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clem.
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you better bury me deep, or i'll come for you first.

( she/her. icon by spacedlexi )
still a little bit scary, but.. not as much. i guess you're right.

[ she rubs the back of her neck. ]

.. i don't want them in my hair, though.
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
[ ohhh she's grinning.. ]

hehe.. heh.

[ she feels a bit shy still, but she's happy to have made them laugh, at least. ]
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
pfft.. yeah, probably. i imagine it'd get pretty expensive making room for all those legs.. they probably spend a fortune on shoes.
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
they probably have spider insurance or something to make it cheaper.

[ smiling even more because gabi is going along with her joke... ]
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
so what, they need little.. spider glasses or something?

[ she snorts at her own stupid joke. okay. ]
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
[ oh.. she smiles back. if it makes them happy, then she doesn't mind as much. ]

well.. fire away, then. give me your best bug facts.
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
[ slightly soggy look ] ....maybe.....
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
i think he's more open to listening to you than me, honestly.

..and that's okay. bugs are... okay. i guess. as long as you don't actively tell him to put them in my bed... just leave it at spiders, alright?
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
[ an amused little smile. ]

okay, okay, i guess i can deal with some spiders if that's what's happening. i think you could probably teach him better than i could, anyway.

[ given the fact that she has a first grade education. ]
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
what.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
... yeah. that's how i like to see it, too. you're just.. putting them out of their misery.

i taught aj to do the same if i ever get bit. i don't want to imagine it, but.. yeah.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
it's sad if you think too hard about how they used to be people... i try not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
// I LOVE GABI RAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
[ JUMPING WITH A LITTLE SQUEAK ]
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
— little. another drag is taken as she watches the smoke curl out into the air. ]
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
— or something instead. but.. the world doesn't work like that anymore. ]

.. maybe it's for the best that you can't. everybody who's ever gotten close to me has either died or left, and i don't know what i'd do if something happened to you, too. i can't let that happen..

[ her voice wavers a —
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
i always hated homework.

[ that gets a chuckle out of her. they're right, though; as tough as she tries to act about it for aj, deep down a large part of her yearns for the world to be normal again for the both of them. maybe in another life, she could've met mokou at an after-school club —
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
— see. and every time, his face will fall. i can count the amount of times he's seemed genuinely happy lately on one hand.

... i just don't know what to do. i'm not cut out for this..

[ she holds her head, heaving a sigh that holds all the weight that rests on her shoulders. ]
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
[ she appreciates that. she doesn't need to be called out for doing these things; not when she already beats herself up about it enough all on her own. a long drag before she speaks again. ]

he keeps asking me if we'll ever find a place to actually call home... every time, i tell him we'll —
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
[ she jumps a bit at their voice, like a little kid getting caught doing something they weren't supposed to. ]

.. you could say that. nothing's getting any easier, and i think.. aj is starting to notice that.
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM