Dungeon Residential Camps, Somewhere, Wednesday, Day One of Two

[not_a_whiner]

The first day had been eminently entertaining - but the Toymaker was already growing bored. He reached in and tweaked the strings of his tiny universe, adding subtle changes: speeding up time, moving hallways. One of the two might be more noticeable than the other, but he looked forward to seeing if Fandom's finest felt the time discrepancy.

He split this day in two. Bound the pathways of the first and second camps together. And sat back.

The maze changed. That was what it was built to do. Its denizens would just have to find ways to cope with it.

[camp one | camp two | camp three | ooc ]]

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Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

"You know." Raven could tell just by the way she stood and spoke and looked at her.

"I will not harm you," she said.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah smiled back at her, but didn't move closer. "I was turned into a vampire for a while. Remember?" She sighed. "I know how hard it is to act normal when that's happening." And that hugging someone who was that hungry would be a biiiig mistake. "I'm so sorry this happened."

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

"I can only hope that this will be undone," Raven said. She was doing her best not to let her sorrow and fear get the better of her right now. She had to remain hopeful. Had to.

"I am not entirely changed," she said. "I think I am caught in between. My body is not entirely dead, and I still have my soul."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Good. See? We can work with that. I didn't stay a vampire. This is Island weird. People get fixed all the time." Dinah grimaced, then offered, "Can you still eat real food? We've got some left. Some nuts and cheese, I think."

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[trigons_child]

"I do not know," Raven said. She hadn't felt hungry for anything other than blood, but the thought of real food didn't make her feel sick, at least. "Perhaps I should try."

She sighed and pushed her hair back from her face. "It was Professor Maximus," she said. "But I killed him." She was saying that a lot lately.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hon." Dinah really wanted to hug her now. Maybe she could feel it. So many thoughts. "You got away." Which was what she'd told Karla. "And that guy, trust me. The real him died a long, long while ago. You didn't kill anything that didn't need killing." She lead Raven over to the spread of food, and kept her voice down. "What about blood?"

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[trigons_child]

"It was a nightmare," Raven confessed as Dinah took her over to the food. "It was like it had been years ago. He turned my powers against me. He made me beg for him to turn me." Her face flushed red at that admission. "I did not want to die. But when he tried to change me, the demon part of me would not submit. For once, I am thankful for it."

She took a piece of cheese and nibbled. It tasted like real food, though it didn't seem very flavorful. "I do require blood," she said quietly. "Jono gave me some of his so that my hunger would not overwhelm me."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Of course he did. Dinah was so going so smack him for not mentioning that.

"If you get hungry again, I bet I can donate a cup-full, at any rate. Karla did it for me when I was like this." She took one of the nuts, and watched Raven try to eat, trying to think of what to say. "I know how rough it was on you the first time. That guy was incredibly strong. I'm glad the demon part of you was useful this time, though."

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[trigons_child]

"I promised Jono I would ask for blood before my hunger slips beyond my control," Raven said. "It is awful, but I must so I do not jeopardize the health of others."

She smiled faintly. "I am still learning this. I do not know how often I will need to...to feed." And she didn't know how long she could do this, but she wasn't going to say that out loud. She had to be strong.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah frowned, jaw set. "Don't do anything stupid," she said, her voice low. Thinking of how she'd burned up in sunlight. "If it gets bad, we can help." Or stop her.

But how? Her powers were all over the place. She'd always believed she'd be able to stop Raven if she had to, talk her down or take her down long enough for other people to help, and now.... She was going to have to get a weapon. Damnit.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

"I do not intend to," Raven said. "It would be foolish. I have lived through too many times that Fandom has altered us. I have to have faith that it will be undone."

Her mask of calm cracked for a moment. "But if it cannot be...." Her eyes welled with tears. "Dinah, I do not think I can live like this. It is hard enough sometimes just being what I am, but I have learned to live with it. This is...blood and death and all that I do not want to be."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh did she ever get that. Dinah reached out and took Raven's hand, squeezing it hard, wishing she could do more. "Hey. Too early to be thinking like that, yeah? We don't even know the name of the nimrod that stuck us here. Don't you want to be there when I kick him in the groin?" Hey, she'd promised April.

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[trigons_child]

Raven swallowed her tears and tried to smile as she grasped Dinah's hand. "I should not glorify violence, but I think I hope to be there to see you do it," she said.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I'll get you a front-row seat," Dinah promised. "C'mon. Have a cashew."