Where's the fun in doing what you're told?

Clara Radcliff. 29. "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

[kylemichaelson-blog]

Open || The stars and their boy

[kylemichaelson-blog]

“Whatever you want.” he said and smiled at her. “I suppose there isn’t. It’s just a feeling.” he said. “I know it isn’t. We are all different. And it’s uncomfortable. But we’ll find a way to reverse it or a way to get used to it. Either way we’ll be ok.” he said. Normally he would have freaked out with her but in this form nothing seemed to be able to shake him. “You still have a pretty cool power right? I mean I’ll never be able to keep up with you but it’s way easier running from the cops now.” he attempted to joke.

[clarashadowwalker]

“Whatever I want is for things to not suck so much right now,” she complained, letting out a sigh. Apparently a quickened speed meant a quickening of her losing her patience. Maybe it was just how she was though. She’d ask about it later, for now it wasn’t her concern. “I don’t want to get used to it. I was used to my other power. I got good at it. And all that effort has gone out the window,” she said, frowning more. Clara frowned, still bothered by how chill Kyle was being about the whole dilemma, but she tried not to voice it this time. “I didn’t have an issue running from them before,” she pointed out, but the joke at least brought a little smirk to her face. 

[clarashadowwalker]

Prove to Me You Got Some Coordination | Clara & Paul

Dreary weather, rising heat, and the openness of the Wastelands. Yelling and fists raised. Clara’s memory was hazy when she awoke, and at first, all she was really aware of was the fact that her head was pounding. She tried to lift her hand to her temple, only to feel it held down, and upon turning her head to look, could recognize the shiny metal of a handcuff on her wrist. What threw her off was the fact her wrist was connected to another wrist that was not her own. Her gaze traveled up the length of the arm, only to see a vaguely familiar face. Paul, her mind supplied. Argumentative, more confrontational than myself even in the chaos of a reversal wave. 

Clara groaned, her head falling back to glare at the ceiling of the warehouse they were evidently trapped in. The previous events slowly came back to her. A SHIELD ordered investigation, arguing with Paul, preparing to fight him, and then nothing. Everything had gone black. Apparently things going black meant they were captured, and now were trapped together, and that did nothing to soothe her nerves or her frazzled patience. Moving again, she kicked Paul’s leg with the side of her heel to shake him into consciousness. “Get up. Now,” she said through gritted teeth, turning to face him once more. 

@hangonmyeveryword

[kylemichaelson-blog]

Open || The stars and their boy

[kylemichaelson-blog]

He chuckled, as if she was amusing him. “Well if you won’t do anything too wild April might enjoy a piggyback-ride?” He suggested. He put April on her bed and approached Clara. “Here, I’m moving.” He joked while reaching out to her. Her energy filled his body the moment he touched her. Changing his form into that of a colorful ghost that seemed to exist out million of stars. “Sorry. I can’t really control it.” He said. “I have this theory that when I used to teleport I would briefly take this form. That I would be nothing and yet everything all at once. That I would briefly just be part of the universe before appearing somewhere again. Like this power is simply an extension of what I used to do.” He explained. His voice sounded different too. Like that of an echo.

[clarashadowwalker]

She leveled him with a pointed look over the chuckle, clearly less amused. “Maybe after some sleep,” she said after thinking a moment. Children needed sleep, and after April’s experiences, Clara knew well enough she’d need more sleep. And the “anything too wild” was a risk she wasn’t sure she’d want to take. Looking back at Kyle, she rolled her eyes as he joked, though leaned into the touch, watching as his form changed as well as his voice, listening to him speak. “That’s a strange theory. But plausible, I guess. There isn’t a way to really prove it,” she answered, giving a short shrug of her shoulders. “This isn’t anything like what I used to do. I hate it, Ky.”

[baileecarver]

“True.” Bailee nodded in agreement, a short smile still on her face, something she wasn’t all quite used to when talking to Clara, but it was a nice change of pace, something she could get used to. “And, I’m a mentor, so I’m sort of on the junior staff. Basically I get some of the perks, which, isn’t all too bad.” Then, a thought crossed her and the fact that on her day out, while scoping possible recruits, she had seen Mallory. “Wait, Clara. Maybe put your sandwich down for what I’m about to tell you.” For all she knew, maybe she already found out her sister was alive. 

[clarashadowwalker]

Clara merely grinned when she was agreed with. It was definitely a change just to agree with each other, but she enjoyed it. She knew they had their days and tense moments, but this was better at least. “Agent training, finally. I don’t think that counts as any sort of staff yet,” she said, as though she wasn’t constantly considering going rogue. It was a huge decision to make, one she wasn’t going to take lightly. Raising an eyebrow, Clara set her sandwich down, staring at Bailee. “Okay? What is it?” She asked, cautiously curious. 

