Second Floor Common Room, Monday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven and Karla had A Very Important Mission: there were cookies to be made for Santakin Santa Claus! After all, they had promised the appropriate tribute in return for their ponies. Though Raven had never baked before, so she was relying on Karla's guidance in preparing them.

It might be wise to seek cover.

One thing was certain -- they would not be using the cookie cutters that Raven had found at 'Dite's Decadent Delights the other day.


[ooc: open as common rooms are, but enter at your own risk. :D (Cookie cutter link is kinda NSFW, but not graphic.)]

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[glacial_queen]

"Thanks. You are also looking...well."

Silence for a moment as Karla continued to pour the creamer into a liquid measuring cup. "Did they hurt you when they wrestled you away?" she asked quietly.

Whether or not they were bespelled was besides the point. Karla was still resentful of the way Francine and Arthur had reacted. And Arthur's belief that she could ever knowingly use a love spell on anyone.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Oh! No. No. Just--um, my pride, really," Merlin replied. "Are you alright?"

[glacial_queen]

"Fine," Karla replied, scowling down into her batter. "Just a fair bit humiliated is all. And feeling more than a little silly. I was...pretty busy those two days. I owe a lot of people apologies."

She glanced up and gave Merlin a slightly crooked grin. "I should probably come clean about the way I feel about you, huh? Just so we're clear about what was magic spell and what wasn't?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin had to give her a look for a moment there.

"...Um."

Oh god, Arthur and her were going to kill each other.

[glacial_queen]

"Merlin, I think you're a wonderful person and I count our friendship as one of the most important here," Karla said slowly. "I respect you as a person and a wizard and an herbalist. And we tease and joke about you being the Commander and me trying to woo you away. That will hopefully never, ever change, no matter what is currently going on with the island."

She took a deep breath and came closer, looking up into his eyes. "But teasing is all it'll ever be, I think. You are my friend, but I have no interest in you beyond friendship--and I don't see that changing. So, if I ever come up to you, spouting off about my undying love? I'm probably bespelled not besotted. Okay?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...Had I been in my right mind, I think I would have said about the same as that," Merlin replied slowly. "I can assure you my feelings for you are friendly, or familial at the most."

[glacial_queen]

"I can handle friendly-with-at-best-familial," Karla said, smiling. "In fact, it's exactly the thing I'd hoped you'd say. I certainly don't want to mess up anything you have with...anyone you might have anything with."

In other words, now that the moment was past, Karla was fairly certain she'd seen something between Merlin and Arthur noticing with permission, but wouldn't bring it up until he wished.

"Wanna help bake cookies, then? Now that we've both assured one another that, we'd be too much wonderful in any way but friends?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I would love to," Merlin replied with an exaggerated bow. "M'lady."