Room 528, Monday Morning

[icecoldfrost]

Emma had skipped last night's party, since she had no reason whatsoever to deal with a bunch of teachers and other adults in her spare time. Besides, she had plans to be out late tonight, and had needed her beauty sleep.

Right now she was curled up on her bed, happily ensconced in her AP Algebra textbook as she worked on her correspondence class final. Mmmm...math.


[OOC: For a ginger, but door & post are open before that!]

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[icecoldfrost]

There were, but Emma wasn't afraid of the drunken little rodents.

Her head was also hurting from the altercation with Princess Perfect, and she didn't want Karla to catch any of the raw and churning bits of anger that were floating around her mind right now, so she took a moment to put her walls in order, carefully layering them up in what she thought of as her Onion Girl sheilds.

"I knew," she informed Karla aloud before switching over to her telepathy. <<You'll have to tell him sometime, you know, but not tonight. You could always try writing him a letter.>>

[glacial_queen]

"How did you know?!" Karla cried aloud. "Even I didn't know!"

*And no I don't,* she sulked in the private forum of their thoughts, politely waiting for Emma to finish strengthening her mental barriers. *I could keep happily playing the victim just like everyone else and never say a word.*

She wouldn't, of course. But she could.

[icecoldfrost]

<<Who do you think went to your 'Dite?>> she replied, reaching out to stroke Karla's hair soothingly. <<You said you got bitten there, so I figured she had to know something.>>

[glacial_queen]

*Oh. Right.* Karla leaned in to the pettings. She could use a good soothing. "I'm sorry for being all crazy and in love with you," she murmured. "I'm not, really. In love with you, I mean. Not like that, anyway."

[icecoldfrost]

"I know. You can't love someone who doesn't have a heart," she teased, perfectly happy to pet Karla until she calmed down. "Well, you could try, but I doubt it would end well."

[glacial_queen]

"You have a heart," Karla sighed. "You're just not so stupid as to wear it on your sleeve like almost everyone else. Trust me. It's a stupid plan."

[icecoldfrost]

"Do not," Emma sniffed. "What would I want with a heart? Don't say such slanderous things, you'll give people the wrong impression."

[glacial_queen]

"Nope, don't believe you," Karla said, lips twitching. "You have a heart. Sometimes you even like people." She kept her voice light and teasing, even as she took in the psychic residue of the room. "Those of us worth liking, of course."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma sighed and tweaked Karla's nose. "Mind your own business, Lady Karla. It's nothing I can't handle."

[glacial_queen]

"I'm not doing anything!" Karla protested. "Just reading what was left behind to read. Not planning on getting involved. I have enough craziness on my plate to add more, thanks. But you can't blame me for being interested in what happened."

[icecoldfrost]

"Yes, let's discuss your craziness," Emma replied sweetly. "If you want to go to the party tonight, you should write a letter and slip it in with the gift. You know Jack. The longer you wait to tell him, the more vexed he'll be."

[glacial_queen]

"I don't think I'll go," Karla said, after a moment of thought. "Not if I'm going to tell him. I feel like it'll lesson the apology, if I spend and evening laughing and chatting with him, while he's completely in the dark about the whole thing. This way, he'll have only good memories of his birthday party."

[icecoldfrost]

"Promise me you'll tell him soon?" Emma asked. "He's dreadfully confused by the whole thing, darling, and it upset him."

[glacial_queen]

"Why can't I just pretend it was all just some stupid Fandom thing?" Karla grumbled, avoiding Emma's eyes. "It's not like the island hasn't played stupid pranks like that before."

It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't feel so damned horrible about it.

[icecoldfrost]

"Because you would feel guilty and horrible?" she pointed out, going back to gently stroking Karla's hair. "You don't have to do an epic poem with dramatic reenactment. Just tell him you got gremlin-bit, and in the chaos, some love potion got into the general population. You're sorry and you're hideously embarrassed and did you mention you were sorry?"

"Just... be prepared to be understanding if no one wants to eat any pastries you've touched for awhile."

[glacial_queen]

"No I wouldn't!" Karla protested. "I'd feel happy that no one else knows it was me!"

Only to sag back down, shoulders slumping. "Except for that not really part. Stupid morals. I wish you weren't right right now. I really do."

She sniffled a bit. "And I was getting better at baking, too!"

[icecoldfrost]

"You can still practice baking, you'll just have to wait and feed it to your cousin instead of us," Emma laughed. "Darling, I was egging Jack on, and he's not miffed at me. People might be a wee bit put-out at first, but it will be fine. It wasn't really your fault."

[glacial_queen]

"You don't think they'll stay mad at me then?" Karla asked, looking up at Emma through her lashes. "That's what I'm worried about the most."

[icecoldfrost]

"If they do, then they're not worth having as friends," Emma promised. "You were out of your mind, and that is that."

"And if they want evidence, you can point out that you thought you loved me, and therefore definitely crazy."

[glacial_queen]

"And so we come full circle," Karla said with a small laugh. "Though--what do I do if they don't accept that as evidence either?"

*I can always point out I suffered more than anyone,* Karla sent wryly. *The number of people I professed to love is staggering. They only acted like idiots in front of a few people. I practically put on a show for the entire school.*