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Room 509, early Wednesday evening

Dec 09, 2009 19:08

After Magic Reserves, Raven retreated to her room to meditate. She thought she had buried the part of her that longed so much for love, but apparently not deep enough, and she was projecting her desires again. It at least had made sense when she had affected Jono, and even somewhat so for projecting on her fellow students, but Max? First of all ( Read more... )

why: love plot (not mine this time!), where: room 509, who: dinah, who: karla, what: meditation, who: max

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glacial_witch December 10 2009, 03:30:18 UTC

After coming back from the woods with Mat, Karla had headed up to the roof again, but paused at the sixth floor, unwilling to really go on. Without Mat being there, she really was in to mood to socialize. She turned to head back to her room, but was arrested by the scent of flowers.

Which made her think of Raven. Which made the floor shift under feet again and a wave of confusion overtake her. When she steadied herself, her mind was once again fixed upon a single point: Raven.

She was knocking at Raven's door just a few moments later, giddy with hope and excitement and burgeoning love. "Kiss kiss!" she called.

trigons_child December 10 2009, 03:34:01 UTC

Raven really wanted to talk to Karla about what was going on with her and Merlin. "Karla," she said, opening up the door. "I am happy to see you."

glacial_witch December 10 2009, 03:40:35 UTC

Karla couldn't be happier to hear that. "I'm glad," she said, giving Raven a big smile. "I'm happy to see you, too. Very, very happy. Can I come in?"

She glanced around and saw all of the flowers and her smile grew even broader. She wondered what Raven had thought of them.

trigons_child December 10 2009, 03:46:21 UTC

"Of course," Raven said, gesturing inside. She still had no idea Karla sent the flowers.

"I wished to speak to you about you and Merlin," she began to say.

glacial_witch December 10 2009, 04:00:45 UTC

Karla waved that topic away, coming in to sit down. "You don't have to, Raven. I see now that what we shared wasn't real. It wasn't true love. It was a mistake on both our parts and I'm grateful now that Arthur took him away."

Now that she remembered what true love was, here with Raven.

trigons_child December 10 2009, 04:10:50 UTC

"Oh, good," Raven said with a sigh of relief. "I was worried that I had somehow accidentally done something to cause you to feel attracted to him."

glacial_witch December 10 2009, 04:20:36 UTC

And soon Raven would realize that she sighed too soon.

"Oh no," Karla assured her. "It wasn't your fault that I thought I was in love with him." She reached out to clasp Raven's hand, bringing it close to her chest. "But I owe you everything for helping me realize what true love really is. Raven, I love you so. Do you think there's a chance for us to be together? It would be my fondest wish to make you happy."

She grinned and gestured at the flowers. "Like with these, for example. Did they please you? I hope so. Dinah worked hard to make them worthy of you. She's such a great friend to me!"

trigons_child December 10 2009, 04:26:20 UTC

"The flowers are from you?" Raven said, mentally facepalming. "Oh, Karla, I care dearly for you, but what you are feeling...it cannot be real. I think I am making you feel this way, like I did to others before. I wish to know love so much that I am projecting that need onto others, like you."

glacial_witch December 10 2009, 05:02:55 UTC

Karla stubbornly shook her head. "Raven, please. I would know if someone was manipulating my emotions. I've been trained in Craft and shielding my whole life." She clasped Raven's hand more tightly, willing Raven to feel the depth of her love. "No, believe me. What I feel for you is true and deep and enduring."

For another few hours, definitely!

"You must give me the chance to prove it to you!"

trigons_child December 10 2009, 05:34:25 UTC

"I do not doubt that you care for me as I care for you," Raven said, squeezing Karla's hand. "But this is so sudden, and I have influenced people with my gifts before. I have tried to stop myself, but not well enough."

glacial_witch December 10 2009, 05:59:35 UTC

Yeah...all Karla heard was 'I do not doubt that you care for me as I care for you.' The rest of it was lost in asudden rush of OMG--JOY! at her words.

"You do care!" Karla said exultantly. "I knew it! I knew a love with deep and pure could only be reciprocated! Oh, Raven, you con't know how happy you've made me!"

Tears gathered in her eyes and she swiped at them impatiently. "You'll see! We'll be together forever and I'll never let anything harm you again. Not your father, not your fears, nothing!"

trigons_child December 10 2009, 16:12:43 UTC

Raven really really really hated that she was doing this to her friend. But she smiled with affection and said, "Just promise me you will do nothing rash? We should take this slowly, should we not?"

glacial_witch December 10 2009, 22:17:24 UTC

"Of course!" Karla assured her, turning a smile of extreme happiness Raven's way. She was almost worried that Raven would drown under the waves of happiness that were pouring off of her. "We'll go as slow as you want. The last thing I'd want to do is push you or hurt you or anything like that."

Not that the promise of slow stopped Karla's imagination in the least. "I can't wait till we get home to Kaeleer. I'm thinking a small ceremony, something tasteful...Oh! You'll get to meet Jaenelle! She's the most important person in the world to me--other than you, of course..."

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