on possibile apps and such

[starbolting]

Oh, yes! Playing games does sound like fun! I am afraid I am not very good, but I have played many of these games with Beast Boy and Cyborg. What sort of video game shall we be playing? A racing game? Or perhaps one with tiny figures upon the screen that we shall have fight to the death?

No?

....I am sorry, but I have never heard of an "Exsilium," or a "Gargle-blast." What sort of games might those be?

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[feel_nevermore]

Role Playing Games. But I'm afraid we're not the ones playing.

...The mundanes are.

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[starbolting]

Raven! [ Her face lights up with a smile. ] You are well!

[starbolting]

I do have one question, if I may.

What sort of game is a "role playing?" [ She knows what a role is, and what playing is, but not when used together. ]

[feel_nevermore]

[A small barely there smile.] It's good to see you too, Star. It's been a while.

Mundanes choose one or several muses, like you and me, in their head spaces and send them into a world. Like this 'Exsilium' place your Mun mentioned. And they decide of what will happen to us there.

[starbolting]

Calling somebody "mundane" seems rather rude, does it not?

I am not liking the sound of this. Am I not free to decide my own destiny?

[feel_nevermore]

Personally I'd say it's a pretty nice way to call them.

To some extent. But your mun will most likely have things happen to you without necessarily asking for your opinion.

[starbolting]

Does this often happen to you, Raven? [ Are they bad things? ]

[feel_nevermore]

It's happened to me, yeah, but not too often lately. Since I was sent to Exsilium my Mun has been, well, behaving. [As surprising as it might sound knowing her Mun...]

[starbolting]

Oh! You are already playing in this Exsilium?

[feel_nevermore]

I'm... [She's about to say 'not playing' but she quickly gives up on trying to explain the concept of RPGs more in detail to Starfire.] I'm in Exsilium, yes. I've been there for a year now. There were a lot of Titans there too at first. But now the only Titans left are Jericho and me.

[Not to mention Conner and M'gann who claim to be Titans but have not heard of half of the Titans Raven knows... And several Robins including a female one that Raven judges best not to mention to Starfire right now. No need to confuse or traumatize her.]

[starbolting]

Where did all of the other Titans go? Did they perhaps lose the game? [ SO MANY QUESTIONS. ]

[feel_nevermore]

No. I believe they were just... sent somewhere else. Maybe in another game.

[starbolting]

You must be lonely. [ Yes. That's it, Starfire. Raven is totes lonely. ] Perhaps they will come back to play in your game?

[feel_nevermore]

Hoping for any of you to come would be selfish of me, Starfire. There's war here.

[But Star is right. Exsilium is a a crowded place. Still she misses her teammates like one would miss their family. So yes, even if she won't admit it, she gets kind of lonely.]

[starbolting]

That is all the more reason to have your friends by your side.

[feel_nevermore]

[Raven looks away. Star... You're not making it easy for her, are you?] When I arrived in Exsilium, it was... nice having you with me. Going on missions with you and Robin and fight by your sides. It felt just like... [Home.] in Jump City.

You've always been a good... [friend] teammate to me, Starfire. And if your Mun decides to send you to Exsilium well... I'll be glad. [The last part is said in a low voice. Because she can't ask for this.]