01st transformation . video . locks for erik & charles

[permutates]

[ She greets the barge with a smile. Her appearance is 'normal' - normal for a human. No blue skin or yellow eyes in sight. ]

Hi. [ And a little wave. She regrets it immediately. That's kind of embarrassing, isn't it? And not something that she should be doing, because she's here for a purpose. ] I'm Raven.

I heard a few of my friends were here, so I thought I'd come… help. I'm a warden.

And I'm here because I really believe that even if you're trapped, you still should have a chance to figure out who you are. I think that's important.

[ locked to Erik ]

Well, you thought I was crazy for trying, but I found you.

[ locked to Charles ]

[ She considered her approach to this for a long time. There are a lot of things that they should probably say to each other, and she's supposed to be responsible here. She can't just avoid him, as much as she wants to, while she gets her head together. ]

You should know that I'm here.

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[wedonot]

He'd tell me if he felt like I was. And because- [And maybe this isn't fair, but she hadn't let him do this, and maybe that was why things had gone wrong.] I've been in his mind. A lot, actually.

[Which was another difference. She hadn't given him that trust, and she'd never said anything, never really sat him down and tried to explain until it was too late. He knew he was at fault, too, but the accusations that he'd do that to Erik after everything they'd been through hurt.]

We've gotten a lot closer since we've been here, Raven. I'm not saying this to hurt you, but you have no idea what we've been through. I wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for Erik, in more ways than one. [He could have gone home after Tony graduated, but he also might have let himself totally collapse on himself after the Vanquish if Erik hadn't been there to make him put himself back together.] We're different people.

[But he sounds more sad than anything else when he says it.]

[permutates]

[ But it does hurt her. It hurts her worse than most anything he could have said. Charles needs Erik more than her. Erik needs Charles more than her. Where does that leave her?

She hadn't wanted him in her mind because his power scared her. He was so much bigger than she was; she thought she might just be swallowed up. ]

I didn't think you would be exactly the same.

[wedonot]

[He rubs his temples, suddenly feeling a hundred years old and exhausted.]

Sometimes I wish I was.

[permutates]

[ And he probably wishes that they were back living together. That she was well-behaved again. ]

I bet.

[ Angry, and sad. ]