[Which he demonstrates by...doing a backflip ending in a handstand. A one handed handstand, because he's that much of a showy nerd. As promised, the mask stays put...even when he slides it up onto his forehead to see better.]
[ He lives for this, and in the process of the backflip and extra one-handed handstand, Kano whips out his phone and snaps a couple of pictures. It's an old Nokia incapable of 23450984 burst shots a second, but he gets some choice pictures and slips the phone back into his pocket. ]
Wow, amazing~!! Truly amazing!!!! I think we'd do well together, but that's something for another day! It's piggyback time, pig~gy~back~
[Is he striking an upside down pose for the camera? Yes, yes he is. Normally he doesn't care for spontaneous photography, but he is putting on a show here. But alright, time to get back on his feet. He lowers himself on his one hand before pushing off the ground and doing a twist in midair, landing neatly on his toes and then settling down to stand normally.]
[They do. Have fun learning his birthday, favorite foods, hobbies, blood type and ideal vacation. Apparently he wants to see the world. Interestingly enough, though, he'll just get a bunch of 'I wish I knew' responses to questions about his home address and phone number.]
I don't care much for the heat, but I'm good with cold. Anyway...
[Lowering himself so Kano can reach his shoulders.]
[ Amazing. There isn't anything he can do about a home address, but a phone number is something he can definitely tease with and use as leverage. I'll drop something into Akechi's inbox on his birthday as thanks for all this.
Anyways, Kano goes around behind Akechi, but instead of throwing his arms around Akechi's shoulders to hang over his back, he goes right ahead and sits on top of Akechi's shoulders and expects to be hoisted up into the air balanced like that. He's going to be so tall!!!! how exciting ]
Whoa~!! Alright, alright, I'll be careful, so you do the same!!
[ Until they get out, he ducks far enough that he can keep his arms folded on top of Akechi's head instead of properly gripping his shoulders for support. As long as Akechi doesn't start running, it'll be fine. ]
[He doesn't have any intention of running with a passenger. The weight doesn't seem to bother him at all, though, even up the stairs and on the way to the edge of campus...]
[ It's surprising for Kano, because this is the sort of ease he'd only expected from Rex, who is freakishly tall, or Nana, because of her Flame— Akechi had mentioned his Flame too, but while Kano doesn't know much about it, it's easy to be enviable of somebody who's physical parameters are that much higher for it. He'd be able to prove Yuya wrong about the bike, if that were the case.
Up the stairs, to the edge of campus... ]
Ah- turn left here! Over here and off the path until you get to that large rock...
[ The mountains are mountains, his playground for the past three years, so of course there's somewhere specific he wants to direct Akechi. One of his out-of-the-way "hideouts," empty as of now, but a place where the mountain walls it in and cuts off much of the world, a tiny little place set out of the way. ]
Is it impossible to master the art while going fast? If there was a graph with like- time, speed, and skill on each axis, how do I maximize speed and skill while minimizing time? I'm sure there's a winning combination!!
[It's actually kind of fun, to be using his powers for something silly like this. He's only ever used them for serious things before...either one of his jobs, or training to be more powerful and thus more valuable, while getting some much needed extra income on the side. This, just using them for something as mundane as helping someone else get up a mountain without having to deal with piles of snow...it makes him feel almost like he has value that doesn't involve hurting people.
His good mood has him seeming to pick up energy as they leave campus, and he follows the directions without complaint. The way he's looking around, it might be obvious he's happy to go off the beaten path.]
I haven't gotten around to exploring this area yet.
[ On the flip side, there's Kano only using his powers for silly things... openly, anyways, not saying anything about what happens behind closed doors. It's a more global approach to practicing his skills, hat tricks that they are, while progressing his goals-- and this is part of it too, laughing when he hears the cheer and curiosity in Akechi's voice and wishing Akechi would take off that silly mask so Kano could better see his face. ]
There's not much out here, but if you ever need a guide, I know all the best places to hide out in~
[ It's horrifically easy to get lost in the mountains where everything is white on white, but if it's hiding... the best places to camp where the rock blocks out the screaming wind, the best places with elevation enough to see the campus but not allow anybody to see you, places just off the path where you can hear people coming but not the other way around, he knows them all. ]
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