Dite's Decadent Delights, Monday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

Nemit had spent the weekend divebombing the tank where she kept her psychedelic frogs, which Karla was taking to mean that he was bored being cooped up in her room. So she decided to bring him to 'Dite's with her (after feeding her frogs an extra ration of Jello as an apology) to give her frogs a chance to recover and Nemi a chance to fly around somewhere with more space.

Besides, it was Valentine's week. That meant there was a lot of new stock to move, including chocolates, lingerie, sexy games, and romantic movies for people to enjoy either by themselves or with a special someone.

So while Nemi flew around and burbled, Karla was setting up displays for the holiday.

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[glacial_queen]

If you want to get ready for the holiday in your own fashion.

Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

Need some help with holiday shopping?

Re: Talk To Karla

[myownface]

Well, it wasn't so much about the holiday shopping as it was about the fact that Sparkle... really just hadn't been into this place yet, and he suspected that this particular merchandise was probably as easy to get in spite of him still being a minor as booze at Caritas.

It was worth a shot, right? He felt like shit and he was bored. It made sense enough to him.

Of course he was distracted all of two steps into the door.

"No fucking way is that really a fucking dinosaur."

Sparkle noticed the important things. Sure, there was a dino on the cheer squad, but still.

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

"You wanna put money on that?" Karla asked, from where she was arranging a fine selection of handcuffs to spell out Happy V Day. "Because I'm willing to put money on that."

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[myownface]

"Nah," Sparkle replied, eyeing the little... flying... thingie... from the corner of his eye.

Nemicolopterus, Sparks. It's a mouthful, isn't it?

"Last time I put money on something, I woke up with a concussion in the back room of a bar with my hands tied up. Trying to kick that habit, I think." It wasn't a good habit to get into. "Are dinosaurs the in thing to have this year?"

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Did you go to the clinic?" Karla asked, because she was a Healer, that's why. "Get yourself checked out? Concussions are a bitch. You're not still having headaches or inexplicably tired all the time, are you?"

That's right, Sparkle. You come into a sex toy shop and then get mothered. That's out these things work.

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[myownface]

"No? Yes." Sparkle was being fantastically forthcoming with information, see? "Slept at work yesterday, but it was quiet. It's all good."

See? See how good it was?

"... I don't need, like, American healthcare to go to the clinic on the island, do I? I can't afford that shit, I'm Canadian."

He'd heard horror stories.

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Not to the clinic on the island," Karla said. "And they can't turn you away at an emergency room, I think. So just fill out the paperwork with a fake name or something."

She didn't know! She was from Kaeleer!

"If you'd like, I can fix that for you. Free of charge. I'm a Healer, it's kind of what I do."

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[myownface]

Well, Sparkle did have fake I.D....

"A Healer?" See Sparkle's eyebrow lift, there? He was trying to puzzle that one out. "So, you... bleed people with leeches, or believe in the healing power of positive thinking, or what?"

The joy of multiple realities, huh?

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[glacial_queen]

Karla made a face. "Leeches?! That's disgusting. And, while I won't say that positive thinking doesn't actually have its benefits, curing concussions isn't one of them."

She eyed him for a second and then decided that he'd respond best to a bit of a visual demonstration.

"No, when I say I'm a Healer," she said, calling in a box cutter and slicing her palm. Ouch, that freaking hurt. "I mean, I have Healing magic." She slid a finger up over the gash and sealed it with Craft. Then called in some handiwipes to clean the blood from her hand.

"The cutting was for show only," she added. "It's not required. You just seemed like the skeptical type."

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[myownface]

WAS SPARKLE REALLY THE ONLY PERSON ON THE ISLAND WHO DIDN'T HAVE SUPERPOWERS? Because he'd been about to grab the box cutter from her hand and start yelling at her right up until she healed her hand clean again. As it stood, he was mostly just left staring at her with his mouth hanging open, one hand halfway extended toward her, frozen in mid-reach.

"... Yeah, not from a place where people do a whole lot of that kind of thing."

Like, you know, any.

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

Don't worry, Sparkle. Karla wasn't the cutting type. She preferred to sublimate her feelings of helplessness in other ways.

"My world is filled with people who can," she told him. "Including a caste of witches who can Heal bodily injuries. Like concussions. Now why don't you let me stop that throbbing bass in your head and then we can chat about what brought you to 'Dite's in the first place."

Assuming it wasn't dinosaurs and Healing Craft.

Re: Talk To Karla

[myownface]

Nope. Definitely not dinosaurs and Healing Craft, since Sparkle hadn't been aware he was going to encounter either once he went through the front door. He'd mostly been expecting, like, dildos.

"Uh... Right." He was also a little busy absorbing what he'd just seen, still. He let his hand drop to his side, ignoring the twinge in his ribs from the bruising there. "Do I have to like... you know... do anything?"

He was not the type to ask for help. But if it was being shoved at him, sure, he'd take it.

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[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily had never taken the time to inspect some of the stores on the island. Today she righted that wrong.

"Well, this is new," muttered as she inspected the chocolates, unfazed.

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Not really," Karla said with a small smile. "The store's been here for years and the merchandise? Well, what it's suggesting has been around pretty much forever. Welcome to Dite's Decadent Delights."

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[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily gave another stare at the chocolate before turning around, a fittingly polite smile on her face. "New for me, I guess. Nice name, if only slightly alliterative."

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Only slightly?" Karla asked. "But thanks, I'll pass that along to the store's owner. 'Dite isn't here all that often, but she still likes getting compliments."

Re: Talk To Karla

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily looked at Karla pretty much assessing how crazy this conversation was going to be. "When you say 'Dite, you mean..."

She actually thought she knew the answer... which was different from saying she really believed to be right, hence the asking.

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

"The Greek goddess Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, yup," Karla said, conforming to expectations beautifully. "She's off keeping her brother Ares from being generally terrible by spreading love and joy."

Beat.

"It's not as nicey-nice as that made it sound. Believe me. She can be kind of brutal when she needs to be."

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[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course. Goddess. Emily decided she was better off not doubting stuff for a while. "Sounds like a handful. Although I thought Ares and Aphrodite were...kind of an on off thing." Emily made a face. "Greeks really like their gods keeping it all in family."

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[glacial_queen]

"They're really off now," Karla told her. "Messy, nasty breakup. My old roommate Gabrielle could tell you more about it than I could. She's from ancient Greece. She was always going on and on about all the stuff that Homer neglected to include in his works."

Namely, one Xena Warrior Princess and her plucky sidekick.

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[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily's hands went up in a defensive stance. "Wait now. We're talking about Greek Gods and I'm trying to accept it, but if you're going to start to go on about your friend from ancient Greece I'm going to need a chair." A moment of silence as Emily looked around. "And some of this chocolate. Probably just the chocolate."

What? It was distracting enough.

Re: Talk To Karla

[glacial_queen]

Karla nodded towards a display of chocolates in the shape of body parts. "Have one on the house in apology for blowing your mind."

Though, really, whoever Emily's big sibling had been should have taken care of this. Tsk tsk.

"I like how that it's my completely normal roommate from ancient Greece that throws you, and not my boss the goddess from that same time period."

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[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily was going to shamelessly bite some body parts. "Tasty. I'll probably buy a bunch of these."

Victor had really tried not to break her brain early on.

"Gods and Goddesses I think I can take, what with robot teenagers, magic users and whatever else the island is keeping in reserve for me. I...guess time travelers shouldn't be that much different, huh." But somehow they were. "I guess I can only cope with so much at a time?"

OOC

[glacial_queen]

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