🍀Clover🍀

MAJOR CW/TW: blood, self injury, suicidal ideation

Making her way to his room she knocked on the door and waited for a moment. Then she knocked again louder and harder this time.

"Abernathy. You in there?"

She called out pressing a her ear too the door.

"Abernathy. If you don't responde in the next ten seconds I'm kicking this fucking door down."

[Dagger voice was weak, Clover could hear how it sounded like he was struggling to breathe.]

“Don’t come in—“

What she say had her freeze up immediately. Her hand gripping the door knob even tighter as her eyes slowly widen. She was in complete shock at the sight. Sure she has seen plenty blood, shed enough of it to grant her place in hell. This though... was a different ball field. The metallic smell caused her nose to scrunch up, her throat to tighten. A different memory setting into place, a diffrent face painting over his. She didn't even know this man. There should be no reason for her to be tensing up as she was. She should have been able to move mechanically to deal with the problem.

In five... Hold it... Hold it...

Finally Clover moved. Forcing her legs to swing forward. She threw his closest door open and yanked out a shirt. Quickly ripping it in half before turning to kneel beside him.

"How long."

There was a strange tremble in her voice despite how calm she willed it to be.

"When did you slit them open?"

[Dagger was hyperventilating, he was too pale, too weak. He was giving pain grunts and cries as Clover wrapped the cuts. The cuts were bleeding far to much.]

“I didn’t mean too— no one was supposed to see me like this— mhnn—!!”

"Abernathy. Breath. Deep slow breaths. You're gonna be fine. I got you."

[His breathing was too labored to take in enough oxygen and he was still sobbing. He damn near screamed when she tied the cloth around his biceps, squirming and begging her to stop even if he knew it had to be done. When she sat him up he kept slumping over, still conscious but bordering on going completely into shock.]

“I’m sorry— I’m sorry—“

She just simply ordered. As she steadied him pulling his arms over her shoulders before bumping him up onto her back.

"I know you're trying, you're doing a good job, alright? Keep taking deep breaths for me, yeah?"

She softly reassured him. With a huff she pushed up from her crouched positioned to stand. Arms hooking under his thighs as she slouched forward to keep him on her back. He was far too light.

"I just need you to hang on to me alright?"

MAJOR CW/TW: blood, self injury, suicidal ideation

Making her way to his room she knocked on the door and waited for a moment. Then she knocked again louder and harder this time.

"Abernathy. You in there?"

She called out pressing a her ear too the door.

"Abernathy. If you don't responde in the next ten seconds I'm kicking this fucking door down."

[Dagger voice was weak, Clover could hear how it sounded like he was struggling to breathe.]

“Don’t come in—“

What she say had her freeze up immediately. Her hand gripping the door knob even tighter as her eyes slowly widen. She was in complete shock at the sight. Sure she has seen plenty blood, shed enough of it to grant her place in hell. This though... was a different ball field. The metallic smell caused her nose to scrunch up, her throat to tighten. A different memory setting into place, a diffrent face painting over his. She didn't even know this man. There should be no reason for her to be tensing up as she was. She should have been able to move mechanically to deal with the problem.

In five... Hold it... Hold it...

Finally Clover moved. Forcing her legs to swing forward. She threw his closest door open and yanked out a shirt. Quickly ripping it in half before turning to kneel beside him.

"How long."

There was a strange tremble in her voice despite how calm she willed it to be.

"When did you slit them open?"

[Dagger was hyperventilating, he was too pale, too weak. He was giving pain grunts and cries as Clover wrapped the cuts. The cuts were bleeding far to much.]

“I didn’t mean too— no one was supposed to see me like this— mhnn—!!”

"Abernathy. Breath. Deep slow breaths. You're gonna be fine. I got you."

MER AU: In the Wild

Possible Roles: Human or Mer

The ocean was rather peaceful today, the sun’s light seeping into the water- casting a soft light along the floors of the reefs…. The water was rather deep, coral reefs could be seen everywhere, alongside bigger rock formations….. Ships rarely crossed these waters due to rumors of bigger merfolk, tho sometimes researchers came and went— studying the wildlife and the occasional mer passing by or curious enough to get closer. Tho they never stayed long, specially since the stretch of the reef and some of the surroundings were a…. Big mer’s territory. One who usually tolerated other mers passing and grabbing a snack or two, but wouldn’t tolerate another mer trying to claim territory for their own or taking too much of the resources.

"ALRIGHT LET'S SUIT UP!"

Surprisingly so, barely ANY trash or pollution- plenty of diverse wildlife (dare say, even way too many— more than most reefs nowadays anyways….), which caused an ABUNDANCE of food. Yet beyond the marked ‘territory’ on the map, the reefs would die out and the usual pollution would be picked up again.

As if something was purposely keeping the reefs clean, there were even some areas with marks of sorts. Different ones with seemingly different meanings, there was one area (with a very small slab/space of stone of sorts that breaches the water…. with kelp surrounding it— didn’ look regular, more like it was PLANTED there, a few seals and otters lounging around (tho it was hard to know WHERE they’d come from, so far away from any other land….).

The other members of her expedition moved about either taking pictures, taking samples, or video taping the area. Before meeting back on the boat with the others.

Byeol was sat on the deck examining the skull in her hands. Speaking aloud measurements to the other memeber as they jotted down the notes. Byeol carefully brushed her thumb over the teeth squinting at them from behind her reading glasses.

"Fascinating..."

"They're real. Their is no doubt. Look at the indent here. It caves much different then the human skull. Besides look at the these teeth. Probably a tiger sharks with how short and angled the tooth is..."

She grinned absolutly estatic as she placed the skull down into a box for containment.

"Let's go back down! How much oxygen we got in the tanks?"

One of the members took a look at each one.

"We have about half Star."

"Did we bring extras?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright we'll go out for another twenty minutes or so and then rendezvous back at the boat before going for another dive."

