The Roof, Monday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven found autumn fascinating. Azarath didn't have seasons; therefore the changing colors of the leaves was truly a new experience. So after class she headed up to her favorite spot on the roof and sat cross-legged in the sunlight, eyes closed as she sent her Soul-Self soaring over the Preserve. While her Soul-Self soaked in the reds and golds and oranges of the trees, she thought about Lady Ghanima's class and how she had said to spend the rest of the day contemplating being a better person. Her checklist was slightly different than the rituals they'd discussed that morning. Pay attention in class and please her teachers. Use her gifts to help any who needed healing. Stop occasionally wanting to kill Max, and heal the damage that was done in the other Fandom. Not become her father's servant and help him open gateways to other worlds so they could be conquered or laid waste.

Yeah, that last one was a big one.


[I am desperately trying NOT to fall asleep at work, so Raven is highly interruptable. :) ]

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[trigons_child]

"Perhaps not the best analogy," Raven conceded. "But do you not cough when you smoke? Or does your throat become sore at times?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I never noticed," Hayley said. "I only started these normal ones since I got here."

[trigons_child]

"Well, I cannot tell you what to do," Raven said, "but I can advise that it would be better for your health if you quit. It would distress me if you were to fall ill because of your habit."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I just wish I could get Nics here," Hayley said. "They're so much better, you know? They just make you feel good inside."

[trigons_child]

"They contain an additive to make you feel pleasure?" Raven asked, not sure she understood.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I dunno," Hayley said. "They're just great."

They were made from mutant Nazi tobacco, in actuality.

[trigons_child]

"Hayley, that does not sound right," Raven said. "Does it feel something like this when you smoke them?" She pushed a small wave of euphoria at the other girl.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley just sort of giggled and smiled.

"...Jeepers, what was that?"

[trigons_child]

"It is merely something I can do with my gifts," Raven said, feeling guilty all of a sudden. "I am sorry, I should not have done that without your permission."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"You can do that whenever you want," Hayley said. She'd enjoyed it, and that meant she wanted more. In many ways, beneath all the damaged layers, Hayley was quite simplistic.

[trigons_child]

"Is that how your Nics make you feel?" Raven asked, while her mun giggled.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hayley said. "Just like that."

[trigons_child]

"I do not think that is right," Raven said, concern furrowing her brow. "Perhaps they have added something to keep you even more addicted."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley frowned even more. "Nothing that good can be bad," she said.

[trigons_child]

"Too much of something that feels good can be bad," Raven said. "Like if you eat too much candy? And feel sick afterward? You do not feel compelled to do whatever it takes to get these Nics, do you?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I can't find 'em here," Hayley said. "I'd love to have 'em again."

[trigons_child]

"But you are not suffering without them?" Raven said, relieved. Withdrawal from such an addiction could be terrible.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"That's why I started smoking these," Hayley said, finally throwing her cigarette over the side of the roof.

[trigons_child]

"Promise me if you ever crave them so badly it hurts, you will come to me for help?" Raven said. "I can ease your suffering."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"And you'll... do that thing you do?" Hayley said.

[trigons_child]

"Yes," Raven said, nodding. She meant healing, of course.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I'll definitely stop by," Hayley said. "You're the best."