Hospital Visit

[Rachel Roth]

As soon as her soul self lifted off the ground, Raven's body became blank and void of life. It stood, eyes staring blankly with nothing behind them - like the shell of a robot. Lifeless and completely vulnerable, it was another reason why Raven disliked this particular attack. She hoped briefly as it was initiated that ti wouldn't take long. As it was, though, it took no time at all and the manner in which the attack was terminated was entirely unexpected.

The second that the body of the false Doctor exploded, Raven snapped back into her body, staring with incredulity as - what had been until very recently a living person - became stones and then disintegrated entirely to sand. For a moment, everything was completely silent, Raven staring at the sand with wide unblinking eyes. There was no way... she didn't even know what that was. An attack? An illusion? She sensed no more life signature from him, but -- what had it been. It certainly hadn't been her.

It did not escape her notice that the majority of the sand had landed near Serenity. Stepping delicately around the grainy mounds, Raven stopped close to her friend, murmuring "You may want to step away from the..." she trailed off, nodding at the mineral dusting the room. "Unless... did you do that?" It seemed unlikely, Serenity was a shadowmancer, as the man had called her. However, a lot of things had changed, and Raven wasn't about to take anything for granted.

Taking her own advice and stepping back some, she crouched down and lifted up a handful of sand. Letting it pour slowly to the ground, her eyes flashed white as she analyzed. Nothing. Either it was normal sand - unlikely - or it was an amazing trick - unpleasant. Weighing the options, and noting the beginnings of a porthole, Raven spoke up again softly. "What did you learn about him? Anything we can use?" There was no way their opponent could have known about Serenity's power over memories, or surely he wouldn't have supplied them with such a wealth. Raven only hoped it hadn't been too rough on her friend.

[Serenity Nashimura]

Serenity blinked a few times, unsure of what she had seen. She even wiped at her eyes, still disbelieving. "What the...?" She stared at the sand, open-mouthed. "Uh, no," she answered Raven. "Last time I checked, I couldn't make people explode." But she took Raven's advice and went a step back.

There was something tugging at her mind. Serenity could feel the memories in her head and knew that this was something important. But she only had glimpses, brief moments. Nonetheless, she didn't trust that pile of sand. "Yeah, might not want to get too close..."

Serenity looked at the portal she was forming. It would take about another minute or so for it to be complete. She turned back to Raven. "I've only got bits and pieces. I don't know any specifics, but I do know that he's dangerous. Extremely. And he's got more tricks up his sleeve than David Copperfield. I think this is one of them." She closed her eyes, trying to concentrate on the memories she did collect. They moved around her mind and played behind her eyelids. "He goes by Sinister. Mr. Sinister." Serenity shivered. Even without the creepy name and bloody memories, she was a bit freaked out by this guy. Because if Raven hadn't exploded him, and Serenity knew she hadn't made him into sand, than that left Mr. Sinister to have been the one to do it. And besides the obvious question of how, what kind of person just went about and turned them-self to sand? Was it desperation or some elaborate plan?

Her eyes remained closed as she went through the memories. Most of the shadows in the room were working on the portal. But the ones that weren't, Serenity sent to the ex-Mr. Sinister pile. They crept over and went through the grains. It seemed to be regular sand. "You know, last I knew of it, it was impossible to make yourself explode into bits of sand and such. Like, without using a bomb or something. Though, never heard of a bomb that gave off no explosion, light or heat and that turned someone into... whatever he is now." Serenity knew she was rambling a bit but it was kind of her fall back in situations like this; where she had no idea what was going on.

[Rachel Roth]

"He goes by Sinister. Mr. Sinister." Serenity said aloud, shivering a little. Raven arched one eyebrow disdainfully. "How very... subtle" She droned. In truth, she felt some of her friends discomfort at the name of their foe, but now that they seemed to be in the clear she had such emotions hidden deeply.

As Raven continued letting the sand fall through her fingers, she kept one eye trained on her friend. Serenity appeared to be sorting through the memories she had acquired during the fight, and was acting funny. When she started babbling, though, Raven figured it was time to get out of there. Standing up, she placed the remainder of the sand in a small pouch on her belt for testing later. Stepping over, she placed a hand lightly on Serenity's shoulder.

"S." She said gently, "You're rambling. It's over now." The porthole was ready now, sitting in the shadows. Raven turned her friend around and walked through the porthole, saying "C'mon, lets go waste our life earnings or something dumb like that. I need a drink."

She cast only one last look over her shoulder before the porthole swallowed them whole and vanished.

((Move to... a new thread? Idk - whatever you folks want to do.))

[Nathaniel Essex]

(OOC: Sounds good to me. Fight thread?)



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[Rachel Roth]

((OOC - works for me! ))