open log!

[crab]

WHO: karkat and you.
WHERE: UH WOW I'M BAD AT NEW YORK'S GEOGRAPHY SO ANYWHERE REALLY HELP ME OUT but around/not too far from 86th and 3rd i guess.
WHEN: 22nd april.
WARNINGS: karkat's pottymouth.
SUMMARY: karkat's curiosity has gotten the better of him and he is exploring the city. and he has managed to get himself lost OOPS.
FORMAT: quicklog.

[ not only is it daylight, which is extraordinarily unsettling for someone who has grown up in a society that associated daylight with being scorched and blinded, but earth cities are a lot more noisy and crowded than on alternia oh my god. EVERYTHING IS SO BRIGHT AND LOUD AND THERE ARE SO MANY ADULTS???? HE HAS NEARLY BEEN HIT BY A CAR TWICE. HELP. someone assist the thirteen year old alien wandering about looking anxious and bewildered. occasionally spitting out a few verses of profanity. ]

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we're good at locations

[crab]

[ he totally doesn't jump when she approaches him. definitely didn't jump. ]

No, I know precisely where I am. I'm about halfway up Bumfuck Nowhere Boulevard, not too far from Slimegulch Junction, which is next to Cankerthrob Crossing.

the very best B|

[answerthequestion]

[Renee raises an eyebrow. Somebody is a little crabby. Yeaaahhhhh.]

Lost then. You a new arrival to the City?

[crab]

Yeah, fine. You could say that. [ he's been here nearly two months but only about two hours of that was spent in the actual city.

there is also the fact that this is an adult and before being imported to the city he hadn't met a single adult face to face, let alone come into contact with a whole city absolutely teeming with them. forgive him if he ... edges away a little. also forgive the mistrustful stare. ]

[answerthequestion]

[The edging away only makes Renee more confused. She's used to it from kids, but that was when she was in uniform or had her badge around her neck. Maybe she still has that air of authority. She rubs her chin.

It doesn't even occur to her that Karkat might be an alien from a planet where adults are never around.]

I'm not going to hurt you or anything, you just look like you need some help.

[crab]

[ usually on alternia if you came into contact with an adult before you'd come of age yourself it meant you were pretty much dead. he's aware that it is very different with humans, but visceral response doesn't respond to rationality all that well. ]

I'm fine. I have everything completely under control. I love having no barfthrobbing clue where I am and nearly getting run down by pustulebulged shit heads in scuttle buggies. I thrive on it.

[answerthequestion]

Be my guest to continue to run into traffic.

[What is dealing with teenagers, we just don't know.]

Or I could save us both the grief of having to deal with an accident report. [Then comes an explanation on how to read the traffic lights and cross the street without dying.]

[crab]

Shut up. How would you even do that.

[ polite. ]