The Roof, Thursday Night

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Sure, it was cold out. And sure, it was dark. And kinda uncomfortable come to think of it.

Tony frowned at his seat on the edge of the roof, already starting to think of a way to make the roof heated. Because that wasn't going to be a bad idea that would end with whatever he created gaining sentience and trying to kill him.

Really.

But, for now, it was sulky emo thoughtful brooding. Take that Bruce Wayne.

[[Open roof is open!]]

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[glacial_queen]

"That was before," Karla said. "Remember? You were a female that day. And why would you scare me off? I'm hardly a wilting flower."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Yeah, I remember being a girl," Roy said wryly. "It was kind of fun. And, I don't know. I seemed to be a little more 'yay sex' than you were comfortable with." He was always sad when people were not 'yay sex.'

[glacial_queen]

Hello, blushing. "I'm very 'yay sex,'" Karla informed him. "Now perhaps a bit more than previously. There were--" delicate cough "--issues that have since been--" another cough "--taken care of. Satisfactorily."

Okay, more than satisfactorily, but she was a lady. When she wanted to be, anyway.

[exspeedydotcom]

Yeah, but she was blushing. Not that Roy could see that so well, because it was dark. "Could you vague that up for me?" Well, actually, he could sort of guess. "Congratulations."

[glacial_queen]

"Thanks. It's...kind of a big deal for my people. So, yeah. I'm a little early, but I wasn't going to wait another three-and-a-half years to fit someone else's sense of propriety," Karla said, running her fingers through her hair. "It was kind of a relief to get it out of the way, honestly."

[exspeedydotcom]

Roy was just going to look horrified at her now. "Another three and a half years? Just to have sex?"

Someone had lost his virginity when he was thirteen...

[glacial_queen]

"It's complicated," Karla said. "But yeah. Twenty's the typical age for a witch to have her Virgin Night." She shot him an amused glance. "It really isn't the end of the world, Roy."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Twenty? But...I mean, if someone wants to wait until they're twenty, hey, but, like, no."

[glacial_queen]

"Like I said, it's a big deal back home. And complicated. If it goes badly..." Karla shrugged. "The witch in question isn't a witch anymore. So, better to wait, in most cases."

She gave him a teasing smile. "But don't worry, Roy. I was spared that awful fate."

[exspeedydotcom]

Yes, having to be a virgin until you were twenty was terrible. "How badly can it go?" Roy asked. "I mean, I've had some pretty bad sex, not that I'm bad at sex, but it happens, but nothing, like, that would require an age limit."

[glacial_queen]

"Things are a little more physically complicated for females," Karla said. "For one thing, losing our virginity hurts."

She eyed him for a minute more, weighing him carefully on an invisible scale before adding, "A witch's powers are connected--in part--to her hymen. If enough care isn't taken when that's broken, the connection to her power can get broken, too. It's why Virgin Nights happen later and they're usually overseen by older, more experienced males. To make sure that doesn't happen."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Your powers. Are connected to your hymen." Roy was just going to stare for a moment. "Congratulations, you officially have the wackiest superpower of anyone I ever met."

After he thought about it for a second, he said, "But, wait, there are five million ways a girl can break her hymen that have nothing at all to do with sex."

[glacial_queen]

Oh, Roy. You were confusing Karla's world with a world that made sense. Stop that. You'll just make yourself sad.

"What are you talking about?" Karla asked. Let it be known, Karla had grown up riding horses.

[exspeedydotcom]

"Well, like, sports, or, like, physical activity, if your world doesn't have sports?" Roy said. "Or riding horses, that can do it. Or, like, tampons, you know, or--hey, is that why you were so shy about masturbating? Because that's sad. And some women don't even have one to start with, or, this one girl I was with, she said hers didn't break until like the fifth time she had sex."

Roy was seriously calm with his TMI, yes.

[glacial_queen]

"I grew up riding horses," Karla said, shaking her head. "But, uhh, no. We don't...insert...anything, because you have no idea how terrifying--" Karla was not as calm with her TMI, no. Damn you, Roy, for beating her composure. "I've never heard of any female ever either not having one or it not being broken on her Virgin Night," she said, finally. "Our physiology must just be different."

She held up her right hand and extended her snake-tooth. "We're both human stock, but we differ ever-so-slightly."

[exspeedydotcom]

"...is that thing connected to your hymen, too?"

[glacial_queen]

"What? No." Karla was looking at him like he was stupid. "It's connected to my poison sac."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Is that some kind of euphemism?" Look, at this point in the conversation, it seemed like a totally reasonable question.

[glacial_queen]

"Uhhh, no." Karla responded. Her expression remained the same. "I have a poison gland. In my finger."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Right," Roy said, drawing it out. "Of course you do. So, listen, did someone tell you I was bi or something? Because I'm not unless your name is Dick Grayson. Not that it matters, but, like, if there are rumors I don't know why there would be. So. Yeah. Keep that thing away from me, please." Roy doubted they had antivenom for...hymen finger poison or whatever.

[glacial_queen]

Great. Now Karla was all kinds of confused. "I have no idea what you're talking about. Who said anything about you being bi, what does that have to do with my snake-tooth, and what makes you think I'd attack you with it anyway? Mother Night, if I were planning to, I wouldn't show it to you beforehand. That would be stupid."

Beat.

"And by that, I mean, I'm not going to poison you. I've had this for years and no one's been accidentally poisoned yet."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Uh, you did," Roy reminded her. "You left a message on my voicemail a while back. I haven't seen you since then. I meant to call you back or something, but," he shrugged. "I had better stuff to worry about, y'know? I just, like, remembered. It doesn't have anything to do with your...tooth...thing," he added.

[glacial_queen]

"Left you a message? I don't even have your number, I don't think?" Karla was trying to think why she would have tried to call Roy in the first place. Especially about being--

Oh. Wait.

"Did I mention rumors about you being bi?" she asked, comprehension dawning.

[exspeedydotcom]

"Isn't that what I just said?" Roy asked.

[glacial_queen]

Karla stuck her tongue out at him. Sassy male. "I was still trying to parse everything you were saying," she said tartly. "But that message wasn't for you. It was from the day phones were all whacky. A lot of messages got missent."

Like her one to Warren, going to Alex. Which would never not make her facepalm.

[Night!]