"Stay calm its the orca! James man the boat! Get ready to maneuver as needed!"

She ordered as she hung on tight to the railing trying to examin the orca as close as she could from the boat.

"Christ that is a big beauty."

Whaleshark’s

There also seemed to be extra smaller fins resembling that of a Whaleshark, despite the relatively Orca-Shaped Body AND Tail fin….

Whatever it was SLAMMED into the boat once more, massive frame way bigger than Any Orca should be, and way faster too.

It sunk back into the water, the fading light of the sun making it harder to see—

She wasn’t sure, but she thought she saw the faint outline of a human upperhalf before the distance in the water blurred it

Byeol just stared in absolute shock and awe as she watched the figure appear and dissapear from sight. A chill running up her spine and goosebumps across her whole body. She waded in the water watching it dissapear into the kelp forest. Definitely a location they wouldn't be able to sail the boat through less they risk ghe rotors tangle in the kelp and risk the saftey of the sea life.

Eventually her team manged to hoist her back up to the ship as she excitedly spoke about what she saw. They were so close and she was ecstatic to see the reality of the myth unfold before her eyes.

"How many tanks we have left?"

Byeol asked as they took inventory of their gear.

"We have two full tanks left. There's not enough for the dive team."

Byeol hummed and slightly paced thinking.

"Did we bring the underwater drone?"

She asked as her teammate nodded. Humming once more in thought she looked to the ocean.

"Pull the boat out of the area, where the reefs cut off from healthy to sick. Wilson and I will go follow using the underwater scooters. Use the underwater drone to follow us and document."

Byeol simply ordered. As she grabbed one of the takes and began to suit up again.

But it looked MIXED…. Specifically— Orca AND Whale Shark….

But what caught their attention the most was the UPPER HALF, just above the gills, it transitioned to a *human waist* and trailing up…. A whole human torso, then a face.

Byeol halted her teammate the moment she saw the rustling of the kelp. A movement indicating something rather large was moving through them. Thats when they saw him. Byeol's teammate, Wilson, had a near heart attack at the sight freezing up completely. Byeol however stared at the creature with wide eyes behind her goggles.

A mer...

A real life mer...

“Pfft”

He’d reply circling them, eyeing the surroundings- seeing they didn’t seem to have any bad intentions

“Humans….”

He’d mutter, voice slightly echoey- smooth, calm even

After a moment to calm herself Byeol pulled out the mouth piece again.

"We're marine biologists."

Her voice came out warmbled and quite warped as she took a breath using the mouth piece and spoke again.

"We're here for research!"

"Absolutly amazing..."

She breathed out in utter awe before shaking her head. Eyes sparkling with pure delight.

"Amazing! Do you have a name? How old are you? Where did you come from?? Are their more of you? You look like an orca yet you have the patterning of a whaleshark, along with your sheer size!!! Do you have a pod?"

She shot off rapid fire questions in her excitement. Snapping her head around to the water drone now floating at the surface of the waves.

"Are you all getting this?! This is amazing!"

"Absolutly fascinating!"

She spoke as she stood with her hands on her hips.

"We won't be damaging anything I can promise and assure you of that."

She spoke quite confidently.

"If me or any of of my team does, you can eat em!"

"I say that was an amazing first talk with a Mer, yeah?"

He tried almost everything to get on her good side, like talking about casual stuff she enjoys, trying to gift her stuff and a lot more. But he just... couldn't. And he was a bit annoying, not making her too uncomfortable though.

Others noticed and made snide comments about him, but Mint didn't care. But he didn't knew if Clover mind these comments. And... he probably made her pretty angry.

---

It was like 2 a.m.

Mint was awake yet again.

He was casually dressed, his hair was tied in a high ponytail (which made some strands fall to his face) and he had a notebook in lap. He was deep in thought.

"Okay, we've tried this, and that..."

He said as he crossed off some lines on the paper.

He put a hand to his chin and closed his eyes.

"What else there is that I can try...?"

He hummed.

Just then he heard some footsteps. He looked up only to see Clover on the doorway.

"Oh... what is it?"

He closed the notebook and leaned back.

- ( @commander-mint )

Clover's patient has been run quite thin over the last few weeks. The constant run in with Mint as well as his attempt for small talk simply irked her. Eveytime he tried to start conversation she responded dryly or immediately excused herself and left if the situation allowed it. The moment he had tried giving gifts simply disgusted her. She did not want his friendship. Especially if it was not getting through his thick skull of the sheer arrogance he had at this day and age. Of course when she started reciving gifts she sent them all back but the comments from the lower enlisted certainitly spread. The fact she was a woman was no better for the situation. Unsavory comments about her using looks and her body for reputation and to climb the ranks despite her new arrival. She had heard it all. Despised ever moment. Of course with the enlisted and her fellow sergeants, she dealt with it swiftly. Rumors and comments alike came to a halt just as quickly as they had started.

Clover was beyond annoyed.

-------

"Sir. You really need to stop."

Clover bluntly spoke standing by the door. Once more they were meeting at the dead of night. She would have to head to the medbay to get a consultation with a doctor later. It seemed her medication for her insomnia hadn't been doing it's job recently. Perhaps it was the recent stress of things. Regardless, she didn't like being up at night and with the accumulation of everything she was ready to blow her top. Working a punching bag only did more harm to her then it did relieving stress now adays. She didn't like being anger. She frankly despised it quite a bit. Yet clearly Mint wasn't getting the damn message.

"I already made it fucking clear. I refuse to be buddy buddy with you. You giving me gifts and bullshit to win my favor made things frankly worse on both ends. I dealt with the lower enlisted and my fellow Sergeants to shut the fuck up. But I can't do shit when some random fucking Captain walks up to me requesting my 'services' saying he can get up to the rank Lieutenant if I do."

"...I'm just testing things. I do this to everyone, not only you."

