Second Floor Common Room, Sunday Morning

[endsthegame]

Ever since the broadcast on Monday showcasing Daala's brutal violent response to slave uprisings, Ender had been busy: busy writing emails, busy coordinating with his people in Ben's universe, busy privately worrying about where all of this would lead - with or without him.

But eventually he'd run out of things to do, as impossible as it had seemed at the start of the week. Somehow, that message hadn't quite reached his brain, for he still felt jittery and concerned; keeping a lid on it around Ben had just made it worse.

So in an effort to calm down, he decided to hit up the common room for breakfast today. Got two packages of microwavable pancakes out of the fridge and opened them up, using his deft microwaving skills to produce a stack - mostly in hopes of luring in someone to talk to.

Unlike certain people of his acquaintance, he didn't actually care much about the taste of his breakfast.

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[life_inshadow]

"Don't think that way," Tara advised, though part of her agreed and remembered everybody who'd already graduated; Merlin and Arthur and Katchoo and Francine and Tony and Dinah and Kennedy and Jono and...

The list kept getting longer, didn't it?

"Think of it as being ... the oldest in an awesome new guard! Or something."

[glacial_queen]

Emma and Jack and Kennedy and Sookie...

It did. And with every graduation, Karla had to fight harder against her desire to just kidnap everyone and keep them there, with her, forever.

That wasn't creepy at all, right?

"Have you and Warren talked anymore about college?" she asked. "I might be fun to visit two friends at once if you do."

[life_inshadow]

"We talked a little bit at the picnic," Tara nodded. "As far as I know, his application is in" -- or should be, anyhow -- "and now we get to wait."

Fuuuuuuun.

[glacial_queen]

"There's no way you guys won't get in," Karla stated. After all, they were wonderful people! How could anyone not want them at their school? "How long until you start hearing back?"

[life_inshadow]

"Too long," Tara whined. "Their website says March 31. I don't think they'll be early, either."

[glacial_queen]

"That's like forever!" Karla said. Preaching to the choir as she was. "What are you supposed to do until then? Just wait?"

It was a good thing Karla would never have to go through the college acceptance process. She was nowhere near patient enough for that.

[life_inshadow]

"Well, I was thinking about flying out there and breaking into the admissions office at night..."

Tara, don't make jokes like that.

[glacial_queen]

"Oooh, that might be fun..." Karla said eagerly.