3618/Returning after a terrible meal

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Returning after a terrible meal
Date of Scene: 29 September 2020
Location: Main Room - Titan's Tower
Synopsis: Kate gives Siobhan some much needed soul eating perspective.
Cast of Characters: Siobhan Smythe, Kate Bishop




Siobhan Smythe has posed:
The Tower actually has a strange moment of reverberation before The Silver Banshee appears in the main room. This might not set off alarms as she is allowed here but it might set off warning bells for some as Siobhan is rarely in this form casually. She stalks toward the sofa before the TV and puts her white hands upon it before suddenly she is Siobhan again. Her eyes looking at her all too human hands and then she screams out. It is a pained scream that becomes painful as she becomes the Banshee again and the couch flips on to its front and the internal structure cracks and splinters.

She takes a step back from it as she stares at those hands before looking up with glowing eyes at the couch. She then laughs a little, twitching and laughing again before she is suddenly Siobhan once more.

"I cannae hear him." She says with more, rather unhinged chuckling, "No one can. No one. Not anymore." She then sheds a tear that barely makes it out before she is the Banshee again and she turns her gaze up to look around, as if she were a thief hearing a sound.

Kate Bishop has posed:
The evening in the Tower is generally quieter these days with several of the squad missing across space or in a Russian gulag.

Which means Kate can do her homework in the main room of the Tower when she isn't out trying to be a superhero and fight crime. Honestly at this point she has almost entirely moved into her room at Titan's Tower and is commuting to school on the hyperloop up to New York every morning and back in the evening during the school week.

This evening finds her sprawled out on the sofa, a pair of very expensive noise canceling headphones in as she works on her school tablet trying to do high school algebra. Unlike the nerds on team science she is not a genius. She only nerds for arrows.

The fact something is wrong is really when her headphones start to fritz and the loud scream gets past them. Which is honestly right before the scream gets really loud and sends the couch she is sprawled, out of sight on, tumbling forward toward the TV. Thank goodness the couch itself and it's internal structure takes the brunt of the scream and it, not Kate is cracking and splintering.

Once the screaming stops Kate gives it a long couple of moments until she hears Siobhan's voice and then eases up a bit from behind the wrecked couch, her ruined headphones in one hand like maybe a projectile or distraction that could buy her time to make it to her room held loosely. "Uh... " of course now the other young woman is back to being the Silver Banshee. "Siobhan, there isn't any threat here." calming tone adopted.

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
Glowing eyes suddenly whip and lock on to Kate, "~Oh?~" She asks as she takes a step toward Kate. She laughs a little and then tilts her head. She takes another step toward Kate. Her head tilting to the right and then left.

"~I am here, Kate.~"

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate narrows her eyes, oh yes she is thinking about still chucking those headphones or doing something else is this continues to spiral downhill.

"Banshee. You know damn well I was referring to the fact that everyone is friends on this team and Soibhan is a member of the team." pause "You are a Titan with the rest of us and there are no threats to each other here. I'm not saying you aren't dangerous or capable." soothing calming tone from the teenager.

Even if she is seriously weighing all the options.

"Let her back in the driver's seat so I can get some tea made and talk to her about whatever is troubling her please. I'd like to talk to my friend."

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
"~How do ye know you aren't?~" The being steps forward and places both hands on the couch, "~Ya spend so much time tinkin' we are different. Siobhan is da Silver Banshee. Dere is no escapin' dat.~" She laughs and steps back even as she then turns back to Siobhan and the girl gasps out before stumbling backwards several steps and shuddering as she catches herself on a wall. Then slowly she slides down it, her hands gripping her sides as she slides and she shakes her head, "Ah can't feel him anymore."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate takes advantage of Soibhan taking control and getting in the driving seat once more. She steps away from the debris putting herself a bit closer to the way to the residences. She doesn't run for it though, that is how you get a predator on your butt.

"Siobhan... what is wrong. Who can't you feel anymore?" she has the tone of a concerned friend. Not letting any worry or fear into her voice at least, though to be honest there is some worry inside. She can't take a scream without some really fancy footwork after all and her armor is in her room.

She really needs some sort of magical girl costume bullshit or thicker skin.

"Maybe I can help?"

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
A look up and she stares at Kate before shaking her head. She can hear Kate's heart. She knows the girl isn't calm. A part of her is excited by that. She shudders a little before looking down at her hands, "The Necromancer." She looks again to Kate, "He was the villain. Da problem. What was I ta do?" She shakes her head and looks more directly at Kate. She stares at her before whispering.

"He possessed a girl, Kate. He could possess anyone, Kate. He was a spirit. A soul. Lucifer was right about me." She looks down again at her hands.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Okay well this does sound bad, but it does sound like it could actually be slowly getting a bit more under control. Kate takes a big breath and then shifts direction actually walking towards Siobhan and away from the easier escape.

I mean not that she isn't above a good kick to the face and still running for her room if it goes sideways.

"The necromancer who with the Ice Palace up in New York.. the whole trying to become a naughty god or something right?" she reaches down and puts her hand on Siobhan's shoulder giving it a squeeze. "What happened Siobhan... did you save the girl?"

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
Her eyes turn to that hand and she stares at it. Staring at the hand before she follows it up to Kate's face, "She's safe. He can't hurt her anymore. Can't hurt anyone." She shakes her head and then nods before she shrugs softly against that hand.

