𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, bellamy blake ¹

03; blood

"I musn't run away."

― Hideaki Anno

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AFTER A WHILE OF WALKING, CLARKE TOOK THE LEAD. Naomi strolled beside Jasper, chatting to both him and Monty. "You're the ones who got high on the job, right?"

Jasper laughed and grinned at her. "Hell yeah."

Naomi nodded. "That... is impressive." She spun around. "How'd you manage it?"

"We—"

"He'll make it sound a lot more exciting than it was," Monty cut in, giving her a smile. "We really just got high inside Jasper's bedroom closet."

Naomi made a face. "You did not."

Jasper's face went red. "Maybe. But it was still awesome."

Naomi chuckled.

Ahead of her, Finn plucked a purple flower and slipped it in Octavia's hair. Naomi knocked her shoulder against Jasper's and pointed at the two, Octavia giggling to him.

"That, my friend, is game," Jasper said.

"That, my friend," Monty replied, picking a flower and inspecting it, "Is poison sumac."

Naomi let out a loud, singular laugh.

"What?" Octavia said, brushing it from her hair as she fell back beside them. "It is?"

"The flowers aren't poisonous," Monty said. "They're medicinal—soothing actually." He took a bite out of one and Naomi laughed.

Clarke turned back. "Hey, guys, would you try to keep up?"

"C'mon Clarke," Finn said. "How do you block all this out." Naomi cocked her head at Clarke's alert look.

"It's simple. I wonder: why haven't we seen any animals? Maybe it's because there are none. Maybe we've already been exposed to enough radiation to kill us!" Noe raised her high eyebrows. "Sure is pretty though." Clarke turned back and kept walking.

"Woah," Naomi said.

"Someone should slip her some poison sumac," Octavia stated.

Naomi looked over at them. "I'll go talk to her." She jogged forward to catch up with her friend. "Hey," she said. "What's wrong?"

Clarke shook her head. "It's just... it's so quiet: no birds, no insects. It's unsettling. There was a nuclear war, if there are no animals then they've probably all died out... why?"

Naomi shrugged. "Maybe they're all... sleeping?" she said, blinking.

"Do you know anything about animal behaviour?" Clarke asked, looking over at her.

Naomi looked up. "Not... really," she admitted with a smile. "But hey—if we're gonna die down here, like you said, at least it's pretty."

Clarke pulled a face. "I guess you're right."

"I gotta know what you two did to get busted," Finn said to the two guys as Naomi trailed back to walk next to Finn.

"Sumac's not the only herb in the garden... if you know what I mean," said Monty.

"They got high in Jasper's closet," Naomi explained.

Jasper looked at her. "Not cool, Naomi." She shrugged apologetically.