[ since arriving through the portal still in her hazmat suit with black blood dripping from her nose, and having been pulled from a moment where she'd given her biosafety helmet to Emori, Clarke has realized that there is no way back, for the moment. the knowledge that Skaikru and the chosen ones from the other eleven grounder clans are safe in the bunker is consolation, albeit bittersweet.

she'd like to return, to face whatever the deathwave and whatever else followed, with them. no such luck.

in this new colony she's a part of, a magical 'healing spring' that cures wounds and diseases sounds too good to be true, but it is — even if the effects are only temporary after removing samples from their original source — and Clarke's undeniably curious about it. but like that law that Murphy's so aptly named after, inevitably scientists and scholars from the research institute and wholly unprepared for adventurous exploration find their way into the jungle with its strangling, man-eating vines and dangerous creatures made up of animated rock. and then civilians, many of whom bring their entire families in their effort to cure a sick relative.

all Clarke has to do is think Charlotte, and she's volunteering for the rescue mission. no way she's sitting this out when there are children involved.

there's a civilian group that's radioed in that they're trapped in a section of the jungle and beset upon by the behemoth that's cornered them in an area flanked by the river, and Clarke and her team head out. turning to the team member next to her: ]

We have to hurry. We don't know what else these people might be exposed to, out there.

[ she's not entirely too fond of eating whatever might be put in front of her — not even mount weather's chocolate cake could tempt her to let down her guard — but she eyes a cup of strange-colored liquor curiously. ]

...How do we even know any of this is safe for us, particularly if it's not from our own world? [ she asks out loud, to no one in particular. ]

username: persephone
This is Clarke Griffin. I'd like to do a large-scale weapons inventory of the entire colony, other than what the city's Perimeter Guards have for themselves. If you can, report to me with what type of weapons you're using, how much in the way of ammunition, and how skilled you are in the way of using it.