[ prp ] some kind of resolution ( clerise & reine )

[its me debz]

It was weird to see the labs clear of fog and grey and memories incarnate, free of things that lurked behind the mist.

Free of bodies.

Clarice was leaving, and well...She had spoken to Reine, and while Clerise hadn't heard it...Her suspicions had been roused.

Besides.

She needed to check on starshine anyway. Poor girl had seen Clerise up and down and sideways; the least she could do was fill her in.

danse-hexe

 

[danse-hexe]

She trailed a finger along the wall as she walked down the corridors, heading out of the labs. Reine was sure she was going to miss this place; Halloween, as she remembered it, was dark and gloomy, and up till now her only experiences of the place consisted of capturing students, and.. and well, Thackery.

It was still hard to believe that hunters actually worked with Boogeymen; it made her question a lot of things. Maybe they were doing this out of convenience, maybe.... maybe so many different possibilities. Each one she was coming up with seemed more and more implausible than the previous, until at some point her mind finally stopped working.

So it was a mission, and all she needed to do was follow instructions, as usual. Because she trusted that the higher-ups knew what they were doing.

She just wished she knew, as well, because all the doubts were killing her.  

[its me debz]

A flash of white hair turned a corner up ahead, and Clerise jogged towards it to catch up.

"Starshine~" she called out, a smile behind the word, her boots tapping against the tiled floor of the Labs.

It really hadn't quite sunk in, yet. That Clarice was going to be gone for months (who would remind her to eat and sleep when she was too caught up in working? Who was going to be there for all the Life kids?), let alone adding Reine to that mix.

Upon catching up to the intermediate trainee, Clerise swung an arm easily around her shoulders, grinning down at her. "You're a hard girl to find, didja know?"  

[danse-hexe]

"Oh-- hey." For what the greeting lacked in enthusiasm, Reine made up for it with a hug, lingering a while longer in Clerise's arms than she normally would have. Maybe she needed a bit of extra comfort at the moment- Clerise was one of the people she'd intended on saying goodbye to, anyway.

But that could.. wait a little while. She'd just said goodbye to Kat, and Reine wasn't one of the people who tore band-aids off fast; she had to peel them off slowly, so it hurt less.

Awkwardly she broke away again, habitually reaching a hand up to twirl her hair, short as it was now. "Heh." Hard to find? That was.. true, she supposed; she'd been spending most of her time outside of the underground base, just wandering the halls of the dorms, or even the streets of the town, looking for something to keep herself busy with. She hadn't even realised, though, that anyone had bothered looking for her at all. "What's up?"  

[its me debz]

Huh. Reine wasn't usually the most touchy feely, so the hug came as a surprise. So she wrapped both arms around the slighter girl, giving her a quick squeeze.

"Nothin' much, really." She pulled a runic dagger out, tossing it in the air with practised ease. "Did I ever tell you? Why I've got these around?"

It was something she felt her friends-- and teammates-- should know. Clerise was just glad no one decided to broadcast it.

She doesn't look bitter, and it's like she's at peace, or something like it.

A dosage of Clarice could do a girl good.

[[ even == not wounding self ]]

danse-hexe