@tragicas / semi plotted starter.
she'd been as careful as she could be, given the circumstances. she's no earth born, and she's definitely not taken to it like octavia has, but clarke thinks that she's gotten better at blending into her surroundings. at keeping her foot steps quiet and leaving a bare minimum trail behind her. it's an adjustment, being on her own, but it's one that she slips into easily. it's a relief, almost, being on her own. having no one depending on her, looking to her for answers. a weight that had settled on her shoulders finally lifts, melts off, leaving only the guilt in the pit of her stomach ( a compromise she figures is best, feeling as if she deserves to feel regret over the events of mount weather ).
it's been nearly a month when she notices that she's being followed. whoever it is has no regards for stealth, obviously doesn't care if they get caught, and that's.. worrisome. clarke had figured that whenever someone came for her they'd be quiet about it, that she'd have no chance of fighting off an attack. but this tracker, whoever it is, is too clumsy (an old earth idiom comes to mind; like a bull in a china shop ) and that gives her enough time to plan. enough time to quicken her pace, to disappear from sight for a few minutes, long enough to perch herself in one of the lower and easy to climb trees. it's where she waits, watching carefully, for whoever was following her. when they're beneath her, clarke jumps, knife held tightly in hand as she lands on the tracker.
the blonde's so exhausted, so high strung from being on her own and always looking over her shoulder, that she doesn't recognize the woman beneath her at first. doesn't really place the body she's pressing into the dirt, knife held against her back. "who sent you?" a pause, mind whirling with adrenaline before she repeats the question in trigedasleng with a little more force.