3rd transformation . gift spam & text

[permutates]

[ 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 ]

[ text ]

Would anyone be willing to teach dancing or gymnastics?

Comments

[Spam]

[wedonot]

Raven- [He wants to reach out to her, to hold her and comfort her and tell her that everything's going to be okay, and he gets as far as reaching out his hand to her before he drops it. He's not sure how to begin to fix this, and his own anger and frustration and deep sense of loss suddenly feel very far away.]

I do need you. You're my sister, of course I need you. But it's not- it's not healthy to rely on only one person that much. I know we didn't really have the best opportunities growing up, [Money didn't buy you happiness, or parents who loved you, or friends who could understand why there were just some things they could never know about.] but I don't want you to feel like you're nothing without me, because you aren't, and I'm sorry if I ever made you feel like that wasn't true. You're capable of so much, and I should have realized I was holding you back. It wasn't intentional.

[Now more than ever, he feels like he's completely failed her. She probably would be better off if he'd just severed the ties, and he looks and sounds defeated.]

I just want you to be happy.

[Spam]

[permutates]

I know, I - I can't, Charles, I have to go.

[ She pulls away abruptly, then, because she can't do it anymore. The flood of her own emotions is overwhelming her. She can't talk about this reasonably, and so she might as well not talk about this at all.

She heads for the greenhouse. ]

[Spam]

[wedonot]

[Part of him wants to stop her. He wishes he could just tell her what she needed to hear, that there was some perfect solution that would just fix this, but there wasn't, and he has to let her go.

It doesn't stop him from feeling sort of hollow, though. There's no denying how much it hurts.]