He paused a bit. Rubbing his eyes. He kinda... liked talking to her?

"Well that ain't enough now is it? You testing things had the recruits calling me a whore and pick me girl. Had a few officers saying if I sleep with em they'll happily put a packet in to get me the rank of Lieutenant."

She pinched her nose bridge and looked up at him with narrowed eyes.

"People are in constant rotation here. Not everyones gonna know your gay at all times. Nor are they gonna know your antics. All they see is an officer trying to get cushy with a staff sergeant."

...they called you what?

...some pause. His grip on the notebook in his hands tightening

...I would be happy if you told me their names.

He crossed his arms.

"No."

She bluntly spoke.

"I already dealt with it. You butting in where its not needed will just fucking undo everything I did."

Clover paused at his question. She stared at him long and hard before giving him a deadpanned look. Was... Was his question for real?... Was he genuinly serious?..

In four... Out five...

Of course fraternization was allowed in their line of work. But that never stopped disgusting old bastards coercing younger people into doing doing quid pro quo. She had seen it plenty of times before and certainitly such a such themes were even here amongst an organization like the SAS.

"More than you fucking think."

Clover finally answered and sighed heavily shaking her head. How the hell has he not seen such reports as a commander?.. Perhaps such reports were handled differently. Probably swepted under the rug. Officer remained untouched while the lower enlisted is reprimanded and likely removed from the unit even with it not being their fault.

I do know about the reports, I just can't understand... people. Everyone is so weird. Thinking that must not be normal, especcially if you know my sensitiveness about these kind of... stuff...

And I am going to beat them up for calling you names.

He rolled his eyes.

She quickly snapped at him.

"This unit has a constant rotation of personnel, new faces coming in and old faces going out. It's the nature of a special operations unit! That's why we have a constant rotatiom of recruits! Not everyone here will know about you or your adversions! Or frankly give a shit about it! I fucking don't."

She groaned running a hand through her hair trying to ease her tension.

"How the hell are you making this about you and your damn touch sensitivity?"

She raised a brow at him compeltly baffled at the self absorbed selfishness.

"Aye, calm down. I am just talking to myself out loud. This is my usual self."

"Besides, I care about you. Even if you hate me. And nothing will stop me from caring."

...he exhaled.

She narrowed her eyes at him

"Your recklessness you keep sounding so proud of gets other people into trouble. Your form of caring is completely self absorbent. If you actually cared you would have fucking listened the first time I said to leave me the fuck alone. I don't need you caring for me."

"Ugh, stop swearing already."

...

She shrugged before eyeing Mint, clearly skeptical.

"Suuure... Don't threaten me with a good time."

She huffed before straightening up and pushing off the door frame.

CW: Blood

Clover is sitting around a bunch of panicking recruits with a head injury! How will you handle the situation?

.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖

Clover laid on the ground staring up at the ceiling in a daze. Did the ceiling always spin like that? There was a low throb in the back of her head that pierced into her eyes. Causing her to squint as she tried to register what had just happened. She was teaching a class and training recruits on operating the L111A1.

....

God why did that stupid weapon have so many ones in it?..

Training recruits...

Right...

They went through the basic steps of disassembly and reassembly. As well as the basic information of the weapon, range, when to use, how to use, etc.

Everything had been going well... A few hiccups from the recruits here and there but nothing manageable. She had informed them to pack everything up and get ready to transport to the shooting range.

She blinked and suddenly everything went black for a moment before she opened her eyes and was staring at the ceiling. Worried and scared faces looking down at her as panicked voices shouted out. She couldn't quite make out what exactly they were saying though as she tried to squint through the throb of pain and procced to slowly sit up. There were startled and panicked gasps as one of the recruits tried to urge her to lay back down.

"Sergeant you should lay back down y-youre-"

"Fucking... Shut up, all of you. Will you all stop running around like chickens with their heads cut off?"

Clover groaned as she sat up to only feel all the blood suddenly rush from her head making the world spin even worse for a moment. She steadied herself immediately as she whinced and held her head. That's when she felt the sticky hot slick coating her hand. Pulling her hand away she stared at it to see the bright red that now covered it.

Ah...

Now she remembers...

One of the recruits had wanted to show off how strong he was... Decided to luge the piece of metal up his shoulder and swing it around to show off... It went flying out of his grip, spinning out before the heavy end smacked her square in the back of her head and neck.

"One of yous... Go fucking get me someone that can fix this mess..."

She mumbled pressing her hand back to the gash on her head as she sat there groaning in annoyance.

After a few minutes, the rookies that went out to get someone come back with what seems like a nurse, one that Clover hadn't seen before, so she was probably a new nurse that came recently.

The nurse crouches down next to her and speaks up as she carefully looks over the wound on Clover's head.

"I ain't no baby."

She grunted at her qusstioned before moving to stand up. One of the recruits helping her up as she simple batted there hand away.

"Private Wilson."

Clover called oht with a huff as a young man quickly came up to her.

"Yes Sergeant!"

Clover eyed them and huffed.

"Go find one of the other Sergeants. Tell em what happened. In the mean time finish putting away the L111A1s. Range will probably have to wait."

She ordered as the Private nodded and quickly booked it out the room. The others that overheard quickly got to work. Clover glanced at the nurse and huffed.

"Mhm Staff Sergeant Jung... Just call me Clover."

"Nice to meet you, Clover."

"The gash deep enough for stiches?"

"Fuckin great."

She softly mumbled.

"Prwtty sure even without a diagnosis I do have a concussion. I can already feel the migraines I get when I do get a concussion."

She tensed up feel the throb behind her eyes before letting out a deep breath.

Clover bluntly spoke as she sat up straight and let out a groan.

"Two weeks? Is that nessary?"

