Uniqua was sick of people not knowing what species she was. Everyone was able to tell that Austin was a kangaroo, for example, or that Tyrone was a moose. So why was it so difficult for everyone to know that she was a ladybug? Okay, so admittably most ladybugs are red or yellow, and she is pink, but still! So Uniqua needed revenge. One day, her mom was driving her to school.
"Bye, bye, Mommy!" Uniqua called as she got out of the car. Once her mom was out of sight, Uniqua ran in the opposite direction.
After a few minutes, Uniqua found herself in front of a billboard advertising other billboards for avaliable for rent. Uniqua didn't have a phone to call the number posted, so she went up to a random stranger. Using the skills she learned in that online course she took a few weeks earlier, Pickpocketing 101, Uniqua took their phone without them noticing one bit.
"Hello? Yes, I would like to rent one of your billboards," she said when the phone on the other end was picked up. "What? What do you mean this is a pizza delivery company? Well, in that case, can I get a large veggie with garlic sauce?" Scolding herself for getting so distracted, Uniqua asked for her order to be forgotten.
Assuming it would be best to not have her mom ask her how her day was and have no answer, Uniqua went back to school. The classes all passed by in a monotony. Not even recess was fun, even though the threw dodgeballs at multiple kid's heads. That often was enjoyable, but not today. Uniqua found out that she got scammed by a billboard copany that sold pizzas, and everyone still asked her what species she was.
Depressed, Uniqua didn't even go outside to play with her friends. Instead, she just grabbed her snack (yummy chocolate chip cookies and apple juice) and left. She went down the street that she was told not to go down alone, but she didn't care that she risked having her playtime privilages taken away; her identity being known to the world was at risk here, after all.
So Uniqua went into the city, alone, at the young age of five. She found the shop she was looking for, and pushed the door open.
"Hi," she said. "Is this the tatoo parlor? I want to get one across my face that says 'I'm a ladybug.'"
The man behind the counter shook his head. "Sorry, but you are too young to get one without your parents present."
Uniqua said something she heard her grandma say once, "Oh, how you flatter me! Yes, I am often told that I am twenty years younger than I appear." Uniqua wasn't sure if her grandma was telling the truth; honestly, if Uniqua's grandma was twenty years younger than she looked, she would look 100.
"Nice try," the store owner said carelessly. "Why don't you run along, now, play on the playground or something, and come back when you're eighteen?"
"And why don't you go take a long walk off a short peer!" Uniqua screamed. She ran into the shop, and tatooed her own face. She knew how the equiptment was used; she watched a lot of YouTube.
And so Uniqua went home with scribbles all over her face. It was kind of counter-active because with her stripes, people had an even harder time beleiving that she was a ladybug.