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Dite's Decadent Delights, Friday

Sparkle was in a pretty damn good mood today, yes. Why? No particular reason. It was just, sometimes you woke up with a ridiculously catchy song stuck in your head, and the next thing you knew, you were bouncing around the sex store singing about being one of three little maids from school. He wasn't exactly a maid, but he was from school, so he was going to consider that close enough.

He was going to consider that close enough while setting out all of the informational material and product on safe sex that he could find. Because there were new students on the island, and it seemed useful.

"Life is a joke that has just begun...!"

[OOC: Open! OCD-free, as always!]

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Despite her attitude issues, and there were attitude issues when she felt like being all non-filtery, Karina was definitely not an advocate of random acts of aggression.

But she didn't think lobbing a gift (http://www.patinastores.com/catalog/sunshine-day-socks.html) at Sparkle counted. It was wrapped but very soft. Also: gift.

"Catch," she called, letting the door fall shut behind her.

Yes, that was all the warning he was getting.

Yeah, Sparkle was so getting beaned by gift-wrapped socks.

"Wha-HEY." He threw out his hand, trying to at least catch them before they hit the ground. "What...?"

Look, this was the first gift-wrapped anything anyone had given him since months ago. It was kind of a big deal.

"It's not much," she said, shrugging and leaning against the door. Karina resisted the urge to cross her arms. "Just saw it and thought of you."

"... There's a foreboding statement," Sparkle replied, but he said it with a smirk, so hopefully it was pretty clear that he wasn't serious. He started peeling the paper off as he spoke. "You know you didn't have to. S'not like anyone el-holy shit these are perfect."

Seriously, it was like those socks were made with Sparkle in mind.

Karina grinned at him.

"I'll take that as a 'I did good' then," she said, buffing her nails on her jacket.

"Oh god did you ever. Shit, I have to put them on."

Yes. Yes he was kicking off his boots right there in the middle of Dite's.

"Where'd you find these? These socks are like totally speaking to me on a higher level, you know."

"Oh, one of those little kiosky stores back in my world," she said, making her way over to sit on the counter. Mmm countertop. "They're online too."

"Pretty sure it's moral imperative for me to find this supplier and then stock their stuff at the other place," Sparkle laughed, shaking his head as he stepped on the toe of either sock, pulling them off without actually reading down.

What? Why put effort into changing socks?

"Shit, Karina. Thanks. I, uh. Kinda sucked at Christmas this year."

Because the effortful way was way easier? God, Sparkle.

"Hey," she said, repressing giggles at his sock-antics, "don't worry about it."

Karina shook her head and laughed. "But if you really have to worry," she added, "it's September back home. By my calendar you've still got a few months to find me something. Just... don't feel obligated."

Because all she'd gotten him was a pair of socks. It was seriously no big deal.

Okay, but they were awesome socks. Who wouldn't feel obligated?

"Pff. Like I ever feel obligated to do anything. Your time and Fandom's time work about the same, the offset aside?"

Because, you know, he was just asking casual questions, here. Totally not going to keep track or anything.

No, no of course not.

"Kinda?" she said, shrugging one shoulder. "It was exactly on the mark for awhile, then it slowed way down and now it's offset but at the same pace."

"... Fucking timelines, right?"

Fucking timelines. Right.

"Weird that it jumps around like that, though. It's like... one universe falls out of orbit from another one, or something. God, I'd like to see a chart to explain that."

His brain would melt.

"No you wouldn't," she replied, appalled. "That would be terrible. Isn't it better to just let it be weird without hurting yourself thinking about it?"

"Maaaaybe."

Sparkle didn't sound completely convinced, though.

"But, I mean, it'd make it easier to keep track of who's where, when."

"Does it really matter?" she asked, shaking her head. "I mean, when we're here, it's all the same."

"Yeah," Sparkle replied, "but I'm not going to be here forever. Nobody's gonna be. And if, I dunno, something happens..."

He shrugged.

"It'd be good to know. Just 'cause. Unless you were planning on losing all contact with everyone after you graduate?"

Uh.

That had... partly been Karina's whole plan, yes. What? It wasn't like she was involved with most of her classmates.

"I don't know," she said shrugging. "I'm not really friends with most people here."

You were pretty much the sum of her friends on the island, Sparkle.

Sparkle raised an eyebrow, and then lifted his shoulders, pretty literally trying to shrug it off.

"Okay. Most people. And the people you are friends with?"

If you were planning on ditching him after grad, Karina, he'd like to know these things in advance. He'd cope, but he knew from experience that being dropped like a hot potato without warning sucked.

Like fuck was she going to tell him that he was her only friend here.

"Obviously I'm going to keep in touch with my friends," she said waspishly. "I just don't need a chart to do it."

"Oh, the chart's because I'm curious," Sparkle replied, shrugging. "It's not like I have so many friends I gotta know how the whole damn universe works. But if, like, my best friend is gonna fall out of sync with me and die of like old age before I'm twenty, I wanna know."

Sparkle was taking that waspish reply in stride. Mostly because he tended to get that response from people. A lot.

Well, he deserved it. Or something.

Karina opened her mouth, then shut it, not sure what to say to that.

Had he just said she was his best friend? Or had he been talking hypothetically?

"If it makes you feel better, I was here for that reunion thing," she said slowly, figuring that was a vaguely reassuring response. Also a safe one. That wasn't making... assumptions or anything.

Sparkle's list of friends was a small one, too. And he didn't think for an instant that Cade or Atton were going to make much effort to keep touch with him after grad. They'd have their own shit to go home to.

