Can you pull over before you do? [ he looks down at the dog in his arms, wondering how she can stay awake when he's always awoken at the slightest sound. he supposes being in cars makes her as sleepy as watching the movies featuring them does him. he doesn't realise half the time he does fall asleep while watching long movies, but he doesn't particularly care if he misses a chunk of them. sleep these days isn't hard to come by, not in the way he thinks it may be back home. ]
[ he smiles as he looks over to raven before turning his gaze to the road ahead of them. ] They never had dogs in those Furious films you like. I don't think she'd like to be in a crash.
How would you know, you fell asleep watching it. [Never Forget.
She has no idea where she's going, other than the fact that she's going, driving, far from the city but not far enough for the pull back to get activated. Even here, everything reminds them of something. The beach is clearly Bellamy's brooding place. Anya picked up the forest to settle down. And the moutains...well, they have issues with mountains.
Maybe they shouldn't, not with this one. She drives them up towards it.]
[ he thinks to form a defense in the shape of i was tired, but that hits a little too close to home if he uses it against her. he is tired — he refuses to let himself sleep much, and when he does, he wastes hours of his day just catching up on what the mountain often ruins for him. ]
[ he doesn't think of mount weather when he sees what they're approaching. that one had been shaped like some evil thing, but this one looks like the other hills from earth. as long as they don't drive through a tunnel or a trap door leading inside of the mountain, bellamy's content to remain inside the car and not roll out. ]
[ he sighs. ] Do you even know where you're going?
Nope. But I heard there's a map on our phones. [She shifts, and reaches for hers, handing it over to him. Sure enough, there should be a maps app that can clarify their surroundings.
Either way, she plans to drive only as far as the road will take them, up to where the city bus usually turns around in the morning.
There, in that parking lot or bus station or whatever it is, there she imagines they can sit for a while, where it's quiet.]
[ he takes her phone before she even informs him she wants him as her navigator. he looks at it, clicking some buttons, hoping he's not going to uncover some deep, dark secret of her own by accidentally opening an app he hadn't meant to press. his voice is quiet and slightly incredulous, ] You really want me to navigate?
[ he's never really thought of himself to be much of a guide. she'd been that for him in the mountain, and she'd been damn good at ensuring he kept his head on straight when he really wanted to give up or get mad at the worst time imaginable. ]
[ he glances up, then down at the phone. it isn't hard to figure it out, given he's checked out google maps. ] Seem to be going okay. [ nike remains undisturbed; he tries not to move his other arm as he uses his other to hold her phone and try and ensure he doesn't let her drive them off a cliff. ] No cliffs in sight.
Yeah, you be the voice in my ear for a change. [The joke is out before the weight of it settles, and after it, silence from her part. She doesn't want to bring back ugly memories, but the saddest truth is that she doesn't look back on any of the times they worked well as a team with sadness, or bitterness.
Idly, she brings her left arm down and scratches her thigh just above the brace, then rolls her window down too, to let the forest air circulate through the car.]
So we drive until there's no more road left, and then we walk around a bit. It's quiet here.
[ nike twitches in his arms, as though raven rolling down her window is disturbing her from dreaming about whatever the hell puppies dream about. he suspects it's getting up to mischief with the snowgie — something he envies her a little for, as that's not the worst thing in the world, not even for him — while he remains quiet, trying to not think of those times inside of the mountain he'd had her yammering away, speaking her raven speak and trying to encourage him to put one foot in front of the other. ]
[ he keeps his eye on the phone, glancing up occasionally to look ahead of them. ] What about the wild animals? No two-headed deer? Panther thing that doesn't want to eat me? [ he only knows the animals in the films and those that roam the streets with their owners. it's still difficult to comprehend he's one of them now, with a soft little being in his arms. he suspects every animal to be as wild and dangerous as the ones they've come across back home. the earth here isn't poisoned with radiation, not like he expects it to be, but it's still a thought that crosses his mind time and time again. ] How do we even know what's out there?
[That...he has a point there, and they have no guns here, for lack of need. (Though, there's Grounders now, so maybe...She needs to get better at protecting herself, for sure.)]
We don't know. So we can choose to stay in the car, or near it, or we can choose to explore and get a little lost from the world.
[The road looks like it's running out of asphalt soon, their ride turning more bumpy the higher up into the mountain they get. And then she sees it, one lookout to the right, Eudio spreading fairly tiny below and the stars above looking closer. She pulls over.]