MER AU: In the Wild

Possible Roles: Human or Mer

The ocean was rather peaceful today, the sun’s light seeping into the water- casting a soft light along the floors of the reefs…. The water was rather deep, coral reefs could be seen everywhere, alongside bigger rock formations….. Ships rarely crossed these waters due to rumors of bigger merfolk, tho sometimes researchers came and went— studying the wildlife and the occasional mer passing by or curious enough to get closer. Tho they never stayed long, specially since the stretch of the reef and some of the surroundings were a…. Big mer’s territory. One who usually tolerated other mers passing and grabbing a snack or two, but wouldn’t tolerate another mer trying to claim territory for their own or taking too much of the resources.

"ALRIGHT LET'S SUIT UP!"

Surprisingly so, barely ANY trash or pollution- plenty of diverse wildlife (dare say, even way too many— more than most reefs nowadays anyways….), which caused an ABUNDANCE of food. Yet beyond the marked ‘territory’ on the map, the reefs would die out and the usual pollution would be picked up again.

As if something was purposely keeping the reefs clean, there were even some areas with marks of sorts. Different ones with seemingly different meanings, there was one area (with a very small slab/space of stone of sorts that breaches the water…. with kelp surrounding it— didn’ look regular, more like it was PLANTED there, a few seals and otters lounging around (tho it was hard to know WHERE they’d come from, so far away from any other land….).

The other members of her expedition moved about either taking pictures, taking samples, or video taping the area. Before meeting back on the boat with the others.

Byeol was sat on the deck examining the skull in her hands. Speaking aloud measurements to the other memeber as they jotted down the notes. Byeol carefully brushed her thumb over the teeth squinting at them from behind her reading glasses.

"Fascinating..."

"They're real. Their is no doubt. Look at the indent here. It caves much different then the human skull. Besides look at the these teeth. Probably a tiger sharks with how short and angled the tooth is..."

She grinned absolutly estatic as she placed the skull down into a box for containment.

"Let's go back down! How much oxygen we got in the tanks?"

One of the members took a look at each one.

"We have about half Star."

"Did we bring extras?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright we'll go out for another twenty minutes or so and then rendezvous back at the boat before going for another dive."

"Stay calm its the orca! James man the boat! Get ready to maneuver as needed!"

She ordered as she hung on tight to the railing trying to examin the orca as close as she could from the boat.

"Christ that is a big beauty."

Whaleshark’s

There also seemed to be extra smaller fins resembling that of a Whaleshark, despite the relatively Orca-Shaped Body AND Tail fin….

Whatever it was SLAMMED into the boat once more, massive frame way bigger than Any Orca should be, and way faster too.

It sunk back into the water, the fading light of the sun making it harder to see—

She wasn’t sure, but she thought she saw the faint outline of a human upperhalf before the distance in the water blurred it

Byeol just stared in absolute shock and awe as she watched the figure appear and dissapear from sight. A chill running up her spine and goosebumps across her whole body. She waded in the water watching it dissapear into the kelp forest. Definitely a location they wouldn't be able to sail the boat through less they risk ghe rotors tangle in the kelp and risk the saftey of the sea life.

Eventually her team manged to hoist her back up to the ship as she excitedly spoke about what she saw. They were so close and she was ecstatic to see the reality of the myth unfold before her eyes.

"How many tanks we have left?"

Byeol asked as they took inventory of their gear.

"We have two full tanks left. There's not enough for the dive team."

Byeol hummed and slightly paced thinking.

"Did we bring the underwater drone?"

She asked as her teammate nodded. Humming once more in thought she looked to the ocean.

"Pull the boat out of the area, where the reefs cut off from healthy to sick. Wilson and I will go follow using the underwater scooters. Use the underwater drone to follow us and document."

Byeol simply ordered. As she grabbed one of the takes and began to suit up again.

But it looked MIXED…. Specifically— Orca AND Whale Shark….

But what caught their attention the most was the UPPER HALF, just above the gills, it transitioned to a *human waist* and trailing up…. A whole human torso, then a face.

Byeol halted her teammate the moment she saw the rustling of the kelp. A movement indicating something rather large was moving through them. Thats when they saw him. Byeol's teammate, Wilson, had a near heart attack at the sight freezing up completely. Byeol however stared at the creature with wide eyes behind her goggles.

A mer...

A real life mer...

“Pfft”

He’d reply circling them, eyeing the surroundings- seeing they didn’t seem to have any bad intentions

“Humans….”

He’d mutter, voice slightly echoey- smooth, calm even

After a moment to calm herself Byeol pulled out the mouth piece again.

"We're marine biologists."

Her voice came out warmbled and quite warped as she took a breath using the mouth piece and spoke again.

"We're here for research!"

"Absolutly amazing..."

She breathed out in utter awe before shaking her head. Eyes sparkling with pure delight.

"Amazing! Do you have a name? How old are you? Where did you come from?? Are their more of you? You look like an orca yet you have the patterning of a whaleshark, along with your sheer size!!! Do you have a pod?"

She shot off rapid fire questions in her excitement. Snapping her head around to the water drone now floating at the surface of the waves.

"Are you all getting this?! This is amazing!"

"Absolutly fascinating!"

She spoke as she stood with her hands on her hips.

"We won't be damaging anything I can promise and assure you of that."

She spoke quite confidently.

"If me or any of of my team does, you can eat em!"

CW: Blood

Clover is sitting around a bunch of panicking recruits with a head injury! How will you handle the situation?

.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖

Clover laid on the ground staring up at the ceiling in a daze. Did the ceiling always spin like that? There was a low throb in the back of her head that pierced into her eyes. Causing her to squint as she tried to register what had just happened. She was teaching a class and training recruits on operating the L111A1.

....

God why did that stupid weapon have so many ones in it?..

Training recruits...

Right...

They went through the basic steps of disassembly and reassembly. As well as the basic information of the weapon, range, when to use, how to use, etc.

