The Queen's Chambers, Sidra, Glacia, Sunday Afternoon (Fandom Time)

[glacial_queen]

It had been a long and miserable two weeks. Just ask anyone who had had the misfortune of dealing with their Queen. Karla was a terrible patient; somehow managing to be a tyrant even when she was coughing so hard she could barely speak. It was a good thing her nasty chest cold had also kept her asleep a great deal, or it was possible she would have been overthrown by her own Court.

Now, however, she was on the mend. Which, on the positive side, meant she was feeling almost human again--and behaving that way. On the negative side, it also meant she was bored out of her mind. Morton and Julian had finally made good their escape after their third straight hour of playing cradle, her lunch lay untouched because she was tired of soup and toast, and the next person who came in to make her take another foul-tasting brew was going to get kicked in the face.

There was clearly only one thing to do. Call people and whine about how bored she was. Also, check up on anyone who had gotten tangled up in the latest bout of Fandom crazy, but mostly the whining and bored thing

Let's see. Who to call first?

[Open for phone calls, visitors, and them what live here. If you think Karla would have called you, she did!]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah'd had a week to deal, so, yay, PHONE.

"You're alive! And awake! Are you still sick, though?"

[sp is yay, if you are up for that.]

[glacial_queen]

"I'm on the mend," Karla said grumpily. "Which means that I'm feeling just enough better to be completely aware of how miserable I feel."

Which was why she was calling you now, Dinah. For pettings and sympathy and entertainment, because she'd worn out the patience of everyone else around her.

[ALWAYS up for SP, bb!]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Ohh, man. I'm sad to hear that." There might be a thread of amusement in there, maybe. Just maybe. "Warren didn't mention any specifics, just that you were stuck in bed when I texted him. And most of what happened the last month. Raven didn't mention anything at all."

She was having 'fun'. AKA, a bad boy fix.

[glacial_queen]

"Yeah, she was in a pretty huge hurry to leave," Karla admitted. "I've forbidden anyone from telling her I'm sick, just so she won't come rushing back here to fix me. I figure if it's bad enough she's voluntarily leaving, it's best she stays until she feels better about coming back."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Do you have a cold, the flu, or something else?"

Dinah grinned, remembering what Raven had told her, then said, "She was volunteering to come to New Gotham to heal me, even though the worst thing I've got to complain about is a headache. Which is gone now, by the way."

[*jazz fingers* You saw nothing!]

[glacial_queen]

"A chest cold that I ignored until it turned to pleurisy," Karla said with a sigh. "And once the Healers decided it wasn't life-threatening, they made me Heal it the old-fashioned way as a lesson."

And since her moontime had corresponded with the onset of her illness, it wasn't like she could have Healed it herself either.

"I...so Raven didn't tell you anything about what happened here in Sidra? What did Warren say?"

[Saw what?]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"That they turned evil and insane, more or less. And they broke Sidra? But it's back?" Dinah shook her head. "I gave him the head's up that Jono was going to visit-- did he make it there yet?"

Yeeeah, look, Dinah was so not judging on the evil front. Skating! Skating very fast!

[glacial_queen]

"He's here," Karla agreed. "He brought me steak and potatoes, so he is allowed to live."

There was a long moment of silence before Karla asked, "So...nobody mentioned that I was knocked up for all that?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Holy crap," Dinah blurted. "No! You -- were? You aren't now?" A pause. "Is that a good thing?"

[glacial_queen]

"That's a verrrry good thing," Karla rushed to reassure her. "A great thing. The best thing. My birthday passed when we were all crazy and I just turned twenty-one, Dinah. I am soooooo sooooo soooooooooooooo not ready for kids yet."

Possibly ever, with as horrible as that experience had been.

"But there I was, stuck between them and also Craftless. It was a rough situation."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Gaaah. I am so sorry you had to go through that." Although the reminder about being without Craft during pregnancy reminded Dinah just how vulnerable Karla would be, if-when they ever did have kids. "...also I think I owe you birthday cake since I was either crazy and evil or totally not me, and I have to mark your new birthdays on the calendar so I don't miss them, because now I'm not there to be on the same time speed."

