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[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

Once Kara got out of the cells and only kind of bolted for the Door, she couldn't get back to the Bar for a few days. She was sort of surprised she missed it, but hey, here it is. Coolness.

First things first - she leaves a long overdue note with Bar.



I turned myself in and did cell time for the fight in the woods. You don't have to, because I worked that out with the girl who took me in, so I'm hoping that you're satisfied with that.

I know it probably won't matter to you, but I am sorry. I hope you're doing okay.

- Supergirl

After that, Kara heads outside to study for Claire's math quiz. One small, blonde, cross-legged levitating girl in an entirely seasonable crop top and shorts is hanging out by the lake as she pours over her mostly borrowed notes.

This, she reflects, would probably be easier if she'd ever taken a test she could remember before that didn't involve hitting things with cars or identifying the silhouettes of weaponry.

Distractions will bring her grade down, but she'll be grateful anyway.

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[gorgonfondness]

Walking, that's a good idea, a good way to clear the young Guildmaster's head. Take it slow. No decisions yet.

Hey look, there's Supergirl.

Darn.

Now her mind's pretty much back to square one, but she should know. Should know a lot, really.

"Are you busy?"

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

"Nope!" Kara responds instantly, against all evidence to the contrary, slapping her books shut as she looks up.

She's happy to see Mia until she remembers the associations Mia has with her, and then it's more 'oh fuck I don't need this right now'.

But she smiles a little anyway, because she's working on the whole calmness and forgiving thing.

[gorgonfondness]

Mia gives a little sigh.

"There's a lot that's happened that I need to talk to you about. I owe it to you. I'm sorry that you're joining the ever-growing number of people to hear my problems, but I should be honest with you."

She sits down.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

Kara's still floating, so hello looking down on Mia!

The expression on her face implies that there is very, very little in the world Kara would like less than liatening to Mia's problems, but Kara does manage to not be entirely bratty when she says, "Okay, then. Shoot."

[gorgonfondness]

"First off, I should tell you that I know Draco Malfoy. I hope you don't get the wrong idea about me from that. I had met Will first and didn't know about Draco until Will told me about him. I didn't really expect to talk to him, much less take the time to get to know him. I really should have told you sooner."

She waits for Kara's reaction.

She hopes it's not utter hate.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

Well, no. It's more utter confusion about why, exactly, Mia thinks she'd care.

"Okay?" Kara offers, doubtfully. "Iiii...really should point out now that me and Will are not friends anymore and I don't care about Draco, before you continue here. Because...yeah."

[gorgonfondness]

"I only bring it up because Draco had told me about the fight. And I sort of gathered that you and Will weren't friends anymore."

She's probably not going to say specifically how she gathered that.

"Draco has been a bit confusing to me as of late."

She almost smiles. Not quite, but almost.

"He told me he loves me."

[feminine-menace.livejournal.com]

YT actually likes doing math. To her, it's like surfing the traffic : it requires her full attention, but that means she gets into this Zen-like state where everything seems to fall into place, and there are patterns she can just manipulate however she likes.

So, weird as it is, she is peering over Kara's shoulder vicariously enjoying the practice problems she's doing. Well, actually, that doesn't last long, because Kara's not so good at them as she is.

"That's not gonna make the exponential curve in the picture." It just sort of slips out.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Kara says, twisting her head to look back at YT - it should be noted here that Kara? Knew YT was there. She just doesn't know enough to be bothered by it.

"I, um," she looks back down, biting her lip in thought, "I messed up the equation, I think. Is this supposed to be a negative coefficient?"

[feminine-menace.livejournal.com]

"Nope. That'd make it curve the other way," YT says. Without asking, she comes up closer and peers at the graph in the book. "What points were you using to come up with this?" This question does not, it should be noted, have a distinct undertone of 'are you stupid or something.' It's just a question.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

Kara taps her paper. "These. I, um, got them, from the book?"

But it was a long list, and she sort of dropped a few digits she doesn't know about yet. Oops?

[feminine-menace.livejournal.com]

YT puts her plank down and runs a finger down the list. "I think you got the X and Y flipped on this one," she says. "That's why it's kind of backwards." She then takes a quick look over the other stuff Kara's been working on. "Most of the other stuff looks okay. 'Cept this one, you divided it wrong." This accompanied by a tap of the offending equation with her finger.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

Kara stares at her paper open-mouthed. Those mistakes were lurking right there and she didn't even know it! Maybe the new chick is a math prodigy.

"Thanks," she says, bending over to start correcting, "...you. Um, it is name exchange time?"

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

"Hallo, lass." Spoon calls out before he and the puppies are anywhere near her, "How're you doing? It's good to see you out."

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Kara looks up and beams, book promptly being discarded to one side in her bag as she darts over.

"I got your note!" She says, bending to pet the puppies, and yes, she's talking to them and Spoon as a group. "That was so cool of you. I mean it."

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

Spoon grins and waits for her to stand up again before bumping her shoulder, "Our pleasure. We'd've come to see you, but I can't do it. Would have written a longer note, but words weren't setting well that day." Rasia has, by this point, got that she's not the favorite...and she's okay with that. Other people pet her more than Stepan, and all is good. So she takes her hello petting, then goes to sniffing a passing butterfly so that her brother can get cuddles.

Stepan's more of a cuddle-slut anyway.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

And lo, there are many cuddles. Kara missed her canine friends, in the sort of vaguely gut twisting way that made her check her front door thoroughly every couple of hours.

"Hey, no, I totally get it," Kara says, still grinning just a little idiotically, "I would not ask or expect you to go to the Tiny Sealed Boxes of Suck. Because holy fuck, do they suck. I should've fought the law or something. Gone undercover. Got a cool mustache disguise."

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

"You'd look lovely in a long gold mustache." Spoon assures her gravely as Stepan does his best to make sure she wasn't anywhere interesting and why didn't she invite him anyway? "Got meself shot, but I dominated an entire platoon of Americans."

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

"You," Kara says, "Are really good at dropping weird out of context attention getting stuff into conversation. You're like a walking headline dispensor. What's the story?"

Does she have to hit someone?

[hatchingviper.livejournal.com]

Wesker likes forests, and walking in them. He's been doing so today. It means he's rather muddy, since he found spring melt from the mountains running towards the lake.

So there's a damp and mud-splattered scientist walking along the shore. He pauses when he sees Kara. Is she floating? Or are there invisible boulders now?

. . . one's as likely as another here.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

Just floating, Kara'd assure him if he asked or if she noticed him being there.

But unfortunately, strange muddy people are not enough, on their own, to grab her attention.

"Stupid calculator," she mutters, erasing a line of numbers as sulkily as it is possible to erase anything.

[hatchingviper.livejournal.com]

Definitely not. He's just a boring kid wandering around. Nothing unusual about him at all.

"Hello?" She doesn't seem very enthused to be there. Either floating or invisible rocks would be entertaining, you'd think.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

"Mm?" Kara glances up, and hey, a sort of cute boy. Valid distraction! Her sulk disappears in favor of a grin as she waves at him.

"Hey!" She chirps. "Do you know anything at all about math? Anything at all, seriously."

[hatchingviper.livejournal.com]

"Hello," he says. "Yes, I know something on the topic. And excuse the question, but are you floating?"

Well, if he runs the risk of breaking his toes walking over, it's a good question.

[kryptonkara.livejournal.com]

"Yes?" Kara says, glancing down with a doubtful look. "I, um, am? What else would I be doing?"

Besides sneakily hiding the calculator her teacher told her she didn't need to add this question up.