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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[endsthegame]

"It has," Ender said dryly.

He couldn't ignore the happy dance. He knew the happy dance was happening. He'd met Karla.

(He wondered, for a fleeting, nostalgic moment, if Glacia allowed for movie nights.)

[glacial_queen]

Of course it did! She had movies and everything, even.

They'd have to watch it on a laptop, rather than a full size TV, but there would be popcorn and snacks and snarky commentary aplenty.

"You know this just means I'm going to eavesdrop on conversations at Fandom to see who uses 'astral' and 'kuso' in the same sentence," she threatened.

Granted, she'd have better luck holding up her Luke Skywalker plushie and offering up free hits to see who took her up on it.

[endsthegame]

She could also consider screaming 'THE JEDI ARE COMING FOR YOU' very loudly and observing who ran away really fast!

Ender sighed. "Please don't," he said. "You'll embarrass the grandchild in question, which is what we're trying to avoid."

He didn't want to be responsible for siccing a fully-deployed Karla on Cade.

[glacial_queen]

Well, sure, if she wanted to have to choose between Atton and Cade as the most likely Skywalker-Wiggin candidate.

Which, ahahahaha, not an easy choice there.

"Don't worry, Ender. I solemnly promise not to use any of the six ways I can think off the top of my head to locate your grandchild, or any way I subsequently come up with," Karla said obediently. "I'll keep my sunburned nose out of it until given permissions."

Beat.

"Though why any grandchild of yours doesn't grow up used to being fussed over by Great-Auntie Karla is a mystery to me."

And we have the real root of Cade's deathstick habit, right here.

[endsthegame]

Nah, if Great-Auntie Karla had been around, Cade would've gotten into the good drugs.

"It's a complicated story," Ender said, after a short pause. "A complicated story that feeds into why we're trying to make sure we don't scare this person off."

He pinched the bridge of his nose. "They're not in the best shape."

[glacial_queen]

Only because Great-Auntie Karla was hardly going to let her grand-nephew slum around!

"Well, they don't have long to shape up if you're going to their graduation," Karla said. "Don't worry, I won't interfere unless invited."

Beat.

"Though I may end up baking you congratulatory cookies anyway, so there."

No she wouldn't. Her cook would never let that happen.

[Apologies for the break! Remicaid & crazy over here.]

[endsthegame]

"I'll pass them on if you do," Ender said.

Always full of tact, this one. After all, he wasn't going to tell her what he'd pass them on to.

"But we'll try and see you either right before or right after," he added. "Though we'll factor in a few days on Naboo while we're at it."

[[ never need apologies for that! ]]

[glacial_queen]

"If you do, I might have to invite myself along," Karla threatened. "I think the Landing Strip misses me."

Karla was planning on having her bachelorette party there, whenever she and Warren decided to actually do something with the whole engagement thing.

[endsthegame]

"You're always welcome," Ender said tactfully, "But I have no idea if the Landing Strip's still around. It's not like Ben heads out there a lot."

Since these days they either had a surly grandchild to deal with or they were alone in a very big house. Cough.