The Causeway, Late Monday Night/Early Monday Morning

[glacial_queen]

Karla stared at the Causeway. She needed to simply cross it and she’d be on the mainland. And there were plenty of people there who would enjoy taking advantage of a young girl, one who appeared lost and vulnerable. She would have no problem showing them the error of their ways, no problem with claiming the debt that their other victims couldn’t.

No problem with getting rid of whatever was left when she was done.

The Blood had no laws against murder, but even if they did, it wouldn’t matter. This wasn’t murder. It was justice.

She smiled and took the first step onto the Causeway.

[Establishy. NFI, save for plot-slaves Team Rescue!]

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Max and 'Dite

[glacial_queen]

(For reaction back in town)

Re: Max and 'Dite

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max was laughing at something Aphrodite had said when, all of a sudden, his entire body froze.

"Oh. That's not good," he muttered under his breath.

Re: Max and 'Dite

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

She tilted her head, noting the sudden tension. "What? What's wrong?" Looking around, Aphrodite couldn't see anything. "Max?"

Confrontation

[glacial_queen]

Karla stopped briefly when she heard them approach. Noting who it was, she cast a quick glance over them and turned back towards the Mainland.

The glance held nothing of Karla in it, only rage and pain and the barest glimmers of recognition.

Re: Confrontation

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That wasn't good at all.

"Karla di Glacia," Max's voice was cold and commanding as he tried to catch her attention.

Re: Confrontation

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Aphrodite put a hand on his arm. "Max, wait. Let me try?"

Stepping in front of him, Aphrodite approached the teenager. "Karla? Hey, it's 'Dite." She reached out carefully to put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Sweet Pea?"

Here come the cavalry...

[glacial_queen]

And down Karla went, losing her grip on her weapon. Her eyes fluttered closed and then reopened. But when they did, there was nothing left in them, not even rage.

Her body was there, but Karla was gone.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had grabbed her bike as soon as she burst out of the dorms, and had been racing to the Causeway at top speed. She braked as she saw the small group there, and skidded to a stop. "Karla? Have you got her? Is she okay now?" Not waiting for an answer, she dropped her bike and rushed over. "Karla!"

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

When Karla had fallen, Aphrodite had rushed to her, dropping to her knees beside her friend and calling her name, a hand landing gently on her shoulder. But there'd been no response, and she was almost grateful when Dinah came skidding to a stop.

"Dinah! Something's wrong!" She made room for the teen, remembering that her friend had some telepathic ability. "She attacked Max, and he stopped her, but now I can't reach her. Can you . . .?" She wasn't sure what she was asking, but she didn't know what else to do at the moment.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[trigons_child]

Raven teleported from the dorms to the causeway, appearing a moment after Dinah's arrival in a burst of black smoke that quickly swept back into Raven's body, revealing Francine, Katchoo, and Emma with her.

"What have you done?" she cried when she saw Karla's crumbled body and Max standing over her. She flew forward to put herself between Karla and Max and to shield her friend from any further attack.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max glanced up with a slight frown. "She must have swung by the dorms before heading this way," he muttered unhappily. Because he wasn't sure whether having a bunch of students around was going to help things.

Though, this was Fandom. It was possible.

He sighed. "I did what had to be done, unfortunately."

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katchoo was way in over her head, disoriented from whatever the hell had just happened, and had no damn clue what she was doing here other than Francine had made up her mind to go, and she couldn't let her go alone, could she?

She staggered a step or two, but all she had to do was take one look and see a young girl lying unconscious, with one gigantic frikkin' hulk of a man standing nearby, and -- sorry, Max, for jumping to the wrong conclusion like Raven -- any objection she might've made was forgotten.

Welcome to Katchoo's issues, population do you really want to know?

"What," she snarled, voice low and cold and not at all unlike Darcy's, "the hell."

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[icecoldfrost]

Emma staggered a few steps, disoriented from the jump, and she had to blink a few times before looking up.

And Emma very much did not like what she saw.

She reacted on instinct: her lips turned back in a soundless snarl and there were the faintest glimmers of pink light haloing her features as Emma opened herself to her powers to her in a way she hadn't done in months.

"First person to twitch in a way I don't like gets a lobotomy," she snarled, voice colder than anyone in Fandom had ever heard her, even Jean, as she edged towards the fallen girl. < Karla? Karla! >

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine's equilibrium, not impressive at the best of times, took a dip for the worse the second her feet hit solid ground, but she managed not to fall over, at least. "What happened to her?" she asked, as soon as she steadied herself and spotted Karla.

She knew, at least, that the man standing over her friend was a teacher, so he was free to deal with Katchoo's distrust on that front, while Francine looked towards Aphrodite for answers.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[momslilassassin]

Ben, not being blessed with teleportation or a bicycle, was stuck running into town.

"Everyone take a breath," he demanded, glaring at the group. "Panicking isn't going help anything."

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

That actually seemed to be the most intelligent thing she'd heard tonight, and 'Dite took a moment to follow his advice before turning to the boy. "Hi. I'm 'Dite. I'm guessing you're a friend of Karla's?"

She was guessing, since everyone else who showed up so far obviously was.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

This . . . was chaos. 'Dite decided to put a stop to it. Her eyes narrowed and her hands rose.

With a zap, several medium size balloons rose quickly from the ground, only to burst all at the same time with a loud Bang, showering all of them with tiny golden hearts.

"Now that I have your attention, listen up! I presume everyone here is a friend of Karla and is worried about her, and if that's true, you'll stop arguing since it's not helping!" She looked at them all angrily. "Now, I'm taking Karla to my shop. If you want to help, you're welcome to come along, but leave Max alone, he didn't do anything." The goddess looked up at her companion, her voice softening. "Max, would you carry her, please?" She hoped that would show the rest of the group that she trusted the man. "I'll take the three of us to the store, and Dinah and our young friend here." She motioned to Ben. "Raven, can you follow us and bring everyone else?"

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max nodded and scooped Karla up gently. He looked around. Hopefully someone here would be able to help with... whatever was going on with Karla.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[endsthegame]

Ender's approach was altogether less auspicious; Ben had already shouted some calming words, and he wasn't about to add to the mess by freaking out or exclaiming anything. Instead he came up closer with a thoughtful frown, then glanced up at those gathered.

Re: Here come the cavalry...

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

'Dite noticed the young man's approach. He didn't seem surprised to see them, and he was frowning. She sighed, expecting she knew why he was there.

As Max lifted Karla, she stepped toward the newcomer. "Hi. Friend of Karla's?"

In 'Dite's Shop

[glacial_queen]

Karla was blank: no response, no understanding, nothing. It was like she wasn't there at all, and there was just a Karla-shaped doll in the shop with them.

Re: In 'Dite's Shop

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

The store was dark when Aphrodite teleported them in, but with a quick hand movement she brought the lights up.

A few more zaps and the wall between the store and the counseling room was gone, revealing the two comfortable chairs. One more wave of her hand and there was a couch between them.

"Max, put her down there. Dinah, sit next to her, keep calling to her. We'll figure this out."

'Dite glanced at the boy who'd come with them, who looked much more composed than she felt. "By the way, what's your name?"

Out of Character

[glacial_queen]

Original text for Confrontation comment?

"Karla, at last, we see each other plain!"
"Professor Max, this is no more a game..."

I am a dork, yes.

Re: Out of Character

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

CURSES. EARWORMED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY NOW.

Just in French, because all I have on me is the 1991 Paris recording. *SHAKES FIST*

Re: Out of Character

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

I <3 you.