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glacial_witch

Room 218, Tuesday Afternoon

Feb 14, 2012 16:40

It was Valentine's Day and so Karla was celebrating the best way she knew how--a giant box of expensive chocolates and a brand-new trashy romance novel. There might be other, more traditional celebrations later in the evening, but Karla's first introduction to the holiday was through chocolate and she wasn't about to give up such an amazing custom ( Read more... )

where: room 218, door: open, who: tara maclay, what: playing telephone, who: ender wiggin, event: love is in the air, post: open, who: emma frost, who: karla

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endsthegame February 14 2012, 21:46:12 UTC

It was Valentine's Day, and Ender... had spent most of his time with Ben so far. There were plans for later, too - just because Luke had gotten in the way didn't mean they were going to get out of null-g nookie a quick jaunt into space.

But right now, he had a mission - one Ben wasn't as swiftly inclined to embark on, but that was important. Much more important than what they'd been doing these past few days, enjoyable as it might have been.

And so there was Ender, knocking on the door. "Karla?" he called. "I have a favor to ask."

Might as well be direct.

glacial_witch February 14 2012, 21:58:17 UTC

Talk about words that had her tossing her book and her chocolates aside and she jumped up to open the door. Ender didn't ask for favors often, at least, not those of a personal variety. His favors tended to be more along the lines of 'please don't threaten Topher in my defense' or 'please stop and think before doing something painfully stupid.'

...It was possible that Karla was trying to think if she'd done anything recently to make him ask for that kind of favor from her.

"Of course," she said, opening the door. Greetings and happiness about them being back could wait. "Come inside and talk to me."

Then, to prove that she wasn't always slow, she asked, "Did Luke do something stupid?"

IT WAS AN EASY CONCLUSION TO LEAP TO.

NFB from here, please. endsthegame February 14 2012, 22:00:43 UTC

Ender stepped inside, and then reached out and shut the door behind him. The less the squirrels heard about this, the happier he'd be.

"How good are you at healing scars?" he asked quietly, avoiding her question.

Re: NFB from here, please. glacial_witch February 14 2012, 22:14:59 UTC

Karla winced. That was not a question she wanted to hear. "I can do it," she said quietly, looking Ender over carefully. He seemed fine, which likely meant--

"It hurts, though," she said. "Scars means that the body has already healed. I'll have to reopen the wounds to make them Heal properly." Everything had a price. "I can take some of that pain onto myself, depending on the size of the scars in question, but if there's too much, I'll lose my focus."

And considering the number of scars Ben had anyway, for him to want to lose whatever new one he had acquired...

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life_inshadow February 14 2012, 22:10:45 UTC

"Karla?" Tara asked from the doorway. "I have a ques -- ooh, you have candy."

She'd wanted to talk-slash-brag about the Rebecca thing, but she was easily distracted.

[OOC: SP is my favorite.]

glacial_witch February 14 2012, 22:16:46 UTC

"Kiss kiss, Tara!" Karla said, putting her book down. "And Happy Valentine's Day!" She held the box of chocolates out enticingly, "I'll be happy to share," she added.

Because Tara needed to be coaxed, yes.

"Come on in?"

life_inshadow February 14 2012, 22:26:43 UTC

"Happy Valentine's Day!" Tara echoed, going in and plucking a raspberry-centered chocolate from the box. She thanked Karla through a full mouth, then lowered her voice before speaking again.

"So, uh ... mind a little girl talk?"

glacial_witch February 14 2012, 22:34:53 UTC

Karla's eyes lit up at that. "I loooove girl talk," she assured Tara, moving over so Tara could have plenty of space on the bed to sit down. The door closed itself, so no one wandering past the hallway would be able to listen in, and she gave Tara an expectant grin.

"Shaaaaare," she said.

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icecoldfrost February 14 2012, 22:31:03 UTC

It had come to this; Emma needed someone to talk to, Kennedy wasn't answering her damned phone, and if she called Alex, she'd never hear the end of it. Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, it was Alex, but Emma had a witch-y friend who might be able to offer some perspective before she endured the good-natured (and lewd) razzing from Karev.

So, safely back in her dorm, she dialed Karla's number and waited for her to pick up.

glacial_witch February 14 2012, 22:50:15 UTC

Karla was right in the middle of an amazing chapter when her phone rang, but all thoughts of windy moors and forbidden loves were chased out of her head when she saw whose name had popped up on the Caller ID. "Kiss kiss!" she said, breaking into a giant grin. "Emma, hello! Happy Valentine's Day!"

icecoldfrost February 15 2012, 00:58:43 UTC

Emma actually had to think about that for a second. "It is the 14th, isn't it?" she mused. "Happy Day of Copious Pink Decor, darling. Why are you answering the phone instead of using it as an excuse to have your Warren naked?"

glacial_witch February 15 2012, 01:16:45 UTC

"Because Warren has been sent off to get me enough food that we won't have to move for a few days when he gets back," Karla said, because oversharing was how she rolled. "And now I'm upset that you've forgotten, because it means my delivery has not yet arrived."

Damn it. She'd have to call the company and complain.

"What's up, darling?" Karla'd thought she'd been calling to thank her for the flowers, but since that wasn't the case...color her intrigued.

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