princess of tamaran

[astralraven]

Raven had finally found a moment to clear her head. Choosing a quiet spot on the floor in the tower, she sat with her eyes closed and her legs criss-crossed. she was was drifting in the blissful quiet of her meditation, floating a few inches off the ground when she heard a noise--maybe it was a crunch of a wrapper or a pop of a plastic bottle. Raven cracked one eye at her company. "Got enough to share?"

[escapedprincess]

after years of imprisonment and torture, the peace of the tower was a welcome departure from the nonstop agony she had once known. even still, it was hard at times to remember that she was safe. the voice that broke the silence of the tower didn't cause koriand'r to jump, but something in her tensed before she realized it was raven. looking down at the bottle she had opened, kori nodded once. "yes, i believe there is another in the refrigerator. i would be happy to get it for you, if you would like?"

[hoodedfury]

"we should probably head back before it gets any later. I don't mind, I'm just saying the statistical chances of me shooting somebody increases with every passing minute." this was gotham and not that any of the local criminals needed encouragement from the sun going down to try their hand at armed robbery, it certainly made them feel invited.

[escapedprincess]

her hair was like a flare in the darkness. the reddish pink blurred into a bright gold at the bottom. the flame like effect stood out in the night, but kori paid the glow no attention. she was used to it, even if it illuminated the area around the two. "that would be for the best. i do not believe shooting anyone would be productive, would it?"

[manhunterofmars]

"I'll have to take your word for it." J'onn responded skeptically, as he fought any temptation to search deeper in them for the truth.

[escapedprincess]

"my word is one of the few things that i have left." at this point, koriand'r had lost her crown, her home, and her family. she had the titans, but there was still a fair amount of adjusting to do. "i appreciate your willingness to believe in me."

[arrowsandgoatees]

"Listen. I don't know what you think, I think, you think I saw, but you're wrong. Or am I wrong? One of us is wrong and it's probably not me."

[escapedprincess]

"i didn't think that i was mistaken, but there is always a possibility. how do we know for certain who is right and who is wrong?"

[thelaughingmystagogue]

John couldn't help but scoff. "Yeah, no. I'm not self-righteous enough to use that word." Or deserving enough.

[escapedprincess]

"but what if it fits? is it still self-righteous then?"

[bztboi-deactivated20260529]

"alright, let's try this again star," at this point, garfield has all the patience in the world. he knew that this would be worth his time. "when you say something's really good, you say it's bussin'. like— this veggie pizza? bussin'. get it?"

[escapedprincess]

"yes." kori folded her hands in front of her as she watched her green friend expectantly. as he spoke, she nodded after a moment of hesitation. "so, when we beat the bad guys, is that also bussin'? or is it food only? can a friend be bussin'?" her inability to understand slang had nothing to do with her intelligence. koriand'r was smart, but she was relatively new to earth. it was an entirely different atmosphere from what she was used to, and even though she had absorbed the english language, it was odd.

[thelaughingmystagogue]

"I make scary bad things go away."

[escapedprincess]

"oh, that's an excellent thing to do. you're a hero?"

[escapedprincess]

"... i am not following what you are trying to say. would you mind trying to rephrase it?"

[korysource]

Koriand'r in Titans #15

[flawlessbeautyqueens]

Sydney Park photographed by Benjo Arwas for Vogue Singapore (2020)