Gardens, Thursday Afternoon

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There was a garden.

There was also a Cassidy who was working off some temper and irritation in said garden. It was a good thing that she had remembered to shield her hands while she was working because she had quite forgotten her gloves.

Said gloves were still in a drawer in her room since she had come right to the garden after her last class of the day.

It could be said that one red-headed witchling had worked herself into a bit of a temper. It was a temper she was using to help her work in the garden.

Mind the flying weeds.


[[OOC: Open garden; open post]]

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[glacial_queen]

Karla grimaced at Zatanna's name, but didn't say anything. Raven was right when she said that this Zatanna was not that Zatanna. So while Karla would nurse her grudge for as long as she could, she wouldn't try to turn others against the girl.

At least, not until she showed her true colors. And hideous shoulder-pads.

"I think I've seen Elphaba. She was at the Reserves yesterday. Green, right?"

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy saw the grimace, but didn't say anything. She figured that if there was something she needed to know, Karla would tell her.

"Mhmm," Cassidy said, nodding. "She seemed very nice. I tried explaining to her how I was able to be a Queen and go away to school and how it wasn't a burden at all, but I don't know if I confused her or not."

[glacial_queen]

"Probably," Karla said with a knowing sigh. "Everyone else's idea of what a Queen is is pretty stupid."

Not biased at all, our Karla.

"The only thing you need to become a Queen in this world is the right parents or the right husband. There's nothing special about you. Our Queens and theirs are polar opposites. For the Blood, we're important, not our lineage. For them, it's the relationship that's important--the female herself could be replaced by damn near anyone without a second thought. That doesn't make sense to me."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy gave her a horrified look, the annoyance in Ethics class pushed aside for now.

"What? But what about the Land? What about the people that Queens take care of? What kind of world would put more importance on a relationship than on their responsibility?" She shook her head. "You're right, that doesn't make any sense at all."

And then, because she was curious.

"What did the High Lord say when you told him that?" Because Cassidy assumed Karla had told her Uncle all about that strangeness.

Maybe.

[glacial_queen]

Karla gave Cassidy an amused glance. "Oh, he had quite a lot to say about that, let me tell you," she said, trying not to snicker. "He tried to be even-handed, explaining about how different peoples did different things and without the connection to the land that being Blood gives us, we would have to come up with other ways to choose leaders as well. Except then he kept talking and basically came back around to saying that it was a stupid way to govern and to just be happy being Blood," she finished with a laugh. "He said it very politely, though. Uncle Saetan prefers to be polite."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

"Your Uncle is a very smart man and," she gave Karla a shy smile. "I'm glad that you trusted me enough to introduce me to someone who is so important to you."

[glacial_queen]

Karla gave her a warm smile back. "He's the High Lord of Hell. He's practically an institution at this point." She filed that away to tell him at the next opportunity. "Besides, do you know what he'd do to me if he found out there was another witch on the island and didn't tell him? I'd be murdered. Twice."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy blinked in confusion. "But why?"

[glacial_queen]

"Because you're one of us, of course," Karla said with a chuckle. "And a Queen besides. You know I get asked about you and how you're doing and if there's anything you need with every letter I get from the Hall, don't you?"

She shrugged a bit. "You're a female, he's a Warlord Prince. Defend and protect. You know how it goes."