feel_nevermore | Raven's IC contact (Adstringendum)

[Leon shook his head and had some more tea.]

If I didn't want to know I wouldn't have asked.

Careful what you wish for they say, but well... You won't say I didn't warn you.

[She's stalling, that much is obvious. She smooths one tail of her cloak. And then pours herself some more tea.]

Once there was a dragon whose name was Malchior. He lived about a thousand years before my time and he was a powerful Dark Wizard too. One day he found his match though: another powerful wizard whose name was Rorek. This one was a good wizard and although he didn't manage to defeat Malchior completely, he managed to trap it into a magic book.

A thousand years later, a young half-demon sorceress found that book. As she began reading the story of those two wizards, Malchior understood this was his opportunity to be set free. He magically switches the names of Rorek and Malchior everywhere in the text, so that Rorek became the evil dragon and Malchior was now the good wizard who had been unfairly trapped into the book. He also added a sketch of the young sorceress at the end of book. Then he used magic to allow the girl to hear his voice and convince her she was the one he had been waiting for for a thousand years and who was supposed to free him.

[During all that speech, she's carefully avoided looking at Leon. And she still doesn't meet his gaze as she picks up her mug and takes a sip.]

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[A feeling creeped up on him and with Raven not looking at him it was easy to put two and two together. Blue eyes slid over to her and went back to his tea cup.

Pouring himself another cup there were long moments he didn't say anything and he was sure he could figure out why Raven hadn't told him this before.]

So what happened next?

She was young and naive. And by reading the book, she had come to admire the wizard so much that of course, she believed him. Still she wasn't powerful enough to break the spell. So Malchior offered to teach her a new kind of magic.

The first spell he taught her was one to materialize him. And even if he was still bound to the book, he could take human form and be with her, hold her in his arms... He was sweet, smart and witty. And soon the sorceress would spend her days in her room with him. Forgetting about her friends and everything else. It was the first time someone seemed to understand and care about her so much. She fell in love with him.

[Raven takes a deep breath and she seems about to stop here. She sets her mug down and goes to stand in front of a nearby window. She's holding the dragon plush in her arms and looks down a it, a smirk curling her lips.]

Weeks later, she had finally learnt enough spells to be able to free Malchior from the book. So that's what she did. But instead of the handsome wizard she expected, a gigantic black dragon appeared in front of her. He laughed at her and in way of thanks for what she had done, decided to kill her along with her friends.

[It was definitely something out of a fairy tale book. And the more Leon listened the more pieces seemed to click together but he withheld all comments even after she got up and walked to the window.]

Obviously this dragon didn't kill the girl or her friends she'd forgotten about, right?

[Raven quirks an amused eyebrow at Leon. Obviously? Well it hadn't been that obvious back then. Since this wasn't exactly a fairy tale.] Well she had never truly forgotten about her friends, she was just being secretive. [And kinda selfish.]

But you're right. As soon as she managed to get over the shock of Malchior's betrayal, the girl went to rescue her friends who were bravely fighting the dragon. And she used the one spell she had learnt without telling Malchior... The one that Rorek had used a thousand years ago. And she trapped him back into the book.

After that the sorceress thought for the longest time she was too creepy for anyone to fall in love with her. Genuinely I mean.

[She playfully pokes the plush dragon's forehead and looks back at Leon.] And then I was brought here. [She gives him a small soft smile.] The end.

[Leon said nothing and listened to the rest of the story in silence. He'd figured out that Raven was basically talking about herself and the ending confirmed what he already knew.]

Seems you found someone to love you despite your past feelings of thinking you're too creepy.

[He could've told you that a long time ago, but hey it never came up and there are things you just 'know' about a person.]

I found no one... They found me. [She says 'they'. Since she'd fallen in love more than just once over the past two years, actually.]

Maybe it's because this place's so creepy, I must look almost normal in comparison... [Sarcasm. It makes everything easier.]

[He smirked in answer to that. It had happened in his own case too. Albedo was someone that Leon never saw coming at all.]

Everyone here is normal in some way. But as for the city itself it's just in ruins. But I'm not sure anyone would be really interested in trying to rebuild it.

And different in many other ways. But that not necessarily a bad thing.

Well the Animus playing with the landscape at will, turning the house into candies or burning the city down might have discouraged a lot of people from trying. That said, it's untrue to say no one's interested. A lot of buildings have been rebuilt. [Including the school and library Raven's been working on.]

[Drinking some more tea Leon listened to Raven. He'd thought on a grander scale but wasn't going to say anything. So he shrugged.]

Any little bit helps.

[She comes back to sit down at the table and sets the plush dragon onto the table. Then she pours herself some more tea.]

Are you currently working on a project in particular?

[He thought a moment]

Electricity to the rest of the North Eastern section, since we've got some. I'd like to see the whole city have it at some point.

Electricity and water, yes. That'd be great. You're not working on this alone, are you?

I haven't rounded a team up yet.

[Leon paused and frowned at his tea cup.]

I don't really know who to ask.

Your housemates, maybe? Captain Urahara, if you know him, also seems to often get involved in that kind of urbanism projects.

[The title surprised Leon more than anything.]

Captain?

Well yeah. He's a shinigami captain. Just like Unohana. [She has no problem sharing this with Leon.]

[He digested this information and didn't say anything. The harmless looking man that hid under a dual coloured hat and behind a fan..a captain like Ukitake. Appearances were definitely deceiving here.]

What's a shinigami anyway?

[Well Urahara denied it when Raven asked but there's no mistaking how powerful his aura is. The truth lies in between since he's an ex-captain, but Raven can't guess that. And it's not like it changes anything here. He's a powerful ally as far as Raven is concerned, they've fought side by side more than once.]

Well as far as I understood it, they're spirits who live in an heavenly realm called Seireitei. They occasionally come to Earth to help pure souls find their ways to that realm and destroy corrupted souls. There's probably more to it, though.

[Ponder]

So Unohana Ukitake and Urahara are from the same place.

[More pondering]

A heavenly realm..so they're all dead?

Yes. There were more of them when I arrived but they seem to be the only ones left now.

...I don't know, really. I think they're not mortal. But that doesn't they're dead.

[Taking another sip, Leon shrugged]

Takes all kinds here, and if they're not causing trouble then I really can't see a problem with it.

That would be because you're a pretty open minded person, Leon.

[And she liked that about him.]

[That got a very soft snort.]

Had to be..world traveling and meeting people from all corners..you learn to tolerate people.

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