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[As many as he can imagine............

Well. He's seen plenty of pride flags, and he knows what those look like to him, so now Kano can enjoy that, too.]

[ Hm. One out of six isn't completely terrible, but it's still pretty terrible, huh? ]

Here, gimme the sharpie back real quick, I want to try something.

[Yep. His eyes super suck. Have the sharpie back...]

[ It really sucks, Maverick's missing all the best colors. Yuya's colors probably look fine to him, and that's the most ridiculous thing. Kano takes the sharpie and scribbles across the back of his other hand, something vaguely square shaped, and then leans over and does the same to Maverick's. For Maverick's scribble, Kano casts the illusion to make it rainbow— the full gradient of hues from red to violet across, saturation from white to black going down, all the colors that are possible— and then holds his hand up next to Maverick's. ]

Alright, now make them the same.

[why this.......at least he can get rid of it when he wants. He sighs and rolls his eyes before glancing between their hands. Making it...the saaaame... Adjust here, there, and everywhere... There! It matches.

It matches perfectly, a beautiful spectrum of every color imaginable.]

You're so fucking stupid for thinking that would work.

...Haha, who's stupid?

[ It's okay, it's okay, it's enough that he knows. Kano places both his hands side by side and holds them up next to Maverick's, the palette on one hand, tabarnak on the other, the same pallete on Maverick's hand ]

Now, again, make 'em the same~

[Kano is stupid, and stupider for making him go through and match this hand, too, when obviously!! There is no fucking rainbow!!!

Tabarnak is now rainbow. Not that Maverick can tell.]

What, the solid color lettering wasn't enough for you? Needed that fucking gradient thrown in there?

Mmhmm, yep~ And don't forget the sparkles!!

[ He didn't forget.

And, he doesn't forget what the colors looked like before Maverick changed them over to rainbow, holding the tabarnak hand in front of Maverick so he can glitter it, while he holds his other hand with the palette up above his face and stares hard at it. ]

[mmm...!!]

And who fucking says I can do that? [was it Toki, does he have to kill Toki]

Oh, so you can't actually do it? I was looking forward to it, so I'm a bit let down!!

[ Kano just laughs, as his eyes flick between the colors on his hand and the airplane cabin around them, reds and greens melting away to leave everything a warm gold and soft blue. Something like this... ]

[just gonna glance away...the sparkles are his shame]

Weird thing to fucking assume, ain't it?

Sparkles are just flecks of shiny on top of color, isn't it? Even I can do something simple like that?

[ He goes ahead and makes the entire cabin start flashing lights like a disco ball, it's nauseating ]

[wow it really is...he's just gonna close his eyes.]

Your shit makes things look however you want. I always introduce mine as changing the color of written things for a reason...

[ He laughs and makes the lights flash and rapidly cycle through various shades of yellow and blue, a light show just for them. ]

Isn't yours the same way, though? I think it and it happens, you think it and it happens? Remember back at the dorms, where you didn't even have to see words in a book to change their colors, you could just imagine it? It's like that! So I believe you can do this too!!

It's not like I can do anything, though. The words were fucking there already.

[Sure is nice to be able to completely ignore this seizure-inducing mess. Mmm, the infinite void of darkness that is closed eyelids...

His grumble is...soft, and reluctant.]

Sparkly shit's for, like...cards for Mama. Shit like that. Not your hand.

Ehh... You can be so closed-minded sometimes, Mav!! Words just communicate a meaning, right? Pictures do the same thing! Hey, hey, open your eyes, look!! This— [ He dispels all his other headache-inducing illusions and instead holds up his hand, a solid black vertical rectangle appearing on the palm of his hand ] means something to me, and so does— [ the rectangle splits and shrinks into two horizontal lines, one on top of the other ] this!

[ He turns his hand around so the swear faces Maverick again. This, he doesn't even have to say, is very clearly a word, one that means something to Maverick enough that he's the one who's explaining to Kano what it means. ]

So what's the difference between a card for Ramona and my hand?

[Even more reluctantly, Mav opens his eyes to a squint to confirm that all the disco circus shenanigans are gone, then focuses on his hand. Yeah, yeah... Ugh.]

You ain't Mama, dumbass. Tell you want, though -- you gimme a key to your secret code what was in your fucking jacket that time -- a full key I can understand -- and I'll make your hand sparkle like it was blessed by a fucking unicorn.

[ He can work with Maverick on the pedantics of words, but he can't become Ramona... Well, he can, but he won't. Also- ]

What? No. I made that up when I was seven, so you gotta figure it out yourself! Think like a seven year old!!

[thank you Kano for not becoming Ramona..........]

I don't even fucking remember how to think like a seven-year-old. I don't remember a ton of shit from back then. Take the fucking deal.

No, come on, I need you guys to start thinking for yourselves- this helps me out too! Here—-

[ He has like three notebooks in his pockets but this point, but never mind that, he rolls up his sleeve and shows Maverick his bare arm instead. ]

What symbols do you remember? Write 'em here.

[Instead, he takes the sharpie and draws a dick on Kano's arm.]

...Remember a long fucking time ago when I fucking told you to "be better," and you said that meant nothing because you had no clue where to start or end or anything? Throwing random symbols at someone and expecting them to play with you when you don't give any hints is like that.

[ Mature

The dick is left there and Kano gives Maverick his other arm. ]

Remember like two seconds ago when I told you to think for yourself? That doesn't mean I'm not going to help you through it!! You're not going to learn if I just give you a cheat sheet to memorize— and having something like that floating around is just stupid anyways! I'll walk you through it, so come on, come on, be a good boy and listen to me~

I can fucking fade it out, dipshit...

[but hmm, what does he even remember...

A square. A square with a horizontal line above it. An equal sign. A minus... A dot? And a reverse exclamation point.]

No, I'm keeping it.

[ But alright, alright, he can work with this. Getting Maverick to comply is like pulling teeth, so Kano illusions those symbols onto his arm for him. ]

LFECOA. You got some vowels, helpful!!! Does it make sense now?

I meant the key.

[It can stay invisible when he's not using it!!]

LFE...COA...

[Hm. Well, if L is a box... F is sort of like an upside L with a line, so that...works... E has two more lines than that, but it's just an equal sign, there's no box at all, it only makes sense because it's in this specific order. At least O is easy.]

Not like I have your fucking checklist to work from, either, anymore. [as he draws box-dot-box onto Kano's arm.]

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