Everything had been going well... A few hiccups from the recruits here and there but nothing manageable. She had informed them to pack everything up and get ready to transport to the shooting range.

She blinked and suddenly everything went black for a moment before she opened her eyes and was staring at the ceiling. Worried and scared faces looking down at her as panicked voices shouted out. She couldn't quite make out what exactly they were saying though as she tried to squint through the throb of pain and procced to slowly sit up. There were startled and panicked gasps as one of the recruits tried to urge her to lay back down.

"Sergeant you should lay back down y-youre-"

"Fucking... Shut up, all of you. Will you all stop running around like chickens with their heads cut off?"

Clover groaned as she sat up to only feel all the blood suddenly rush from her head making the world spin even worse for a moment. She steadied herself immediately as she whinced and held her head. That's when she felt the sticky hot slick coating her hand. Pulling her hand away she stared at it to see the bright red that now covered it.

Ah...

Now she remembers...

One of the recruits had wanted to show off how strong he was... Decided to luge the piece of metal up his shoulder and swing it around to show off... It went flying out of his grip, spinning out before the heavy end smacked her square in the back of her head and neck.

"One of yous... Go fucking get me someone that can fix this mess..."

She mumbled pressing her hand back to the gash on her head as she sat there groaning in annoyance.

He immediately rushed to Clover's side, pulled out his glove from his right hand and pressed it against her head in mechanical precision. His right hand (now bandaged) holding her head in a slight angle to help the blood stop.

He looked at the recruits and told them to get a medic while he slowly pressed her body from her shoulders to a nearby wall to keep her sitting still against a wall. His hands slow and steady most of the time. He was still pressing his glove to her head.

He sighed.

"Oh my god, these recruits..."

A pause

"Fucking christ- sir respectfully fuck off."

Clover grunted feeling the throb in her head causing her to squint.

"I'm fine, been through worse."

"...you're bleeding pretty much. Are you sure that you are fine? If you ask me, you are not. So just let me help you."

He pressed the glove a bit more closely, he was still holding her head to the side gently.

"이 돌대가리야." (You thick skulled idiot)

She cursed at him.

"The pains coming from the damn headache coming on and my pure annoyance that you're bothering to help me. My muscles are just spasming as a reaction. The actual injury itself doesnt hurt."

She grunts in annoyance.

"I will follow you to the infirmary then, you probably can't walk with that blood loss."

A pause

Clover cursed him out in a monotoned sarcasm as she looked at him unamused.

"너 때문에 나 완전 돌아 버린다."

She huffed looked away. Her hand moving to press against the injury to stem fhe bleeding herself.

"It's not that bad. I can handle myself. Fucking, just watch the recruits for me."

She grumbled as she slowly got up, using the wall to steady herself before standing up straight.

"Private Johnson!"

Clover barked out in annoyance. A nervous younger man piped up and jogged over to her.

"Yes Sergeant?"

They stood stiffly at parade rest as Clover narrowed her eyes impossinly more at the recruit.

"Start pushing. Don't stop pushing until I'm back."

She grumbled.

"Yes Sergeant!"

"Fine fine! But go medical duhh."

...He looked at her, still concerned.

She raised a brow before her eye twitched again. Slowly she began squinting her eyes into a near glare. Her jaw clenched tightly as she felt the waves of throbs pulse through her skull.

"Write me up if you want sir. Imma curse all I want."

She grumbled in annoyance as she let out a low groan. Slowly taking her steps to move past Mint as she continued to hold her head.

"Sir."

Clover spoke with a hint of irritation in her voice.

"What in the world are you doing here?"

"Making sure you get proper care, since you're stubborn."

He looked crossed his arms.

"I asked you to watch the recruits in my absence. Not come follow me like a fucking babysitter."

MAJOR CW/TW: blood, self injury, suicidal ideation

Making her way to his room she knocked on the door and waited for a moment. Then she knocked again louder and harder this time.

"Abernathy. You in there?"

She called out pressing a her ear too the door.

"Abernathy. If you don't responde in the next ten seconds I'm kicking this fucking door down."

[Dagger voice was weak, Clover could hear how it sounded like he was struggling to breathe.]

“Don’t come in—“

What she say had her freeze up immediately. Her hand gripping the door knob even tighter as her eyes slowly widen. She was in complete shock at the sight. Sure she has seen plenty blood, shed enough of it to grant her place in hell. This though... was a different ball field. The metallic smell caused her nose to scrunch up, her throat to tighten. A different memory setting into place, a diffrent face painting over his. She didn't even know this man. There should be no reason for her to be tensing up as she was. She should have been able to move mechanically to deal with the problem.

In five... Hold it... Hold it...

Finally Clover moved. Forcing her legs to swing forward. She threw his closest door open and yanked out a shirt. Quickly ripping it in half before turning to kneel beside him.

"How long."

There was a strange tremble in her voice despite how calm she willed it to be.

"When did you slit them open?"

CW: Blood

Clover is sitting around a bunch of panicking recruits with a head injury! How will you handle the situation?

.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖

Clover laid on the ground staring up at the ceiling in a daze. Did the ceiling always spin like that? There was a low throb in the back of her head that pierced into her eyes. Causing her to squint as she tried to register what had just happened. She was teaching a class and training recruits on operating the L111A1.

....

God why did that stupid weapon have so many ones in it?..

Training recruits...

Right...

They went through the basic steps of disassembly and reassembly. As well as the basic information of the weapon, range, when to use, how to use, etc.

Everything had been going well... A few hiccups from the recruits here and there but nothing manageable. She had informed them to pack everything up and get ready to transport to the shooting range.

She blinked and suddenly everything went black for a moment before she opened her eyes and was staring at the ceiling. Worried and scared faces looking down at her as panicked voices shouted out. She couldn't quite make out what exactly they were saying though as she tried to squint through the throb of pain and procced to slowly sit up. There were startled and panicked gasps as one of the recruits tried to urge her to lay back down.

