info post: Claudine's serpentinehorizon CRAU for starsand

[etincelledefierte]

The major content warnings here are for:

• violence, witness to, perpetrator of (under the influence of a curse) and victim of


• death, both witnessed and experienced


• psychological trauma in multiple forms


I will provide the details on this in a separate post, should they be needed.

Also, towards the end of Snek's run, Claudine ran what's known as a 'heart game' for her teammates. She used the empathy bond powers the team was given to allow them inside a world based on her feelings and experiences. The major revelations here was that she felt guilty for 'allowing' her friends to be hurt during traumatic events in the game and that she was pressuring herself to be perfect inside and out so that she could be a bigger help for those that she cares for.

(Yes, this includes her girlfriend, Tryse. TL;DR trauma bonding makes feelings develop like they were in a pressure cooker.)

What she was given in return was the knowledge that everyone's fate wasn't on her shoulders. She was able to see what everyone around her was already seeing: her resilience, her hard work at making herself better, and her sheer determination.

This actually helped her rise up in the final fight against the god who was keeping everyone trapped in the game.

Also, she's going to be skittish about keeping her phone and her hair ribbon, because the former might be helpful and the latter is s representation of her soul.