"I ate him, Kate. I ate his soul." She twitches a little and laughs a slightly crazed laugh. "Now he is gone, Kate. I can't even feel him. Just gone." She nods slowly.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate considers this very carefully and then she shifts and puts her back up against the wall and slides down to sit by Siobhan and slide her arm around her shoulders loosely.

"Well shit." she mutters thoughtfully.

Honestly there is a long moment of silence as she thinks about it. "I abscribe to not killing villains, mostly because there is a chance they could turn things around be become reformed in prison or doing community time or finding a diety or something. I don't think it is my job to take that opportunity away from and I know we all worry about becoming 'as bad' as they are by disregarding human life."

She looks sidelong to the other Titan. "Thing is, this Necromancer died already, was defying the natural order through dark magic, and was hurting a lot of people.. killing em.. probably using their spirit not just their body if Necromancers in pop culture have taught me anything." she mmms softly. "Am I wrong about what he was doing?"

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
A look over at Kate and then forward. Siobhan shrugs slowly, "I don't know." She let's out a breath and then just hugs herself lightly, "I want to believe dat, Kate. Ah really do." She sighs and shakes her head.

"Right now, all I know is I ate someone's soul. I can eat souls." She looks to Kate," Does that make me a monster? He could have been super evil but even if he was. I eat souls, Kate."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Yeah I can definitely see how finding out you can eat souls could be really disturbing as far as revelations go Siobhan." she means it too, but she gives your shoulders a squeeze as she sits there by you.

"I'm pretty sure Necromantic spirits possessing bodies and doing great evil in the world do not count as taking a human life though Siobhan... I'm not downplaying how big a shock this is.... but...." she considers her next words. "Honestly it sounds like you saved a girls life and might have prevented many more deaths by restoring a balance really. He was already dead he just didn't have the grace to stop hurting the living to forstall the inevitable?"

She isn't really sure to be honest she is right, but it sounds reasonable enough in her head, and she is pretty sure Siobhan needs to hear something like this.

"I might encourage you to talk to Raven about his .. mm maybe once Donna is back.. but she is really the expert about struggling with dark magical sides of yourself. My biggest struggle is algebra and all so I can't honestly say I know what this is like." pause "But I am always willing to give you a hug and listen."

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
A look over at Kate and then she looks forward and lets out a breath through her nose sharply, "I..." She sighs and then shakes her head, "I don't know how to process dis." She states softly and pulls her knees to her chest, hugging them and frowning, "I cannae say if what I did was the best course of action but at least he isn't hurtin' anyone anymore." SHe then looks to Kate, "Maybe I'll go see Raven but..." She looks ahead again and shakes her head.

"I just don't know how to process feelin' someone or somet'in's final moments." She shakes her head, "Not when I'm the cause. Worse...deir soul."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate nods "Well... honestly .. and with the caveat that I can't relate directly..." she trails off thoughtful. "Honestly I would say that is probably a good thing. You probably don't wnat this to come easy. You don't want it to be something you do get used to. It should be something that is super difficult to process and you should be upset about it and need to talk to your friends and seek advice and help."

A soft smile. "Also if anyone says otherwise and that you should just get used to it and do it literally whenever 'necessary' or whenever you want.. they are probably a villain."

She gives another squeeze. "This is probably going to be hard to process and work through and that is okay."

There is a squint. "Did you sat Lucifer?"

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
A look over at her and then she nods her head before Siobhan frowns, "I'm gonna be processin' dis for quite a while." She looks up at the ceiling before she looks over at Kate with a blink, "Oh, yeah." She says and then blinks, "Wit' all da gods, fake gods, near gods, demons, and well...evertin' else, I kinda forgot about him bein' dere." She then looks at her hands, "He kinda didn't seem like such a big deal amidst it all."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate looks.. very skeptical.. not of her meeting Lucifer but likely anyone who calls themselves Lucifer.

"Okay I'll bite... what did this Lucifer tell you that you were worried earlier was true Siobhan?"

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
A look over at her and then she looks ahead, "He forced de Banshee to the surface...then he figured dey could feed the necromancer to me." She states and shakes her head, "I..." SHe trails off a little and then she shakes her head, "I assumed he was fucking with me but..." She shrugs and then looks at her, "Now I know he was right."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Ah." she considers that.

"What an asshole. Then again I imagine anyone who fancies themself the devil is probably going to be an utter prick. Regardless of whether or not they are actually the Devil or just a complete bastard that fancies themselves Lucifer Asshole Morningstar."

"Definitely not someone I would hang around in the future Siobhan... sounds like someone who is a bit too whatever it takes to me..."

Siobhan Smythe has posed:
A look over at Kate and Siobhan smiles a little for the first time. It's a sad smile though. She shakes her head, "Trust me, I didn't want to hang out wit' him in the first place." She then looks ahead again, shaking her head, "I'm gonna process all of dis." She nods her head and slowly pushes herself up before looking again at Kate, "Good luck on your test."

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate doesn't try to restrain her. "You go do that..... let me know if you need anything or if we can help with that." she slips up to her feet as well and looks after Siobhan as she heads to process.

Once definitely gone Kate will look around and then move to flip the couch back over and straighten it up abit. She will drop Nightwing a note about needing a new couch for the common room on his comm as well.

Far as she can tell he handles the money and building stuff like that.... I mean maybe he doesn't but Kate assumes he does.