[ as the road becomes bumpier, bellamy's attention drifts from the phone in his hand to the puppy who begins to stir in his arms. he forgoes navigating as he tries to make sure he's supporting nike, who yawns widely and peers around, ears twitching as though she requires a moment to remember where she is. ]
[ when raven pulls over, nike's still in his arms, before she stretches herself upward and presses her paws against his shoulder. her nails catch onto his jacket, and that's when bellamy looks out the window. ]
Guess we better find out. [ he spares raven a glance before he unbuckles himself after he moves forward, forgetting he's strapped in, and opens the door to push himself out with nike looking every which way in his arms. ]
[She stifles her grin when he almost gets yanked back into his seat via seat belt, then kills the engine and unbuckles her seatbelt, getting out of the car after him. Up here, the air is fresher, a little colder than near the water, but quiet. Nice.
[ nike grows restless and excited by the new sights and sounds. she isn't an excitable mess in his arms, but he knows she's looking around, trying to catch all the scents and sounds she can as she tries to discern if it's friendly or enemy territory. it's how bellamy knows he's reacted to the ground before, despite having been smiling when they'd dropped to earth as he had been swept up in ensuring o is remembered for being the girl who had first touched their old home. ]
[ it's when nike seems to try and leap from his arms that he lowers himself, letting her jump from where he holds her to sniff the ground. with her tail pointed up, she presses her head so far into the blades and the dirt he isn't surprised to see her black nose is sprinkled a light brown. he remains squatting, watching her in case she thinks to run. ]
[ she ventures a little further than he'd like, prompting him to clap his hands to try and gain her attention. ] Hey. [ she doesn't even lift her head. bellamy sighs, a little defeated. but nike eventually makes her way back to him, even if she doesn't follow a straight line as she curves in and out, getting distracted by the grass around her. ] Doubt there's anything bad out here if she's going nuts. But I wouldn't trust Nike.
Let her have some fun. [While Nike and Bellamy get acquainted with the place, Raven's popped the trunk open and taken out the two blankets and back of doggie treats. (The adult treats can come later.)
It's chilly up here, so she zips up her jacket, before throwing the blanket down. She looks for the spot where the trees clear out the best, giving her the perfect view of the sky if she looks above. That's where she makes the nest, and sits down before lying on her back.]
[ bellamy has a tough time letting anyone have fun, let alone himself. he doesn't heed raven's advice, but he does look over his shoulder, distracted by her. nike takes that opportunity to pounce on the grass and even rip at it with her teeth. when he turns back to look at her, a grass blade is stuck to her lip. ]
[ instead of picking his puppy up, bellamy sighs and stands. she follows belatedly, pouncing in the grass before pressing her nose to the dirt once more. despite his long strides, nike beats him to raven, where she stands beside her head and sniffs her temple. ]
[ he sits beside her, arms resting behind him, and watches nike with a small smile as she decides to trace one side of raven's face with her nose. ] You might want to watch out. She eats Zero G's like you for breakfast.
[It tickles. That soft, tiny snout, it tickles and it's cute, and she ends up laughing and closing her eyes, letting Nike do whatever Nike wants to do. Which is sniff her face and probably lick it.
It's adorable. She's on a shortage of adorable, and maybe right now -- with Anya here, and Murphy, and Grounders perhaps coming in -- she needs something good to hang on to.]
Oh no -- save me. [And then she rolls over and picks Nike up, holding her above her face, far enough that she doesn't get to touch her wet little nose to it, far enough to whine a little bit too.]
[ bellamy doesn't look out at the city or even the stars as he watches raven with nike. he can't help but laugh — it isn't quiet, nor is it loud, but it sounds less restrained than it usually is. his smile is wider than usual, but he doesn't think about it. sometimes he does, and he finds his mind drifts elsewhere, to the inside of mountains or even the outside of a drop ship where skeletons and bodies had laid out before it. ]
Guess you better be nice to me or she'll devour you. [ he leans over to touch the pad of one of her back feet. nike doesn't seem too concerned with noticing him as she leans forward, trying to sniff raven's face, before she turns her head to smell the side of her hand before licking it. ] She's been learning from Cerberus how to be a guard dog.
I can see that, she's terrifying. [In the end, victory wins Raven over. She sets the dog down on her chest, much close to the spot where Jem's cat napped on her, curious to see if she will sit still or keep trying to kiss her.
Once again, getting a lot of action from animals.]