"Sergeant you should lay back down y-youre-"

"Fucking... Shut up, all of you. Will you all stop running around like chickens with their heads cut off?"

Clover groaned as she sat up to only feel all the blood suddenly rush from her head making the world spin even worse for a moment. She steadied herself immediately as she whinced and held her head. That's when she felt the sticky hot slick coating her hand. Pulling her hand away she stared at it to see the bright red that now covered it.

Ah...

Now she remembers...

One of the recruits had wanted to show off how strong he was... Decided to luge the piece of metal up his shoulder and swing it around to show off... It went flying out of his grip, spinning out before the heavy end smacked her square in the back of her head and neck.

"One of yous... Go fucking get me someone that can fix this mess..."

She mumbled pressing her hand back to the gash on her head as she sat there groaning in annoyance.

He immediately rushed to Clover's side, pulled out his glove from his right hand and pressed it against her head in mechanical precision. His right hand (now bandaged) holding her head in a slight angle to help the blood stop.

He looked at the recruits and told them to get a medic while he slowly pressed her body from her shoulders to a nearby wall to keep her sitting still against a wall. His hands slow and steady most of the time. He was still pressing his glove to her head.

He sighed.

"Oh my god, these recruits..."

A pause

"Fucking christ- sir respectfully fuck off."

Clover grunted feeling the throb in her head causing her to squint.

"I'm fine, been through worse."

"...you're bleeding pretty much. Are you sure that you are fine? If you ask me, you are not. So just let me help you."

He pressed the glove a bit more closely, he was still holding her head to the side gently.

"이 돌대가리야." (You thick skulled idiot)

She cursed at him.

"The pains coming from the damn headache coming on and my pure annoyance that you're bothering to help me. My muscles are just spasming as a reaction. The actual injury itself doesnt hurt."

She grunts in annoyance.

"I will follow you to the infirmary then, you probably can't walk with that blood loss."

A pause

Clover cursed him out in a monotoned sarcasm as she looked at him unamused.

"너 때문에 나 완전 돌아 버린다."

She huffed looked away. Her hand moving to press against the injury to stem fhe bleeding herself.

"It's not that bad. I can handle myself. Fucking, just watch the recruits for me."

She grumbled as she slowly got up, using the wall to steady herself before standing up straight.

"Private Johnson!"

Clover barked out in annoyance. A nervous younger man piped up and jogged over to her.

"Yes Sergeant?"

They stood stiffly at parade rest as Clover narrowed her eyes impossinly more at the recruit.

"Start pushing. Don't stop pushing until I'm back."

She grumbled.

"Yes Sergeant!"

"Fine fine! But go medical duhh."

...He looked at her, still concerned.

She raised a brow before her eye twitched again. Slowly she began squinting her eyes into a near glare. Her jaw clenched tightly as she felt the waves of throbs pulse through her skull.

"Write me up if you want sir. Imma curse all I want."

She grumbled in annoyance as she let out a low groan. Slowly taking her steps to move past Mint as she continued to hold her head.

"Sir."

Clover spoke with a hint of irritation in her voice.

"What in the world are you doing here?"

MER AU: In the Wild

Possible Roles: Human or Mer

The ocean was rather peaceful today, the sun’s light seeping into the water- casting a soft light along the floors of the reefs…. The water was rather deep, coral reefs could be seen everywhere, alongside bigger rock formations….. Ships rarely crossed these waters due to rumors of bigger merfolk, tho sometimes researchers came and went— studying the wildlife and the occasional mer passing by or curious enough to get closer. Tho they never stayed long, specially since the stretch of the reef and some of the surroundings were a…. Big mer’s territory. One who usually tolerated other mers passing and grabbing a snack or two, but wouldn’t tolerate another mer trying to claim territory for their own or taking too much of the resources.

"ALRIGHT LET'S SUIT UP!"

Surprisingly so, barely ANY trash or pollution- plenty of diverse wildlife (dare say, even way too many— more than most reefs nowadays anyways….), which caused an ABUNDANCE of food. Yet beyond the marked ‘territory’ on the map, the reefs would die out and the usual pollution would be picked up again.

As if something was purposely keeping the reefs clean, there were even some areas with marks of sorts. Different ones with seemingly different meanings, there was one area (with a very small slab/space of stone of sorts that breaches the water…. with kelp surrounding it— didn’ look regular, more like it was PLANTED there, a few seals and otters lounging around (tho it was hard to know WHERE they’d come from, so far away from any other land….).

The other members of her expedition moved about either taking pictures, taking samples, or video taping the area. Before meeting back on the boat with the others.

Byeol was sat on the deck examining the skull in her hands. Speaking aloud measurements to the other memeber as they jotted down the notes. Byeol carefully brushed her thumb over the teeth squinting at them from behind her reading glasses.

"Fascinating..."

"They're real. Their is no doubt. Look at the indent here. It caves much different then the human skull. Besides look at the these teeth. Probably a tiger sharks with how short and angled the tooth is..."

She grinned absolutly estatic as she placed the skull down into a box for containment.

"Let's go back down! How much oxygen we got in the tanks?"

One of the members took a look at each one.

"We have about half Star."

"Did we bring extras?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright we'll go out for another twenty minutes or so and then rendezvous back at the boat before going for another dive."

"Stay calm its the orca! James man the boat! Get ready to maneuver as needed!"

She ordered as she hung on tight to the railing trying to examin the orca as close as she could from the boat.

"Christ that is a big beauty."

Whaleshark’s

There also seemed to be extra smaller fins resembling that of a Whaleshark, despite the relatively Orca-Shaped Body AND Tail fin….

Whatever it was SLAMMED into the boat once more, massive frame way bigger than Any Orca should be, and way faster too.

