[video] whatever bitter brew you're drinking

[shorthair]

[♪ Clementine debated a lot on whether or not she should use video or text. People see a kid, and they already feel a certain way about that. It might have them keeping some truths to themselves, and it's important that she get all the information she can for this article. It's a matter of life or death. These zombies end up in Wonderland? People will be dropping like flies unless they already know how to deal with it.

However, Georgia talks about truth a lot and how important it is, and the truth is Clementine's a kid who has lived through 2 years of zombies and an apocalypse. It's the truth, and she's been through plenty of shit because of it. She finally decides to do video. She's clearly seated in the library with a notebook at her side and a bunch of recording devices she's only just learned how to use.]

Hi, I'm Clementine. I'm an intern with After the End Times with Georgia and Shaun.

I'm writing a paper about people's zombies or walkers or whatever you call them in your world. If you have the dead coming back to life and trying to eat people, I want to know about it. I want to interview you about it.

I get I'm a kid, but I've already lived through some shit. [She winces. Cursing is probably not professional.] My world's had walkers for over two years.

Don't hold back with me. People will die if this shit's- [GAH] stuff's not right. This is how we can keep people safe when Wonderland gives us an event from one of our worlds. We gather the information. We share it. We teach people how to survive. Even if you come from my world, you might have some tips on survival that I don't know yet so I want to talk to you too.

We can talk here or you can meet me at the library. Georgia said she'd be checking in too so don't be surprised if she pops in on the interview since I'm still learning how to do this part.

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[People in the library might find Clementine at one of the tables, surrounded by her notes and her pen and her highlighters, which she's trying to use to help her color coordinate her notes which she'll take on what people tell her. Each color for a different world/different type of zombie.

When she was last in school, she wasn't making notes. She was only just learning how to write a full paragraph.

The third grade feels a long time ago. She's got a gun and hatchet on her as always. They're sheathed. Then the camcorder goes tumbling out of her hands as she hisses out a breath:]

Fuck! [Way too loud for a library. Definitely not professional.]

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[circlejerked]

I expect that means something quite different in a place where the dead don't stay dead.

<sub>[There's a pensiveness to the way he watches Clementine for her answer. In a world where the dead have usurped the living, what does that mean for a child that's barely brushed up against puberty? He'd ask about her family, if it was her father who taught her how to shoot and swear like a little miniature sailor, but he has a feeling the ending to that story isn't a happy one.

Are they ever?]</sub>

I'm all over it. You won't find anyone more knowledgeable about demons from Thedas than myself. Actually, that's a lie, there are other mages more studied up on them, but I've fought my fair share. _{[And then as answer to her question:]} With magic.

Never been formally interviewed before, though... excluding the times I was caught misbehaving and brought to the principal's office. I think it could be fun. Serious subject matter aside. If I get quoted in your paper, do I get an advance copy to read? A name drop in the acknowledgements?

[shorthair]

Yeah. If you shoot them in the head before they ever get up or- or while they're dying, they stay dead. Otherwise, they come back as the undead, and you have to put them down while they try to eat you.

[Clementine tries not to think too in depth about whether or not- What happens to the people? Do they leave the body when they die or are they just trapped inside? She doesn't really know. There's no way of knowing without experiencing it herself, and she'd do anything to keep that from happening.]

Magic? That's amazing. [She smiles. Because living the Harry Potter life, it definitely opened her eyes to the awesomeness of magic.]

Hey, there's a first time for everything even powerful magic guys like you. I don't think the principal counts as an interview. [She laughs a little, and the sound surprises her.]

Yes. You get both.

[circlejerked]

<sub>[If Anders had had his concerns about what Michonne and Clementine have had to do to stay alive before, he definitely would after what Clementine says. She means it's necessary to kill the brain before a person revives as a zombie. A mercy kill. Had she had to do that? A little girl, making the tough call to put someone out of their misery?

What might be more amazing is that Clementine can keep smiling. It must raise bad memories, talking about zombies like this.]</sub>

I've just met you, but I think you have some impressive qualities of your own that any powerful magic guy would admire. _{[He makes a good-humored sound, just on the softer side of a laugh. Tough as nails, this kid.]} And much nicer to talk to than my superiors.

_{[And generous with her future fame as a monster expert to boot. It seems to him the girl could use a laugh while working on her rather grim assignment; Anders would be happy to try and give her a few more reasons to. He and his endless supply of banter are at your service, Clem.]}

All right, but just know I'm holding you to that. I'll swing by to make sure you're not misquoting me in your soon-to-be bestselling bestiary.

_{[Keep a seat warm for him.]}