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WHO: Clover + you
WHERE: All around Recolle, Pesgare, Magatus
WHEN: the first half of April
WHAT: Clover tries her best to keep herself together, but she's ultimately too much of a melodramatic hot mess to do so. If you want to get insulted, come to Magatus.
WARNINGS: ~~None really unless you count that~~ Four is a very extra, terrible person. Violence. Mentions of self-harm.

i. an unwanted new strength (recolle)

a. when one door closes

[ It could be at the grocery store. It could be any building at Recolle Univerity. It could be at the Towers.

Either way, for some reason, Clover is in a rush, and in her hurry, she pushes a door open too hard, and it crashes into the wall hard enough to leave a dent. Or she pulls a door open, and it comes off one of its hinges.

She freezes in her spot. flabbergasted. Her face turns pale. ]

What do I do...?

[ She can't be terrible enough to make this a hit and run, can she? She has to hold herself responsible, but she can't afford these repairs. ]

b. you throw it away

[ Clover has broken one too many doors already, and she can't deal with another one. She's getting desperate. She doesn't want to deal with this anymore. She can't take it anymore. She's done. She can't face the music.

That's why she hides her contraband in her purse, and she dashes (a little too quickly) for the nearest alley. If there's no dumpster, she moves on. When she finds the nearest dumpster, she stops before it. There's obvious hesitance in her movements, but she reaches into her purse and takes out a broken doorknob.

Catch her in the act of running from alley to alley like a suspicious runaway or in the act of throwing away the evidence of her crime? ]

ii. rescuers down under isn't a ghibli movie (pesgare)

[ If a tsunami caused damage, and there are calls for relief services, of course Clover will go. How could she not? How could she look herself in a mirror if she didn't help?

Of course she stays underwater longer than she should. Of course scales develop where they can. The scales covering her hands make her feel hideous. She's helping, but that's what matters, doesn't it?

Instead of a cliff by the sea, Clover can be found at the dam. The problem is instead of using tools like a reasonable person, she's using her bare fists to break it apart, turning them into a bloody mess. If you're nearby and also working on the dam, she'll turn to you, gesturing as if the skin on her her knuckles isn't broken: ]

Will you let me handle that instead?

iii. the upcoming battle (magatus}

[ Despite its cold climate, Magatus usually gives Clover a sense of odd comfort. A curse is not that.

The forest and its whispers immediately take her down. She tries to drown the voices out first by covering her ears and then by her screams. ]

I'M NOT LIKE THAT!

[ Clover can't bear it anymore. Her newfound agility and strength has her climbing a tree in no time. She rips branches from the trunk and hurls them as hard as she can. They crash into nearby trees and slam onto the ground. Leaves and needles that lasted winter flutter to the ground. ]

That's not who I am! I don't want this! I don't want to be that kind of person!

[ Clover can be found in the midst of all her destruction, or she can be found when all her energy is spent.

She'll be curled on the ground with her face covered by her hands, the lurid green light of the curse mark on her forehead shining through her fingers like a beacon.

There's no use hiding all her failures. ]

iv. wild card

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[Lina looks around, past Clover and to the dam, and her heart is tugging at her to turn Clover down and stay here and help out because there are so many people here who need the help. an entire town the victim of a downright supernatural flood. her eyes flit back to her sister.]

Yeah. Let's find someplace else to be.

[she starts kicking her feet just a little more, trying to spur Clover on to get back above water even though there's no way she needs the encouragement. they'll figure this situation out later. thinking along the lines of what Clover suggested, and honestly relieved for any situation that might defuse this, she comes up with an idea.]

Do you want to head back to the city? I can make you a drink at my place. You can relax.

Sure. I'd like that. That sounds nice.

[ She almost asks for an alcoholic beverage that's heavy on the alcohol, but that's too shameless. If she were a better person, a more good person, she'd stay and finish helping fix up Pesgare.

Relaxing may not be possible, but sleep has a siren call she doesn't want to resist. It doesn't take much time before she swims with Lina, and they're on their way out. ]

You should tell me about anything new that's happened to you recently while you make us drinks.

[ She's starting to feel like she's herself in her own skin again. ]

[good. that's the goal. she wants Clover to feel more like Clover instead of whoever she used to be, or whoever she'll turn into—whoever she isn't.]

Of course. I haven't gotten anything that's very interesting so far, but it's been a while since we spent time together just talking over drinks anyway.

[she gives her sister a genuine smile and says what she assumes has to be on both their minds.]

I have some very strong alcohol I can give you. You won't even be able to taste it if you don't want to.

[ Clover laughs softly, mostly genuine, the smallest bit hysterical. ]

Am I that in obvious need of alcohol? I don't mind the burn. I don't mind if you don't have anything very interesting to tell. I want to hear it because it's you.

[ She doesn't want to drill it home with Lina because it likely won't last, but having a mundane life is a dream right now. Only worrying about how to be successful, how not to be a burden, how to show she doesn't need to have parents to love her to make it in life— she misses it. ]

It's not obvious.

[but even if Lina doesn't indulge herself with alcohol very much, she's still a college kid (for now) and she still knows how it can make things a little easier to deal with sometimes. and Clover needing something to be a little easier right now is obvious.][because of the flower.] That way I get to see your smiling face more often, and if anything happens that you want to talk about, I'll be right there.

That sounds good, doesn't it?

Yes, of course.

[ Her smiling face... She's been smiling less and less lately. Should she smile more, make an attempt at it? Would that be better....? ]

It's been a while since I've spent a day with you in any case. We should change that.

[ Clover needs to better (a better person, a better sister, a better anything). She always needs to be better. ]

[and that's what Lina's here for. she'll burn herself out for anybody she loves if it takes even a little stress off their shoulders.]

Yeah. You and me. Oh my gosh, I just made a grocery run before I headed out here. I can make you something more filling than just the terrine. We can have dinner together and talk about everything that's been going on...

[she looks so happy. because she is, of course, but she's going to lean in very, very hard into the idea of doing something normal. not letting the app control their lives. it barely has a foothold in hers, of course, but it will. she knows it's coming.]

I'll make sure you go home tonight feeling better. About everything. That's a promise.

[ It's easier to pretend she's happier when she has such a good example to imitate. If she tries hard enough, she can emulate a fraction of Lina's happiness. ]

I believe you. You try your best to uphold your promises. But... please slow down. I don't need more than the terrine, so don't overextend yourself. I'm so tired I won't be able to appreciate it properly.

[ It's enough that she's there. ]

[Lina nods slowly, kind of... coming to her senses, almost. it's been a very long day. there's not really a need to go completely wild on making her sister food. (though she's only letting up because she doesn't want to push Clover into a worse place with her enthusiasm. doing what her sister wants to do seems like the best option.)]

Okay. Then we can just spend some quiet time together to relax and come down off of all of this.

[she forces a giggle to try to sound like everything's as normal as it was this morning, even though she's still scared for her sister in not a small way. because what if this happens again when Lina isn't there?]

Promise me you'll tell me if something like this happens again, though?

Yes, of course. You have my word.

[ As much as her word means when she's a constant liar. She'd like to keep this promise, but she doesn't know if she can.

What a terrible sister she is, but she wants to make an attempt to be better. The promise can help, if she upholds it. ]

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