The Roof, Wednesday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

With the reserve meeting canceled, after her morning class Raven retreated to the roof to meditate. She was still on edge after what had happened last night. She'd kept enough control to not turn on her friends, but her demon side had been far too easily provoked by Karla's life being in danger.

And the lust. Awkward didn't begin to describe it. Meditation was desperately called for.

She sat cross-legged near the garden, eyes closed as she sank into a light trance. She was still aware enough of her surroundings that she'd hear if someone else came up on the roof. The sun was bright and it was almost 100°F out, but she was able to heal any damage the sun did to her skin immediately. Who needed sunscreen?

She was also wondering how she was going to explain all of this to Anakin tomorrow without mentioning the word "orgy."


[ooc: Open like an open roof!]

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[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy could have sworn Tara the guinea pig was trying to facepaw at her. This, sadly, wasn't going to deter her from asking more questions.

"Your 'look at me, I'm imitating a fire engine' routine right now? That sort of kills the 'merely,' you know," she pointed out. "I mean, hey. I'm not gonna judge or anything."

She did, however, look a little worried. "But, complicated situation. I get that."

[trigons_child]

Tara already knew about Raven's complicated feelings, so a facepaw was definitely not out of the question.

"I have no intention of meddling in Karla's relationship with Warren," Raven said. "What happened in Bon Temps was a mistake, it was wrong, and I will not allow such a thing to occur again."

[brat_inslayage]

Yeah, the last time Kennedy'd heard a girl say "it was a mistake" in a similar context it had sucked personally, and the tiny flare of residual ouch blossomed in her gut before she could remind herself Raven would pick up on it. Absently, out of some instinctive need to get past it, she reached out to scoop Tara up and just sort of... hug her for a little while. Tara seemed okay with that.

"When you went all..." Kennedy gestured vaguely at her face. "Before, I mean. Then you were okay again, after that. Must've been a hell of a kiss."

[trigons_child]

"Negative emotion brings that part of me out," Raven said softly. "Fear, hatred, rage...and I felt all those things when the maenad stabbed Karla. And I took even more from Emma. But positive emotion aids me in regaining control."

She didn't need to say what kind of positive emotion she'd been feeling, did she?

[brat_inslayage]

Really not, no.

"I'll remember that one," Kennedy remarked, more to say something than out of any deliberate intent to do so. "The place was pretty wacky with negative emotion at the time."

[trigons_child]

"The maenad was feeding upon the lusts she provoked in the townspeople," Raven nodded. "I had to take it all into myself to cut her off from her power source. That made her vulnerable to Emma and Karla."

She'd transformed before then, but it certainly hadn't helped.

[brat_inslayage]

"Wasn't asking for shop talk," Kennedy objected, although Tara the guinea pig seemed somewhat interested. "I mean, come on, less than fun experience and all? I need some space between me and the details, and by space I mean time."

[trigons_child]

"I apologize," Raven said quickly. "Yes. It was less than fun, as you say."

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy waved a hand. "It's no big, really. Just that stuff goes over my head." She was vaguely distracted by the thought that Karla and Raven would be kind of really cute together.

A moment of distraction ensued when Tara started nosing at her finger and Kennedy bopped that nose lightly before digging a treat out of her pocket for the guinea pig to nibble on. "You did good," Kennedy said finally. "Saved all our asses there."

[trigons_child]

"I could not have done it without the rest of you," Raven said. Particularly the maenad's violent end, which still made her shudder. "And I am glad Bobby was there to...cool me off."

[brat_inslayage]

Yeah. Kennedy wasn't bringing up Karla's flamboyantly bloody display, or it'd let on just how much it had grossed her out.

"Boy Scout's useful that way."

[trigons_child]

"I am worried about him and Sookie," Raven said, frowning a little. "I did not like the way the vampire acted as if he owned Sookie, but I am glad Bobby is with her at least."

[brat_inslayage]

"Yeah, how creeptastic was that?" Kennedy directed a glare at no one in particular. "This is me, totally not thrilled by it. If he tries anything with her, I'm portaling back there to stake him myself."

Oh, sure you were, Kennedy.

[trigons_child]

"If we do not hear from her that all is well, I will teleport you there myself," Raven said firmly. She knew Sookie trusted Eric, but still. Vampire.

[brat_inslayage]

Don't encourage her, Raven.

Because yeah. Vampire.

"I've kinda been watching my phone like crazy?"

[trigons_child]

"As have I," Raven said, nodding. "When do you think it is reasonable to worry? More, I mean."

[brat_inslayage]

"Give them until tomorrow night, then worry is excusable," Kennedy decided, more or less at random. "But you know? I kind of already am."

Tara, burrowing under her hand, seemed to agree.

[trigons_child]

"That is why I said worry more," Raven agreed. "I have felt anxious ever since we returned and left them in Louisiana."

[brat_inslayage]

"Because neither of them can ever take a trip home without coming back looking like a tenderized pound of filet mignon?" Kennedy concluded for her.

Kennedy. Not helping.

[trigons_child]

"The last time Sookie was injured it was because of the maenad, and she is not a threat now, at least," Raven fretted. "But I wish I knew more of this thing Eric needed done. Then perhaps I would worry more less."

[brat_inslayage]

"I am so not thrilled about him all 'I'm loaning you to a friend of mine!'" Kennedy bitched. "Like she's somebody's town car or something."

See, most people would go for the lawnmower analogy. That Kennedy opted for this one said something about her.

[trigons_child]

Town car, lawnmower, it was all the same to Raven. "Yes," she said fiercely. "She is a person, not an object to be passed around. His words displeased me greatly."

[brat_inslayage]

That was because Raven had never tried to get busy in the back seat of a town car and therefore wouldn't think of the fact that you couldn't do that with a lawnmower. (Well, maybe one of the riding mowers, but wow, uncomfortable.)

"He untied us and all that, but I'm not sure how much that balances out against the rest of it."

[trigons_child]

Raven could safely say that had never occurred to her, yes. God, Kennedy.

"I did not sense malice from him, at least," she said. "With other vampires, the hunger and cruelty have been overwhelming."

[brat_inslayage]

It wouldn't have occurred to her because she didn't have Kennedy's lack of inhibition about these things. God, Raven.

"Remind me never to let you visit my world, then," Kennedy remarked. "With the whole lack-of-a-soul issue you'd go a little nuts."

Also, even if Kennedy didn't know it, the last thing anybody needed was for Raven to meet Angel or Spike. God, Raven.