[baileecarver]

“Definitely both. And, there isn’t a turn-off switch, which also helps and hinders as well. Really, this whole switching thing has just been god-awful for everyone.” She stated, a short smile planted on her face as Clara joined her, before she broke off into a laugh at the speed she exhibited. It wasn’t every day the two got along so well, there were occasions when they briefly talked, but nothing so much as bonding. “Now that, that sounds awful. Constant motion is just asking for trouble.” Bailee chuckled still, very well concerned that the girl in front of her said she needed to be moving. It just didn’t settled well with her. “I don’t think anyone is gonna mess with me if I did get caught. Unless it was Steve Rogers himself.” She quipped, stuffing her face full of mashed potatoes. “But, even then, everyone is trying to handle things in the best way possible. Plus, I’m technically staff. I’ve just never gotten access to their lounge before.”

[clarashadowwalker]

“It just turns on and off as it pleases, which is pretty terrible for anyone with a power more uncontrollable than ours. If the worst of it is constantly moving and a need to eat, I won’t complain much,” she said, shaking her head. Getting along with Bailee had been easier over the last few months, but it was still surprising whenever they managed a civil conversation. Clara answered Bailee’s laugh with a roll of her eyes. “Trust me. It’s obnoxious as all hell,” she said, taking a large bite of the sandwich passed her way. “Technically staff? How does that work?”

[hangonmyeveryword-deactivated20]

Paul furrowed his brow slightly at her comment, but even if he was upset about it, he knew he didn’t have the guts to bring it up. “Oh, uh,” he mumbled and lit his own cigarette first, then held it out to her with a shaky hand. He was on edge here recently, though he wouldn’t be surprised if everyone was, and he was running out of smokes to at least try to help ease his nervousness. 

He took his first drag, the burning in the back of his throat a painful reminder that the power he had come to rely on (though, not necessarily enjoy) was gone and gone so suddenly that he hadn’t had any time to adjust to an alternative lifestyle. Begging for cigarettes and money for food was even more shameful than using his powers to force the unsuspecting person into giving him what he wanted for free. He blew the smoke out hastily, eyeing the woman from the corners. “Uh, sorry…sorry about that. It just hasn’t been a good week.”

[clarashadowwalker]

Clara stared at the stranger almost expectantly. She just was the kind of person who expected to get their way, not that she always did. She tucked a cigarette between her lips, taking the lighter quickly, snatching it really. She lit her own cigarette before holding the lighter back out. “Thanks.” 

With her own cigarette lit, Clara took a drag. She wanted to enjoy it, wanted to relax.It was just difficult. Her body still felt the strong need to move, her brain still worked at a mile a minute. But she was stubborn, so she stayed put, glancing at the man beside her, letting out a snort. “Yeah? Well, been bad for me, but it seems to have whizzed by,” she said dryly, but smirked slightly. “Don’t think that would have made your week better though.”

[kylemichaelson-blog]

Open || The stars and their boy

[kylemichaelson-blog]

“She can’t leave the hospital Clary.” He said patiently. “She has been abducted, remember? We don’t need any new risks.” He looked at his girlfriend. “Is this part of the new power thing?” He asked her. He asked it was. Julian had been the same. Always hungry, always full of energy. “We can do something together when she is asleep alright?” He suggested, like a responsible parent. “You can read her a story, she’ll like that.” He said. “Clary. Can you stop moving for three seconds? Just calm down.” He said while the little waves of energy flew around him like an aura of colorful mist.

[clarashadowwalker]

“I never said to leave the hospital, Ky,” she said, a bit aggitated but doing her best to not make it obvious at least. “Yes, I remember. But there won’t be any risks to just moving in the room, right? Carrying. That’s a thing.” she spoke. She frowned at the relaxed vibes Kyle gave off, how chill he was being, how straightforward about the way he spoke while she just tried to keep her brain from thinking too far ahead from the conversation, pacing in the room. “I’ll read a story. I can do that,” she said quick. She did care about April, did enjoy spending time with her and Kyle, but being relaxed for even a minute was grinding on her nerves. “No, frankly, I can’t. I feel like I’m going to go crazy if I sit around for ages like you are.”

[kylemichaelson-blog]

Open || The stars and their boy

Kyle had his little sister April on his lap. He was obviously joking around with her making her laugh. She was still in the hospital wing and wore her little white pyjamas. Ever since his new power Kyle was more serene than ever before. He could feel the energy of every being, including his sister. It was as if every soul had a million colors and every touch was like an aura surrounding him. His body could disappear completely within the universe if he wanted to but he knew he couldn’t give in to that temptation for his sister’s sake. He had to be here and take care of her, he couldn’t fail her again. He looked up as someone approached them. “Can I help you?” It was way more polite than he would usually be but there seemed no room for agression with his new power.

[clarashadowwalker]

While Kyle was serene, calm, and just all around irritatingly chill, Clara was the opposite. She felt a constant thrum in her veins, like a vibration of energy needing to be let out, a hyperactivity she couldn’t quite control. It made her irritable to be still for too long, but it made her more irritable when she wanted to go at a normal pace but her body decided otherwise. If she strode into  Kyle’s room quicker than necessary, she didn’t care. “Let’s find something to do.” It wasn’t a question or an invitation to go out and do something. She was just telling him to. “You’ve been sitting around almost all day. The three of us should do something.”

