Tourist, May I?

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Tourists and visitors!
Broadcast: Nooooooooope
Action: On the Tourist
When: May

[ Ship Catch all for May! Mingle! Talk to your neighbors! Walk in on your friends! Wait, don't do that. ]

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ YO KARA WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS never. the answer is never ]

So you guys didn't talk about it?

It wasn't "about you", per se. It was about the fact that I told you stuff about Winn without talking to him first. I think he was embarrassed? And then I realized I put you in a weird position...

[passingthrough]

We talked about it, but I didn't ask for specifics and he didn't volunteer them. I figured, you know, best friends have their own things going on. [She didn't want to intrude when she could support without it. If she'd known she was part of the topic she would have though.]

I wasn't mad.

[takingkarabusiness]

Okay. Okay, good. Sorry. One of these days I'll learn how to stop myself from saying things I shouldn't, but I just get so nervous... Sooo yeah. Good. I'm glad. That we're okay, I mean. Except we were never not okay I was just being weird and I really don't like having conflict with Winn, especially when I didn't even really get what the issue was, though I do now. Don't worry about that.

[passingthrough]

You sound a little nervous, Kara. [Lots of talking. At least that's a tell of Winn's.]

[takingkarabusiness]

More... relieved I think. But probably also nervous. Nervous energy coming out. You know.

[ she takes a breath ]

I guess it just brought up a lot for me. Like it did for him, and you, but all in different ways.

[passingthrough]

It really did. [Thinking more about what it brought up for Winn when they talked.]

That probably kind of sucked for you, huh? You needed your support system and we were full of our own trauma.

[takingkarabusiness]

It made me really miss Alex. We both have our own issues but she's always been there for me when something happens, either to let me steal her ice cream or to kick my butt out of bed. It's not that I want people to just take my side whenever something comes up, but I'm always going to want someone in my corner. And it kind of felt like... I mean, everyone had their own reasons, and I definitely made mistakes. Winn is my best friend, and there have been times where he can't even look at me, he's so upset. And I've felt a strong kinship with you, but I wouldn't want to do anything to put you in a position of conflict between us. So it's just hard.

[passingthrough]

Thanks, but I think at the point people are taking sides against each other you can just guarantee it's going badly whether you have someone on it or not. [She would have wanted to mediate an understanding, not just support one at the detriment of the other if she had been in the middle.]

I don't think either of you like being at odds. [And wow does she ever not like the idea of Winn not being able to even look at her.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I really don't. Strangely, fighting isn't all that natural to me. My mother was a judge, and Kryptonian society was one of negotiation. I want to try to figure things out, and make things right. And I'm definitely not above admitting my mistakes. [ when she's sure she's made them... ]

[passingthrough]

I'm sure he doesn't like it either. You mean everything to him at home. [Is that strange phrasing? She just didn't want to count herself out here. It's not that Kara doesn't still mean a ton to him.]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ which is a lot of pressure for her ]

I know.

Anyway, that's all passed. I just wanted to check in with you.

[passingthrough]

[At least here it's more distributed?]

I'm good. We're good. I think. At least we are and have been from my perspective? I wouldn't be surprised if you were wishing you could go back to non-super hearing by now.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she cringes ]

Ah. Uh. Maybe.

[passingthrough]

We'd be on the Windrose more, but you know. [Shuttles.] I don't like doing that to him. Also, you're rooms are bigger, but I'm working on that.

[takingkarabusiness]

I could also, um, find other places to be.

[ god she's uncomfortable ]

[passingthrough]

Like where? This is your ship. [They can't talk about boys when the boy is Winn, huh?]

[takingkarabusiness]

José would let me crash at his place, I'm sure of it.

[ can u imagine if this were Hank or like. Kurt. C'mon, Kitty ]

[passingthrough]

[If it was Kurt he'd have already told her much worse things than Kara could hope to and she is...kind of prepared to be cool with boy talk about Hank. She's at least ready to try to be chill!]

As in Ramse? Are you two...?

[takingkarabusiness]

Just friends.

He's not secretly evil in your world, is he?

[passingthrough]

[That gets a laugh.] Hey, I'll have you know that more people here are good in my world and actually secretly evil in theirs than the other way around. [3 to 1!]

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, with my luck, I'd be friends with every one of the secretly evil ones.

[passingthrough]

Well, I'm friends with two of them. I also think it's less evil and more "made some questionable choices" but I'm probably inclined to want to think well of them. [She may get hurt.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I would too, after the initial shock.

[passingthrough]

It's those initial shocks that always get you. [She still feels bad about how she must have made Hank feel that first day.]

[takingkarabusiness]

They say you only get one chance to make a first impression, but I think we're all lucky relationships aren't built on that.