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Akkey gave a huge yawn, stretching in her seat as she finished off her meal and flicked the remaining bones down towards the dragons. It was mid afternoon, she had just awoken from her rest after speaking with Darien. But first, she had someone to see, and headed straight for the library.
aroleplayingcephalopod
Clover is in the middle of reorganizing Haligan’s entire library. As such, many of the shelves are bare, and there are crates of books and loosely bound papers everywhere the eye can see. With a sigh, she flops onto the ground, her tail swishing back and forth.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She pushed the old doors open, and was met with a massive mess. "What the Hel..."
The oak doors bumped a pile of heavy hard bound books stacked high and precariously, and it fell, burying her in a flurry of dust and papers. "Gah-oww!" She coughed, rubbing her head where a particularly solid encyclopedia had hit her.
aroleplayingcephalopod
Clover scrambles to her feet, rushing towards the doors. “Are you alright?!” she exclaims. She digs through the mass of papers until she uncovers the unfortunate person. When she does, her eyes go wide. “Akkey?” 
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Hey," she said weakly, rubbing the pain away. She looked up and grinned at her, noting the small crinkles around her eyes and the greying hairs, "How's it going?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
She holds out a hand to pull her friend to her feet. “It’s... alright,” she says softly. “I’m sorry for the mess.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
"It's fine," she let herself be pulled up, dusting her pants off. But she kept her tight grip on Clover's hand, and gazed at her somberly, "Clover, I... just heard about Tezz. I'm... I can't believe I found out only now. I'm so sorry..."
aroleplayingcephalopod
Clover’s gaze drops to their joined hands, and the ring she still wears, even after all this time. “You... you were away, you couldn’t have known.” She feels the tell-tale sting of tears, and has to blink them away. “It’s... been a long time, anyway.” Her mind flashes back to the conversation she’d had with Blunt, and she fights back a shudder. 
akkeyagentofhelheim
She shook her head vigorously, her grip tightening further for a moment, feeling the jewelry in her palm, then she broke the hold and threw her arms around the half breed in a full embrace, tears running down her cheeks, "It's no excuse. I'm sorry, Clover. He was a good friend, and so are you. I should've been there to help. I'm so sorry."
aroleplayingcephalopod
Her self control shatters, and Clover clings to Akkey, sobbing into her shoulder. “It’s not your fault,” she manages through her tears.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She hugged her fully, held her, cried with her, did what she should have done years ago that she could only do now. She did her best to comfort her, caressing her hands along her back reassuringly. The afternoon sun streamed lazily through the windows, illuminating floating specks of dust and piles of books strewn across the floor.
Akkey led her to where she was sitting on the ground, and squeezed her arm around Clover, "I... heard it was soon after Ragnarok. What happened?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
Clover leans her head against Akkey’s shoulder. “I’m not entirely sure,” she whispers. “I never... I wasn’t there, and...” She lets out a shuddering breath. “I think he took a blow meant for someone else. And--he never came back.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Ah, fuck..." she passed a weary hand over her mouth, "Damn it."
She gave her a glance, "How are you holding up?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
“I-I’m fine,” Clover says, which would be more convincing if tears weren’t still streaming from her eyes.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She inhaled sharply, and gripped her arm tighter around her, "I'm sorry. For bringing this up after all this time, it just... it shook me when I found out." She expelled a shallow breath, "Tezz was a good man... he was a skilled waterbender." She recalled the time they, along with her father, tried to melt Bewliderbeast ice, "I know I wasn't present then, but I'm here now... Anything you need..."
aroleplayingcephalopod
“Thanks, Akkey,” she whispers. “I’ve missed you,” she adds. “I know Tezz would’ve, too.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
Her chest tightened, and she bowed her head, "I missed you guys too."
She took a deep breath, trying to calm down. She kept her arm around Clover, and glanced around the library, "So what in Hel's name have you been up to?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
“Reorganizing,” she says. “Whoever ran this library before was a complete mess.” With a watery chuckle, she looks around. “It wasn’t this bad, but I have to move everything.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She laughed, shaking her head, "Of course you do." She lifted a finger and a portal zipped open by their feet, procuring the book that hit Akkey on the head a bit ago, "Want some help?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
“That’d be great,” Clover says fervently. 
"So," there was a hum as several mini portals started opening and moving books around under Clover's instructions, "I heard you have another kid now? And he's hanging with Asha's kid?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
Clover chuckles. “William. He was born in the Bunker,” she explains. “I haven’t had much of a chance to talk to him since I came to Haligan, but I’ve seen them together. They seem happy.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Heh, yeah, Siri was glowing when she talked about him." she smirked.
aroleplayingcephalopod
“Really?” she asks. “What’d she say?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
"She thinks he's a good guy. She really likes him. She was grinning really big when she talked about him," she replied, heaving a particularly heavy encyclopedia up a shelf with her own hands.
aroleplayingcephalopod
"That’s good,” Clover says with a smile. “It’d be nice if he introduced her properly, though,” she jokes. Well... she’s mostly joking. 
akkeyagentofhelheim
"It's been like a week, Siri said. They'll come around soon," she laughed, then turned to her, "So Will's here. Where's Melira?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
The smile drops off her face. “I... I don’t know. I don’t hear from her very often.” Quietly, she says, “She has a son now.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She gawked, "A son?!" She blinked several times, putting a finger to her forehead to think "Wait, no yeah, she should be old enough to have one, right..." Her face softened, "She doesn't come by to say hi?"
aroleplayingcephalopod
“Not often, no,” she says sadly. “She’s constantly moving around, doesn’t really like to stay in one place.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Well, I guess I can understand that.” she tilted her head and grinned apologetically.
aroleplayingcephalopod
“I miss her, but... I can’t blame her for staying away, either,” Clover admits. She shakes her head to clear it. “So, um, what’ve you been up to?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Trouble.” she shook her head and laughed, patting the dust off a small journal and inserting it into a shelf, “Rebellions, raids, dieties... The usual.”
She sighed, suddenly looking extremely exhausted and old, “It’s a lot, I almost can’t keep up...” she said quietly, putting the journal into place with a dull thump.
aroleplayingcephalopod
Her tail swishes back and forth. “I understand. It... gets hard, after a while,” she murmurs. She shifts a stack of books with her foot, shuffling around it to get at another shelf. “It’s all such a mess,” she says. Even Clover isn’t sure if she’s talking about the library or... everything.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She nodded, almost immediately understanding, "It is..." A silence hung in the air for a while before Akkey shook her head, grinning up at Clover, "Will you be staying for a while? I'd love to catch up; it's been far too long..."
aroleplayingcephalopod
“Why else would I be reorganizing all of this?” she jokes, waving a hand at the mess before them. Turning serious, Clover says, “I’m planning to, yes.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey barked a short laugh, and nodded, “That’s good.” She stood, dusting herself off, “I better get going. Bunch of crap I still have to deal with...” She reached for her hand, clasping it firmly in hers, gazing directly into Clover’s eyes, “I’ll definitely see you later, okay?”
aroleplayingcephalopod
Clover squeezes Akkey’s hand just has hard. “Okay,” she agrees. “I’ll be here, most of the time.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She inhaled sharply, and pulled her into a fierce hug, “I’m really, really glad to see you again, Clover.” She let her go, smiling for a moment, before turning and heading out the door.
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Events
Category:Act I
Category:Clover Rose
Category:Akkey Black