Dite's Decadent Delights, Monday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

Karla had been well and truly drunk last night. And while she hadn't thrown up--take that, Drake!--she had spent a goodly portion of the night (okay, morning), with her hand on the floor, trying to keep the room from spinning.

Still, her first hangover was going very well. Her head was only mildly throbbing, she'd stopped being dizzy after her very long shower, and she was even starting to get a little hungry. Right now, she wasn't sure which she was more fond of--her metabolism, or the hangover remedy she was drinking by the gallon.

It was possible she'd even share, if someone similarly afflicted popped by to visit.

[OCD up.]

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Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

...But not too loudly, please.

Re: Talk to Karla

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

"You look like--" Crap. "--someone who drank a little too much", observed Cloud as he entered the store; if he looked surprised it was because he expected -hoped- to find 'Dite in there, and not Karla; he should start memorizing when was whose turn on the store. Or something.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Only a little?" Karla asked, smiling at Cloud from over the rim of her mug. "Then I'm improving. I drank faaaaaaaaaaaaar too much last night."

She sounded rather smug about the whole thing, actually.

Re: Talk to Karla

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

The fact she was taking it so well...reminded him that Karla was, after all, a young girl. A young girl with seriously awesome magic, but a young girl none the less. "I was trying to be optimistic about it", added as he wondered just how much she had drunk, and what could have happened in a crazy Sunday.

"Special occasion?" The smugness he could deal with.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Professor Demon's wake," Karla said, smugness quickly replaced by a hint of sadness. "He was the one who challenged me to the drinking contest, actually. He said he wanted his wake to be filled with laughter and wine and song. We obliged him."

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[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

"..." Cloud blinked once, twice, unable to understand Karla's words. Or rather, to cope with the meaning of said words. He had missed the radio broadcast. So he just smiled and tried to wash the confusion away. "Sounds like a good wake. A shame I missed it."

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla sensed his confusion and took pity on him, explaining, "Drake made a deal where he would get a soul and to live as a human for a year. His time expires on Thursday, I think he said. So he threw himself a wake so he could say goodbye to people."

Tucking her hair back behind her ear, she added, "He's going to his death with a grin and a song. I can't think of anything braver."

Re: Talk to Karla

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

Cloud kept on smiling, but it was as if some spark in his particularly weird eyes had died. "Yeah", said at first...focusing to remember they were talking about Drake, and not...someone else.

"Neither do I. Now I really wish I could have had a word with him yesterday." Getting it together, Cloud looked up at Karla again. "Without the smugness, you certainly look worse." Cloud assumed that if he at least tried to make Karla pissed with him she would forget the wake business for a while.

Suffice to say, he wasn't good at raising people's spirits.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla stuck her tongue out at him. "I'm glad I'm not in the running to win your affections," she said dryly. "Considering the effort it takes to even get me tipsy, I'm calling a residual hangover a win. So nyah."

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[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

And that made Cloud laugh. Not a lot, but it was him, laughing; he was sure he remembered his own laugh that well. "Should I be trying to win yours, perhaps?" It was asking that or just whose affections she was trying to win; that one could wait.

"We can always compete to see who gets tipsy first." His mood had certainly improved a little. "When you feel like drinking again, that is."

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla gave an amused snort. "My affections are quite firmly in hand, thank you," she said, trying not to either blush or grin like a fool. "Though I warn you, if we do have a drinking contest, I have an in-built advantage."

Re: Talk to Karla

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

Cloud knew better than to poke on the blush that might or might not have appeared on Karla's face. "Well, I didn't expect it otherwise", answered, and for a moment he allowed himself a grin; it wasn't half bad to be the one conducting the conversation for a little while. What would he do with the affections of a little blonde, that was beyond him.

"And that is good to know, as I happen to have my own in-built advantage." Being genetically enhanced gave him a better chance to drink all the contents of Caritas and survive to be sick the next day, and week probably, but he was sure it didn't give him immunity to alcohol.

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[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Karla!" 'Dite's voice was friendly and happy and more than slightly loud. "Ready for a great night? First I'll zap us all to the top of a mountain where the air currents make the trees sway toooo and froooo," 'Dite moved with a side to side motion, much like a boat on the ocean, "and then we'll have a big greasy dinner, and maybe something to drink after that! Sound good?"

Someone had heard of the drinking contest, oh yes.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla winced a bit at the volume, but was cheered by the fact that it no longer felt like her brain was being ground together. She was, however, going to stare firmly at the counter while 'Dite swayed.

"Kiss kiss," she said fondly. "Greasy dinner sounds lovely, and I've been looking to try your fancy wines for awhile."

Very little got in between Karla and her stomach.

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Aw, shucks." Leaning on the counter with her elbow, 'Dite winked, her voice lowering to normal. "Your hangover's already mostly gone, huh?" She chuckled. "Actually, I was thinking Italian for dinner, not grease." Her grin widened. "But air-boarding first, as soon as Dinah gets here."

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla nodded, pleased she could nod now, without her head threatening to fall off in the process. "Drake challenged me to a contest last night at his wake," she explained. "I had to honor that, right?"

Hopefully by the time they left, Karla would be up for a bit of flying. "Air-boarding, huh? Sounds right up Dinah's alley."

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely had to honor it." 'Dite nodded. "And yeah, I think Dinah will enjoy herself." Her expression turned dreamy. "There's really nothing like it. Only you, and a board, and the currents of air. Gotta watch the corners, though. Get a bad gust, and you can do a serious wipe out."

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"'Dite? 'Dite?" Karla waved her hand in front of the goddess's face. "Earth to 'Dite."

She grinned a little. "You really like it, huh?"

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" 'Dite swiped at the hand in front of her. "Oh, man, how can you not like it? I mean, you're twenty-thousand feet in the air -- the birds don't even go that high -- and there you are, just sailin' along."

She sighed. "There was this one time I was racing Apollo, and I was leading, I was, would have had him, but he took this dangerous slide down for speed, and cut me right at a corner, and I couldn't control it. Tumbled like a -- tumbling thing."

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"It's a good thing my bodystocking is wrapped in warming spells," Karla said with a laugh. "Can Dinah and I breathe that high up?"

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

'Dite looked surprised by the question. "Huh. Never thought of that. Guess we'll find out, huh?"

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"'Dite!" Karla said, caught somewhere between amused and scandalized. "We don't want to find out the hard way! I like breathing!"

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Oh, would you relax?" She chuckled. "It's just the teensiest bit higher than Everest, and people can breathe up there." 'Dite paused. "Not well, but they can breathe."

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[glacial_queen]

Karla's in back, brewing another mug.

OOC

[glacial_queen]

Man, I wish I got over hangovers so quickly.