Anonymous Submitted:
Speaking of Raz confessing the truth about himself, the way I see it happening is that it starts with Raz hiding in a shower stall.
Chloe enters the bathroom, and tries to ask Raz if she can come in, but stumbles a bit because this is the first time she's comforting someone else like this in a long time, if she's ever done it before. It comes out in a way that, if most people said it like that, would come off as insensitive, but it's clear Chloe is trying.
Raz tells her to come in to the stall, and Raz just looks so small, curled up on the ground. Chloe sits beside him, clearly trying to imitate the way Raz would deal with this if the roles were reversed.
She asks him what's wrong, and, in a voice so much smaller than he is, asks if they all think that. Chloe's a bit confused, before Raz clarifies "Does everyone think all Hydrokinetics are evil?"
Chloe stops for a second. She can't deny that she thought that for a bit, but it's clear Raz knows something Ms Busier didn't say, and asks him why it matters.
Raz goes quiet, and puts one hand towards his temple, and the other outstretched towards a puddle. His eyes glow an eerie gold, and a hand stretches out from the water.
"Oh," she says, dumbfounded. She was already aware he was psychic, but this was new.
"Well, clearly Ms Busier was wrong about it. You are like, the least evil person I know. You know, I could set up a campaign with Daddy to get rid of this... Whatever it is that Busier tried to teach us,"
"Hydropsi-phobia"
"Yeah, that word. After all, it's not like all Hydrokinetics are related to that Maligula lady!"
Raz suddenly looks at the ground in a way that says pretty much everything.
"You're related to Maligula?!?"
"Shh! No one's supposed to know!"
"Right. That would be terrible for your reputation."
"... She's my Great Aunt on my dad's side. Uh, Bio-dad, not Stephan. Funny thing is, I only learned I was Hydrokinetic after I learned about her, and what she did..."
"Wow, must of sucked to have get that power"
"Actually," here the water manifests as a little scene of a younger Raz on the shore "I already had them for a while, but... My family was really superstitious. We believed... No, Were tricked into thinking that we were cursed, so when I first got my powers... " Water Raz is shown to be suddenly dragged 'under' the water by a similar hand to the one he manifested earlier.
Chloe demands to know who did that to him- his family(but mostly him) so she can get her lawyers and sue them for everything they have. Raz explains, giving a brief summary of Ford's actions, and even explaining how he grew up with Maligula as his Nona.
Raz admits that it feels better, like a weight is off his chest from talking about that with someone other than his parents(both sets of them), but he's not sure if he can handle any more of the Grulovian History lesson.
"You know, I'm not sure I want to go back to that class either; Clearly they weren't teaching us about anything useful. Why don't we go shopping, I feel like I need a new outfit, and I think you need a new comic. Don't worry, you're helping me out, which, by extension, means you are helping Paris out."
They both go out and have a good time.
(Meanwhile Chat and Ladybug defeat the Akuma, noting Goggalor's absence, but not being too worried as the Akuma went down quick. They call the begoggled hero later on, and he explains that he was dealing with some important business.)
(Also, the Stop Psyphobia campaign begins, and their first goal is providing psychic-friendly textbooks to Paris's schools.)
My Comments:
And this is how the Psychic Support Club starts, with an anti-psyphobia campaign /hj
Seriously though this feels like the perfect setup for the club to form and everything
Raz hiding in the bathroom this poor kid he’s only 10 he doesn’t want to deal with any more anti-psychic anything let alone learning about the Deluge again like this—
Also Chloé threatening to sue Ford brings up hilarious images in my head