. Karla said you guys did some kind of ritual. It must have been super important if you guys had to work together and you still got hit with ricochet. Ah! Are you okay with Philia, or should I come take her for a few days?"

Oh.

"Philia is your dog, by the way."