WHO: Claudia + [OPEN]
WHAT: Claudia's hit the first loss of someone from home in the clock and she's not dealing very well.
WHEN: Feb 1st-7th
WHERE: various
WARNINGS: Probably mentions of grief; will update if needed.

For two days, Claudia has searched for Helena as much as was feasibly possible throughout the Clock. She came up to a bunch of rooms--the library, a workshop with scattered old metals and wires, a bedroom with a distinct Victorian styling to it, among others--but none of them contained the woman she was looking for.

Her panic pushed her to make a post to the rest of the Clock residents, to find out how to know for sure someone was gone, sent home and now just lost somewhere in the maze of the Clock. Because that was possible. She's certain she's heard it before, of people getting lost for a few days or a week because the Clock just likes to mess with them in so many different ways. Make things difficult sometimes, just for kicks. Everything people seemed to say pointed to the same thing: Helena was gone.

She spent the next couple of days in a bit of a haze, not quite sure how to feel except numb. Claudia had done pretty well, all things considered, after first arriving here. She'd done as well as she had because someone from home had come just on her heels. Explained things that she needed to know from back home to calm herself down about being here. She still hated being stuck, but it wasn't quite as bad with someone she knew, someone familiar being here with her.

All of that felt like it was gone once she'd confirmed her friend and fellow Warehouse Agent's disappearance. She was sinking down into that feeling of loss, H.G.'s disappearance ripped the tentative patchwork she'd laid over the wound of losing Jinks. She got him back, Helena had told her as much, but she hadn't really let herself feel it, since she got here. She'd buried it and ignored it and held onto the idea that everything worked out in the future. But another loss, so close behind that one, burned deep and made her withdraw more all over again.

She can be found in any numerous number of places throughout the week. She still hits Lux regularly every morning for coffee, finds herself in the library a handful of times, stops by the bar once or twice, and of course she may be seen in the hallways between places. The earlier parts of the week, she'll be visibly upset but about halfway through, it becomes clear she's trying to push past the pain. She's always approachable, but may not always be ready to explain what's really bothering her.