chloe, chloe, chloe! she’s gotta find chloe! what the heck is even with this place, anyway? when she decided to come here with chloe to escape arcadia bay, she never expected anything this crazy to happen ( disregarding the fact that she… can’t quite remember actually deciding on this city to move to in the first place. but, hey, that’s another crisis for another day! ). at first, max was sure she had to be dreaming. surely citizens don’t just attack other citizens like this? then again… max is no stranger to the impossible happening. unfortunately for her, she’s no fighter and in the worst - case scenario, she’s without her power ( as far as she knows ). so, her plan is simple: find chloe, and find somewhere safe.
her plan doesn’t go … as planned. it never does! panic sets in as she’s backed into a a wall by ravenous - looking people. her heart races and her palms sweat. this isn’t like anything she’s dealt with before, ever, and if they decide to advance? max fears the worse. she parts her lips to once again try to reason with them, plea, but before she can, something even crazier happens, much to max’s disbelief. max has to rub her eyes to make sure she’s seeing things right ─ a weird chant? the threats have been encased in… armor?
at the command of another girl?
“ i…. woa. woa. ” surely she sounds and looks like a fool, mouth agape and eyes wide open. but, truly, she cannot find the right words to express herself in that moment. she takes a few breaths and looks to the girl who, she assumes, has just saved her life.
“ uh… thank you. i think. you did that right? ” she looks to the various people encased in armor, finding herself slowly relaxing. then, it occurs to her. if max can have powers, maybe other people…? “ wait, you did that? can you, like, do crazy things too? ” her heart skips a bit, but that could also be from the lingering anxiety she felt earlier, “ er… you’re not gonna do that to me, right..? ”
Evilness was how she was raised. Burn kingdoms to the ground, Mal. Make people cower at the mention of your name, Mal. Rip out their hearts. Destroy all that is good and beautiful. Lessons from school and life before Auradon come to mind. As a concept, she understands what it means to be bad. As an idea, she knows what it means to instill fear into the heart of a person. And though she aspired to live up to her mother’s legacy, when she sees how the other girl looks at the unconscious men... the life she dreamed of once upon a time feels empty.
When she thinks about someone looking at her how the other looked at those men, it doesn’t make her feel giddy. It doesn’t give her that rush, that high, she’s been told she’d feel all her life. It’s just... an empty hole in her heart. Who she is, who she’s meant to be. It’s not as if Mal’s a hero. She’s not exactly one to do things out of the goodness of her heart. But the ravenous look... the way these men couldn’t be reasoned with. Maybe they deserved to lay under a pile of armor for a while. Even so, her feelings are complicated on the matter. She doesn’t know how to feel about her choice. Now’s not the time, when the other starts reacting.
Her lips curl upward into a smirk. Mischievousness flickers through dark green eyes at the immediate reaction. Astonishment... does amuse her. She thrives a bit on attention. Mal may not want to destroy and cause chaos, but she does want to be acknowledged. Recognized for her own actions. Defined by her actions, not anyone else’s. Mal giggles a bit. “You good?” she questions, an eyebrow raised.
“Yup, that was all me!” she has no hesitation in proclaiming her action. Maybe it sounds too much like a brag, the way she says it. Mal could stand to be a little more humble, but she wouldn’t agree. “You might have to define crazy things for me another time,” she muses. Magic might not be commonplace back home anymore. It still comes naturally to her. “No way, I’m not gonna do that to you, buuuut...” she points toward the pile of armor and men. “We should probably blow this popsicle stand before these losers wake up.”
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