the city called to me and i came [OPEN]

[manyshapes.livejournal.com]

It's Shundi afternoon, and Raven is out in the city. Along with her plans to meet Kate at the coffeeshop called Queequag's (it's always a good idea to scope a place out before you go and apply for a job there) and drop by the University to register for a couple of classes, she figures some window shopping is in order. Until she has a steady income there won't be any shopping bags going home with her, but a girl can look. Maybe try a few things on, check out what's available for decorating her room once Charles has a house picked out, things like that. Fun stuff, and a chance to get away from the Inn for a while.

[OOC: I'm going to set up some threads for encountering Raven at various locations, please wait to tag until I'm finished. Finished and open!]

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[manyshapes.livejournal.com]

The changes in styles is something Raven is still adjusting to, although it's the kind of adjustment she's enjoying a lot more than having to get used to being essentially a captive in a city-sized prison. So long as she doesn't think too much about that aspect of it, the rest is actually a lot of fun. So she greets Kate with a bright smile, and thinks maybe she'll scandalize her brother by spending her first paycheck on a pair of jeans.

"Just people-watching. Do you want some coffee? I've already kind of scoped out the place, it seems nicer than you'd think from the outside."

[joiedeviolet.livejournal.com]

"Any place seems nicer than you'd think from the outside here." Baedal's officially the creepiest place Kate's ever been, including that time warp that Kang yanked them to forever ago. Here, it always seems like something will jump out of you from both a dark and a well-lit corner. Constant vigilance is key. But even superheroes need a break and Kate's going to accept this moment as one.

"See anybody interesting? And yes on the coffee with two extra shots," she replies, leaning back in the chair and pulling her legs up to cross over each other. She could go for a third shot, but Kate's taking tonight off from patrol; two shots is enough to ensure than she doesn't faceplant into sleep in front of Raven.

[manyshapes.livejournal.com]

"I'll keep that in mind." It's actually pretty good advice -- Baedal has a strange look to it, and although it's easy to tell where the really dangerous places are, it's not always so simple to tell the difference between actually seedy and just questionable from the outside.

Raven hops up with a grin and goes to fetch Kate's coffee, returning to set it down with a slightly over-dramatic flourish. "Your coffee, miss." She plops back into her seat and glances out the window. "Just about everyone. It's such an amazingly eclectic population, and even though Charles is here, I still feel a little bit like the baby bird tumbling out of the nest for the first time."

[joiedeviolet.livejournal.com]

"Be glad he didn't push you out of it," Kate chuckles as she puts an enormous amount of sugar and cream in her cup so her drink is less coffee than additions. Oh, teenagers.

"You eventually get used to it, though I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing." Even back in the other place, Kate was unsure if becoming complacent with the environment was giving up or adapting. There's a big difference between the two and one option is something Kate isn't fond of. She's fought too long and too hard just to hand her fate over to mysterious alternate dimensions just because exits were hard to find. "You settle in, find a place, get a job, and live. It's not bad on one hand, but on the other, you wonder if you're accepting what you're being given without a fight."