A bathroom in the school building, Friday after Monsters and Humans class

[tigerundercover]

So. Class hadn't exactly gone well. Raven should have been able to just lie and call herself human and keep her cover, but her classmates were talking mutants and ghosts, and the vampire teacher was being so proud of calling himself a "monster" and she wanted so badly to just go with it and be herself for once -- but years of hiding and terror weren't easy to get over.

And then she'd had to start singing.

So she was hiding, her back against the door to try to make sure no one walked in on her as she tried to get her focus back and keep hold of her blonde disguise, even as her natural blue skin and red hair kept trying to break through.

And she was still singing.

"If happy times are too few and far between
It's a pity dear, we can't erase the things we've seen
So disappear, vanish if you wish
Just go before you're swallowed up by bitterness

And the truth is you can't hide from the truth
And the truth hurts because the truth is all there is
I realized some time ago that I would have to let you go

May not be true to see that you would return one day
But in your present state you may as well not be here at all
You wear a thin disguise, it's from yourself you hide
Just take a look at us, we are heading for a fall."

[ooc: delayed posting thanks to work being dumb. Expecting one.]

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[tigerundercover]

"He seems grown up enough to me." At Raven's worldly age of fifteen. "Some of us had to grow up pretty fast."

[bluhblahbluh.livejournal.com]

That got her a very paternal smile and another shoulder pat.

"Yes. The world can be a dangerous place for us. But that's why it's important to have friends you can be yourself with. Who you can relax around."

[tigerundercover]

Raven groaned softly. "Yeah." She ran her hand over her hair, then looked up. "I'm sorry I ran out of your class. I kind of . . . have trouble controlling things when I get stressed, and the singing surprised me."

[bluhblahbluh.livejournal.com]

"You worried me, and probably your fellow classmates as well." He smiled at her. "And as long as you are in my classroom, you may relax and look however you want to look."

Well.

"Except for as me, of course." O-rig-in-al article, here. just ask Universal Studios

[tigerundercover]

Raven winced. "Sorry about that. It's just easier to demonstrate that way, sometimes."

[bluhblahbluh.livejournal.com]

"It was!" He nodded eagerly, sloooowly trying to increase the distance between Raven and the bathroom door now that she seemed calmer. "You have a wonderful ability; using it responsibly will go a long way to others accepting you when they learn."

Though Drac was definitely keeping Raven in mind for any practical jokes he may need to pull, later. For extra credit, of course.

"Are you able to only partially change your shape?"

[tigerundercover]

Raven would be all over practical jokes, especially once she became more comfortable being out as a shapeshifter.

"What do you mean, exactly?" she asked.

[bluhblahbluh.livejournal.com]

Oh this would be trouble a friendship indeed.

"Oh, you know. suddenly have a furry hand, or a fishtail. Change only your face to look like someone, while the rest of you stays the same?" He waved a hand. "Something like that might be more socially acceptable than, say, a full body double?"

[tigerundercover]

Raven tilted her head a little. "Sure. Though usually that happens because I'm not focussing hard enough." She was only fifteen. She hadn't gotten complete control over her gift, just yet.

She held up her hand, considering it for a moment, then shifted so it was covered in purple fur with pointy fingernails, then shifted it back.

"Mostly, I'm used to just making sure I blend in."