Dite's Decadent Delights, Monday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

Karla was back at work after skipping the last two shifts. She'd left in such a hurry on Sunday, she hadn't told Mini-Morton to cover that first shift and she hadn't been capable of telling him last weekend after she'd unexpectedly turned into an Arcerian cat.

Two weeks was apparently enough to make her view the shop with new eyes. Everything seemed so much more...intriguing, today. The kind of low-level twitchiness she'd woken up with this morning had sharpened when she came into the store. Everywhere she looked, there was something to do with love and desire and sex and, strangely, that's pretty much where Karla's thoughts had been trending all day.

Probably an after effect of being person-shaped again.

Karla decided that she would spend the day dusting the merchandise. Slowly. Languidly. With a renewed interest in everything. She just wished that she didn't need so much time to rest between displays and all the jumpy energy she was feeling translated into real energy as well.

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Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Odds are, she'll be grateful for the chance to sit and rest.

Re: Talk to Karla

[momslilassassin]

After figuring out what was going on with the island today, Ben fled like a fleeing thing from Ender's store to visit Karla.

In a sex shop.

Ben's thought process needed work.

"I brought food," he said when he came in, trying not to, you know, look at anything.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"That makes you my new favorite person," Karla said, slowly standing up behind a display case. Bending took effort; it was so much easier to just sit on the floor to reach the lower shelves. "Kiss kiss, Ben."

Mmm, didn't that just bring up all sorts of exciting thoughts?

Karla shook her head a moment. All that dusting must be getting to her head.

Re: Talk to Karla

[momslilassassin]

"And you're going to sit while you eat it, too," Ben said, looking a little worried.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"I was sitting!" Karla protested, but didn't actually argue. Kerrigan's class had left her almost exhausted. There were dark rings around her eyes again. "Let's head back to the counter, huh? Stools for both of us and plenty of room for the food."

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[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded and reached out to steer Karla a little bit, trying to ignore the spark he felt as he touched her.

Stupid island.

"And then you're taking a nap after your shift's over," he declared.

She wasn't really expecting him to be anything other than completely annoying about this, was she?

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

He hadn't started yelling at her, which actually made this whole encounter much better than she'd been dreading.

Of course, the last time he'd seen her, she'd been naked and crouching over a bowl of ice cream so maybe that was why and hey! Wow was that a mental image she didn't need. On any number of levels.

"A nap will be really nice," she confessed. "Macro-tactics had us running through the jungle after our duplicates."

She'd...hobbled. Sorta.

Re: Talk to Karla

[momslilassassin]

"And telling Master Kerrigan that you weren't up for it yet never crossed your mind," Ben guessed.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"It crossed!" Karla retorted. "There was lots of crossing! I just..."

Was occasionally stiff-necked with stupid pride.

"And then I had to walk a long way in Professor Bond's class," she added. "I've already missed a ton of their classes. Now that I was there, I thought it was best of they saw I was really trying to make up the work."

Or something.

Re: Talk to Karla

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

There was something in the air, and Triela was pretty sure she knew what it was. She'd learned a few things last time around, though, and if her suspicions were correct then it would probably pay off to be prepared.

So Triela had come to... well... prepare.

Oh, and Karla was here. That might make things less awkward.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Kiss ki--Triela?!"

Talk about people she'd never thought would step foot into 'Dite's...

"Did you come to yell at me?"

It was the only reason Karla could think of for her visit.

Re: Talk to Karla

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela blinked, looking nonplussed. "Why would I yell at you?"

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"No reason!" If Triela wasn't here to yell, Karla wasn't going to give her reason to. "...Because it's the only reason I can think of why you'd stop by the store this afternoon."

Still not imagining Triela could be here for any other reason.

Re: Talk to Karla

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I wanted to buy something," Triela suggested, her tone not actually providing any hint as to whether she was joking or not.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Maybe," Karla said dryly. "Though, of the two, you'll understand why I'm pretty sure you're here to yell."

Pause.

"Are you here to buy something?"

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Is that so odd?"

Yes, Triela. Very, very, very odd. Doubly so considering the Conditioning was intended, in part, to prevent the need for... that sort of thing.

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

It was almost closing when a tired but happy Aphrodite came through the door.

"Karla? Are you still here?"

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"'Dite!" Karla looked up with an expression caught somewhere between excitement and apprehension. "I am! Good to see you. It's been awhile," she said, slightly shame-faced.

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"It's good to see you, too. I got worried when I got your--" 'Dite stopped and took a better look at Karla. She bit her lip. "Um. I know I've been gone a while . . . and I'm about as tired as an immortal being can get, but . . . is it me or did you lose a whole bunch of weight that you shouldn't have?"

Blunt 'Dite was blunt.

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla winced a little. Accurate 'Dite was also accurate. "You should have seen me last week," she admitted quietly. "I looked even worse then."

Rather than say much more, Karla reached for her bag and withdrew a letter, offering it to the goddess. "This doesn't explain what happened--I'll tell you about it if you like--but it's kind of important."

Then, remembering the last letter she'd left with 'Dite, she added, "It's from Saetan. And not to you specifically. To the five adults I trust most on the island and Principal Winchester."

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Okay, so something had definitely happened. 'Dite's frown turned more serious as she reached carefully for the letter.

"Do you want me to read this now?" she asked quietly, "or should I have you explain what happened first?"

Re: Talk to Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Read it first," Karla suggested. "Telling you what happened will take awhile. I was home for nearly two weeks."

Yay difference in time?

Re: Talk to Karla

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Nodding, 'Dite opened the envelope and took out the folded sheets. As she read, her eyes first got very wide, and then narrowed progressively until her face became tight, and worried. When she finished it, she refolded the letter carefully, placed it back in the envelope, and placed it on the counter between them.

She regarded Karla silently for a moment before sighing softly.

Mod Your Shopping

[glacial_queen]

She's over here, dusting each page of this book individually.

OOC

[glacial_queen]

I miss Mexioc. The only ice in Mexioc was in my drinks!