Raven

With all the time differences between Fandom and Glacia, not to mention time spent in other worlds, keeping track of just what day it was could just be asking for a headache. So Raven was very much surprised when one of the staff told her she had visitors, and even more surprised when she went outside and found the wagon and its occupants waiting for her, bearing birthday gifts.

Much later, after making certain that all her visitors had full stomachs and a place to spend the night, Raven retreated to one of the Estate's sitting rooms, Philia curled at her feet. She clutched some of her presents to her chest as she read and re-read the letters from the children. She wasn't crying. The sitting room was just dusty, that was all.

[Open for those in Glacia or text/phone calls, but it's late, so SP will be in effect!]

When the auditions seemed to be winding down, Raven went to Il Pollo to fetch some Italian take out. She dropped off Troy's portion with him, then headed upstairs with her and Jono's food to wait. She happily passed the time playing with Joni.

She hadn't brought his belongings yet; she was just going to just teleport back to her room to get it all when she was ready to surprise him. Of course she had no idea someone had spoiled the surprise, KARLA.

Raven had spent several days in the form of her namesake, mostly keeping out of Joni's reach (the one time she'd let her guard down had resulted in a pounce attack and feathers flying about the room) and munching on the berries and nuts Jono thoughtfully provided (though she had the strangest craving for roadkill, which she was not going to think too hard about later). But she was restless due to being confined inside. Flapping about the room just wasn't enough to really stretch her wings.

So she was going to take it out on Jono by constantly getting her beak and wings into whatever he was doing. Caw! Pay attention to her!


[ooc: Aaaaand heading into NWS territory, la.]

After returning to Fandom and having a good cry, Raven texted Jono, asking if he was busy and if she could come for a visit. When he let her know it was alright, she teleported to Xavier's school in his home dimension and waited outside the door to the mansion, sending him another message to let him know she'd arrived. After what her mother had said to her earlier that day, she didn't want to be alone.

One of these days she was going to be able to visit Jono without being ready to burst into tears, really.

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 had run into George earlier in the day and asked her if she could make use of the room George had shared with Jono twenty years ago, since everyone seemed to be staying in those same old arrangements now. George had agreed, particularly when Raven had offered the bribe of the fanciest hotel suite still available at the hotel.

The room was oddly much tidier than she remembered it. But she didn't put too much thought into that before stripping off her clothes (and folding them neatly on a chair to keep from messing up the room again) and slipping into Jono's bed, draping the sheet over half her body. And then she waited, trying to keep her anxiety in check. Sure, there were probably other -- and possibly better -- ways of getting his attention, including, oh, simply finding him and asking to talk, but she was going for sheer emotional impact here.


[For the blue ex-boyfriend what's made her blue. Posted early since I'll be tromping around DC again today.

ETA: Aaaaaaaaaaaand here comes the NSFWness. ;) ]

After work, Raven hurried back to her room to get ready for her date that evening with Jono. She wasn't sure what clothing would be proper to wear to concert, but really, where wasn't a black skirt and black blouse acceptable?

She tucked a change of clothes into a small bag, along with that package from 'Dite's, then ran a brush through her hair and checked her eyeliner for smudges as she waited.


[For the date in question, but you can catch Raven in her room before they leave. First thread is on island, second thread is off. Yes, we have date OCD. We already are well aware we are dorks, thank you very much. ETA: Off-island thread is about to head into NSFW territory. *coughs*]

Raven was still reeling from learning about Rook and how she had been born and her life with her Raven and Karla and Warren and then finding Elizabeth with "Uncle Max," trying to learn how to fight. Parenthood was already giving her anxiety attacks and headaches.

She also wanted to know more about Elizabeth's parents -- BLUE WTF? -- and she suspected Jono would, too, so she left a message for him to come up to her room when he was free.

"Elizabeth," she scolded gently. "The people here on the island are not the same as the ones you know. You may trust your Aunts Karla and Sookie -- and Warren and Bobby -- but not everyone is the same."

Elizabeth just sighed. "Yes, Mommy," she said.


[For the non-blue boyfriend!]

Probably to absolutely no one's surprise, Raven had amassed herself a small army of love monkeys, which were now snuggled up with her on her bed as she used her laptop to catch up on Rumor Gal episodes and gossip and speculation. Priorities, people. Priorities.

She wrinkled her nose at the comments on one blog post and glanced down at the love monkey that had claimed her lap. "I do very much prefer it when Charlie and Claire are together," she told it, "for I think they are truly meant for each other, but I do not understand how heated these 'shipping wars' get. It seems so unpleasant and unhealthy to invest so much anger and energy in the lives and relationships of fictional people."

The love monkey squeaked in agreement. Or maybe it was just asking for another hug. Or maybe it was secretly a Claire/David shipper and just didn't want to start an argument.


[Door and post are open. Beware of love monkeys!]
 

The moment her chakra had been restored to her and her mind and emotions became her own once more, Raven had been furious at being so used by Sebastian. She did not let the anger control her, however, but she had quickly removed the threat to her friends by pulling Sebastian and his followers and the demons into the netherverse, ejecting them into some random hell dimension. It was only fitting.

That taken care of, her next need was home. Away from this place. She wrapped her Soul-Self around her friends, healing them of any injuries they'd suffered to come find her here, and teleported them all back to Fandom. Darkness had just begun to fall as they appeared on the edge of the Preserve behind the dorms.

Except she wasn't sure this was home anymore. The anger and adrenaline faded as soon as they were all safe, now replaced by guilt and shame. Once again her friends had been harmed because of her. "I am sorry," she said quietly. The words weren't nearly enough to make up for what she'd done to them. ( Awkward and confused, she had no idea what to do now. )

[OOC: Preplayed with the wonderful blondecanary, furnaceface, glacial_witch, justwantsquiet, longislandiceme, not_a_parakeet, sith_happened, and weetuskenraider. This is for broadcast, but NFI, and OOC is always happy!]