Room 218, Thursday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

In a shocking turn of events that probably surprised absolutely no one, Karla was still in a fantastic mood. Honestly--and no disrespect meant to her boyfriend--most of her good mood stemmed from feeling free for the first time in a years. It was like a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders; the danger that had doggedly haunted her since she'd returned to the estate from the coven was no longer a threat.

And, okay, the rest of her good feelings came directly from the discovery that, yes, sex was as astral as everyone had said. She wondered if she should sent Alex Karev a note saying, "Fine, fine, you were right."

Since she was in such a good mood, she figured she should probably tackle cleaning her dorm, since she hadn't bothered to clean it much over the holidays and it was getting a little cluttered. She'd even do it by hand, since it was sorta homework for Home Ec. And hopefully this would give her something to do until the smugness wore off.

[Open door, open post! Friends, phone calls, and random passersby welcome, though I may be slow as I am also working on The Thesis.]

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Even if Sookie hadn't felt Karla's telepathic presence back on the island, she probably would have caught the sheer amount of glee coming from 218. So of course she bounded down the stairs, tapping at the doorframe. "Cleaning? Without Craft? Who are you and where's Karla?"

[omg your slowness is awesome as I am about to take a nap. :D]

[glacial_queen]

"It's homework!" Karla protested, waving Sookie inside with a cheerful smile. "Mr. Rogers said it wouldn't be fair to the other students if I use Craft for his class. So nyah," she added. "Bobby's in class with me. So's Emma. I think we might group up for the cooking section."

Unless someone was kind and sent Steve a note detailing why that would be a horrible idea.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley was bored. She'd worked the early shift at the diner and her apartment was boring and there wasn't any movies she wanted to go see.

So she took to dialing random friends. The first number she dialed was Karla's.

[glacial_queen]

Karla glanced at her phone and then pounced on it when she realized the display said 'Hayley.'

"Kiss kiss!" she said into the phone. "Hayley! Hi! How've you been?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I'm thinking of joining the circus," she said, completely honestly. "But you can't just do that any more. They expect you to know things. I looked it up on the internet. I mean, not that the last circus I ever heard of ended well, or I'm thinking about anything clown related, I just..."

She sighed dramatically.

"Life is so boring."

[icecoldfrost]

"You-" Emma said, sticking her head around the door, "-were faaaar too chipper in our classes yesterday."

"Talk, before I go peeking on my own."

Did you think she wasn't going to notice, Karla? Really? Telepath.

[glacial_queen]

Karla just gave Emma an innocent look. "Perhaps I was just happy to see that I shared yet another class with you, Emma darling? Who says there needs to be a better reason than that?"

Besides the psychic thread of *Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!* being sent Emma's way.

[glacial_queen]

"Circus?" Karla asked, deciding not to mention to Hayley that she'd punched a clown yesterday. "I'm not entirely sure I know what those are."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"You don't have circuses in..." Hayley's memory was failing her, so she settled for "your home? Unicorns but no circuses? Gee, that's one weird trade off. They're live... fairs. Filled with performers under a tent that perform to make people happy."

[icecoldfrost]

"Liar liar pants on fire." Emma sang, inviting herself in and waltzing over to sit on Karla's bed. "Of course, having two classes with me in a day is fantastic, but your halo is slipping with that fib."

[glacial_queen]

"I'll have you know my halo is staying right where it is," Karla said cheerfully. "I stuck it on quite firmly when I stole it from someone else."

She sat down next to Emma and just gave her a beatific smile. "So, about that pants rule..."

[icecoldfrost]

"Don't tell me you broke the pants rule," Emma groaned, flopping back and covering her face with a convenient pillow. "Do you know how HARD it is to lie to your cousin when he asks me things like, 'So, is Karla behaving?'"

[glacial_queen]

"Not with clowns," Karla said dubiously. "I mean, we have traveling performers, like singers and acting troupes and whatnot. But I feel like that's not what you're talking about."

[glacial_queen]

"He knows already," Karla admitted, still smiling. "I went home and announced the fact that it will have been broken three days before we did. As was right and proper."

Got into something of a fight with Saetan about that, but he'd come around.

[icecoldfrost]

"Wait. Wait. You didn't just break the pants rule, but you BROKE THE PANTS RULE???" Emma shrieked, sitting up and throwing the pillow at Karla. "You were planning to break the pants rule, and you didn't tell me before now?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's sorta like that. But in a tent, with a ring and stuff," Hayley said. "Robin used ta be in one of those, but then his family all got... oh, I probably shouldn't say that, should I? I mean, there's people there that are sort of... forget I said anything! Nobody ever dies at the circus!"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Which, considering the alarm Sookie demonstrated at that, might happen. "Bobby did mention that he got to sweep during class yesterday. Maybe you'll get random partners for cooking, though!"

She would pray.

[glacial_queen]

"Maybe," Karla said. "But I think I'd prefer if I was working with friends. And maybe I can teach Bobby a trick or two."

About blowing up a kitchen or something.

She leaned in to whisper to Sookie. "Gueeeeeeeeeeess whaaaaaaaat," she said, grinning widely.

[glacial_queen]

"People die at the circus?!" Karla asked, scandalized.

Sorry Hayley. Smooth you were not.

[glacial_queen]

"I barely told anybody!" Karla protested, holding up her hands to block the pillow. "Jaenelle to make the brew, Saetan because he would have skinned me alive if I told him afterwards, and then...Jono."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Only when evil, amazing, dreamy crime lords have a point to make," Hayley said quickly. "I... I didn't just say dreamy, did I?"

She'd been thinking about Bianca again. Living on her own... wasn't so good for Hayley's mental state.

[glacial_queen]

"You did," Karla said softly. "Hayley, how're you doing? I mean, for real? I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to come visit. Thing's've been kind of crazy? But that's not a good enough excuse."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Whaaaaaaat?" Sookie replied, arching her brows. Because with an intro like that, it had to be good.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

After a brief and handwavey phone conversation with Karla while 'Dite had been off the island for New Year's, there had been nothing more. Since there were no panicked calls from Karla or Raven, she expected that things had gone according to plan, but she wanted to know for sure. Arriving back on the island this evening, the first thing 'Dite did was phone her friend.

"Karlaaaaaaaa. It's 'Dite. Talk to me, Sweet Pea."

[glacial_queen]

"Hiiiiii 'Dite," Karla said, curling up on her bed. It's possible 'Dite could hear the smile in her voice. "I'm sorry--I should have called. I spent Tuesday in Kaeleer with the family. It had been a week for them and they needed to know."