Sitting on the edge of the fountain...

[bravelittlehero]

Who: Clementine...join her!
Where: She is sitting on the edge of the fountain.
When: The afternoon of October 6th
What: Clementine has arrived.
Warnings: Possible talk of death/zombies/blood...
Style: Going with the flow
Status: Open . Very open. 

Clementine was sitting on the edge of the fountain, her journal resting on her lap. She'd woken up in this strange place near a fountain not too long ago and since then, she has been sitting on the edge, reading the journal with fascination. Well as much as she could read. Some people used bigger, more complex words than she knew, like the welcome page. She couldn't read where she was, but she was pretty sure it didn't say Georgia. 

She was, in a word, filthy. Her dress was covered from head to toe in what looked like caked, dried blood. She smelled like someone who was a lot less than alive. Thrown on top of it was a red hoodie, one that had seen better days and had quite a few bloodstains itself, just not as bad as the others. 

She had currency in one pocket and her gun in the other. She looked out at the people, watching them. They hadn't been friendly, not at all, but they still moved like they were alive. Where was she? What would Lee do in her situation?

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[hostclubshadowking]

Kyouya looked at her, settling into a spot on the bed where he was comfortable but also gave her space. The question made him pause, tilting his head a bit.

"The right decision? What do you mean?"

[bravelittlehero]

"Lee was dead. He asked me to shoot him, to stop him from becoming one of them. Do you think I was right?"

Clementine glanced over her shoulder at him, curious.

[hostclubshadowking]

Kyouya didn't know Lee. He accepted that. But everything in his mind rebelled at the idea of asking a little girl to shoot someone. Someone she cared about especially. The idea of it threatened to make him sick.

But years of concealing his thoughts and feelings from others kept his desire from becoming action. Kept him from retching at the thought. Silenced all criticisms about this 'friend' of hers. It took him a little while to answer. To keep himself calm enough to answer.

"I do." That was what she needed to hear. Not that he couldn't even begin to think about what that choice meant. About what she'd had to do. His stomach churned as he tried to think of any comparable situation and couldn't. "You... kept him from suffering. Like you said. It was the right thing to do."

But so, so wrong. So wrong she'd ever had to do it. God. He couldn't believe it. Couldn't begin to imagine it.

[bravelittlehero]

The circumstances maybe weren't as great as Kyouya could imagine. It was full of conflicting emotions and choices. Clementine didn't have too much of a choice.

"Things are really different now. Do you think it's okay to shoot someone if they're bad?"

[hostclubshadowking]

"No," Kyouya replied, shaking his head. "Not if that's the only reason."

He'd considered that sort of question before, but he'd never been asked it. Especially not by a nine-year-old girl who had, apparently, had t shoot one of her friends.

"I think it's... okay... to shoot someone if they're going to hurt you. Or someone you care about. And you can't get away otherwise. But not... just because they're bad."

[bravelittlehero]

"Oh. That's good then. He was going to kill Lee." She nodded and curled back up again. Maybe her day had been worse than most, but at least it was over now.

[hostclubshadowking]

She'd shot someone else, to, then. Kyouya wasn't sure what to make of that. How to react. It was... surprising, to say the least.

"Then I think that sounds like the right thing to do."

[bravelittlehero]

"He was a bad man. He took me from Lee and locked me in a hotel room. It was really mean, and when Lee came to get me, he was gonna kill him. That was...yesterday morning I think, that Lee came. I'm not sure."

[hostclubshadowking]

"You did the right thing," Kyouya murmured. It seemed incredible. Unbelievable. But, then, all this did. "We'll be careful tomorrow. Make sure you don't end up on a ship with anyone like that."

[bravelittlehero]

"Okay. That sounds good." She smiled at him and curled up again, closing her eyes. Sleep wouldn't be too far off.

[hostclubshadowking]

Kyouya smiled faintly, watching her for a moment before turning his attention to his journal. It'd be fine. They'd find her someone to go with tomorrow, and he wouldn't have to worry.