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[servileness]

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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[breakingvoice]

[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.

[servileness]

[ 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. ]

[breakingvoice]

[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?

[servileness]

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. ]