1010 heros (nsr au)

Episode 11: Cavebound

Kliff tapped away at the laptop in front of him. Humming to himself. He had been tasked with rebooting it for one of the teachers, it was part of his job and he wasn't about to complain.
His 'office' was little more than a glorified closet, but it was cozy in its own way, with a desk to work and storage for devices and such. He leaned back in his chair and nodded to himself as he finished his task, stretching a bit. He was about to pack up and leave when he heard it, a muffled sneeze from under a table. Kliff looked over before slowly rising out of his seat.
Leaning over kliff looked under the desk to find an orange teen huddled under there.

"Mayday? I always appreciate your visits but may I ask why you're hiding under my desk?"
Mayday looked up, blinked, then stated simply.

"I'm trying to get out of the field trip, it's going someplace boring! I don't wanna go" she huffed and crossed her arms. Kliff tilted his head, then with a groan (god he's getting old) he knelt down.
"May I ask where you're going? Surely it's not that bad"

"It's some dumb rock place. Like some geologist cave thing? I don't wanna learn about rocks! Rocks are boring!" Mayday complained, getting a chuckle out of kliff.

"Now now I'm sure it's not as boring as you think. There's a lot you can learn about things from rocks, like fossils, gems, minerals-"

"That stuff is boring! If I had a choice I wouldn't go." Mayday was being stubborn. Kliff hummed a bit in thought, then shrugged,
"Okay, you can hide in here if you want"

"Really?!" Mayday eyes lit up,

"But, in return I won't be helping you on the essay you'll have to write for missing the field trip. School policy it's out of my hands." Kliff raises both hands dramatically to emphasize his point, maydays eyes widened, then she let out a cry of despair.
"Nooo! Not an Essay!! Why would they do this to meeeee!?" Mayday put a hand to her forehead and cried. Kliff chuckled.
"Well it's either that or you go on the field trip. It's Your choice Mayday." The man shrugged, watching as the teen thought, looked frustrated, then let out a sigh.

"Fiiiiine I'll go on the dumb triiip. But I won't like it" she whined as she crawled out from under the desk, she grabbed her bag as Kliff pushed himself up into a standing position, huffing as his back audibly popped. Mayday snickered.
"You okay old timer?"

"Ah, I'm fine, just need a moment is all" Kliff waves it off with a smile. "Besides, shouldn't you go meet up with your friend zuke? I'm sure you'll have a good time if you stick with him" there was a beat of silence before mayday let out an audible gasp.
"Zuke! I can't believe I forgot him! I can't let him go on a boring rock trip alone! I'd be a horrible friend! Thanks for the talk Kliff! Byeeee!" And with that she dashed out the door, barely giving kliff time to wave her off. The older man chuckled, ah to be that young. Oh well, he hoped she'd have fun anyways.

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The bus ride was the usual amount of rowdy, with kids chatting amongst themselves, a group in the back had started up a song that others were joining in. Mayday leaned against the window.
"Ughh, this is gonna be laaame" she whined again Zuke rolled his eyes

"Aw come on May, it'll be fun, you might even learn something" he'd chuckle as mayday blew a raspberry

"I don't wanna learn about rocks, they're boring"
Haym leaned over to look at them with a grin.
"Actually there's more than just rocks there!" He said excitedly while pulling out a little book. "According to this there's a bunch of cave art and carvings in there, dating back to prehistory! I've read about some of the myths relating to the god it's dedicated to, it's really cool! In one myth the guy swims through land to punt someone who disrespected him! Isn't that awesome!!" Haym would continue to ramble on while zimelu grumbled. He had managed to get a seat to himself and was currently trying to take a nap, it wasn't working.