"Yeah. I was here, too. But... you know. Fandom teases. And just straight-up fucking lies. Better safe than," alone, "sorry."

"I guess," she said, feeling sort of... blahy at the very thought. Karina crossed her legs and sighed. "You ever think of going to someone else's world after grad?"

"Thought about it, I guess," Sparkle replied, shrugging. "It's not easy, figuring out if there's one where I'd actually belong. I'm kinda starting in all of them with the same thing, aren't I?"

Nothing in one reality, nothing in all of them. Even his youth record in his own Toronto would be wiped clean once he became a legal adult.

"Not really," she said, leaning back on her elbows. "I mean, in some worlds you'd be starting with a friend."

Not that she was suggesting anything. ... Much.

Okay, she totally was. Shut up.

Sparkle mulled that over for a bit before nodding faintly.

"I'd have to talk it over with Lewis first," he settled on. "I'm still on probation. He had to pull a lot of strings to get me this far. Just letting me leave for good, vanish to some other reality without a trace... that might get him in shit, and I--" cared too much about the man to do that to him. "-- Don't want to fuck him over that way."

She shrugged, sitting up straight. "Fine by me. It's not like you're packing up to go right this second whichever way you pick, you know?"

Karina glanced at him. "It's just, you know, you don't have to start at nothing. I thought maybe that'd be a good thing to bring up."

Sparkle was quiet for a moment, pondering that.

Maybe it would be a good thing to bring up. Maybe it was what he needed. A fresh start somewhere. Like, really fresh.

"I guess I have a bit of time to figure it out," he agreed. "Something to keep in mind, now that it's... you know. There. As an option."

"Definitely an option," she said, glad it wasn't a total bust even at the suggestion stage.

"And you know what that means?" Karina continued brightly. "That means you need to see my world. We can go shopping."

Sure, they could go shopping in this world, but her world had way better malls. (Karina was biased.)

"YOU know the magic word, you know."

Shopping! With malls! Yes please!

"And hey, even if I don't end up there, I wanna check it out. What kind of reality does it take to come up with a crazy girl like you?"

It was a compliment. You could tell by the fond note in his voice and the teasing grin.

She grinned back at him.

"Oh, please," she said, "it's pretty much a normal world."

It was sad that she said that seriously. Sternbild's construction no longer struck Karina as anything special.

"I mean, okay, we've got Heroes, but that's probably the biggest change."

And one day she was going to have to admit to him that she was one. Especially if he wandered over to her world to stay. Today was... not that day.

Hey, Sparkle would cope. It wasn't like he was going to scream and run the other way or anything, and it wasn't like he didn't have secrets, too.

"Heroes, huh? So it goes the other way, too? Good guys, bad guys, the whole human situation?"

He was seriously going to develop an inferiority complex, here.

Karina grimaced a bit.

"We're not as advanced as some worlds," she said, lifting her shoulders. "We've got... six Heroes in Sternbild and most of what they do is stop crimes against unpowered people by unpowered people. There's been a few criminal NEXT but most of the powers that people develop are pretty useless. Like excessive sweat or stretching your face sort of useless."

She chewed on her lower lip. "It's not like some worlds, you know? The Heroes are all pretty powerful but they're not, like, caped crusaders. They're... a reality show."

".... So, like, COPS but with people in tights?"

Sparkle needed a moment to digest this.

"Kinda?" Karina said, frowning. "Sort that and sorta like... Next Top Model, with crime fighting."

Think about that Sparkle. Just... think about that.

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"So, COPS but fabulous."

Yep. Yep, he was thinking about it.

".... Oh shit, Karina. I need this show in my life."

"I'll hook you up," she offered, grinning a bit. COPS but fabulous was a pretty good way to describe it. "It's a good time to get into it, the season finale's coming up in a few weeks. You'd be able to cheer on your favourite Hero."

"What if I don't have a favourite?" Sparkle leaned forward with a smirk, clearly teasing. "What if I spend the season finale cheering for the bad guy to get away?"

He was being an ass.

"I defy you to not have a favourite," she said, rolling her eyes. "Everyone does. Even people who don't watch the show."

"How do you have a favourite if you don't watch the show? I mean, it's not like I have a favourite hockey player, and I'm Canadian. I'm pretty sure it's law or something."

Maybe his favourite player was Tim Horton. That seemed extra Canadian.

It did rather seem that way, didn't it?

"Because the Heroes are, like, celebrities in their own rights," she said, trying to think of a way to explain it. "They do ads and talk shows and everyone knows that Fire Emblem runs their own business and that Blue Rose is also a popstar."

It was too weird to call herself a super popstar, even though that's what she was, while pretending to not be talking about herself.

"You can't get away from them," she said, "it's, like, you open a magazine, there's going to be something from at least one of the Heroes in there, you watch TV, you're going to see them in commercials, even if you don't watch the show. They're on the radio, they do charity gigs and everything."

Huh.

"So, more Paris Hilton than Wayne Gretzky," Sparkle theorized. "I guess that's something I'd have to see for myself to really get."

"Probably," she admitted. "It's kinda hard to explain."

"I have faith that you'll get it to all sink in eventually," Sparkle decided, nodding sagely. "In the meantime, I'll just keep on taking your word for it."

Because what else was there to do? Look it up himself? Pfff. He was too lazy for that.

And didn't she know it!

"God," she said, rolling her eyes but smiling. "Guess I'll just have to show you my world sooner rather than later."

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