by Zaperrex » Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:02 pm
K1-B0:
"How can you not hate me? I'm sure he hates me." The child points at the boy with the hat who tenses and looks to the ground. "If you saw what I looked like, you would for sure hate me."
"W-What?" The boy with the hat looks very shocked. His mouth falls open at the accusation. "I don't hate you!" he protests. Still looking very uncomfortable, he readjusts his hat by a few millimeters. "I wouldn't hate you for that."
"So you said your name was Keebee, mister? I'm Jataro Kemuri; I'm Li'l Ultimate Art and I am so, so ugly, very ugly. If you saw you would hate me, for sure."
"My name is Kiibo," he corrects. He places his hand on his chin contemplatively. "While I am still in the process of learning about human behaviour, wouldn't it be extremely rude to hate someone solely due to their appearance?"
"Absolutely," says the boy with the hat.
Despite his oddities, Jataro does not seem like a 'bad child'. "It's nice to meet you, Jataro," Kiibo says, smiling.
The uniformed boy seems to have the hamsters-in-the-bear situation in control, so Kiibo allows his hand to return to its original state, mildly disappointed that he doesn't get a chance to help (and show off his functions). He watches him and the pink haired girl work with great fascination. He is so enraptured that it takes him a while to realize that at some point, two more teenagers have joined them.
Everything is going well—until, suddenly, it isn't. The boy with the hamsters unlatches Jataro's mask and in a blaze of purple, is thrown into the wall. Kiibo raises a hand to his mouth, scandalized. "Jataro!" he says in a scolding tone. "You shouldn't do that; it can hurt people!"