Room 414, Wednesday Afternoon

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Karolina was finally back from LA. She'd been called in last Monday afternoon, and the week had been busy, between the gang looking for their parents' secret hideout and fighting random criminals who seemed to have been flocking to the city now that he Pride was gone. But at least they had a new Hostel now, underneath the La Brea tar pits. Goodbye venice Beach and being cramped inside Leapfrog all night, even if it was... admittedly a bit creepy to hang out in your evil, dead parents' old lair.

It had been good to be in LA, but it was nice to be back in Fandom now too (and not just because there was a date thing that had been rudely postponed by various factors, although that was pretty good too). Karolina hadn't taken much personal stuff with her, mostly food and whatever else her friends needed, so she didn't have a whole lot of unpacking to do now that she was back.

And having done that, she flopped down on her bed with a magazine. Fifteen minutes, or maybe a half hour all to herself seemed reasonable.

[ooc: Open door, open post, some SP likely while I have a Skype meeting, la la la.]

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Liara slid into place next to her. And... well, maybe if it had been That Week, she would have stepped over her natural reservation more quickly to hug Karolina-- but not today.

"Where did you go?" she asked, quietly curious.

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"Oh, home," Karolina said. And then reconsidered, because that didn't feel accurate, did it? "Well, LA. My friends needed my help with some bad people in town."

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"Ah," Liara said, her brow knotting up with concern. "Is everyone all right?"

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"Yeah," Karolina assured her with a nod. "And we've got a new place to call our... well, our home."

More or less.

"So, that's good too."

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"At least something good came out of last week," Liara sighed. "It seems circumstances conspired to keep us from dinner."

Subtle broaching of important topic: accomplished.

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And with only a minimal amount of internal flailing on Karolina's part. Nicely done. "Oh. Right." She smiled a bit. "So... You still want to go?"

Just checking!

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"Of course," Liara said quickly. Because it would be a crime if Karolina thought that she didn't want to. "I... was going to ask if you would like to reschedule. To... tomorrow, perhaps."

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"... Tomorrow?"

That hesitation was only because she hadn't expected it to happen that soon. As evident from her ensuing smile.

"Sure!"

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Liara nodded to herself, as if confirming to herself that this was actually happening now. "Do you have a restaurant preference?" she asked. "...I hope you aren't allergic to anything--"

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Karolina shook her head. "Um, no, no allergies." Even her penicillin allergy was fake! "I don't really have a restaurant preference either because... Well, I haven't been to any of them. But I'm a vegetarian?"

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"I... am not sure which type of human cuisine caters to that," Liara said uncertainly. "Sorry. I hope that doesn't offend you."

One day, she'd stop flailing. One glorious day.

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"Of course it doesn't," Karolina replied, with a little smile. "It just means I don't eat meat. And I think pretty much all the restaurants that aren't, you know, a steakhouse will have some veggie options."

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"Then how about we meet at the entrance to the dorms," Liara said finally, "And we can make our pick as we walk?"

How did dates work?

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Don't ask Karolina, she had no clue. Except from what she'd learned through having been wrapped up in pop culture all her life. Real life was still a little different.

"That works for me," she said, because she didn't kow why it wouldn't. Also, it'd give her time to research the restaurants in town beforehand. Like a nerd. "Yes, let's do that."