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[ Raven's bathroom. The camera is on the counter, angled so that it mostly sees Raven's reflection, and has a little bit of her actual self on the left.

She has been rummaging through the costumes. The result: a black leotard that goes up to her collarbone, black fishnets, and elbow-length black gloves. She's pale-skinned, blond hair tied in a tight bun, and as the camera watches, she places a top hat on her head, and picks up a tube of deep red lipstick. ]

We could use a break, couldn't we?

[ Something about her voice is a little lower, a little smoother than usual. She finishes applying the lipstick, and then, with a flourish, takes the top hat off her head and leans in and presses her lips to the mirror. A perfect lip-mark is left behind.

She laughs, and does a perfect, smooth spin, her arm out in a graceful arc. ]

There. I always wanted to be a dancer.

[ Instead of asking the network, she goes to the gym herself, wanting to see if there's any likely teachers, or people who are worth watching. (Raven can learn a lot from watching, she's found.)

So she ventures into the gym, blue-skinned, dressed in a tank top and loose sweatpants, and she sees the balance beam.

She part-remembers being a child, stepping out into a playground and playing along one. She always had the best balance. And she thinks of what Azazel has been teaching her, and she wonders...

She hops up onto it, a smooth movement, and extends her arms, testing her balance one way or another. She seems steady, so she dashes from one end to the other, every footstep sure. She tips backwards, then, folds until she's standing on her hands. It's hard to keep her grip, exactly; she shifts her fingers and stretches her legs out, a split, one forward, one backward. Rolls onto the forward one, moving herself back to her feet. And she does the whole movement again, quicker this time.

It's easy.

Part of her wants to laugh with the thrill of it, with realizing how innate her own physical abilities are. How graceful she is when she's not pretending to be someone else.

She balances on the end, debating attempting some sort of flip off of it. ]

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