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[Ugh!!! He was just supposed to respond so Maverick could hear his voice and make sure it was, in fact, him, but you know what, the sound of unscrewing is more than enough. That's definitely this asshole.]

Fucking knock it off --

[He'll smack the door in the hopes of getting Kano away from it, then open it up. Ugh, now he has to worry about that going forward... Maybe he can superglue the screws in. Or get Sarona to inscribe some kind of rune... Stupid Kano.]

Hey. Road trip. You ready to go?

[ He backs off from the door with a stifled laugh, leaving the screw half only removed- a pity, he'll have to come back later to finish the job. ]

He~h, if I say no, are you going to drag me off anyways?

[ Is this what karma feels like... The number of hours overnight weren't stellar, but at least he got to wash his face and empty his bladder and get dressed, more than what he'd allowed Maverick before. ]

What 'bout you? Are you ready? Did you remember the snacks this time??

[ Whatever Maverick has planned, it'd better be worth this rapid fire questioning and Kano not shutting up the moment he starts. Maverick wanted to hear his voice? Here is it and it won't stop. ]

[He doesn't want to play screw wards with you, Kano!!!! Leave his door alone...he'll tell Imelda, really...]

Yeah, yeah. Got the fucking snacks. [Oof, he's filled with regret... Whatever, though, he made this decision and now he's gotta live with it. His school bag has been emptied of boring academic shit and filled with a random mishmash of adventure bullshit, but his bat is too long to fit in there, so that just gets swung over his shoulder as Maverick exits his room and locks the door again behind him.] One last thing on my morning checklist: you up to date on your tetanus shot, cricket?

[ Imelda will probably say something about them being closer friends!! She has rose tinted glasses about that sort of thing, sometimes.

That bat gets side-eyed for the briefest of seconds, before Maverick mentions shots and Kano freezes right then and there, because there is only one right answer to say in this situation, regardless of if he's up to date on his immunizations. ]

Yes.

[ Because if not, Maverick's going to drag him to Hieke to get shots?? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. ]

Are you going to poison me?? Infect me with tetanus????? What'd I do to push you this far, Mav?! Let me redeem myself!!!

[He slowly...turns to squint at Kano as he retracts his key. Boy... He sure is dramatic, even this early. Mav knew that, and yet...he's still blown away every time. He also wonders, vaguely, if he actually knows what tetanus is or how to get it. It could really go either way. He also laments for a moment that he doesn't want to go anywhere near the infirmary, because it would really be good to break into Kano's file and make sure things are all good -- hm, his shitty mom is probably a shitty antivaxxer, that wouldn't surprise him in the least, fuck her, whoever she was. Probably a jerk. He's almost positive.]

Well, if you got your shots, you don't have to fucking worry, now do you? Come on, cricket, sack up and let's go. You wanna fucking hang out with the big kid, don't you?

[ He absolutely does not know what it is, and isn't exactly sure whether he even got his childhood shots. Does he get his annual flu shots? Somebody probably has to chase him down every year and stab him. ]

I'm sacked up, I'm sacked up~ Who're we playing with? Gon?

[ The biggest kid Kano knows ]

[Kano...]

I've got a fucking bat, you know.

[He's the big kid!!!! He's big and wise and important! Just follow him...]

Just you n' me today, 'cause I got a fucking present for you. Only it's real big so we gotta travel.

[ Maverick's got like an inch or two on him? Not exactly big kid material when they're both shrimps.

He tags along, though, trotting along with his hands in his pockets, looking curiously between Maverick and the bat. A present... When's the last time he got a real present that wasn't food or flowers? ]

Are weeeeee going to the zoo? Am I getting a giraffe? Or another animal that bites- is that why I need a tetanus shot??

[do giraffes bite a lot.........he knows they have weird blue tongues and were secretly savage af, that's the extent of his giraffe knowledge. also:]

Please fucking take a basic health class. [And actually go to it...] Tetanus is the one where you step on a rusty nail and you get lockjaw, idiot. I'm super fucking impressed you're not fucking dead.

[ Oh, what the fuck is that about giraffe tongues??? Also he's stopping dead right here in the middle of the stairs and grabbing the handrail for dear life. ]

You're luring me out to the middle of nowhere so you stab me with a nail?????

[ "Happy birthday, motherfuck!!" while Mav shoots a nailgun at his head, he can see his happening ]

[omg do you not know about giraffe tongues... they're dark so that they don't get sunburned when they're stripping trees of tasty leaves all day.]

I didn't start on this journey thinking about ways to kill you, but weirdly enough it's a more tempting idea by the fucking second. Huh. Fucking weird...

[ I did not know this...... I learned something today. ]

Pinky swear me I'm not going to die today, and maybe I'll follow you!!

[rp is a worthwhile hobby where you learn random facts about the world.]

Oh my fucking god -- chill out, cricket. I can pinky swear I won't kill you and don't intend for you to die or even break a bone, but I don't fucking know where your own dumbass decisions are gonna land you, if I'm being honest. That good enough for you?

[He really will offer out his pinky...]

[ Is that good enough...? The intent not to kill him is good, and the possibility of Kano being his own demise is always there, so that'll have to do. ]

Be glad I'm not Tyzias and am making you sign a contract with your own blood.

[ But he will reach out and link pinkies. It's a promise. ]

[He very obviously makes A Face at the mention of Tyzias that is only slightly alleviated by the pinkie promise. Don't tell anyone...but he secretly really likes dumb stuff like that...]

If I'm ever fucking dumb enough to sign a contract in blood, just fucking shoot me.

Done deal~!

[ Satisfied, Kano lets go, hops onto the railing and slides down handrail do the bottom. ]

So are you going to tell me where we're going, or are you going to keep it a secret? 20 questions? We can play 20 questions and if I get the place right, you're handing over your snacks!

[Zoom, look at him go... Maverick smirks a little as he watches him.]

Sure, 20 questions. [He was going to give him snacks anyway, so??? He literally has nothing to lose. It sounds more fun to do it this way, too.] Go for it.

Question number one~! Is it somewhere in town?

[ Do they get to take the bus again!! Buses are the best, he likes pulling the cord. ]

Uhh, technically? I don't know. It might be outside the border.

[But: yes, they get to take the bus.]

Question number two?

You don't know exactly where we're going?

[ That's question number two. ]

[this is a terrible question number two]

I know where we're going, dickhead, I don't know Soleil's official boundaries.

[ But it's somewhere on the outskirts... In the middle of nowhere and he could disappear without a trace and nobody would ever find out, pinky promise be damned. ]

Is it in the mountains?

Do I look like I wanna fucking go hiking in the mountains today? No, dummy. That's three questions down.

Alright, alright, next question. How come you don't like hiking? It's great fun! The fresh air, and the... [ what else is there ] the dirt!

Wow. You've fucking swayed me.

[That was such a lovely job selling it to him, just...gosh. Let him go buy hiking boots right now.]

Pretty sure that's not how 20 questions works, either. Stay on task, cricket.

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