The Roof, Monday Afternoon/Evening

[glacial_queen]

The roof was the traditional place for brooding, and so, after the walls of her room had finally gotten stifling, that was where Karla had fled. As much as she hated to admit it, the weather was a bit of a draw as well; she wanted to rail and curse and demand gray skies and rainy days to match her mood, but she couldn't deny how nice the sun felt. It couldn't really lift her spirits, but they might have been slightly lighter after she'd been sitting out for awhile.

[Open like a roof, though warning for emo. It's likely that information about Raven will come out in conversation, so please let me know early on if this is not okay.]

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[glacial_queen]

"Not as well," Karla said. And then looked at him, a hint of mischief in her eyes. "You don't think it would be more awkward, having her act as voyeur than participant?"

[momslilassassin]

Ben flailed. "I've never thought about it!"

[glacial_queen]

Karla was pretty sure that wasn't true. Well, maybe not about her, Raven, and Warren, but a threesome in general? Bet he had.

She was also pretty sure that mentioning that out loud would get her a grumpy Ender, whenever the next time they talked was.

"Well, I think it would have been," she said instead. "I don't know, having her, like, holding my hand and telling Warren to shift a little to the left would have been more than just a bit uncomfortable."

[momslilassassin]

Ben was coming dangerously close to being the first person ever to die of embarrassment.

"Maybe?" he squeaked.

[glacial_queen]

Oh, Ben. She hadn't even started giving you details yet. Like--did you know it was almost possible for you eyes to roll up in the back of your head? Huh? Did you?

"The whole evening was very nice," she hastened to assure him. "I mean, the sex was better than just 'nice'--" it had been eye-rollingly, 'oh, Mother Nigh!'-ingly wonderful, "--but for something I'd been dreading for so long, it was remarkably enjoyable."

[momslilassassin]

"Good?" Ben replied faintly. "I mean, for a first time, you're already light years ahead of me."

A small part of his brain was wondering how he ended up in these conversations.

[glacial_queen]

Well, you start off by being friends with Karla and her weird boundaries...

"It's not going to a be reoccurring thing," she said quickly. "Just a one-night-only engagement."

And then realized how true that was. Raven would never be able to do anything again.

"Right," she said softly, feeling grief hit her anew.

[momslilassassin]

Weirdness or not, Ben knew when a hug was called for, and he leaned in to give her one now. "I'm sorry," he said.

[glacial_queen]

"I just don't understand," Karla said. "It doesn't make any sense. How could she be dead?!"

[momslilassassin]

"I don't know," Ben said. "And it's just an awful gaping hole, huh?"