[glacial_queen]

"As far as I can tell, our birthday falls somewhere at the end of February and the beginning of August. I'm twenty-one now, can you believe it? And Warren is twenty-two. We're thinking of heading to the island to throw ourselves a party now that things have calmed down."

Or, rather, she had the idea talking to Jack and had decided that this was a thing they were going to do.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"That's a great plan," Dinah said, in a more subdued voice. "I wish I could be there."

[glacial_queen]

"Why can't you?" Karla asked, confused. "Some big thing going on this upcoming weekend?"

Don't say that, Dinah! Karla will give you sad puppy eyes! Over the phone even!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"No, I--" Okay, it was going to sound like an excuse, but it was the truth, even if it wasn't the whole truth, so... maybe it would be enough? "I just. I'm really behind. On school work, and work work, and I don't know if I can make it." She swallowed.

And she'd told Priestly she wouldn't be on the Island any time soon.

[glacial_queen]

"Awww, but it's my twenty-first birthday!" Karla said, pouting. "I get to go to the Devil's Nest and make Eric serve me and everything. You sure you can't take just a few hours off?"

SAD PUPPY EYES, DINAH. DON'T MAKE HER GET MOMOKO IN ON THIS!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah started crumbling. "Welll. A few hours... can't hurt. If Portalocity cooperates?"

That's right, leave the decision to the insane corporation.

"And since I probably won't be anything too big for my birthday in two weeks..."

[glacial_queen]

"You can combine it with ours," Karla cajoled. "I mean, according to the Fandom calendar, that's when ours is, too, but that's also graduation and everything like that. Besides, tell me you don't need a few hours to relax and not think about work, school, stress, and craziness, huh?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that's true," Dinah sighed. "And I'll probably be working on my birthday, and it's in the middle of a week, so... Okay." She laughed a little, then bit her lip. "Thirty-two days until graduation here, you guys don't have any plans in 64 days, do you?"

[glacial_queen]

"Two months? Doubtful!" Karla said. "There might be some Court functions or whatever, but I doubt much more than that."

At least, if the Darkness was kind.

"Thinking about a visit out? You know we'd love to have you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I might have time then, yeah. Especially if I haven't found a permanent job," Dinah said, sounding a little glum. "Nikki and Peter can't afford to pay me a full-time salary. So I might still work for them part-time, to earn my license, but I might be working in a coffee shop for all I know, to make the rent." She shook her head. "Which all supposes I graduate and jeez, I can't believe I'm almost done and don't let me freak out at you too much it's just, it's just..."

Yeah, it was a lot to think about. Which made avoiding thinking about other things that much easier.

[glacial_queen]

"There's always the possibility of going back to Fandom," Karla reminded her. "Working for the police station there--" which wouldn't be at all weird with Tamsin, nope nope --or teach or something. They have to pay a decent salary, don't they? I mean, why else would people keep going back? Or you could manage Dite's for me or something. No need to panic; you've got options, darling. A whole multiverse full of them."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah winced at that. Because... so not an option, until she and Priestly were okay again.

"I so need to talk to you about that, when I see you. And stuff that happened while we weren't us. And just... Yeah. Options. Options good." She sighed. "I don't think I could stand running through the latest mess by text or phone again, is all. And you're only a year younger than me now, since I'm not counting those extra months in Glacia during the war, that's not fair!"

Which worked into the whole talking-to-Karla-about-things, kind of, but still. Not fair! "Even though I knew it was coming."

[glacial_queen]

"Soon I'll be the big sister," Karla said, preening. "And will be able to tell you to do things 'because I said so.' And will give you lofty life advice from the advanced age of...however old I'll be."

She would, however, always be the shorter and skinnier sister. Sigh.

"And--aww, honey. That bad, huh?" If Dinah didn't want to talk about it over the phone, it had to be pretty bad. "What do you say, then? Sunday, you and me, in 'Dite's suite? Ice cream, chocolate, and wine? Maybe Momoko and Raven, too? Or not. Whoever you want and not a person more."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"That actually sounds-- pretty great," Dinah admitted. "Those two, yeah. Momoko knows some of it, but I'm not sure she gets it. And maybe, maybe Raven will have some ideas too." She sighed. "And you're still five-six, right? I will always be bigger in one way!" Or more. Heh.