It sunk back into the water, the fading light of the sun making it harder to see—

She wasn’t sure, but she thought she saw the faint outline of a human upperhalf before the distance in the water blurred it

Byeol just stared in absolute shock and awe as she watched the figure appear and dissapear from sight. A chill running up her spine and goosebumps across her whole body. She waded in the water watching it dissapear into the kelp forest. Definitely a location they wouldn't be able to sail the boat through less they risk ghe rotors tangle in the kelp and risk the saftey of the sea life.

Eventually her team manged to hoist her back up to the ship as she excitedly spoke about what she saw. They were so close and she was ecstatic to see the reality of the myth unfold before her eyes.

"How many tanks we have left?"

Byeol asked as they took inventory of their gear.

"We have two full tanks left. There's not enough for the dive team."

Byeol hummed and slightly paced thinking.

"Did we bring the underwater drone?"

She asked as her teammate nodded. Humming once more in thought she looked to the ocean.

"Pull the boat out of the area, where the reefs cut off from healthy to sick. Wilson and I will go follow using the underwater scooters. Use the underwater drone to follow us and document."

Byeol simply ordered. As she grabbed one of the takes and began to suit up again.

But it looked MIXED…. Specifically— Orca AND Whale Shark….

But what caught their attention the most was the UPPER HALF, just above the gills, it transitioned to a *human waist* and trailing up…. A whole human torso, then a face.

Byeol halted her teammate the moment she saw the rustling of the kelp. A movement indicating something rather large was moving through them. Thats when they saw him. Byeol's teammate, Wilson, had a near heart attack at the sight freezing up completely. Byeol however stared at the creature with wide eyes behind her goggles.

A mer...

A real life mer...

“Pfft”

He’d reply circling them, eyeing the surroundings- seeing they didn’t seem to have any bad intentions

“Humans….”

He’d mutter, voice slightly echoey- smooth, calm even

After a moment to calm herself Byeol pulled out the mouth piece again.

"We're marine biologists."

Her voice came out warmbled and quite warped as she took a breath using the mouth piece and spoke again.

"We're here for research!"

"Absolutly amazing..."

She breathed out in utter awe before shaking her head. Eyes sparkling with pure delight.

"Amazing! Do you have a name? How old are you? Where did you come from?? Are their more of you? You look like an orca yet you have the patterning of a whaleshark, along with your sheer size!!! Do you have a pod?"

She shot off rapid fire questions in her excitement. Snapping her head around to the water drone now floating at the surface of the waves.

"Are you all getting this?! This is amazing!"

"Absolutly fascinating!"

She spoke as she stood with her hands on her hips.

CW: Blood

Clover is sitting around a bunch of panicking recruits with a head injury! How will you handle the situation?

.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖. ݁˖✮⋆˙.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓂃.☘︎ ݁˖

Clover laid on the ground staring up at the ceiling in a daze. Did the ceiling always spin like that? There was a low throb in the back of her head that pierced into her eyes. Causing her to squint as she tried to register what had just happened. She was teaching a class and training recruits on operating the L111A1.

....

God why did that stupid weapon have so many ones in it?..

Training recruits...

Right...

They went through the basic steps of disassembly and reassembly. As well as the basic information of the weapon, range, when to use, how to use, etc.

Everything had been going well... A few hiccups from the recruits here and there but nothing manageable. She had informed them to pack everything up and get ready to transport to the shooting range.

She blinked and suddenly everything went black for a moment before she opened her eyes and was staring at the ceiling. Worried and scared faces looking down at her as panicked voices shouted out. She couldn't quite make out what exactly they were saying though as she tried to squint through the throb of pain and procced to slowly sit up. There were startled and panicked gasps as one of the recruits tried to urge her to lay back down.

"Sergeant you should lay back down y-youre-"

"Fucking... Shut up, all of you. Will you all stop running around like chickens with their heads cut off?"

Clover groaned as she sat up to only feel all the blood suddenly rush from her head making the world spin even worse for a moment. She steadied herself immediately as she whinced and held her head. That's when she felt the sticky hot slick coating her hand. Pulling her hand away she stared at it to see the bright red that now covered it.

Ah...

Now she remembers...

One of the recruits had wanted to show off how strong he was... Decided to luge the piece of metal up his shoulder and swing it around to show off... It went flying out of his grip, spinning out before the heavy end smacked her square in the back of her head and neck.

"One of yous... Go fucking get me someone that can fix this mess..."

She mumbled pressing her hand back to the gash on her head as she sat there groaning in annoyance.

He immediately rushed to Clover's side, pulled out his glove from his right hand and pressed it against her head in mechanical precision. His right hand (now bandaged) holding her head in a slight angle to help the blood stop.

He looked at the recruits and told them to get a medic while he slowly pressed her body from her shoulders to a nearby wall to keep her sitting still against a wall. His hands slow and steady most of the time. He was still pressing his glove to her head.

He sighed.

"Oh my god, these recruits..."

A pause

"Fucking christ- sir respectfully fuck off."

Clover grunted feeling the throb in her head causing her to squint.

"I'm fine, been through worse."

"...you're bleeding pretty much. Are you sure that you are fine? If you ask me, you are not. So just let me help you."

He pressed the glove a bit more closely, he was still holding her head to the side gently.

"이 돌대가리야." (You thick skulled idiot)

She cursed at him.

"The pains coming from the damn headache coming on and my pure annoyance that you're bothering to help me. My muscles are just spasming as a reaction. The actual injury itself doesnt hurt."

She grunts in annoyance.

"I will follow you to the infirmary then, you probably can't walk with that blood loss."

A pause

Clover cursed him out in a monotoned sarcasm as she looked at him unamused.

"너 때문에 나 완전 돌아 버린다."

She huffed looked away. Her hand moving to press against the injury to stem fhe bleeding herself.

"It's not that bad. I can handle myself. Fucking, just watch the recruits for me."

She grumbled as she slowly got up, using the wall to steady herself before standing up straight.

"Private Johnson!"

