re_alignment_logs | Chasing a lie I thought I believed in

WHO: Kay and whoever stumbles upon her.

WHERE: Junkpile

WHEN: Today

WHAT: Kay's exploring the Junkpile for some items. If you cross her path and talk to her she'll most likely find an item for you.

WARNINGS: She's a little grumpy after being embarrassed in front of Alpha Trion. Feel like cheering her up?

There's nothing worse than being made a fool in front of your idol. And Kay had learned that all too quickly. Cliffjumper had not only pranked her into thinking he'd been turned into a guitar (a guitar that was now gone, whether by Trion's correction or her own disposal), but some things, like your own competence shouldn't be called out on. At least that's how Kay saw it. But bottling yourself up in your room was getting old, so she took it outside, trekking all the way to the Junkpile to relieve some teenage-girl steam. Although this didn't keep her from her promise to Kagerou either. She sent a text to the robot saying she'd meet him there if he was well enough to go.

From pile to pile she leapt, searching for anything and everything. There wasn't much to find that didn't get scavenged earlier, but it provided a great distraction from everything. She sat crouched, examining what looked to be a whisk before tossing it to the side, scanning this pile once more.

"Stupid."

Whether she was talking about the whisk or something else was to be debated. She flipped her hair out of the way, giving a big sigh before hoisting herself to her feet.

Maybe the next pile would have something.

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"Of course it's okay. I mean, think about it. If everyone were smart, things would be boring as slag. Everyone would know everything and where's the fun in that? When you're dumb like me, you learn something new everyday and it's exciting. Especially if that thing is something, say, a new way to blow a Con's head off."

A chuckle.

"No, see, it becomes a problem when you're not willing to learn and want to stay dumb. One day I won't be so stupid, can't wait for that day, but until then I'm just going to keep learning.

And make a mess in the process."

No, he's not answering your question. It ruins his speech about being an idiot.

Oh wow.

"I...never thought of it like that. I guess...well, see, my temple thing is Mr. Alpha Trion's, and he's really smart...I just didn't want to let him down, you know? I know I'm not as smart as him, or any of the other people in the temple, but...

I tried once, and I ended up being really wrong. And this is two times now."

She rubs her arm, right where her glyph is.

"But I guess if I keep trying maybe I WILL be smart one day."

He leans back again, smiling to himself.

"Sure you will. I like to think everybody has the ability to be smart eventually. It just takes some guys longer than others. I mean, how old are you? Twenty...something? I don't know. Now look at me, I'm thousands upon thousands of years old. I'd say you're doing pretty good for how long you've been alive. Better than me at that age, that's for sure."

"I'm seventeen."

She starts to inch towards Cliff again, stopping at his leg.

"You're really that old?"

"See? Even younger. Imagine that..."

Why is it getting closer?! Aaahhhhh--no, just kidding. But still, he's not used to such attachment.

"And you bet. Still got a long way to go, too. You have no idea how surprised I was to learn that humans don't last very--"

Oh wait, no, that sounds horrible.

She doesn't seem too terribly upset about that last part. Her hand rubs his leg gently.

"Well, we live pretty long compared to some of the other things in our world. I hear there's creatures that only live a few days."

"That's...great."

He doesn't really care about BUGS, Kay. He gives her an awkward glance before continuing.

"So yeah, just keep doing what you're doing. So long as you learn from your mistakes, you're good to go."

Says the guy who never learns from his mistakes, but hush.

She won't mind that awkward. If anything, she's just going with the flow on this conversation. Her arms wrap around that leg in a hug.

"Thanks Cliffjumper...

You're smarter than you think."

Why is she hugging his leg? Is this some sort of weird human thing? He will never understand you people.

"Yeah, no I'm not. But thanks anyway, short stuff."

It's all she can reach right now.

"I don't know. It sounded smart to me."

Her hands grip that armor again, starting to pull herself back up.

UGH, you are such a little climby thing. What does he look like? A jungle gym? You're lucky he likes yo--

I mean, no. He doesn't like her, don't be silly. He just slightly tolerates Kay. Yeah, that's it.

"There's a big difference between sounding smart and actually being smart, kiddo."

Not her fault you're huge. Don't want her hugging your leg? This is what you get.

"Is it really such a big difference? I mean...you have to be smart to get it past the radar, right?"

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