( her stomach is in pieces, but her nailbeds are safe thanks to the timely intervention of mizuki's fingers over hers. clarke's hands are cold and clammy, and still twitch occasionally in the envelopment of his. )
...that was later, at the beach. I was absolutely wasted off that salamander rum, and Jinx... She seemed over it, kept talking about how much she loved Ekko. ( insert a placeholder in the investigation thread where clarke inevitably raps her gun on jinx's cabin door and pretty directly threatens ekko's life. ) And that's where I tried to warn her off Natsuno; told her there'd be consequences. That whatever she'd been hoping to accomplish by winning the game was stupid, and months ago.
"I'll let ya know when I'm good and ready to let bygones be bygones." That's what she said to me, but I chalked it up to be as useless a threat as her previous ones, and I was wrong. ( yes she knows the specifics are wonky, but holds firm that natsuno never would have blown himself up without jinx tailing after him for half a year. she's still directly responsible for all of this in clarke's book. ) Then we had to deal with all of that. And —
...guess I'm a hypocrite. I'd fill her full of holes for my people, too.
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( her stomach is in pieces, but her nailbeds are safe thanks to the timely intervention of mizuki's fingers over hers. clarke's hands are cold and clammy, and still twitch occasionally in the envelopment of his. )
...that was later, at the beach. I was absolutely wasted off that salamander rum, and Jinx... She seemed over it, kept talking about how much she loved Ekko. ( insert a placeholder in the investigation thread where clarke inevitably raps her gun on jinx's cabin door and pretty directly threatens ekko's life. ) And that's where I tried to warn her off Natsuno; told her there'd be consequences. That whatever she'd been hoping to accomplish by winning the game was stupid, and months ago.
"I'll let ya know when I'm good and ready to let bygones be bygones." That's what she said to me, but I chalked it up to be as useless a threat as her previous ones, and I was wrong. ( yes she knows the specifics are wonky, but holds firm that natsuno never would have blown himself up without jinx tailing after him for half a year. she's still directly responsible for all of this in clarke's book. ) Then we had to deal with all of that. And —
...guess I'm a hypocrite. I'd fill her full of holes for my people, too.