Wendy the Werewolf Stalker Campfire [Wednesday Evening]

[icecoldfrost]

It was beautiful outside this evening, and so Emma found herself out by her cabin's campfire; cigarette in one hand as she balanced her notebook on her knees. It was easier to work on her creative writing assignment out here than in the cramped quarters of the cabin, and if she didn't like what she wrote, well, she could always burn it.

And really, there was no downside to lighting things on fire.

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[bitten_notshy]

Jack had a pretty good idea why Leto and Tony were at war, but he nodded along with Karla's explanation; it was close enough, and not worth the retelling in any case. "You think you're strange, Karla?"

[glacial_queen]

Karla just smiled. "Are you trying to tell me I'm not? I know I'm strange. Even at home, I'm considered a little odd. I generally don't mind too much."

[bitten_notshy]

"I might have different standards for strange," Jack clarified. "Your world is different, and you don't bore me at all, but you don't flaunt it the way Alice does. Take it as a compliment."

[glacial_queen]

"Well, I'm glad I don't bore you anyway," Karla said. Her tone was teasing, but her eyes and smile were kind of grateful. "Sometimes I wonder if people think I flaunt my Craft. I don't mean to, it's just a part of who I am. It's like I've been dropped in a world of the blind and am now feeling a bit guilty about using my eyes."

Karla wasn't actually trying to be insulting, though she realized that being considered 'blind' could be taken that way. Wincing, she said, "I just mean the thought of using Craft is odd to me. Sometimes I feel guilty for using it when others can't and then I feel stupid for feeling guilty."

"Did any of that make sense?"

[bitten_notshy]

"You don't like having an advantage over everyone else," Jack said. "Actually, it speaks well of you."

[glacial_queen]

"I don't know if it's that," Karla said, truly teasing now, "or if I just don't like flaunting that advantage."

[bitten_notshy]

"You don't strike me as the retiring sort."

[glacial_queen]

"I suppose I don't at that," Karla said, chuckling. "I used to drive my mother's Steward nuts. I'm a Queen, but he could never turn me into a lady."