[The sad thing is that she's not even funny, this isn't funny. Grounders are coming into the fold. How long until Indra, Lexa, how long until more assholes who'd been so eager to accuse her? City administration's not enough.
She doesn't feel safe now. Eudio doesn't feel great anymore.]
[ truthfully, bellamy doesn't know what he'd do if lexa walked into the city. he's certain he'd risk his second chance in eudio by showing his joy at her arrival in a manner that would get him arrested. he doubts o would be proud of him for getting kicked out and he has a feeling raven might share the same thought. out of the grounders that he'd like to see, apart from lincoln, there's one from the ice nation he doesn't quite mind. ]
[ with lincoln and anya in the city, bellamy finds what he had been trying to run from is closing in on him. ]
[ people can redeem themselves. would anyone have looked at him during the first few days on the ground and thought him capable of doing well in a cuddling city? he isn't so sure. but bellamy refuses to really give it any thought. there's a reason why monty's the one with all the jokes — he's funny, whereas bellamy's simply depressing. ]
Lincoln's okay. He's not a Reaper. He's himself, so he's safe to approach.
[Something's not right, he's more chatty usually. He hasn't been, and this shouldn't bother her, but it does. He matters, surprising everyone including herself.]
[ bellamy thinks to lie and tell her everything is fine. it's easier to be convincing via text — or so he thinks. sometimes bellamy isn't as self-aware as he'd like to think he is; with those he's comfortable with, he thinks to write more than with those he barely knows. ]
[ it'd be easier to brush her question aside and ask her how she knows lincoln's lincoln, but it's easy for him to connect the dots. she's spoken to him, either on the network or in person. it's a waste of time if he thinks to distract her from asking a question he finds himself compelled to tell the truth for. instead of a quick response, this one takes time. ]
I don't know. Will be when this city stops trying to surprise us.
[If he'd answered with an I'm fine after such a long pause, she'd have called bullshit. This one makes more sense. She sends hers right back.]
maybe it's not a retreat or a sanctuary. maybe it's an adventure one in which we don't die, but not one where there are no surprises beware dragons, right?
[ bellamy has a feeling the dragons would be nicer to him than the representatives. though she may not know it, he feels as though he's being backed into a corner, pushed until he can't move any longer. if lincoln had been approached before they'd infiltrated the mountain, he thinks he'd be fine. but with the reminder of his betrayal, bellamy finds it even more difficult to forget mount weather. ]
[ anya's easier to avoid. she's no one to him but a dead grounder who had been unfortunate enough to get caught in the crossfire. lincoln's a hunter who he knows will track him down until he's fixed what he believes he's broken. born to think of himself as a monster, bellamy finds lincoln acts less and less like one as the days go by. ]
[ bellamy's not finn. he doesn't know what that's even alluding to, and a part of him doesn't want to ask. speaking via text doesn't feel right for any of the questions that may dig a little too deep, either. the entire tone of this conversation is off for the two of them. he misses her teasing him and him growing exasperated by her antics. ]
Guess I won't be leaving any time soon.
Can't really leave without knowing what the next big surprise is. Don't really want to leave you to reap it if it's a good one.
[She knows you is a general you, but if she were any different (scared of losing people) she'd tell him that it's nice to have someone having her back. Then again, the fact that it's mutual maybe is enough to let him know it's there.]
[ at least typing his message out means she won't hear him stumble a little. bellamy's been find in asking nearly everyone if they're okay, but there's always something about asking those who he's closest to that has him feeling a little anxious and wound up, ready to raze a part of earth if they happen to not be. ]
Eudio has one thing the Ark doesn't have: Actual sights to look at. You should go for a drive. Explore it.
[ bellamy would opt to go to the beach, but he finds it's a place for something else entirely. he doesn't particularly want it to be his getaway when things feel a little uncomfortable in eudio with those who decide to accept invites to its parties. ]
Figured you'd want to get away from me for some time.
[ bellamy doesn't quite know fiddling with someone's radio is apparently annoying yet. but he's always thought people like to get far from him. he doesn't know if he's a source of discomfort or comfort for her, and though it sounds like a rejection, he thinks to send another message. ]
[ bellamy hesitates in accepting quickly. if this had been before octavia, he would've leapt at the chance, but since her first departure, he's acquired a snowgie and a puppy, and he knows he has to think a little more responsibly now. his snowgie, his shit that gets broken; his puppy, his shoes that get eaten. ]
[She expects more of a I have to bring O along which, obviously is a given and she's fine with it. They can drive and drive and see the sights and maybe be salty about Grounders or. Whatever. Mock the fact that Bellamy's a little bit of a nerd. Octavia's included in the Blake package, she thinks. But.]
[ bellamy's trying to give o space, let her live her own life, even though it's odd and completely weird and doesn't feel right to him. pulling her along for a car ride he isn't so sure she should be a part of is something the old bellamy would do with little care or respect for her own plans for the evening. although there was nothing to really have plans for back on the ground, he's trying to let the reins loose a little in his hands. ]
[ it's as if his snowgie knows he's concentrating elsewhere that it knocks over one of his stands right near the front door. the moment it does that, his little puppy starts barking in the bathroom. bellamy pays it no mind until the damn snowball is trying to open his bathroom door, and it's then his tone completely changes. ]
A pain in the ass. I promise she won't ruin your car. But if you're going to take us far out in the city, you better come quick before Chion destroys my entire place, me included.
