[Action] Let's spend the afternoon in a cold hot air balloon!

[littlecrowgirl]

 [Recent events had perked Kay up quite a bit. In fact, it was almost like the Pages event had never happened.  I guess when you're a teenage girl, you tend to forget things like that easily. After all, you're not quite to the age where life hits you too hard. Either way, she's back to her ordinary, chipper self.  She'd been making frequent trips to the junkpile, finding all sorts of knick-knacks.  Some were far too bizarre for her to put in her room...actually, it cluttered it up pretty bad.

So what was she going to do with them?

Well, throughout the day, you could find her in various parts of Haven, tugging along a wagon and doing what looks like...lawn decoration?  Hey, the Acolytes said that it was their job to help build Cybertron, right? Well, if putting pink flamingos next to the lakes of the Trionic temple and strings of paper lanterns along Vector's, then so be it. It was what she could do.

Cybertron could use a little decoration, after all.

Wherever you happen to be, you might notice the girl putting up something like this. You can ignore her, whatever she's doing is probably really stupid.]

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[thxforthememories]

[Kay, you're lucky he keeps flying out to Trion's area every so often. ... To check up on you, but still.]

[He spots her by the lake, and, despite his distaste of water, lands a few feet away from her.]

... Kay.

[littlecrowgirl]

[When he lands, she turns around, hardly even surprised at his entrance. Robots were becoming the norm around here, it seems. In her arms and wagon are a bunch of little lawn ornaments--mini garden mushrooms, Chinese stone lanterns, even little trees that can be planted. She was going for an Asian theme here. Zen garden style.]

Mr. Kagerou!

[thxforthememories]

[There's a brief moment in which the ninjabot wonders... where she got all of that. But, being Kagerou, he doesn't ask. He just steps forward.]

[He lifts one of the lanterns carefully between two fingers.]

What are you doing here?

[littlecrowgirl]

Oh!

[She sets the stuff down, reaching up for the lantern. Don't drop it, silly!]

I thought I'd decorate the lake..! It looks so plain, don't you think?

[thxforthememories]

[He hands it to her, gently. Though it's more for her sake, than it is for the lantern.]

It... looks like a lake. I've never seen a lake until now. So I can't say.

[littlecrowgirl]

[She takes it from his fingers gently, setting it up with the others in a little 'garden'. It had to look pretty, after all.]

This is your first time seeing a lake?

[thxforthememories]

It was, yes. I saw the ocean twice... but never a lake.

[He peers a little closer at the "garden".]

The ocean was bigger.

[littlecrowgirl]

You've seen the ocean too? Isn't it so pretty?

[When he looks down at it, she starts adjusting little things, like the positioning of each lantern. She wants it to be perfect for him, after all.]

It's peaceful to look at.

[thxforthememories]

It was very big.

[He crouches down for a better look. His head tilts to one side. He can't really tell why she's doing all that.]

I didn't get the chance to look for long.

[littlecrowgirl]

[IT MUST BE PERFECT FOR YOU, KAGEROU.]

That too. Maybe next time you'll get a closer look.

[Well...you're not WRONG...]

[cpt_timeruiner]

[Renko has been trekking between Megatronus's temple and the Junk Pile fairly frequently to find stuff to make his living situation slightly more comfortable. So spotting someone else out and about in the Haven isn't much of a stretch for him. And it's that girl he talked to, even! He adjusts the cardboard box he's carrying and heads on over.]

What are you up to?

[littlecrowgirl]

[Kay spins around, face brightening when she sees Renko.]

Mr. Renko! I was just...you know, Feng Shui'ing it up here!

What do you think?

[cpt_timeruiner]

Kay, right? And just 'Renko' is fine, you know.

[He takes a good long look at the area, even going so far as to squint at it appraisingly. Feng Shui, huh? Well that's been out where he's been...

Right before the look can get entirely to disapproving territory, his face relaxes and he smiles.]

So far, so good, it looks like.

[littlecrowgirl]

Sorry! It's just habit, you know! Dad always told me to be polite to misters.

[When that approval face spreads across his face, she puts her hands behind her back in excitement, slightly bouncing. PLEASE LIKE IT.

Oh! That's a smile!]

Ah! Thanks! I thought an asian theme worked well for the lake...can you imagine it with a bunch of lanterns? Maybe floating lights!

[cpt_timeruiner]

It's not a bad habit, honestly. He wasn't wrong to say it.

[He really has to like it, if only because of that bouncing. She is so excitable and it is so refreshing to see it for once.]

That would be beautiful. Asian theme definitely works for the lake, I think.

[littlecrowgirl]

[Approval is all Kay is going for at the moment. She gives one more bounce before looking at her work, before moving them to her hips.]

Hmm...I've always wanted to put floating lanterns on the water...but the candles would burn out so quickly. And I don't want to swim to get them...

[Action]

[notyourblueangel]

[Thundercracker was flying lazy circles over the clearings around the Trionic Temple, but hey...movement. Dropping closer, he realizes he recognizes the little human femme. He'll transform and land, then crouch on a knee so he's not looming over her quite so far.]

Kay.

[It's a greeting more than recognition.]

[Action]

[littlecrowgirl]

[That voice is definitely familiar. She freezes for a moment before craning her neck up to see the visitor. Oh!]

Mister Thundercracker!

[A happy spin around.]

What are you doing out here?

[Action]

[notyourblueangel]

Flying.

What are you doing? [a gesture to indicate the wagon and its miscellany.]

[Action]

[littlecrowgirl]

Decorating! The FirstForged said we're supposed to help build Cybertron, right? Well, a little decoration is a good start.

[Action]

[notyourblueangel]

[He pokes idly at one of the pink, plastic, vaguely S-shaped...is that supposed to be a bird of some kind?]

How does . . . decorating . . . help build?

[Action]

[littlecrowgirl]

It's like furnishing a home! It makes it seem more...homely. Complete.

You know?

[Action]

[notyourblueangel]

. . . not really, no.

[He’s just being honest.]

But then, I've never had a . . . well, a "home" the way you're talking.

[Action]

[littlecrowgirl]

You've never decorated anything to make it look pretty?

[She seems...pretty shocked about this.]

Not even your own room?

Re: [Action]

[notyourblueangel]

[A small, wry grin.]

I’m a soldier, Kay. Aerial combat specialist. We tend to focus on what’s practical.

…especially when time and resources are severely limited.

[Kay won’t know if he means the present situation or his past back home. By his tone, she might guess the latter. She’d be right.]