Room 414, Tuesday Afternoon

[solarhippie]

Apart from going to class, Karolina had spent yesterday mostly hiding out and dealing with the horrors of having handwavily been a guy all weekend. That meant also that she'd missed out on celebrating her birthday in any kind of a significant way

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[arsenicmauls]

True, the last time Gert and Karolina had spoken hadn't really gone so well. But after everything that had happened, Gert would feel weird not getting Karolina a present, and since she couldn't contact her own version of Kar, she figured making amends with the one here might be a good start.

So she knocked on the door, holding a bag in one hand that contained something she thought Karolina would like.

"Hey."

[solarhippie]

Karolina looked a little bit surprised to see Gert at her door, even she herself was probably the one who'd been bruised the most by their last discussion. Not necessarily bad surprised, though.

"... Hi."

[arsenicmauls]

"So... happy belated birthday," Gert said, swinging her arms a little uncomfortably. "I'm not gonna yell at you again. I just wanted to give you this."

She took a step or two into the room, holding out the bag.

[solarhippie]

"I didn't think you were going to yell at me," Karolina was quick to assure her. Because she was Karolina Dean, and that meant being nice even to people you'd been a little wary of.

She reached out for the bag, surprised. "You... got me something?"

[fewerexplosions]

"Ah. You have cupcakes," Liara observed from the door. She had been walking... ...okay, she had been walking here, as a matter of fact, now that the oddness between her and Karolina seemed to have evaporated.

Please excuse her the obviousness - she was a little giddy she was starting to recognize these things at all.

[solarhippie]

Well, cupcakes were a good thing to recognize, as far as Karolina was concerned. She smiled over at Liara.

(There was still some oddness. But it was less obvious.)

"I do! Fully vegan, too."

[fewerexplosions]

"Vegan," Liara echoed. "That means it does not contain animal products, I believe?"

She'd take the smile as a sign that she could step into the room.

[solarhippie]

She might as well. All it meant was that Karolina saved the trouble of inviting her in words in a moment or two.

"Yes," she confirmed, nodding at the cupcakes. "I try to stay away from things that are harmful to animals."

[kirked]

Coming up a few flights of stairs after his class wasn't a big deal. He'd decided to check in on Karolina, make sure she was doing okay since he knew she'd had a tough few weeks.

Maybe he was self involved as all hell but he did care about his friends. He just tried not to be too obvious about it. Because he was him.

[solarhippie]

And whether he was obvious about it or not, Karolina appreciated it all the same.

"Hey, Jim."

[kirked]

"Hey," Jim said, taking up a familiar position by leaning in her doorway. "What's happening today, Karolina? Is your desk really, really interesting?"

[solarhippie]

Karolina did her usual chuckling thing, too. "No," she said, shaking her head. "I just bought some cupcakes, and they're almost too cute to eat."