[ bellamy thinks to type hold on a second, but he doesn't bother to waste his time. it takes him a few minutes for his message to come through. ]
[ raven will receive an image of a small golden retriever puppy with a light golden coat, sitting on his lounge sniffing the crumbs lying out before her. it'd taken a lot of skill to take this photo. without trying to disrupt her or the snowgie, he's carried his puppy from the bathroom to sit her on the lounge to enjoy the mess she had gotten in trouble for making almost half an hour ago. ]
Don't say that too loud. She already has a big head.
[ fortunately, his little dog cannot read his phone, despite trying to eat it at times. but he figures he might as well ask another question, just in case ... ]
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[The sad thing is that she's not even funny, this isn't funny. Grounders are coming into the fold. How long until Indra, Lexa, how long until more assholes who'd been so eager to accuse her? City administration's not enough.
She doesn't feel safe now. Eudio doesn't feel great anymore.]
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[ with lincoln and anya in the city, bellamy finds what he had been trying to run from is closing in on him. ]
Red herring. Cage Wallace is the punchline.
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no. why would they approach a psychopath who uses people like livestock for fucking cuddle city? no.
[That said, if they did, she'd just definitely get arrested. And thrown out. Back to get tied up to that tree, get cut up. Lose-lose for all.]
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[ people can redeem themselves. would anyone have looked at him during the first few days on the ground and thought him capable of doing well in a cuddling city? he isn't so sure. but bellamy refuses to really give it any thought. there's a reason why monty's the one with all the jokes — he's funny, whereas bellamy's simply depressing. ]
Lincoln's okay. He's not a Reaper. He's himself, so he's safe to approach.
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[Something's not right, he's more chatty usually. He hasn't been, and this shouldn't bother her, but it does. He matters, surprising everyone including herself.]
are you okay?
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[ it'd be easier to brush her question aside and ask her how she knows lincoln's lincoln, but it's easy for him to connect the dots. she's spoken to him, either on the network or in person. it's a waste of time if he thinks to distract her from asking a question he finds himself compelled to tell the truth for. instead of a quick response, this one takes time. ]
I don't know. Will be when this city stops trying to surprise us.
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maybe it's not a retreat or a sanctuary. maybe it's an adventure
one in which we don't die, but not one where there are no surprises
beware dragons, right?
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[ bellamy has a feeling the dragons would be nicer to him than the representatives. though she may not know it, he feels as though he's being backed into a corner, pushed until he can't move any longer. if lincoln had been approached before they'd infiltrated the mountain, he thinks he'd be fine. but with the reminder of his betrayal, bellamy finds it even more difficult to forget mount weather. ]
[ anya's easier to avoid. she's no one to him but a dead grounder who had been unfortunate enough to get caught in the crossfire. lincoln's a hunter who he knows will track him down until he's fixed what he believes he's broken. born to think of himself as a monster, bellamy finds lincoln acts less and less like one as the days go by. ]
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Guess I won't be leaving any time soon.
Can't really leave without knowing what the next big surprise is. Don't really want to leave you to reap it if it's a good one.
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yeah wouldn't wanna miss it
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Are you okay?
[ at least typing his message out means she won't hear him stumble a little. bellamy's been find in asking nearly everyone if they're okay, but there's always something about asking those who he's closest to that has him feeling a little anxious and wound up, ready to raze a part of earth if they happen to not be. ]
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[Easiest thing, right? Take his words and aim them back at him. She hesitates, then adds,]
i feel like grabbing the car and just driving
which would be as pointless as driving on the ark, since the city's a bubble and i'd just come back
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[ bellamy would opt to go to the beach, but he finds it's a place for something else entirely. he doesn't particularly want it to be his getaway when things feel a little uncomfortable in eudio with those who decide to accept invites to its parties. ]
There's got to be more than the beach out there.
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come with?
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[ bellamy doesn't quite know fiddling with someone's radio is apparently annoying yet. but he's always thought people like to get far from him. he doesn't know if he's a source of discomfort or comfort for her, and though it sounds like a rejection, he thinks to send another message. ]
When?
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i don't know, now
this evening
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I might have to bring my friend along.
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what friend?
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[ it's as if his snowgie knows he's concentrating elsewhere that it knocks over one of his stands right near the front door. the moment it does that, his little puppy starts barking in the bathroom. bellamy pays it no mind until the damn snowball is trying to open his bathroom door, and it's then his tone completely changes. ]
A pain in the ass. I promise she won't ruin your car. But if you're going to take us far out in the city, you better come quick before Chion destroys my entire place, me included.
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is it a pet? did you get a pet?
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[ raven will receive an image of a small golden retriever puppy with a light golden coat, sitting on his lounge sniffing the crumbs lying out before her. it'd taken a lot of skill to take this photo. without trying to disrupt her or the snowgie, he's carried his puppy from the bathroom to sit her on the lounge to enjoy the mess she had gotten in trouble for making almost half an hour ago. ]
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[ fortunately, his little dog cannot read his phone, despite trying to eat it at times. but he figures he might as well ask another question, just in case ... ]
You allergic to dogs?
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your cute little puppy can come with, and you'll clean the car if she pees on the seat.
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