[hangonmyeveryword-deactivated20]

Paul jumped and turned to the direction of the voice, his heart beating wildly against his chest. “Oh, God, what? Wh-what do you want?”

[clarashadowwalker]

“All I did was ask for a light, chill out,” Clara answered, looking at the stranger with a raised brow. “Don’t have my lighter on me.” 

[baileecarver]

“I may have sort of snuck into the staff lounge, and by snuck in, I accidentally broke the door.” She quickly mumbled with a short blush filling her cheeks. “Heard you got super speed, so you must be going crazy too with the metabolism thing, huh? I know that Julian’s always complaining and I never really understand that until now.” She asked, glancing over Clara before pushing one of the plates of food over to her. “You can have some food if you’d like. I may have gotten a little bit too much.” 

[clarashadowwalker]

Clara managed a small smirk as Bailee explained herself. “Super strength both pays off and is a pain in the ass then, huh?” she asked. She went to walk up and sit across from Bailee, and did try to move at a normal pace. Her body didn’t comply and sent her speeding to the seat almost falling from her seat with an annoyed expression. “Metabolism and handling it in general. And the constant need to be moving,” she complained, already bouncing her leg quick enough to make it a blur beneath the table, the constant energy hard to fully dissipate. “Thanks. I really don’t want to be the one caught by the broken door getting some myself,” she said, pulling the plate closer before digging right in. 

[baileecarver]

“Don’t look at me like that—” Bailee stated with a mouth full of food, unnerved and annoyed to no end. “My whole metabolism has shifted because of this second wave thing, alright?” 

[clarashadowwalker]

“I’m not judging the eating thing,” Clara answered simply. “I was going to ask where you managed to get that much food at once.”

[clarashadowwalker]

Clara Radcliff : Shadow Manipulation to Enhanced Speed

[kylemichaelson-blog]

“No I don’t see her.” he said. He asked a few people passing by but people weren’t fond of being talked to in this place. “Not really, I mean she likes the shiney things.  We can check out the copper and silver corner.” he said.

[clarashadowwalker]

Clara sighed gently. “Alright. Come on. We’ll look there, do one more round, and if we can’t find her, then let’s go to base and get some more help to look for her,” she said, working to be level headed. People passing them by were of no help, which only served to annoy her, but she understood. “She might have wandered off into the city somewhere?”

[prophecized]

“To see people like you react like it is the most atrocious thing. It’s just sex, easy to watch if the people are nice enough. Just two bodies together, and yet it freaks everyone out.”

Originally posted by everknowing

[clarashadowwalker]

“It was a question. Not a freak out to keep your rambling at a G-rated level. More so just curious about why you’d announce it to the masses.”

[prophecized]

“My oh my, the things that happened in my chambers. Who needs porn when they can replay time in a bedroom.”

[clarashadowwalker]

"Wonderful. And you're talking about this while out and about why?"

[kylemichaelson-blog]

“I didn’t say that,” Clara said, sounding annoyed, sounding tired of it. She shut her eyes, holding onto him in return. The world melting away was a normal feeling by then, something she was used to. She looked about when they arrived at the black market, a frown on her face. “She ran off. Not entirely your fault. But come on. Let’s just look. We’ll find her, we’ll get her home, and you can make sure this won’t happen again.”

Originally posted by mrcheyl

“Yeah let’s not argue about we do and don’t say.” he said, a little on edge. He nodded and held Clara’s hand as he started tugging her through the small crowds of people. Rogues, Hydra agents, the last remaining humans, they were all there trying to get something they despereately needed or trying to sell something in return. Of course there was no sign of April anywhere.

[clarashadowwalker]

She narrowed her eyes at him, before just letting out a huff. "Alright, whatever. Let's just focus on looking," she said. She was growing on edge just like him. It wasn't a help to either of them. She walked through the crowd with Kyle, looking all around them, slowly frowning. She didn't see April anywhere, making her worry as well. "Do you see her? Is there a specific area she likes most?"

[kylemichaelson-blog]

“If she likes shiny things, then take her to business lane, where there’s stores that are at least safer than the god damned black market!” she snapped a bit. She wasn’t exactly the best babysitter out there, but even she felt like the black market was a terrible place for a child. Taking Kyle’s hand, she let out a breath, nodding her head. “Yeah, just hurry up so we can find her, alright?”

“Yeah, yeah I get it. I’m a fuck up, alright?” he stated, annoyed. “Fine.” he said and grabbed his girlfriend. He closed his eyes and teleported to the black market. It wasn’t a difficult trip to make. It was always a strange place to be at. “Keep your eyes open.” he told her. Not only for April but also for people that wanted to rob you. “Fuck, I really lost her didn’t I?”

[clarashadowwalker]

"I didn't say that," Clara said, sounding annoyed, sounding tired of it. She shut her eyes, holding onto him in return. The world melting away was a normal feeling by then, something she was used to. She looked about when they arrived at the black market, a frown on her face. "She ran off. Not entirely your fault. But come on. Let's just look. We'll find her, we'll get her home, and you can make sure this won't happen again."