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Raven Darkholme | Mystique ([personal profile] permutates) wrote2013-08-02 09:48 am

3rd transformation . gift spam & text

[ gift spam ]

[ She leaves a few gifts outside doors, after port.

First, for Charles, a Cheshire Cat that she won in an arcade game. They saw Alice in Wonderland for the first time together. Cheshire was always Raven's favorite. She doesn't leave a note. She suspects he'll know it's her.

For Alex, a blue furry monster, from something called Monsters University. It reminds her a little of Hank. This one is an impulse; she just leaves it by his door, unable to think of anything to say in a note.

For Erik, she leaves several vials of metal glitter. This one has a note: Thought you might find this fun. - Mystique ]


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Would anyone be willing to teach dancing or gymnastics?
bodilesswarrior: (Default)

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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-08-06 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
When are you free? I can do evenings.
wedonot: (Raven's a good sister mostly.)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Of course I remember. [He sounds almost amused that she has to ask, but there's some surprise there, too. There were certainly ways their childhood could have been improved, but there were plenty of good memories.]

We had to talk Mother into letting us go.
wedonot: (These keywords are laughably bad.)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Because you're constantly in danger of being mugged when you're twelve and at a county fair. [She'd probably been concerned about it not being proper, or just didn't want to have to drive them herself or make their stepfather do it, but they'd gone and they'd had fun. What was better than that?]
wedonot: (Rly.)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
We made it home in one piece, didn't we?
wedonot: (I hope I remembered sunscreen.)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Raven- [He has to stop himself from reaching out to her, as much as he wants to, because he's not sure she'll want it, doesn't know if she'll accept any kind of comfort from him after what happened.]

What's wrong?
wedonot: (Oh Erik don't have sads.)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
I miss it, too. [But they were different people now. They'd grown up, and they'd both been hurt, and it seemed like neither one was really sure what to do now.

He definitely still wants to try to find some sort of compromise, though.]


It doesn't have to be exactly the way it was, but... [He trails off, trying to choose his words carefully.] Maybe it can be something better.
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wedonot: (Listening.)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[It hurts, and he can't really hide that it does, even if he wants to. He wants to tell her that it's not true, that they should be able to find something to fix this, but he can't.

It's something she has to realize and accept on her own, and he can't force it to happen faster, or at all. He'd said he'd respect her decision if she didn't want anything to do with him anymore, and evidently he needed to start actually doing that.

At least there was some part of her that could recognize when things had been good.]


Alright. I'm sorry to bother you.
wedonot: (All the sad times. :c)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-07 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He can't help it - he flinches and almost tries to pull away when she says that, that she'll stay for Erik and for herself, but not for him, or Alex, that this opportunity is good, when all it's done is wear him down and leave him broken in ways he's not sure if he'll ever really want to confront. There's a part of him that wants to scream at her, because this isn't a place where he's been free from running or hiding or fighting, and there's a part of him that resents that she doesn't seem to care. That again, she was walking away from him when he needed support.

Yes, he can walk again, and yes, his relationship with Erik had been repaired, was probably even stronger than it had been before, and he wouldn't trade that, but the price he'd paid for it had changed him, and he wasn't sure it was for the better.

So it feels less like a fence, and more like a trench - something muddy and barbed and painful that he wasn't eager to cross again. He's already been hurt too many times, and if she doesn't care, he has to stay back. He loves her, but the people he loves are often the ones who can't (won't, don't want to) stay.]


I'm happy for you Raven, honestly. I want you to feel good about yourself. And I meant what I said before: if you don't want me in your life anymore, I'll respect that. I won't bother you again. [He gives her hand a final gentle squeeze, trying to say it was okay (even though there's a part of him almost shrieking that it's not, it's really, really not) before pulling away.

He can't force a smile this time, though.]
lawofthejungle: ([pb]: is that supposed to scare me?)

[personal profile] lawofthejungle 2013-08-07 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
not my thing but id be happy 2 come watch

cheer you on

hassle the teacher if he gets too fresh

or just hassle him if its the bobblehead
wecanavenge: (Or a just reparation?)

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[personal profile] wecanavenge 2013-08-07 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that earns a laugh, even if she can't hear it.]

Is this a suggestion from experience?
bodilesswarrior: (Wry Smile)

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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-08-07 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Great! We can start at the gym.

wedonot: (Do you ever think at all?)

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[personal profile] wedonot 2013-08-08 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[He opens his mouth, and it almost feels like he's about to start yelling at her that she hasn't been listening either, that it would help if she'd trusted him enough to use his own ability responsibly if she wanted him to extend the same sort of trust to her after she used to do stupid things like change her eye color to make a point and piss him off in front of a pretty girl, but he stops himself and reaches for some sort of calm, letting out a frustrated breath instead.]

Raven, I have no idea what you want from me. And I'm not lying, I just don't know what you want me to do. I don't want you to hate me because you feel like you have to define yourself by constantly comparing yourself to me - I don't want Erik to do that either, I can't believe you think I just want everyone to be happy little clones of me, and anything else is just unacceptable. [And there the hurt and anger does shine through a little, because he just can't handle that she thinks so little of him.]

I don't understand what I did to make you think so poorly of me. I want you to be happy and confident in yourself, and if I'm- if I have been and will continue to get in the way of that, I'm more than happy to give you the space you need. But it's not really fair for you to say we can't ever be close again, and then tell me you do still want me in your life.
wecanavenge: (We barely even knew the questions)

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[personal profile] wecanavenge 2013-08-08 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't respond at first; he'd like to say he hasn't, but he's not sure that's true. Instead he'll just study the glitter, and unscrew the top without touching it, let it float out while he types a reply.]

I'll see what I can do.

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