Raven

The first thing Raven did upon waking in a strange room was check the door. It wasn't locked, and led into an unfamiliar hallway, but at least she wasn't entirely trapped. She didn't know how she'd ended up here, but she was determined to find out.

A search of the room revealed several strange things (and a startling lack of clothing options -- the closet contained little more than variations on black dresses, black skirts, and black shirts). She had no idea what the laptop could possibly be, but fiddling with the small, flat, black rectangle with the glass screen revealed a button that made its face light up with the date and time, as well as a puzzle piece with a lock upon it. She touched the image and it moved, so she slid it into the place it seemed to belong. This made the object show her many more options, including "camera," "mail," "phone," and "messaging."

Curious, she touched the messaging icon. Now she could see names and words appear. The last seemed be be from someone named "Kennedy" (not the president, however, since the picture was of a girl), and included the words "God, Raven!" So whomever owned this was named Raven as well?

She fiddled with the object for awhile longer, amazed by the technology, though not understanding most of it. What was this "Amazon Kindle"? "Google Sky"? She figured out how to make the screen change by swiping her finger across it and discovered pictures on the screen as well, all of people she didn't recognize. There was one dark-haired girl, however, that she was beginning to suspect was this other Raven, since she was generally wearing all black.

Deciding to go exploring, she shifted out of her true appearance before moving out into the hall. She wasn't going to endanger herself, not knowing where she was or how she got there or where Erik was.


[Raven is Raven from X-Men: First Class because how could I not?]

Tension and unease kept Raven awake in Glacia; though she managed to quell her fears that Karla or Warren would try to kill her, since she hoped in their hearts they could recognize she was not the same as her future self in this world, she was still afraid one of Karla's court might take it upon him or herself to rid their Queen of the potential threat. She stayed to her room and watched the skies outside her window, waiting for signs of dawn, heralding what she prayed was a return to Fandom, but she was so drained that she finally fell into a troubled sleep in the early hours of the morning.

While she slept, Fandom pulled her back home, and as consciousness gradually returned, she realized she was right where she'd gone to sleep Friday night, in Jono's hotel room. Her initial surge of relief to be back was quickly chased away by the memories of that awful place, and she rolled on to her side, pressing her face into a pillow to try to muffle her tears.

( Snipped for preplay. )

[Preplayed with the wonderful furnaceface and coded using whateverknight's spiffy coder.]
 

Raven teleported them back to Glacia, not the Keep -- she didn't relish another run-in with Jaenelle. The skies of the netherverse were tossed with storms, and once they appeared in Karla's room, the ragged shreds of Raven's soul rushed back into her body, and she dropped to her knees, spent.

( Two Karlas, a Warren, a Dinah, a Raven, and an improbable child walk into a bar.... )


[NFI, NFB, OOC is always love. Preplayed with glacial_witch, blondecanary, and not_a_parakeet, and coded using whateverknight's spiffy coder. Follows this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and *pants* this. AUs is srs bzns. This is what happens when you let Nu play with your canon.]
 

Once Karla had vanished and Dinah taken Rook and run, Raven did her best to prevent her future self from pursuing them. She couldn't stop all of the minions, but she could keep the deadliest threat occupied while Dinah got Rook to safety and Karla sought out her own future self and Warren.

Their Soul-Selves still clashed overhead, neither gaining the upper hand over the other. "You can't stop me," the older Raven said as she lashed out with a jolt of pain. "No one can. I will destroy the child, and you all will be mine."

( Raven versus Raven, Round One, FIGHT. )


[NFI, NFB, OOC is always love. Preplayed with glacial_witch and blondecanary, coded using whateverknight's spiffy coder. Warning for violence, megalomania, the occasional comic book villain monologue, and cliffhangers. Follows this, this, this, and this, happening concurrently with this and this. This is what happens when you let Nu play with your canon.]