[ it's the second year around for halloween and bellamy still doesn't understand it. there's something about dressing up and being someone who isn't yourself that's strange to him. he's always been himself, from the moment o had been born to the very second he had arrived in eudio. being someone else, even lovejoy, had been impossible — bellamy blake had always slipped in through the cracks, as he doubts someone like lovejoy would've cared much for a girl like maya. ]
[ but he dresses up, anyway, as a roman emperor again. he doesn't want to be a cop, finding it's too close to the mount weather guard and that of the ark, and he doesn't want to be a hero since nike's dressed up with cat ears. it's o's idea, to dress her as though she's a cat, even though bellamy's a little concerned she'll become one of those dogs who believes she's not a dog at all from the experience. it's traumatising, apparently, but what does he know? ]
[ it's when nike, off her leash and fully grown, begins to bark and chase after another dog that he finds himself living one of those moments from the movie about dalmatians. he knows that some new civilians will have been recruited into the city, but he supposes he had expected them to come dressed up — or earlier. but once nike seems to approach the dog, one that's too familiar for bellamy to forget, he tells her to stand down, watching as she no longer approaches with a predatory step but with a genuine curiosity to the wag of her tail. he doesn't look at her at first, dropping to his knees and disregarding the toga that he's wearing to scratch an old friend behind the ears. ] Did you take her for a really long walk? [ he smiles as he looks down at his friend — diana. nike finds herself jealous, nudging his arm, but he reaches out to blindly pat her while he keeps his eyes on diana — and the legs of her owner. ]
[ it isn't diana he addresses, even if he keeps looking at her. he doesn't smile, as he doesn't find any mirth in the reminder of her absence. but his voice isn't unkind, if just slightly more quiet. ] You've been gone for a really long time.
apparently we are doing an eudio au full of DOGS.
[ but he dresses up, anyway, as a roman emperor again. he doesn't want to be a cop, finding it's too close to the mount weather guard and that of the ark, and he doesn't want to be a hero since nike's dressed up with cat ears. it's o's idea, to dress her as though she's a cat, even though bellamy's a little concerned she'll become one of those dogs who believes she's not a dog at all from the experience. it's traumatising, apparently, but what does he know? ]
[ it's when nike, off her leash and fully grown, begins to bark and chase after another dog that he finds himself living one of those moments from the movie about dalmatians. he knows that some new civilians will have been recruited into the city, but he supposes he had expected them to come dressed up — or earlier. but once nike seems to approach the dog, one that's too familiar for bellamy to forget, he tells her to stand down, watching as she no longer approaches with a predatory step but with a genuine curiosity to the wag of her tail. he doesn't look at her at first, dropping to his knees and disregarding the toga that he's wearing to scratch an old friend behind the ears. ] Did you take her for a really long walk? [ he smiles as he looks down at his friend — diana. nike finds herself jealous, nudging his arm, but he reaches out to blindly pat her while he keeps his eyes on diana — and the legs of her owner. ]
[ it isn't diana he addresses, even if he keeps looking at her. he doesn't smile, as he doesn't find any mirth in the reminder of her absence. but his voice isn't unkind, if just slightly more quiet. ] You've been gone for a really long time.