Nineteenth Prophecy: Goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend [Video]

[feel_nevermore]

[The feed switches on. Raven is sitting by the lake, staring at the water. The sun is setting behind the horizon. It's almost completely gone. Perfect date setting. Raven talks quietly as if someone was there with her.]

It's the first time you've ever stood me up, Harry. [A slight smirk.] ...And I can't even blame you for it.

[She picks up the PCD and looks just as impassible as always.]

For those who knew him, my boyfriend, Harry Potter is not here anymore.

And it seems that Spike has been sent back too. So if anyone else needs something to bleach their hair, just ask me. I'd hate to see the solution I prepared for him go to waste.

[And she cuts the feed. See Rei? She's learning. It doesn't hurt any less but at least she's getting better at hiding it.]


[Private video to Horst]
We could meet tonight at the bar? If you need to feed. Or whatever.

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[Video]

[waterbends]

I'm so sorry, Raven.

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[A small sad smile.] Thanks, Katara.

[He's gone back home, to face his Fate and she can't be by his side. But she trusts him. She knows he'll defeat Voldemort, somehow.]

[Video]

[waterbends]

Aang's gone, too. But I guess it's for the best, right?

[This is her attempt at being reassuring.]

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Aang too? I'm sorry, Katara.

For the best, yes. We're all here on borrowed time, after all.

[And Katara'll see him again when she gets home. But Raven is not gonna mention that. It's not Katara's fault.]

[Video]

[waterbends]

If you need anything - I don't know what I could offer? But I'm offering anyway.

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[fn-rebel.livejournal.com]

...you ok?

[video]

[taijiya]

[...well, isn't this de ja vu.]

[She's silent for a long moment, and the only reason Raven gets a video feed (she's still beat up from last week) is because she's special.]

...

[She doesn't even know what to say. But she can't not try.]

Coordinates.

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[saintedsinner]

-=He knows what you're going through=-

You're going to be alright?

[magicxmarker.livejournal.com]

Hey, do you need anything? Its not good to be alone when stuff like this happens.

[Even if he's learned that he had shut himself in his room after Galahad left. The details are fuzzy though. But still, friends are good to have right now.]

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Maybe we can meet at the dojo tomorrow morning. Practice some yoga and meditate together. If you're free.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[No, she's not. But Alice's departure has at least taught her that. Getting angry does not make it better.] I will be.

How about you, Jet?

[Video]

[waterbends]

I'm free. And that sounds really nice.

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[fn-rebel.livejournal.com]

You don't sound like it.

[He's just Captain Obbvious today.]

Yeah, I'm fine. There anything I can do?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Hey, Sango. [Her look is strangely vacant.]

Here. [She doesn't even protest. Just send the coordinates under a private filter. She's by the lake, in the SE quarter.]

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[Well, 'will' means not now but in the future. So she just repeats quietly.] I will be. They say time makes everything more... bearable.

Katara told me Aang is gone too. I'm sorry.

And not right now, no. But thanks for offering.

[offline]

[taijiya]

[That's a look she recognizes. A look she hates. Sango doesn't even bother responding, just throws herself (somewhat painfully) onto Kirara's back and sends the demon cat hurtling towards the lake.]

[Her dismount is much more calm, though everything in her is taut with concern. She pads hesitantly over to Raven--sits down beside her. Silent.]

[And completely at a loss for words.]

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[fn-rebel.livejournal.com]

But time can take a while, too. And yeah, he is.

[And that's all he says on the matter. He wasn't as close to Aang as the others, but his loss was a sense of reality that hit. Hard. He'd miss him, there's no denying it.

But why tell her that and burden her with his troubles?]

Where are you?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Hmm? [She turns to her PCD as if she had forgotten she was still holding it.] Ed.

[She seems to ponder this a moment and a small smirk appears on her lips.] It's not like we have much choice, do we?

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Hanna.

Don't worry... I'm gonna be alright.

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[saintedsinner]

No, we really don't.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

It can, yes. [And it most probably will.]

By the lake. [Where she had planned to watch the sun set with Harry. Admittedly, watching it alone does not feel quite the same.]

[offline]

[fn-rebel.livejournal.com]

[And Jet cuts the feed before starting in that direction. Maybe it's because he feels he owes her, but the other part of him is learning loss and how to deal with it in a place like this.

So he just plops down beside her once he's there.]

He was your boyfriend, huh?

[offline]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[Raven turns to her as she sits next to her.] You're hurt. [She can sense the other girl's pain over her own dulled feelings.] You should have called out for me. Give me your hand. [Raven's tone is not reproachful, just flat, as she holds her hand out for Sango.]

[offline]

[taijiya]

I've been at the clinic all week, Raven. The only healing left to do is my own body's responsibility. If it weren't for Unohana, I'd be in far worse shape right now.

[But she gives Raven her hand anyway, her expression subdued.]

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Great. See you tomorrow, then?