An Upset Catgirl [Video]

[dictator_ko]

[Ordinarily she wouldn't make a first impression like this. After all, one must show off ones cute side. But right now she's upset. Very upset. So upset her eyes've turned red without her noticing it. Just one of those things from her past life. A past life she most definitely doesn't appreciate, horrifying as her memories had been.

She'd already discovered the Network while trying to Google up the strange number she'd gotten stuck in her head, but hadn't made a post just yet as she read it trying to get a sense of what's going on. She got just enough to realized that this thing was being used by those Numbered folks. She's not sure why it exists or why she can access it now, but she does know one thing: she's upset.]

What's going on? Why am I getting terrible fucked up memories? Why did I get a fucked up knife? And now I have freaky cat ears, too! And I can make a weirdo force field.

Am I one of those Numbered freaks now? Aren't you the guys whose fault it's the aliens invaded? Why'm I one of you now?

And what's with the gross slimy stuff? Is that you guys' fault, too?

Comments

[dictator_ko]

Philosphical, aren't you?

[numberedshepherd]

As much as anyone else, perhaps...

[dictator_ko]

No, you're definitely more philosophical than usual!

[numberedshepherd]

What on earth is a litmus test for that kind of thing? It seems arbitrary at best and kind of existential at worst.

[dictator_ko]

You're overthinking things.

[numberedshepherd]

Being thoughtful doesn't make a person a philosopher.

[dictator_ko]

Whatever. Point is, you think more than most people.

[numberedshepherd]

To make that claim you'd have to have a pretty good idea of how much others think, as well as a way to quantify it.

[dictator_ko]

See, you're doing the overthinking thing again!

[numberedshepherd]

I don't think I am.

[dictator_ko]

You definitely are! It's not my fault if you don't know it.

[numberedshepherd]

What do you even know about philosophy to make such sweeping judgments? It must be a lot.

[dictator_ko]

Argh, just stop talking!

[numberedshepherd]

That aggression isn't really necessary. I know you've been through a shock, but you shouldn't take it out on people who want to help you.

[dictator_ko]

Then stop asking annoying questions.

[This isn't even the shock. She's just that easily irritated.]

[numberedshepherd]

You could ask some of your own if you're so tired of hearing my questions.

[dictator_ko]

Oh fine. Where did you go to school? You seem like a smart sort.

[Nerdy, she means.]

[numberedshepherd]

I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then I attended Locke City University and earned my Bachelor's in criminal justice. I had to drop out a semester before I earned my Master's.

[dictator_ko]

That's even smarter than I expected.

[numberedshepherd]

Maybe, but for all the good it did me it might as well have been stupid.

I don't know. I'm here now, so maybe not.

[dictator_ko]

Being smart hasn't done you any good?

[numberedshepherd]

I don't know about that. But it has exactly nothing to do wtih being happy.

In my experience, if you ask someone if they'd rather be smart or happy and they say they'd rather be smart, it's because they don't know what real unhappiness is and they've been fortunate enough to never experience it.

[dictator_ko]

Well, why can't one be both smart and happy?

[numberedshepherd]

It's not impossible, but if you've heard the phrase "ignorance is bliss", there's probably something to that.

[dictator_ko]

Yeah, I've heard that cliche. I dunno really. I have many good points, but being a genius isn't one.