[ nike tries to lean forward to follow a scent, sniffing raven all over, before she seems to remember bellamy being about. splayed against raven's chest, she looks to him before she seems to readjust herself, wanting to slide off of her since he thinks she's determined she can't dig her paws into her like she can the earth. ]
[ bellamy lowers himself so he can lie on his back, arms folded beneath his head as a pillow. he may look up at the sky, but he doesn't see the stars. he doesn't see anything but the three hundred who had floated amongst them, making the night seem almost ethereal. ]
She is. Doesn't need three heads to be scary. [ he turns his head to look over at raven before he glances toward nike. she stares at him, but he doesn't reach over to take her. as overprotective as he is, he thinks nike to be safe. she's not biting or scratching at raven, nor is she whimpering for him. he thinks her to have a good judge of character, if her refusal to properly slide from raven is anything to go by. ] You like her?
[She lifts one hand to cup it under the puppy's butt so Nike doesn't fall off her, and lets her settle, full of amusement.] Yeah. Yeah, she's cute.
[She turns her head then, turns her gaze away from the stars and away from the dog and looks at him to find him watching her. Her heart does a little jump, jitters down her spine, and she forces herself to swallow.]
[ once she looks at him and asks that, his eyes drift to nike who seems content to settle. she stretches, paws out in front of her, and remains on her stomach as she looks around. maybe she can hear what they can't, as her ears remain perked up slightly as nothing seems to keep her attention. ]
Roxy. [ his smile fades for a moment. despite how short-lived their friendship had felt, bellamy had liked her. from greeting him on his first day with a trip to the museum and her dog quickly teaching him not all animals were wild and dangerous to her simply not thinking him strange for being from space, he knows he misses her at times. ] Before she left, she gave me her. [ he looks to nike, who remains oblivious to her being the topic of their conversation. ] She had a dog, so I guess she figured I should have one before they left.
[ he shifts, moving his shoulder, as it doesn't really matter anymore. he guesses roxy had wanted him to have some normalcy in eudio, given bellamy really wasn't going to go to a pet store or find a breeder to get himself a dog. he looks back at raven, ] Hades had a dog. She didn't know I had Cerberus.
[She takes a moment to observe him this close, since there's time and nothing else pressing on her mind right now, and he has long eyelashes and a pretty nose. Shit, no. Look at the stars.
She looks up at the stars, feels like she's sinking into the ground.]
Now you get the real deal. It's probably a better deal, right? [Not to sound like she's discrediting the value of her own gift, but if it's easy to shrug it off... Then it's all easy.]
[ maybe it's because of o, always feeling slightly inferior to who he supposedly had as friends on the ark and even on the ground, that he's able to really detect what she's saying. it may not even be because of his sister thinking he has other people he'd rather spend time with that he can hear what she doesn't say. ]
Neither of them have three heads. [ he looks to nike with a smile he can't help but allow to curve his mouth. ] If I can't have a dog with three heads, I think I need three dogs.
[ he looks at raven briefly, then returns his gaze to nike who looks around. ]
[That, apparently, helps. She snorts, and looks back up at her stars.]
Three dogs? That's a lot of chewed up furniture. [But also a lot of wet noses nudging at your chin and being adorable and cute, and probably cuddling you at night.]
You should get a cat. [ he reaches over to brush the back of his hand lightly against nike's head. she turns to look for the source of the touch, before she settles, licking at her paws. even though bellamy thinks himself more of a dog person, since he has two, cerberus and nike, he figures someone needs to acquire themselves a cat. given he's learned cats and dogs go as well together as oil and water, he figures maybe raven should be the one to take on an animal less rowdy than nike. ]
[ then again, he'd once thought they were water and oil. he's beginning to learn to not believe everything he reads and hears when it comes to this earth. ]
Hades had a dog with three heads. I don't know if Chion counts as the third, but I figure Cerberus may need some help. [ he watches nike as she tilts her head to clean her paw, engaged in her little task at hand. his gaze flitters to raven as he lifts a shoulder. ] Bastet never comes over and sees him.
[She laughs a little, imagining a small kitten like Lady Di, who'll sleep on her cleavage and purr and purr. Sure, her, get a cat. Cats are too curious and she has a lot of dangerous material at home.]
It's dangerous enough when you poke your nose into my projects, I imagine a pet would have catastrophic results. [Imagine it, explosions caused by cats.
But then, she thinks about what he's just said, looks through the lines of his nerdy stories, and looks back at him. Gaze held.] Does he want Bastet to visit?
[ does cerberus want bastet to visit? he's a stuffed animal. he remembers how raven had looked at him funny when he was playing with it like it was a dog that actually had feelings. but he isn't so oblivious to not know what it is she's saying. he hadn't meant to insert any message for her to read between the lines when he had initially said it, but he figures he had done so on purpose, anyway. ]
[ he turns to look up at the stars, seeing only dots that had once been close enough for him to reach out and touch. he's no longer wowed by them, not as he'd been as a kid. he shrugs his shoulder to play it down, ] Yeah.
