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ghostofaformerself · 1 year

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DE LIONCOURT, LESTAT ( @hauxtedbeauty ) is a person of interest

RAYNE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCES, at least not where disappearances are concerned. in her line of work it’s incredibly rare that the consistent mention of one individual is a legitimate coincidence. no. she’s interested in just who this lestat de lioncourt really is, and how he’s connected to these disappearances.

from what she’s gathered thus far, he’s a mysterious smooth-talker. charisma is ever the one thing certain to get strangers willing to let their guard down when they shouldn’t. but rayne, rayne is careful and she knows better than to let anyone get in her head. she’s not easily fooled, and charisma often makes her far more suspicious than anything else. nonetheless, she needs to play this smart, she ahs to play his game and let him think she has the upper hand. so, she’ll play.

a firm knock on the door before hands are back in the pockets of her leather jacket and she waits in the cool air. is it smart for her to be here sans backup? no. is it more likely to allow her to play the game she’s here to play? absolutely.

#( case status: active — thread. ) profiles can change.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#( hauxtedbeauty — 01. )#hauxtedbeauty

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ghostofaformerself · 11 months

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GERSTEN, RAINER ( @fangmother ) is a person of interest

IF THERE'S ONE THING rayne is intimately familiar with, it's trauma. sometimes she wonders how one person can come face to face with it so many times and still manage to be intact. but that's it, isn't it? she's not intact, and nothing makes that more obvious than when she's face to face with the person who's been making a point to try to intimidate her into dropping the case taking up all her personal time.

at first it's calm. an instance of her confronting them, ready to make some sly comment that any sane person wouldn't when the person across from her is so clearly capable of killing her without hesitation. but rayne gets a clear view of the woman across from her and something changes. brows furrow, a vague sense of familiarity creeping up her spine as if to warn her this encounter isn't their first, but she can't place it. it's like her body remembers something she doesn't, and rayne doesn't like the disconnect between body and mind. maybe it's something in the stranger's mannerisms, the way she moves, but it feels like more. the unnatural paleness of everything other than the woman's wardrobe feels strikingly familiar to her, but rayne is certain if they'd met before she would remember.

the dam breaks. it's a punch in the gut that leaves her breathless for a moment while a flood of memories threatens to drown her. it all plays out like a movie in an instant, shattering the narrative she's believed for the last twenty-four years. there isn't any time for her to process what she recalls because an overwhelming sense of anger washed over rayne, sending her lunging forward without warning with the complete intent of beating the other woman to death.

#( case status: active — thread. ) profiles can change.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#( fangmother — 01. )#fangmother

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ghostofaformerself · 10 months

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MARIA HILL ( @cmndrhill ) asked for a consult FILE ID: songs that vibe just a little too hard ( part 1 ); control — halsey

‘i'm meaner than my demons.’

❝I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT FACT.❞ it's paired with a quiet chuckle as rayne looks at maria, lips pulled at the corners. ❝i think you're meaner than mine too.❞

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#cmndrhill

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ghostofaformerself · 10 months

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MARIA HILL ( @cmndrhill ) asked for a consult FILE ID: send a symbol for rayne to...

🛋 – curl up on the couch with your muse. loving them loving them loving them

A COUPLE OF BEERS & some cold pizza later has rayne and maria falling into the pattern they developed in high school. they're comfortable with each other. this time without the overhang of rayne knowing something isn't right but being unable to place it before everything falls apart.

it's automatic, the way rayne hands maria another beer before letting herself drop onto the couch. legs are pulled up, tucked underneath herself as she leans shoulder to shoulder with her oldest friend and relaxes into the simplicity of the situation. it doesn't feel like there's decades between the last time they saw each other.

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#cmndrhill

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ghostofaformerself · 10 months

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MARIA HILL ( @cmndrhill ) asked for a consult FILE ID: kissing prompts

smiling while kissing. give me soft kisses or give me death.

THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING about maria that rayne's never quite been able to place. when they were younger she chalked it up to it just being her best friend and rayne caring about her. now she's older. a little wiser ( sometimes ), and she knows better. maria is something else entirely. a force to be reckoned with, and someone rayne doesn't want to go decades without again. there's been this hole in her chest since they were forced in separate directions.

lips curve at the corners when they meet maria's, a hand coming to settle on the commander's cheek with a softness rayne's almost forgotten she possesses. the kiss itself is slow, gentle, a long time coming—she thinks—and she can't help the quiet laugh that sounds in the back of her throat at the same time. before now, there isn't a moment rayne ever thought this would happen with maria.

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#cmndrhill

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ghostofaformerself · 10 months

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EVAN BUCKLEY ( @melpcmene ) asked for a consult FILE ID: interview with the muse

‘do you believe in ghosts?’ ( buck !! )

❝DO YOU MEAN, LIKE, LITERALLY?❞ she knows he's probably talking about haunted places, ghosts making things go bump in the night and that kind of thing, but rayne's default is to ask rather than assume. ❝i don't think so, but maybe that's just because i'd like to think people find some kind of peace after they die instead of being trapped in between planes.❞

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#melpcmene

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ghostofaformerself · 11 months

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SAWYER, SADIE ( @sadiesawyer ) is a person of interest

SHE'S WORKED WITH THE BAU BEFORE, though mostly before she started with the philadelphia field office. rayne hasn't worked a case with them in years, but it's no surprise she is now.

the conference room has been occupied since the wee hours of the morning, and rayne has been there the entire time. she's familiarizing herself with all aspects of the case; rayne is someone who likes to be prepared, and often times she finds it easier to do when no one else is around.

#( case status: active — thread. ) profiles can change.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#( sadiesawyer — 01. )#sadiesawyer

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ghostofaformerself · 1 year

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BUCKLEY, EVAN ( @melpcmene ) is a person of interest

RAYNE HAS NEVER BEEN SOMEONE deterred from doing something just because there are consequences. she's always been the type to accept the consequences of her actions and the punishments that come along with them so long as it means she's doing the right thing. that's why she's in this mess. it's the right thing to do. so, when the call comes from captain maynard ( who is absolutely furious and doesn't want her anywhere near the investigation anymore ) it isn't enough to stop her. where arsonists are concerned, there's never enough time. it comes down to hoping you can get there before it's too late and someone dies.

it's pure coincidence ( or maybe it's being a magnet for this kind of thing ) that rayne finds herself at the house. she connects a few dots when she's obsessively pouring over everything in the middle of her hotel room, and a hunch leads her right to the house where the blaze has begun engulfing the house.

she's out of her car quickly, moving toward where the crowd of people have started to gather. several people are on the phone with emergency services already. carefully, rayne pushes her way through the crowd toward where the house's inhabitants stand—there's a particular look to the people most closely affected by an incident like this, so, to her, they're easy to pick out—but there's a panic to them as they count heads. she doesn't catch the whole conversation, but someone is unaccounted for.

more forceful in pushing her way through, she catches the arm of one of the adults. ❝who's missing?❞ rayne doesn't leave room for anyone to question her, she's taking control as much as she can now because she isn't sure lafd is going to make it quickly enough.

❝two kids. their rooms are at the back of the upstairs—❞ the person cuts off when rayne is on the move, running toward the house before they can finish speaking.

#( case status: active — thread. ) profiles can change.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#( melpcmene — 01. )#melpcmene

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ghostofaformerself · 11 months

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GREY, LEXIE ( @airplanecrushed ) is a person of interest

RECKLESS. IMPULSIVE. INJURY-PRONE. STUBBORN—all are accurate when used to describe her, and yet none of them are enough ( even strung together ) to convey exactly what kind of person she is. those words do, however, cover the choices that got her into this mess in the first place.

hospitals and rayne are incompatible. she hates them, and medical staff isn't fond of her. the amount of times she's left against medical advice is ludicrous by anyone's standards, and her medical history itself makes people wonder if she's really in her right mind. but, this time she walks into an emergency room all her own, and only because she's holding up a rookie cop with whatever strength she has. he's half unconscious, injured leg kind of dragging with each step she takes, but he's still alive for the moment thanks to the belt practically strangling his leg where it's been pulled as tight as possible above where the wound is. it's stifled the bleeding enough to allow her to get him here.

