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[suddenlybees]

Shuuya Kano
UN: mekakushisan

STATUS: student y11

ACCOLADES: none!!!

BIO: ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

© TESSISAMESS

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[suddenlybees]

[ Kano is physically incapable of asking anything straight out, so they must both suffer. ]

Fine, alright... Is it some place outdoors? 'cause if it's indoors and there's an admission fee, I'm telling you right now I have no money on me!

[deuteranope]

Cricket, by this point I don't ever expect you to fucking have money on you. It's outdoors, no admission fee. Next!

[suddenlybees]

[ This is good; that means anywhere they go from now on that requires money, Maverick will have to treat him. Gotta save every bit of bus fare that he can. ]

Somewhere outdoors, near the edge of town, but not in the mountains... Are we... maybe... playing in traffic??

[deuteranope]

[This is what he gets for being a secret softie.]

Ooh, strangely you're actually getting warmer. But no.

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano claps his hands together in delight, because there is a one step association from traffic to-- ]

A motorbike shop!!!!!!

[deuteranope]

[...Well. Yeah, a lot would be outside.]

It ain't that grand a fucking gift.

[Mm. Kind of a bummer, and now he feels weirdly self conscious about the destination and the decision to play this stupid game. It was like he was hyping up a big shitty box of nothing. But maybe there will be a motorbike there and he can take pictures of Kano pretending to ride it, or something... Mentally crossing imaginary fingers for a shitty motorbike.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Oh. Oh, okay, what's a step down from a motorbike? ]

A regular bike shop?

[ Because he's never really ridden a bicycle, either, and maybe he should take his grand scheme one step at a time and learn how to balance on one of those first. ]

[deuteranope]

No shops.

[Just. gonna cut him off that line of thought.]

What fucking number are we on?

[suddenlybees]

Three.

[ He doesn't know, but outdoors, something to do with traffic, it's around three-ish. ]

Is iiiiiitt... a pony ride?

[deuteranope]

It's not fucking three.

[Feels like...at least twelve. He knows it's less than that, though. Unfortunately.]

Horses are assholes, so ponies are miniature assholes, so no.

[suddenlybees]

Aw, what do you have against horses?

[ They're... kinda big and could probably kill a man with a single kick of their hind legs, but scary doesn't mean assholes. 20 questions is tough, though, when he's got so little to work with.

A gift. Outside. Traffic. Maybe the association isn't with vehicles, but the traffic lights? Traffic signs?? ]

Hm~ Did you find an abandoned stop sign somewhere, 'cause that'd be pretty cool to have! I could hang it on my door~

[deuteranope]

Designed by the devil. I'm counting that as a question.

[Question number Who Actually Knows, so it doesn't matter, but it's the principle of the thing. The next guess is encouraging again.]

There might be one. Definitely gotta have some kind of sign somewhere.

[suddenlybees]

[ Good, good, he's in the right direction again! It's not a sign shop, though that'd be cool to find and get a whole stack of stop signs. Outdoors means Maverick's not dragging him to a hellhole that's the French equivalent of a DMV. ]

Is it a normal, everyday neighborhood and we're stealing stop signs?

[deuteranope]

[Mav doesn’t hate Kano!!! DMV experiences are only for those that deserve to suffer or otherwise don’t have a choice in it.]

I’m not fucking fourteen anymore.

[suddenlybees]

Haha, but what if I am?

[ Orihime thinks he's twelve or something??? He could probably pass off for twelve... And he's not sure Maverick ever found out how old he actually is, just as Kano never cared to dig around and find Maverick's age. ]

Did you really do that when you were fourteen? Do you have a collection of signs sitting around your room back home? If they're just sitting around collecting dust, give 'em to me~

[deuteranope]

Nope. You’re too stupid to be four years younger than me and in some of the same classes.

[Which he only knows for sure because of the Pepita job.]

I was more about random knick knacks, not street signs. We did it once, though.

[suddenlybees]

Hey, hey, if I'm four years younger and in the same classes, doesn't that make me the smart one!?

[ Or Maverick's the dumb one... But he can't see that. Kano's only an 11th grader only by technicality anyways, and probably should be bumped down to a lower level so he can have a better chance of learning the basics and keep up, but nah, nah, he'll manage. ]

What sign did you pick up?

[deuteranope]

That’s how I know you can’t be fourteen, dumdum.

[It would be Impossible.]

Uhh. One of those curvy arrow ones. Nothing exciting. I’m gonna say you’re at 12/20.

[suddenlybees]

[ It's not that impossible..... yeah it is. ]

Curry arrows... Dunno what that is, but it sounds confusing! You probably prevented traffic accidents by nabbing it~ But alright! That's a large jump from three to twelve!! Is it a yard sale? That doesn't count as a shop, right?

[deuteranope]

[Hm... He doesn't know if that should count as a shop or not.]

It's not something where you'd need money to get what you want. By which I mean nobody fucking expects money in exchange, wether you use your five finger discount or not.

[suddenlybees]

[ Someplace that invites stealing........... ]

A community garden.

[deuteranope]

[Maverick looks over with a look of pure ??????

A community garden... Well, if you were super creative with the truth, maybe.]

That's not something I'd think of you liking on my own.

[Time to bus. Window seat or not, ?Kano? autocorrect added the one in front and whatever I'm keeping it that's a constant mood]

[suddenlybees]

[ Is a community garden not somewhere you go to pick vegetables for free???

?Kano? takes the window seat, face and hands pressed up against the window, in case the ride is short enough and he has enough questions left to make a guess just as they're coming up to something outdoors, related to traffic signs, and encouraging theft. Something Maverick thinks he'll like... Though that's the nature of a gift, and if Kano can't think of something he likes, how is Maverick supposed to? ]

How difficult... Give me a hint! I get three lifelines? Let me phone a friend!

[ aka let him be super furtive and send Maverick a text ]

Where are we going??
Shhhh be discrete about it
Don't let this guy hear

[deuteranope]

[Depends on who you are...

Maverick rolls his eyes, assuming Kano is asking Ramona and even assuming the text he gets is her asking him in return until he glances at the screen. Stupid. But it's the kind of stupid that Mav evidently enjoys because he's grinning again as he goes to type out a reply.]

you want the full deets? it'll cost you...
a bag of snacks out of your winnings. deal?

[suddenlybees]

[ Maybe Kano will get Ramona's number in that other thread yet, or otherwise glean it off Maverick's phone when he's not looking. ]

High stakes!!!!!!
You really know how to milk a situation for all it's worth!!!!
But I guess I'm at the end of my rope here...
Alright, alright!
Go ahead and bleed me try!
Give me the full deets!!