[ it's awkward for him to even display any vulnerability, let alone expressing anything that he wants. he has gone above and beyond to ensure o gets what she wants and what she deserves, but when it comes to him, he locks his wrists together to prevent himself from reaching forward. ] They're friends, right? [ he's hesitant to call himself and clarke friends, even though he suspects that's what they are, despite everything. he looks at her from the corner of his eye, his tone casual, ] Friends visit and help the other clean up after a snowgie.
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[ he smiles as he looks over to raven before turning his gaze to the road ahead of them. ] They never had dogs in those Furious films you like. I don't think she'd like to be in a crash.
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She has no idea where she's going, other than the fact that she's going, driving, far from the city but not far enough for the pull back to get activated. Even here, everything reminds them of something. The beach is clearly Bellamy's brooding place. Anya picked up the forest to settle down. And the moutains...well, they have issues with mountains.
Maybe they shouldn't, not with this one. She drives them up towards it.]
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[ he thinks to form a defense in the shape of i was tired, but that hits a little too close to home if he uses it against her. he is tired — he refuses to let himself sleep much, and when he does, he wastes hours of his day just catching up on what the mountain often ruins for him. ]
[ he doesn't think of mount weather when he sees what they're approaching. that one had been shaped like some evil thing, but this one looks like the other hills from earth. as long as they don't drive through a tunnel or a trap door leading inside of the mountain, bellamy's content to remain inside the car and not roll out. ]
[ he sighs. ] Do you even know where you're going?
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Either way, she plans to drive only as far as the road will take them, up to where the city bus usually turns around in the morning.
There, in that parking lot or bus station or whatever it is, there she imagines they can sit for a while, where it's quiet.]
See if I'm going well, okay?
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[ he's never really thought of himself to be much of a guide. she'd been that for him in the mountain, and she'd been damn good at ensuring he kept his head on straight when he really wanted to give up or get mad at the worst time imaginable. ]
[ he glances up, then down at the phone. it isn't hard to figure it out, given he's checked out google maps. ] Seem to be going okay. [ nike remains undisturbed; he tries not to move his other arm as he uses his other to hold her phone and try and ensure he doesn't let her drive them off a cliff. ] No cliffs in sight.
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Idly, she brings her left arm down and scratches her thigh just above the brace, then rolls her window down too, to let the forest air circulate through the car.]
So we drive until there's no more road left, and then we walk around a bit. It's quiet here.
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[ he keeps his eye on the phone, glancing up occasionally to look ahead of them. ] What about the wild animals? No two-headed deer? Panther thing that doesn't want to eat me? [ he only knows the animals in the films and those that roam the streets with their owners. it's still difficult to comprehend he's one of them now, with a soft little being in his arms. he suspects every animal to be as wild and dangerous as the ones they've come across back home. the earth here isn't poisoned with radiation, not like he expects it to be, but it's still a thought that crosses his mind time and time again. ] How do we even know what's out there?
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We don't know. So we can choose to stay in the car, or near it, or we can choose to explore and get a little lost from the world.
[The road looks like it's running out of asphalt soon, their ride turning more bumpy the higher up into the mountain they get. And then she sees it, one lookout to the right, Eudio spreading fairly tiny below and the stars above looking closer. She pulls over.]
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[ when raven pulls over, nike's still in his arms, before she stretches herself upward and presses her paws against his shoulder. her nails catch onto his jacket, and that's when bellamy looks out the window. ]
Guess we better find out. [ he spares raven a glance before he unbuckles himself after he moves forward, forgetting he's strapped in, and opens the door to push himself out with nike looking every which way in his arms. ]
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The stars, she likes the best.]
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[ it's when nike seems to try and leap from his arms that he lowers himself, letting her jump from where he holds her to sniff the ground. with her tail pointed up, she presses her head so far into the blades and the dirt he isn't surprised to see her black nose is sprinkled a light brown. he remains squatting, watching her in case she thinks to run. ]
[ she ventures a little further than he'd like, prompting him to clap his hands to try and gain her attention. ] Hey. [ she doesn't even lift her head. bellamy sighs, a little defeated. but nike eventually makes her way back to him, even if she doesn't follow a straight line as she curves in and out, getting distracted by the grass around her. ] Doubt there's anything bad out here if she's going nuts. But I wouldn't trust Nike.
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It's chilly up here, so she zips up her jacket, before throwing the blanket down. She looks for the spot where the trees clear out the best, giving her the perfect view of the sky if she looks above. That's where she makes the nest, and sits down before lying on her back.]