in the midst of passing him off to the hospital staff, rayne brushes off the attempts to check her over. she insists the blood on her isn't hers, that it belongs to the rookie and they need to focus on keeping him alive.

it's when the adrenaline starts to fade, when someone's survival is no longer based on how quickly she can get them to the hospital, that pain starts seeping in. a throbbing in her head, the stabbing sensation in her shoulder, the way her body suddenly feels too heavy and vision starts to swim. one step, two, in an attempt to find somewhere to sit. then she's down.

#( case status: active — thread. ) profiles can change.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#( airplanecrushed — 01. )#airplanecrushed

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ghostofaformerself · 1 year

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DREAM OF THE ENDLESS ( @peacereflected ) is a person of interest

❝WHAT THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?❞ of course it's taken as an accusation when they mention nightmares. rayne hasn't said anything about them, let alone made the barest allusion to them, and dream is throwing it around as if it's common knowledge. obviously they would be the one to know, but that's not the point.

it's defensive. there's a vulnerability to sleeping for her even when she's on her own, but especially when she's around someone else. starting a fight is her response to it if only in an effort to force dream into leaving. rayne refuses to put herself in a state to be tortured by her own mind.

❝i'm not tired, end of story.❞ bullshit. she's exhausted, but she'll push it until her body gives out if she needs to. it wouldn't be the first time.

#( case status: active — thread. ) profiles can change.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#( peacereflected — 03. )#peacereflected

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ghostofaformerself · 1 year

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DEREK MORGAN ( @ashesstxries ) asked for a consult FILE ID: unsolicited

‘will you quit talking like that?! i’m not leaving you behind!’

❝THEN WE'RE BOTH DYING HERE,❞ dark eyes survey their surroundings. ❝derek, this place is coming down around us and my leg isn't going to be unpinned anytime soon. get the hell out of here while you can.❞ rayne refuses to be the reason for someone else dying again.

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#ashesstxries

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ghostofaformerself · 2 years

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TAG DROP — VERSES

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ghostofaformerself · 7 months

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"OOOHH RAAAAYNE." yeah, that's sang out across the whole office. "i'm bored."

THIS IS A SPECIAL KIND OF HELL, and the voice that sings out her name is a constant reminder that she got herself in this position because of what she did. she wasn't supposed to survive it. it's some kind of a joke.

❝my job isn't to entertain you, it's to use your serial killer mind to get into the minds of other killers.❞ as if rayne doesn't have that capability all her own.

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#lethalborn #rayne vc: kill me please

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ghostofaformerself · 9 months

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MARIA HILL ( @cmndrhill ) asked for a consult FILE ID: villain vibes ( part 2 ); no body, no crime — taylor swift ft. haim

‘no body, no crime.’

❝LEONARD EWING SCOTT,❞ she takes a sip of her drink before continuing. ❝first case in u.s. history where a murder conviction happened on purely circumstantial evidence and without a body.❞

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#cmndrhill #what a fuckin nerd

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ghostofaformerself · 10 months

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GLORIA DE LIMA ( @medicbled ) asked for a consult FILE ID: songs that vibe a little too hard ( part 2 ); sit still look pretty — daya

‘i don't know what you've been told.’

❝THAT ALL DEPENDS on what i should and shouldn't know.❞ rayne shrugs gently, eyeing the other brunette with a quirk of her brow. ❝i'm not so quick to believe what other people tell me, though. i much prefer to form my own opinions.❞

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#medicbled

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ghostofaformerself · 10 months

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MARIA HILL ( @cmndrhill ) asked for a consult FILE ID: songs that vibe a little too hard ( part 1 ); you're gonna go far kid — the offspring

‘with a thousand lies and a good disguise.’

❝I'LL GET THE SUNGLASSES AND BALL CAPS.❞

#( case file: answers. ) understanding the motive helps build the profile.#( case id: verse — main. ) don't stop until your heart goes numb.#cmndrhill

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