( while darcy is wiping tears from her face, clarke is dropping one hand to dig in the overstuffed backpack she'd dumped beside her in the seat while boarding. what she drags out is roughly the same consistency of the friendship bracelets a lot of them seem to have made in the arts and crafts hall, but.
it's almost two feet in length. and comprised of enough strands of thread that it's nearly as thick as a pinky finger, tightly woven and a little stiff. it wraps around the wrist at least four times, and when clarke fastens it, she uses a rough equivalent of a manger hitch — tight and secure, but pull the right thread and it's designed for a quick release. this had been made on her fifth day at camp, braided with the specifics expectation that she'd need some sort of garroting weapon at the ready whenever the second shoe dropped. but they'd made it through camp, and clarke has the improved version undine had taught her still nestled in a zipper pouch of her backpack, so it only feels right to offer this one to darcy.
besides a weapon for strangulation, it could also serve as the rope for a medical sling. something to lash items together. a means to tie someone's hands. or even just a bracelet if she wanted, but the overarching theme seems to fall perfectly in line with what darcy desires in the moment you snagged my word before I could even use it bash omg. )
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it's almost two feet in length. and comprised of enough strands of thread that it's nearly as thick as a pinky finger, tightly woven and a little stiff. it wraps around the wrist at least four times, and when clarke fastens it, she uses a rough equivalent of a manger hitch — tight and secure, but pull the right thread and it's designed for a quick release. this had been made on her fifth day at camp, braided with the specifics expectation that she'd need some sort of garroting weapon at the ready whenever the second shoe dropped. but they'd made it through camp, and clarke has the improved version undine had taught her still nestled in a zipper pouch of her backpack, so it only feels right to offer this one to darcy.
besides a weapon for strangulation, it could also serve as the rope for a medical sling. something to lash items together. a means to tie someone's hands. or even just a bracelet if she wanted, but the overarching theme seems to fall perfectly in line with what darcy desires in the moment
you snagged my word before I could even use it bash omg. )In case you ever need a lifeline.