geniuswithasmartphone: (Disgruntled)
geniuswithasmartphone ([personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone) wrote2017-12-16 01:34 pm

75 Godiva Street, Saturday Afternoon

So, everything was terrible again. Hardison was pretty sure that Tony and his TA were evil, Eliot had brought home a version of Kathy that needed babysitting a lot more than she needed to be out heroing, there were slugs pretty much everywhere, and last night Eliot had insisted they all sleep down in the panic room in the basement. Which was actually more like a 'panic suite' because Eliot had built it and he was kind of extra about things, but even so, it was a little more claustrophobic than Hardison was comfortable with. He'd found himself calculating how much air was available in their hidey hole, which wasn't something he'd done since they'd moved from Portland.

That itchy restlessness hadn't left him, even when they'd all come back upstairs for brunch. He needed to get out for a little while. Do something. Spend some time in the open air while feeling useful. So once the meal was over, Hardison grabbed for his jacket and his laptop bag. A walk across the island to the school for some quality research time would hopefully settle him.

[Open for housemates and visitors!]
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-16 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven had been hanging out in the preserve as usual, and thus missed most of the craziness so far. She'd spotted the people coming through the portal from a distance, and after immediately feeling like she should maybe murder the lot of them, had chosen to keep that distance for awhile.

Once she was back in town, she checked in back home to look for Kathy, but couldn't find her. She headed for Godiva Street next, figuring she and Mr. Spencer might be working out a strategy for -- whatever. And she could check to make sure Hardison was okay, too.

And sure enough, there everyone was! Raven knocked on the back door and waved, waiting to be let in.
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-16 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Judging by the abbreviated roar from the other end of the room, Eliot had not missed that part.

"I walked through a zombie apocalypse," Raven pointed out, faintly amused as she hugged back. "A slug filled island isn't exactly hard."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Some people came through a portal out there," Raven said. "But the slugs don't seem to want to go near it. I stayed clear and then came here to check it out. Burn all what down?"
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Kathy looked up from washing the dishes and screamed, dropping one the plates to shatter on the floor.

That face, she remembered. And it had her reaching for a knife from the block on the counter.

This would go well!
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Kathy!" Raven rushed over as soon as she could. "Kathy, what's wrong, are you okay?"

Did she have to hurt someone for hurting her? Because she would! She so would!
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Stay back!" Kathy said, her grip on the knife steady and sure. She might end up forgetting the word for the weapon she was holding, but her body remembered what to do. "Don't you touch me! Or any of them! I promised to protect them and I swear I will!"

Where was Dante? Or Anders? Or Stars-somebody? Or even Carthage? The blue one was one of the more dangerous members of the cult and Kathy couldn't kid herself about her abilities to hold her off for long.
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Raven skidded to a stop, her hands in the air. She had no desire to get on the wrong side of Kathy with a knife.

Anyone else, and she'd've just turned into a bear.

"Um," she said to the room at large. "What's wrong with Kathy?"
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Tell that to everyone who got bear'd, Hardison.

Kathy still looked at Raven, mistrustful. "Eliot?" she called. "This true?"

Sorry, Hardison, she was getting a second opinion.
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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-12-17 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
"From what I hear, your Raven wasn't trying to hard to pretend to be good," Eliot said. "We'll keep an eye on her --" oh good! He wasn't doing enough of that already "-- but she's probably okay."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Gee, Mr. Spencer," Raven said. "Thanks."

She looked over at Kathy, eyebrows raised, hands still up. "Would it help if I was a different color? Or smaller? I can do that."
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Kathy looked back and forth between Raven and Hardison, face not losing an ounce of its suspiciousness. Finally, she nodded. "Look...different," she said eventually. "I won't remember so fast if you look different."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I can do that," Raven said again. She shifted into someone small and blonde, giving Kathy a little smile. "It can be rough when you've been on edge for a long time."
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Kathy nodded, still suspicious and on edge, but at least she set the knife down. "It's been...years, I think," she admitted, grudgingly. "Fighting monsters and hollows. Going hollow. And now the cult."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Raven nodded, climbing up on one of the stools by the kitchen island, always keeping her hands in sight even as she played 'little kid' for all she was worth. "I had to do that before. Not for that long, but I get it. You kind of lose track of being a person."
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not gonna be a person much longer anyway," Kathy said, turning back to the dishes. The shattered remains of the plate were still at her feet, but she'd forgotten about them. She'd remember in a moment, when her shoe crunched over shards of ceramic. "I'm almost gone."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Where do you think you'll go?" Raven asked. "when you're all gone?"
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Kathy shrugged. "I'll become a hollow," she said. "I should ask Dante to make sure to kill me when I finally go. I don't want to hurt anyone. That's what hollows do. They hurt people." She looked up at the little girl. "I protect people. I don't want to kill anyone."

Apparently, even when you reformatted Kathy's brain, the desire to be a hero remained.
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
That was so Kathy, Raven couldn't help but smile. "I know you do," she assured her. "But -- that's what your body will do. I bet the rest of you goes somewhere nice."

She actually wasn't sure if she believed that at all, but she definitely didn't not believe it.
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[personal profile] godilovedthis 2017-12-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe," Kathy said. "I don't know if I ever thought about that before. I wonder if I'll have all my memories again. I know some of them hurt, but I miss the hurt. It meant that something meant something."

Ceramic crunched under her feet. "Oh no!" she said. "What happened here?"
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2017-12-17 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, how bad did the other Raven have to be that Kathy forgot dropping the plate but knew instinctualy that she was bad?

"It's a plate. It fell. That happens, sometimes."

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