week 1 - post-mm reveal.

[raventhaw]

[ well that sure was a whole load of bullshit that happened back there. raven hates, more than anything, being a pawn of someone else's master plan. she knows what it's like, and she thought she'd broken free from those chains -- turns out she was wrong.

and the chains these people have are sturdy. strong. and yet, raven refuses to die in this place, especially now that she knows the stakes involved here.

raven's especially on-edge after the mastermind meeting is over. sorry, shiro. ]

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[galrarm]

[ Maybe, in another situation, he'd laugh it off and make a joke. Of course not, have you seen some of the people who're here with us? But he doesn't, because that's not what the situation needs. And his heart feels far too heavy to make light of this.

So. ]

Of course not. Expecting everyone to magically get along isn't just unrealistic. But being at each other's throats and laying the hostility on thick--that won't help this hell we're in.

You can survive... and still reach your hand out to someone. I know that more than well enough.

[raventhaw]

[ at that...

raven grits her teeth again, snarls a little before she turns away. she can't look at him when she's at her weakest. she ducks her head, hands balled into fists at her sides.

she shakes her head. ]

Extending a hand has never done me any favors. I didn't need it back then. I don't need it now.

[galrarm]

[ For a long few moments, he says nothing. Mostly, he's stuck in his head; if-- if he hadn't met Keith that day... if he hadn't gone to bail him out of the detention center, if he hadn't reached out to a kid who trusted no one, who was angry at the world and closed himself off...

Would Keith have ended up like Raven?

He shakes that thought off. Pushes it far, far down, because if he thinks of Keith or anyone right now, when he's so vulnerable and raw, Shiro isn't sure he'll be able to keep it together. ]

That's up to you. I won't force it.

Just know that the offer's on the table indefinitely.

[raventhaw]

[ in that moment when shiro says nothing, raven's mind wanders, too. she starts to reflect. everything she's done, she's told herself, was for her tribe and the safety of her people. she refuses to believe otherwise; and yet, where has that gotten her?

here, where she's the only one left. ironic, isn't it. even with salem and her faction gone, raven feels more afraid and alone than ever.

kindness, selfishness -- none of it matters, does it? she doesn't trust the lady or rembrandt to bring anything back. and with everyone gone...

all she has left are her instincts. all she has left is the subconscious drive to keep on doing what she's always done, even if it hurts people in the process.

the only thing shiro hears before raven walks away is a quiet, heavy sigh. ]