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WORD ASSOCIATION!

i love this shit so:

either (1) drop a character w a word and pick a character i play (or don't pick one) or (2) hit up one of my prompts below. all good if you ask for a character i put up a prompt for—some prompts don't work.

bc i am nice, here is random word generator if you require transpondster assistance. remember, the dumber, the better.

pick if it's in person or via text, idc!

one of my cats will tag u.

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[ of course, it makes him uncomfortable. he gives her a look and then digs his heels into his blake stubbornness. ]

Sister.

[ how the turn tables. ]

[ Her nose scrunches at that because she doesn't feel the title fits her any more than he feels it fits him. ]

Burden.

[ Because that's all she's been, since day one. ]

[ he doesn't hesitate. ]

Bullshit.

[ bellamy frowns at her. he doesn't want her to win this game based on his need to give her a rousing speech. he'll give to her word by word instead. ]

[ No rousing speech needed, honestly; she can hear it all in that single word. And yet: ]

Disagree.

[ bellamy needs a moment to go through the thesaurus in his head. nothing he settles on is sharp enough to rebuff her, so: ]

Untrue.

Lies.

[ She's steering away from actual, meaningful words now, instead just going with the first thing that comes to mind. Although one could easily argue she's still referring to herself and her existence, considering Bell and their mom lied daily to keep her a secret. ]

[ he sighs and does his very best not to lose this game so early. ]

Secret.

[ So many different things pop into her mind with that: Lincoln, love, herself... She presses her lips together briefly, trying to decide which way to take it. ]

Hide.

Safe.

[ he says that in a way that implies it to be a good thing. of course, he isn't so stupid as to believe it was for her. he's selfish like that.

octavia being hidden away was the safer option. bellamy can't fathom what his life would've been like if she wasn't in it for whatever reason. ]

[ Though she understands, especially now, why keeping her hidden was so important, Octavia still hates that it was necessary. Her conflicted feelings are probably evident on her face, too. ]

Suffocated.

[ Safe she may have been, but it wasn't the only way she felt. ]

[ he deeply inhales through his nose and holds it like the air will somehow combust in his chest and change the way he feels weighted in his belly. ]

Sorry.

[ if he could, he'd make it so he was the second child. ]

[ She could probably continue with the game, sum up what she wants to say in a single word, but she chooses to lose instead. ]

I know you only did it to protect me, Bell. [ It's not so much an "It's okay" as it is understanding. ] It's not like you and mom had a choice.

[ it doesn't feel like much of a victory, although bellamy is happy to lord it over her head if it'll lift her spirits. ]

I could've done better.

[ as they all could've. he knows mom could've done better, but she did what she could with the limited resources she had. he was the same… but it's easier to be angry at himself than mom.

he looks down and lets out a breath through his nose. ] I could've done a lot better.

Yeah, you could've. [ It's meant to be a joke, her tone edging closer to teasing than anything, but she also doesn't see the point in arguing with him. He and their mom did the best they could considering the circumstances and while she's angry about it, blames them when she's particularly pissed off about it, a part of her knows they did what they did to keep her alive.

They could've just gotten rid of her, before she was born or after.

She reaches out a moment later to catch Bellamy's arm, squeezing his forearm briefly. ] Doesn't really matter much anymore, right? The joys of being on the ground and all that.

[ he's always liked it when octavia's tried to comfort him. her simply doing so is a comfort in itself. not a lot of people on the ark—or the ground, now—have that person who will always come to bat for them, who wants to pick them up when they're down. ]

It still matters. [ he smiles at her. ] You're my sister and you're the only sister on the ground. That makes you special, and that matters to me.

[ who knew the blakes from section 17 would be the special ones? their privilege is unlike that of clarke's. it's untouchable and unbreakable, and it's something he's starting to slowly realise he should be proud of rather than secretive or even guilty. ]

I could do with a little less special, [ she muses, still more teasing than anything, but there's an undercurrent of truth to that statement as well. Not that she would ever give up having Bellamy as her brother.

He may be a pain the ass, but he still means the world to her. ]

But I guess you're right. It's way better than living up there, either way. [ She'd gone from one cage to another; here, on the ground, she's able to exist without fear, at least of being discovered. ]

[ bellamy isn't so sure about that. until octavia had been discovered, life on the ark was a different type of survival. he wonders what it's like to live in a bubble of ignorance, similar to how clarke and wells had once existed. he wishes the ground was a lot nicer, but he can already see the weeds begin to sprout.

scrunching up his face, he tuts. ] I don't know about that, O. You smell a lot worse.

Oh, screw you, [ she laughs, giving him a playful shove. ] If either of us smell, it's you.

Why is it me?

[ he lifts his brows at her, peering down at her in amusement. is it because he's older and taller and bigger? truthfully, she's not wrong. he hadn't forgone washing if it meant that she got to on the ark.

crossing his arms against his chest, he wears an expression of amusement. ] I'm curious to know. Come on, no bullshit, O.

Because you go running around in the woods playing hero more often than I do but can't be assed to take a dip with the same amount of regularity.

[ She's teasing him, of course, and means it all good-naturedly, but there's still an air of frustration there. Ever since he and Clarke decided to play leader, he's been keeping her cooped up at camp, refusing to let her do anything. ]

I go for a dip more than you do.

[ and has a bit of an audience, too. the kids think that he doesn't notice, but living underneath aurora's roof meant that he learned how to notice the smallest of things.

he continues to look at her with amusement. ] Do you even use the soap I got for you? You reek, sis.

[ No one cares about your audience, Bellamy, god.

She rolls her eyes. ] Of course I do. You're smelling you; I smell perfectly fine. [ In reality, they both probably stink equally. ]

Are you sure?

[ scrunching up his face, bellamy takes a step forward. he has a great plan in mind, one that he thinks octavia will enjoy. ]

Come here. Let's see.

I'm not afraid to kick your ass if you do something annoying, Bell. [ Yet she still moves towards him, though her eyes are definitely narrowed in suspicion. ]

[ he grins. ] I know. That's why I love you.

[ she doesn't take any shit, especially his. she's everything mom would be proud of.

but he has a mission in mind, so he comes to hover over her and is quick to wrap his arms around her to pull her solidly against his chest. ]

Now you'll smell like me.

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