Clover barked out in annoyance. A nervous younger man piped up and jogged over to her.

"Yes Sergeant?"

They stood stiffly at parade rest as Clover narrowed her eyes impossinly more at the recruit.

"Start pushing. Don't stop pushing until I'm back."

She grumbled.

"Yes Sergeant!"

"Fine fine! But go medical duhh."

...He looked at her, still concerned.

She raised a brow before her eye twitched again. Slowly she began squinting her eyes into a near glare. Her jaw clenched tightly as she felt the waves of throbs pulse through her skull.

"Write me up if you want sir. Imma curse all I want."

She grumbled in annoyance as she let out a low groan. Slowly taking her steps to move past Mint as she continued to hold her head.

MER AU: In the Wild

Possible Roles: Human or Mer

The ocean was rather peaceful today, the sun’s light seeping into the water- casting a soft light along the floors of the reefs…. The water was rather deep, coral reefs could be seen everywhere, alongside bigger rock formations….. Ships rarely crossed these waters due to rumors of bigger merfolk, tho sometimes researchers came and went— studying the wildlife and the occasional mer passing by or curious enough to get closer. Tho they never stayed long, specially since the stretch of the reef and some of the surroundings were a…. Big mer’s territory. One who usually tolerated other mers passing and grabbing a snack or two, but wouldn’t tolerate another mer trying to claim territory for their own or taking too much of the resources.

"ALRIGHT LET'S SUIT UP!"

Surprisingly so, barely ANY trash or pollution- plenty of diverse wildlife (dare say, even way too many— more than most reefs nowadays anyways….), which caused an ABUNDANCE of food. Yet beyond the marked ‘territory’ on the map, the reefs would die out and the usual pollution would be picked up again.

As if something was purposely keeping the reefs clean, there were even some areas with marks of sorts. Different ones with seemingly different meanings, there was one area (with a very small slab/space of stone of sorts that breaches the water…. with kelp surrounding it— didn’ look regular, more like it was PLANTED there, a few seals and otters lounging around (tho it was hard to know WHERE they’d come from, so far away from any other land….).

The other members of her expedition moved about either taking pictures, taking samples, or video taping the area. Before meeting back on the boat with the others.

Byeol was sat on the deck examining the skull in her hands. Speaking aloud measurements to the other memeber as they jotted down the notes. Byeol carefully brushed her thumb over the teeth squinting at them from behind her reading glasses.

"Fascinating..."

"They're real. Their is no doubt. Look at the indent here. It caves much different then the human skull. Besides look at the these teeth. Probably a tiger sharks with how short and angled the tooth is..."

She grinned absolutly estatic as she placed the skull down into a box for containment.

"Let's go back down! How much oxygen we got in the tanks?"

One of the members took a look at each one.

"We have about half Star."

"Did we bring extras?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright we'll go out for another twenty minutes or so and then rendezvous back at the boat before going for another dive."

"Stay calm its the orca! James man the boat! Get ready to maneuver as needed!"

She ordered as she hung on tight to the railing trying to examin the orca as close as she could from the boat.

"Christ that is a big beauty."

Whaleshark’s

There also seemed to be extra smaller fins resembling that of a Whaleshark, despite the relatively Orca-Shaped Body AND Tail fin….

Whatever it was SLAMMED into the boat once more, massive frame way bigger than Any Orca should be, and way faster too.

It sunk back into the water, the fading light of the sun making it harder to see—

She wasn’t sure, but she thought she saw the faint outline of a human upperhalf before the distance in the water blurred it

Byeol just stared in absolute shock and awe as she watched the figure appear and dissapear from sight. A chill running up her spine and goosebumps across her whole body. She waded in the water watching it dissapear into the kelp forest. Definitely a location they wouldn't be able to sail the boat through less they risk ghe rotors tangle in the kelp and risk the saftey of the sea life.

Eventually her team manged to hoist her back up to the ship as she excitedly spoke about what she saw. They were so close and she was ecstatic to see the reality of the myth unfold before her eyes.

"How many tanks we have left?"

Byeol asked as they took inventory of their gear.

"We have two full tanks left. There's not enough for the dive team."

Byeol hummed and slightly paced thinking.

"Did we bring the underwater drone?"

She asked as her teammate nodded. Humming once more in thought she looked to the ocean.

"Pull the boat out of the area, where the reefs cut off from healthy to sick. Wilson and I will go follow using the underwater scooters. Use the underwater drone to follow us and document."

Byeol simply ordered. As she grabbed one of the takes and began to suit up again.

But it looked MIXED…. Specifically— Orca AND Whale Shark….

But what caught their attention the most was the UPPER HALF, just above the gills, it transitioned to a *human waist* and trailing up…. A whole human torso, then a face.

Byeol halted her teammate the moment she saw the rustling of the kelp. A movement indicating something rather large was moving through them. Thats when they saw him. Byeol's teammate, Wilson, had a near heart attack at the sight freezing up completely. Byeol however stared at the creature with wide eyes behind her goggles.

A mer...

A real life mer...

“Pfft”

He’d reply circling them, eyeing the surroundings- seeing they didn’t seem to have any bad intentions

“Humans….”

He’d mutter, voice slightly echoey- smooth, calm even

After a moment to calm herself Byeol pulled out the mouth piece again.

"We're marine biologists."

Her voice came out warmbled and quite warped as she took a breath using the mouth piece and spoke again.

"We're here for research!"

"Absolutly amazing..."

She breathed out in utter awe before shaking her head. Eyes sparkling with pure delight.

"Amazing! Do you have a name? How old are you? Where did you come from?? Are their more of you? You look like an orca yet you have the patterning of a whaleshark, along with your sheer size!!! Do you have a pod?"

She shot off rapid fire questions in her excitement. Snapping her head around to the water drone now floating at the surface of the waves.

"Are you all getting this?! This is amazing!"