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ᴄʟᴀʀʏ ғ̶ʀ̶ᴀ̶ʏ̶ ғᴀɪʀᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴍᴏʀɢᴇɴsᴛᴇʀɴ ([personal profile] obstinance) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2017-10-02 08:40 pm

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Who: clary fray ([personal profile] obstinance ) & various
What: october event and accompanying shenanigans
When: october
Where: various
Warning(s): stupidity

[ closed catch-all for shenanigans. starters in comments; feel free to pm me or pp [plurk.com profile] romanoff if you'd like to do something. ]
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[She's such a brat. He steps inside and then nudges the door closed with his foot.]

Whatever you say.

[And then he crosses the room to deposit her, surprisingly gently, on the couch.]

Happy?
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yep.

[He sits down beside her, settling against the back of the couch. He would make a comment about her mockery, but he's starting to clue into the fact that those sort of reactions just encourage her.]

I'm surprised you're sitting down.
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Do you?

[He asks it incredulously, but he's smiling over at her, and he doesn't shove her legs off or move away.]

That's news to me.
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He catches the sketchbook and glances up at her before settling it in his lap and beginning to flip through it. Bellamy pauses to study each page, though he doesn't recognize most of it. A sketch of a city street makes him stop, and he looks up at her again.]

Where's this?
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[It's strange. He knows of New York, of course. He's seen pictures and videos and heard stories, but now he's fairly certain it doesn't exist.]

What was it like?

[Polis is the biggest city he's ever set foot in, and he knows it's nothing compared to the cities that used to exist.]
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets his finger run along the edge of the page, listening carefully as she talks.]

I've only seen it in pictures. There aren't any cities that size left.

[It's odd to think about. It's hard to feel sad about what Alie did, because conceptualizing that many people is almost impossible, but hearing Clary talk about it... It makes it more real somehow.]
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Objectively, most people would say he's better off here. This planet isn't soaked in radiation. He isn't spending five years on an abandoned husk of a space station, waiting until it's safe enough to get back to the ground again. There's more food and clean water and people than he's ever seen in his life, but he has no proof the Orbiters aren't going to screw him over somehow, so he can't help but be on edge. For Clary, though, he's sure there's no ambiguity. There's no reason for her to consider any of this even partially lucky. He reaches over to squeeze her arm softly.]

I'm sorry, Clary. I know you don't want to be here.
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, he's not sure if he buys it. He certainly couldn't quantify going down to the ground the same way she's analyzing this, not after the hundreds of people dead and all the mistakes he's made, but he thinks he gets it. It's an insanely optimistic way of viewing things from his perspective, though he can't fault her for it. He doesn't say anything about the fact that she thought she couldn't lose anyone else. Bellamy has learned time and time again that there's always more to lose.]

Are you saying you like this place better?
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He's about to respond to what she's saying when she turns the question around on him, and his brow furrows automatically. He's not sure how to answer. Actually, he's not sure he wants to answer, but she's being so open than anything but honesty seems unfair. Still, he hesitates.]

I don't know.

[There are people in those pods that he knows should be dead. Clarke is here, alive and well. He's spotted Jasper and Maya and Fox, a million people he felt he failed, safe. Sleeping. Without quite thinking about it, his hand squeezes hers back, and his voice is quiet when he finally replies.]

Seems too good to be true. Every time I thought things were safe before, something's gone wrong.
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[To tell the truth, chemical warfare is horrible, but it's par for the course for Bellamy. He's used to it, which he's starting to realize is an awful thing to admit to himself. Realistically, he's never felt safe in his life—not on the Ark, when he was constantly worried about Octavia being discovered, and certainly not on the ground. He's not sure if he's capable of slowing down or relaxing. He's never come close to it.]

Are you happy here?
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-09 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope you can be.

[It's just as quiet and just as sincere. The last time Bellamy focused on being happy was with Gina, and look how that turned out. It's not something he really tries for anymore, but he thinks Clary should.]

You deserve it.
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-10 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Bellamy smiles just a little, the edge of something wry in it. Maybe he does deserve a chance at being happy, but he doesn't have time for it. Not back on the Ark, and not here.]

Have you always been this optimistic?
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[personal profile] jettisons 2017-10-10 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Stubborn makes sense.

[It's quiet and teasing, but he gets it. He's sure most people would describe him the same way.]

So who taught you?

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