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[ instead of picking his puppy up, bellamy sighs and stands. she follows belatedly, pouncing in the grass before pressing her nose to the dirt once more. despite his long strides, nike beats him to raven, where she stands beside her head and sniffs her temple. ]
[ he sits beside her, arms resting behind him, and watches nike with a small smile as she decides to trace one side of raven's face with her nose. ] You might want to watch out. She eats Zero G's like you for breakfast.
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It's adorable. She's on a shortage of adorable, and maybe right now -- with Anya here, and Murphy, and Grounders perhaps coming in -- she needs something good to hang on to.]
Oh no -- save me. [And then she rolls over and picks Nike up, holding her above her face, far enough that she doesn't get to touch her wet little nose to it, far enough to whine a little bit too.]
I'm too young to be eaten up for breakfast.
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Guess you better be nice to me or she'll devour you. [ he leans over to touch the pad of one of her back feet. nike doesn't seem too concerned with noticing him as she leans forward, trying to sniff raven's face, before she turns her head to smell the side of her hand before licking it. ] She's been learning from Cerberus how to be a guard dog.
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Once again, getting a lot of action from animals.]
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[ bellamy lowers himself so he can lie on his back, arms folded beneath his head as a pillow. he may look up at the sky, but he doesn't see the stars. he doesn't see anything but the three hundred who had floated amongst them, making the night seem almost ethereal. ]
She is. Doesn't need three heads to be scary. [ he turns his head to look over at raven before he glances toward nike. she stares at him, but he doesn't reach over to take her. as overprotective as he is, he thinks nike to be safe. she's not biting or scratching at raven, nor is she whimpering for him. he thinks her to have a good judge of character, if her refusal to properly slide from raven is anything to go by. ] You like her?
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[She turns her head then, turns her gaze away from the stars and away from the dog and looks at him to find him watching her. Her heart does a little jump, jitters down her spine, and she forces herself to swallow.]
How'd you get a dog?
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Roxy. [ his smile fades for a moment. despite how short-lived their friendship had felt, bellamy had liked her. from greeting him on his first day with a trip to the museum and her dog quickly teaching him not all animals were wild and dangerous to her simply not thinking him strange for being from space, he knows he misses her at times. ] Before she left, she gave me her. [ he looks to nike, who remains oblivious to her being the topic of their conversation. ] She had a dog, so I guess she figured I should have one before they left.
[ he shifts, moving his shoulder, as it doesn't really matter anymore. he guesses roxy had wanted him to have some normalcy in eudio, given bellamy really wasn't going to go to a pet store or find a breeder to get himself a dog. he looks back at raven, ] Hades had a dog. She didn't know I had Cerberus.
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She looks up at the stars, feels like she's sinking into the ground.]
Now you get the real deal. It's probably a better deal, right? [Not to sound like she's discrediting the value of her own gift, but if it's easy to shrug it off... Then it's all easy.]
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Neither of them have three heads. [ he looks to nike with a smile he can't help but allow to curve his mouth. ] If I can't have a dog with three heads, I think I need three dogs.
[ he looks at raven briefly, then returns his gaze to nike who looks around. ]
Besides, Nike likes him.
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Three dogs? That's a lot of chewed up furniture. [But also a lot of wet noses nudging at your chin and being adorable and cute, and probably cuddling you at night.]
Maybe I should get a pet.
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[ then again, he'd once thought they were water and oil. he's beginning to learn to not believe everything he reads and hears when it comes to this earth. ]
Hades had a dog with three heads. I don't know if Chion counts as the third, but I figure Cerberus may need some help. [ he watches nike as she tilts her head to clean her paw, engaged in her little task at hand. his gaze flitters to raven as he lifts a shoulder. ] Bastet never comes over and sees him.
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It's dangerous enough when you poke your nose into my projects, I imagine a pet would have catastrophic results. [Imagine it, explosions caused by cats.
But then, she thinks about what he's just said, looks through the lines of his nerdy stories, and looks back at him. Gaze held.] Does he want Bastet to visit?
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[ he turns to look up at the stars, seeing only dots that had once been close enough for him to reach out and touch. he's no longer wowed by them, not as he'd been as a kid. he shrugs his shoulder to play it down, ] Yeah.
[ it's awkward for him to even display any vulnerability, let alone expressing anything that he wants. he has gone above and beyond to ensure o gets what she wants and what she deserves, but when it comes to him, he locks his wrists together to prevent himself from reaching forward. ] They're friends, right? [ he's hesitant to call himself and clarke friends, even though he suspects that's what they are, despite everything. he looks at her from the corner of his eye, his tone casual, ] Friends visit and help the other clean up after a snowgie.
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