Some people have a bad day. | Calibrations

[heeeyadora]

WHO: Catra, OPEN
WHERE: Catra's Calibration Room
WHAT: Catra's Calibration
WHEN: 3 June - 10 June
WARNINGS: Child abuse, violence, possible She-Ra spoilers (up to end of season 4)



The room you step into is one of utilitarian design, metal walls and bunks with perfunctory mats that serves as mattresses, along with a single pillow. By it there's a crude drawing of two girls, one of which seems to be scratched out.

A small shape sits on the end of one of the lower bunks, hidden away under a thin blanket and sniffling, though she'll hiss if you approach. She holds a letter clutched tight in her fists, and that may be what has her so upset.

Meanwhile, the longer you're here, more you might begin to notice, something seems off. Part of the room seems to be fading away, being slowly devoured by whiteness. Will you avoid the impending doom or explore it?

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[in_extremis]

"You don't have to mean it," Tony suggested, what could be seen of his head tilting slightly as he watched Catra carefully, not sure how she would take his meaning. There were some cases where he meant that eventually she would mean it if she said it enough, and some cases where it was just the fastest way out of a tight situation that wasn't worth conserving one's pride over. Pride had gotten him into enough trouble, he could at least pass on that hard earned wisdom.

[heeeyadora]

She gave him a look, not sure how she felt about that suggestion. "...It's too late. And she's not here anyway. There's no point."

[in_extremis]

There must have been plenty of times in Catra's life that her friend wasn't around, this one shouldn't have felt that much different. Being in the bunker was certainly demoralizing, but they shouldn't have been resigned to spending the rest of their lives down there yet. "I'm going to get us home," Tony promised with a shrug. "You'll tell her then. Tell her how you went to another planet and realized how big the universe was." He finally slipped away from the bunk then, heading for the open door with his shoulders stretching back, more than ready to move on from this abusive mess.