#a plug for a possible crackfic where Murphy participates in a sackrace

[ks-caster]

Hey, what do you know? I wrote the thing. Here’s a LINK and the preview is under the cut.

Bellamy had a lot of talents, Emori groused to herself as she carefully wove her way through the unfamiliar forest. He was a powerful leader who inspired people to follow him into danger, he was a crack shot, he was a great substitute big brother when the endless night of space got to be too much for her.

He was a terrible cartographer.

In his defense, she supposed as she rounded the third large rock formation that might have been the one he’d noted on his map (he’d said that it looked like a bust of Julius Caesar, whatever the hell that was) he probably hadn’t expected anyone to need to find him before the group returned. How could he have predicted that in only 48 hours, Clarke would burn down half the palace and plan Russell’s execution, they’d have a(nother) nuclear emergency, Gaia would cancel a century of religion and accidentally disband Wonkru, and Raven would draw a Wanheda-shaped target on her back?

Emori’s teeth found the inner corner of her lips, a nervous habit she’d hoped she’d grown out of, but had discovered over the last few days that she’d just spent six years with far less than her normal reason to stress. She’d tried to talk to Raven – who had uncharacteristically brushed her off – and she knew John had too. He’d had slightly more success getting her to open up (possibly because their friendship was founded on her understanding how much regret had shaped him as a person) but he hadn’t known what to say, and she’d wound up kicking him out too.

What Raven needed, Emori had decided as she lay awake that night, was Big Sis Echo to show her a little tough love; Echo wouldn’t stand for Raven’s tendency to hole up in engineering for days on end when she was in her feelings, and she of all people would be someone Raven could talk to about death and dark deeds.

Besides, she thought sadly, remembering the rundown John had given her of his conversation with Raven last night; Echo would understand Raven being as upset as she was because she didn’t want to be the one to disappoint Monty and Harper.

Was that the “big tree with purple leaves” or was it the other one she could see sticking up above its green neighbors to her left? As soon as everything settled down and they were building their own compound, she had to remember to give Bellamy a crash-course in landmark choosing. She’d wanted to bring Clarke along, since she’d been there as well, but if the blonde hadn’t even been able to get away from her other responsibilities to help with the reactor, then she certainly didn’t have time for a four-hour round trip hike through the woods.

Perhaps she could have given better directions though.

Read the rest on AO3!

Me, last night: I'm gonna write that Emori-centric oneshot idea I came up with last night during my episode review! It'll be a great project when I get home from work and might help me get back into writing after Not Doing That since winter.

Me: *gets home from work*

My WiFi: what a great time to crap out until at least Saturday! This won't inconvenience anyone in the least. 🤗