"That is so psycho." Dinah grumbled and then flinched as one of the seamstresses poked her with a pin, straightening. "Fine! So Blood. I want Priestly here to preach at you guys about the evils of too much investment in set roles. Because I bet he knows the jargon better." More grumbling.
"Never before have I been so tempted to just take this opportunity to run away," Karla teased from the doorway. "I am looking at my future and lo, it is terrifying."
"Don't you dare," Dinah threatened, eyes wide in horror. And okay, laughter. "You run away right now and I will hunt you down, lady. Hunt you down and feed you to Arcerian kittens. It'll take them a long time to finish you off with those baby teeth of theirs."
"You can't speak to Lady Karla that way," one of the Blood said, sounding upset.
"Of course she can," Karla said, refraining from rolling her eyes because it wouldn't be polite, "she's First Circle."
On the one hand, she didn't want just anyone thinking it was okay for people to talk to her like that. On the other, people were going to have to learn that her Court was going to be incredibly unconventional. At best.
"Unless you were protesting that inhumane treatment to baby Arcerians," she added. "I'm awfully stringy."
Dinah's grin turned wicked. "You could be a good source of fiber? No, I think you're right. We're going to have to fatten you up first." She flapped her arms. "Unfortunately, I'm a little pinned down for that." Literally, damnit.
To the Blood guy she said, "If you wanna switch places and see how fun it is, I guarantee you'll want to feed her to something by the end too." With a wink at Karla. "What's up? How goes the progress of our... progress?"
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She was totally not giggling at her BFF. Nope. Not Momoko.
(She totally was)
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"You can't do that when you're being the Queen," someone said in exasperation.
"You really don't know Karla that well, do you?" Dinah demanded.
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"She's right." Momoko giggled harder. "Karla versus Queen, Dinah. Totally two different things."
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"You can't speak to Lady Karla that way," one of the Blood said, sounding upset.
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On the one hand, she didn't want just anyone thinking it was okay for people to talk to her like that. On the other, people were going to have to learn that her Court was going to be incredibly unconventional. At best.
"Unless you were protesting that inhumane treatment to baby Arcerians," she added. "I'm awfully stringy."
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To the Blood guy she said, "If you wanna switch places and see how fun it is, I guarantee you'll want to feed her to something by the end too." With a wink at Karla. "What's up? How goes the progress of our... progress?"
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