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clem.
@takeusback.bsky.social
you better bury me deep, or i'll come for you first.

( she/her. icon by spacedlexi )
// THIS IS SO THREATENING?@???
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
.. aside from the current state of the world, just.. i guess raising a kid by yourself tends to take a lot of you.

[ her laugh lacks any humor. ]

.. i'd do it all again, though, for him.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
— think about coming home afterwards to the people you love. the people that make it worth it. if you do that, then that makes it.. easier to do. because you know at the end of it all, you'll get to see him again...
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
— but.. i kinda know what that's like.

[ she takes the bottle from them, uncapping it and drinking more than she probably should. she doesn't even flinch. ]

it's never easy.. but you have something, someone to fight for. so fight as hard as you can.

..don't think about the battle. just —
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
... sounds like a lot to deal with.

[ she knows "i'm sorry" and "that sucks" never actually does anything to make anyone feel better; she's been hearing that shit for years. she stares forward with them, processing everything she just heard. ]

i don't have the same experience, not really, —
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
i haven't been healthy in like.. 8 years. it's something you get used to.
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
i never said i was.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
... okay?

[ a kind of "that's it?" tone as she looks at them, urging them to continue.. because surely that can't be all, right? it's not exactly *surprising* information, considering the state of the world.. gangs, groups, tribes, whatever. it's all the same. ]
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
... okay, then.
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
i've probably heard worse. i've probably *thought* worse.

[ she says it easily, frowning. ]

.. don't feel bad about it when i'm the one who offered. it's not like you're just dumping it on me out of nowhere.

[ .. like some people. ]
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
well...?
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
.. wanna talk about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
considering this is my first impression of you... bad way.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
you kinda act like one..
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
didn't mean to make you feel worse than you probably already do.

[ it's a habit for her, apparently, to fuck up the day of everyone around her. god. ]
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
you're not really doing a good job, but i guess that's a good philosophy to have. fake it till you make it, right?
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
// ID READ EVERY WORD.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
.. i don't do it all the time. just, when things get really...

[ she trails off, hunching in on herself a little bit. she probably shouldn't let them see the pack of cigarettes in her pocket, either. ]

.. i don't do it in front of aj.
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
[ why does that make her feel so guilty? she tips her head down so her hat can cover her eyes, scratching the back of her neck. ]

...

... sorry.
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
is that what people are calling it nowadays?
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
i think you might be worse at talking to people than i am.
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
the world's gone to shit, it doesn't exactly matter.

[ she pulls a bottle from her bag; about one third is left. offering it to them. ]

.. i don't really have any fancy glasses or anything.
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
// MOAR RAINE SUSIE ANALYSIS FEED ME MORE
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
..... okay.

[ it's all she can really say. she's looking at them like she thinks they're kind of stupid but is very much trying to be nice about it. ]
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM