Dog Days Are Over

Bii Neho, 22 🌿 Not all those who wander are lost

[anothcrapollo-blog]

It was no surprise that Apollo had shown up to the bonfire in his swimming trunks. Although skinny dipping would technically be an option, he wasn’t completely sure everyone would approve of his more alternative lifestyle and ideas when it came to clothing. So he’d made his way out into the ocean relatively quickly, spending a few solitary minutes in the dark waters before returning to the shore to sit himself in the shallow surf. “Water’s a little cold,” he offered, looking up as footsteps approached him “Not too bad, though, for this time of year.” 

[badandbijou]

Bii had spotted the familiar face soon after he arrived, and while she had kept her distance, respectfully, she couldn’t help but be drawn in as she saw Apollo make his way into the water. “I’ve never had a problem with the cold.” Bii replied as he looked up at her. She offered him a smile before unhooking the straps of her overalls leaving her standing in only her two piece, with her flask in hand, as she threw her overalls in an unkempt pile away from the water. “Do you drink?” She asked after taking no time to wade into the cool ocean waters. 

[sofikelly-blog]

Sofi stood and stared into the fire. Hearing the wood crackle and break gave her a slight sense of relief, though she couldn’t quite place why. The warmth wasn’t uncomfortable, and the smoke that filled the air didn’t effect her at all, her own predilection for tobacco making her be more comfortable with the smoke that was present. Suddenly becoming aware of someone standing near her, she turned towards them. “It’s rather beautiful isn’t it?” She mused as her eyes rested on the person next to her.

[badandbijou]

Bii had always had a penchant for bonfires. They laced there way into some of her fondest childhood memories, and even now thousands of miles away from the place she had grown up they took her back. The silhouette of the woman that stood in front of the fire drew Bii closer, and she almost jumped out of her skin when her presence was acknowledged. “Breathtaking.” She agreed after taking a drink to steady her nerves. “It’s so alive, but... so mindless and chaotic... Devouring.”

[bxckmartin]

“completely sober.. scout’s honor. last time i was tipsy at one of these.. or maybe it was a party.. anyway, a girl called me daddy and i thought she said i was gonna be a daddy…  so i’ve decided there will be no drinking on my end tonight.. okay maybe just a bit.” he chuckled, reaching for the bottle the bartender had stretched out.

[badandbijou]

“Like she wanted you to father her children?” Bii asked playing innocent hoping for a laugh as she held out her glass, a real glass, not a red solo cup because those were bad for the environment, hoping he would be so kind as to top off her drink. “It’s my experience that you can be sober, but it’s more fun being drunk. Not like blackout drunk: Sober enough to know what you’re doing, but drunk enough to really enjoy doing it.”

[viviantrons]

BONFIRE EVENT STARTER | accepting.

Vivian had managed to make it late, like always. Though at least this time she could say it wasn’t her fault. As it turned out convincing Naomi to come along had been half her preparation for the night– and the reason Vivian was giving when asked about her tardiness. Those that cared anyway. She’d made a bee-line toward what looked like the bar area, only to click her tongue  when she reached it. “No wonder it’s open bar, you’ll be out of stock with three people.” She turned to the one at her side, shaking her head as she spoke. “Please tell me you thought to sneak something in?” 

[badandbijou]

Bii knew Vivian from the bar she ran, and that was about it. They had talked a few times, but most of those times Bii had drank more than her fill of alcohol leaving the memories fuzzy. That didn’t mean they weren’t friendly. “I did better than sneak something in.” Bi said cocking her head toward her RV that she had pulled up on the beach. Totally illegal parking. “I brought my whole stash.” A giggle escaped Bii’s lips as she pulled a flask out of the front pocket of her overalls offering it out to Vivian. “Drink up, I have a feeling this is going to devolve into eyes wide shut faster than you can say orgy.” She joked.

[jueki]

Dreams 1990 ‘夢’ Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda

[philthee96-blog]

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[badandbijou]

I think I'm in love again She gives me my medicine and we, was meant to be She works at the dispensary, and every time I See her she gets me oh so high!

[badandbijou]

anothcrapollo:

Once you’d seen entire tents of people dancing naked and in all forms of sex and intimacy, not to mention the more religious ceremonies he’d witnessed, nothing particularly surprised him. “I could probably tell you a few stories. Howling people is the least of the things I’ve seen, I’m sure.” he shrugged, his attention turning briefly to the dogs as she spoke to them. He hadn’t thought much of them before, but he smiled. Apollo loved all animals, really. Even as the large dog approached him, he was calm and simply gave it a careful stroke on the head. He was cautious, but considering he was approached, he wasn’t too terribly worried about him being aggressive. “Yeah, not much snow to see here in California, unless you go up north.” He’d never actually seen it, himself. 

“Oh, I know. That’s why I live here. Grew up in Alaska where there’s nothing but snow.” She shuddered, feeling the less than pleasant reminder of just how cold she had been. “Look, I don’t want to intrude on your nap, because I've already done that enough, but...” Rocking onto the balls of her feet Bii smiled shrugging a shoulder trying to keep herself cool and nonchalant. “This is my number.” Bii pulled a business card for the dispensary she worked at from her front pocket before fishing out a pen and scribbling her number on the back. While she wasn’t exactly the smoothest she was like a Boy Scout, always prepared. “Text me if you see my dog... Or, you know, if you ever feel like sharing some of those stories.”

[soft-primitivism]

[badandbijou]

novayoung:

Nova threw her hands up in mock surrender. “Hey, I didn’t mean to offend. I’ve dabbled before and it wasn’t the worst thing. I just didn’t like the way it made me feel all sleepy and lazy.” The brunette wasn’t entirely positive why she was defending herself to a complete stranger, but then again, she could guess. Her therapist had prescribed her a variety of medicines after she had been diagnosed with depression and none of them had quite worked the way self-medicating herself had. “If it’s helping you, then that’s great, and I’m sure it also being fun is an added bonus.” 

“That really killed the mood, didn’t it?” Bii chuckled flipping her bundle of dreads over her shoulder. “I don’t usually have the effect on people, I swear.” While she had never been a clown herself Bii had spent a lot of time around performers who knew the secret to having a good time. She thought she had learned said secrets, but everyone slipped sometimes. Hopefully, though, any slipping could be met with laughter. “I’m Bii, and I promise I’m not some pot smoking, free loading hippy. I’m a pot smoking hippy with a job.” She snorted, at least amusing herself.

[badandbijou]

servingxxsaphirre:

Saphirre was curious what the loud sounds were when she heard music going off, but sauntered closer, just for curiosity’s sake. She smiled at the woman, recognizing what she was doing immediately, and knew she was already blushing at the sight. She didn’t know if she should run off and leave her, or at least say hi, since she’d already walked half-way over. The other spoke, forcing Saphirre to decide quickly. “Oh, no, thank you though,” she replied with a laugh, “I’m not– I don’t– uh, no thanks.” 

“It’s okay.” Bii smiled understandingly as she recoiled her offering from the stranger. “It doesn’t bite, and I don’t bite...” Her eyes squinted for a moment as she thought about the statement. “I don’t bite, unless provoked.” She clarified with a giggle. “Did you enjoy the show? Questions, comments, concerns?” Bii couldn’t help the tease the girl who had such a shy reaction to Bii’s always exuberant attitude, but she wasn’t making fun of the girl, more just trying to break the ice.

[badandbijou]

anothcrapollo:

They were clearly in opposition, although not in a bad way. She wanted to practice her signing, no doubt, and he still needed work on his voice. Although he’d been speaking for nearly twenty three years of his life, his voice was still shaky and broke often. “Understandable. Not all dogs are…people-friendly.” he shrugged, offering her a half smile. He’d been around enough wild animals near the commune that he knew that they could be unpredictable–after all, an animal was still an animal, domesticated or not. “I don’t think that’s too bizarre. I mean, I’ve seen weirder, myself.” Try howling for no particular reason at all. “Apollo.” He signed along with his name, the sign name given to him by one of his nurses–the sign for smile, changed only by his hands making an A instead of using his index fingers.

“Apollo.” She repeated, copying his sign to make sure she had it right. “I like it. It’s different.” Bii couldn’t help but feel a hint of excitement as Apollo assured her that a howl wouldn’t be too bizarre, although Bii couldn’t help but feel like he would have thought it was weirder if he could have heard it. She kept that thought to herself. Boundaries, and whatnot. “Well, now you’ve piqued my interest. Never promise me weirder, I get exited.” She teased before hearing a pathetic whine coming from behind her. She shook her head rolling her eyes softly at the cry for attention. “Where are my manners? This is Ludo, and this is Bete.” She turned her attention away from Apollo to say something to the dogs in Yupik. After her command Ludo, the bigger of the two, approached Apollo resting his head on the man’s lap. Always the charmer. “They were bred to be sled dogs, but the last time they saw snow we were in Finland.”

[badandbijou]

anothcrapollo:

He was strangely excited at the prospect of solely signing, but quickly let his hands drop, forcing himself to simply speak. It was a habit he needed to fall more into, even if he’d been doing it for years. The change between sign and voicing was always a little difficult for a few minutes as he came back to the hearing world. Drumming his fingers on the table top to keep them busy, he offered a lopsided smile and shook his head. “I was sort of napping. I’d say I didn’t hear any commotion, but–” he grinned, shrugging. “That was probably obvious.” Apollo sat up a little more as he glanced over to the dogs, humming. “Have you tried the park? I know a lot of dogs like to go running around the creek there.” 

Bii bit her lips as she watched his hands dropped, worried she signed something wrong or offended in some way. “I would have definitely heard screams by now if she was at the creek.” She joked trying to lighten her own mood, still signing, but her movements more understated and self conscious. Practice made perfect. “Moro’s a good dog, but she isn’t exactly cuddly or... Friendly towards strangers.” After pursing her lips her face twisted into a soft smile feeling at ease as he hummed. “I could howl and find her, but I get enough weird looks as it is. She’ll find her way home, she always does.” The reassurance was obviously more for Bii’s sake, than for the stranger. “I’m Bii, but I’ve always signed it like bee-- Because I can relate to all the buzzing around.”

[badandbijou]

stcrliing:

amusement was clear as sterling watched her from the hood of his car. he’d ran out of peterol, and after calling his siblings to come get him, all that was left to do was wait - which is exactly what he’d been doing when the rv had pulled up into the same car park as him. it had brought a bit of excitement to his otherwise dull night at the very least. “nice moves” he chuckled as he slid off the car, jumping down the last inch before strolling over to her. there was no hesitation as he accepted the joint, raising the roll up to his lips and taking a long toke. “any reason for the one man flashmob? or just felt the urge?”

She couldn’t help but smile as the stranger accepted her peace offering, giving him a little bow as he took his toke. Bii found that too often people were stuck up about, well, everything. They didn’t like how Bii acted, or looked, or lived... But as the stranger chucked, hopefully with her, and not at her, she felt a sense of relaxation. Like she could be herself, at least more of herself that she usually was in front of strangers. “Besides the fact that In The Air Tonight is a classic to be enjoyed any time of the morning, afternoon, or night?” Bii could admit she was unnaturally hyped, but for Bii it was actually natural. Life was too short, and meaningless to be angry and inhibited. “I was feeling the groove. Is there a reason you were skulking around in a parking lot long enough to witness my one man flashmob? Or were you just lucky today?” She teased before ducking her head into the window of the RV to turn the blasting volume down.

[badandbijou]

novayoung:

As a firefighter, Nova had seen some strange ( and awful ) things, so a short girl running around like a crazy person while screaming ( singing? ) at the top of her lungs wasn’t exactly disconcerting to her. What shocked her was that the girl would so blatantly offer her a joint. Though it shouldn’t have, she supposed. Again, she had seen crazier things. “Thanks, but no thanks. Mary Jane isn’t exactly my poison of choice.” Not that she had a poison of choice. At least, not anymore. 

“It’s not a poison.” Bii replied cocking her head at the girl as she put the joint to her lips one last time before fiddling with the filter at her side. “It’s medicine, and it’s fun. Only thing to successfully treat my PTSD, so... That’s the opposite of poison.” It had taken Bii a long time to admit there was something wrong with her, even longer to get help, and the longest to find something that actually worked. Weed was that for her, and after finding out she quickly became a vocal advocate for the plant. “Although, I guess it makes some people feel like shit, which is fine. Everyone’s different.”

[strange-fanboy]

[cloisc]

     —– “i don’t even have to try anymore, i swear to god,” nina twirled after closing the door of her car, the keys in her hand quickly doing their job as her vehicle beeped as she pressed a button with a devilish grin on her face. “i’m tellin’ ya, my next competition’s going to be a blast.”

[badandbijou]

Bii had been taking her bi-hourly smoke break in front of the shop when the car came screeching up next to her. She wasn’t afraid, didn’t even flinch, even though she probably should have. Her eyes were wide with excitement as the fiery redhead exited the car with a look of satisfaction. “Do you ever worry you’re going to run someone over with your skills?” She said, half joking as she looked up from her seat on the curb. “If I pulled a move like that with Bertha she’d probably just tip the fuck over.”

[biancanvazquez]