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[suddenlybees]

But I won't have as *much* fun without you...
You're in Aube, right?
3rd floor?
Are you in your room right now?
If not, can you head over to your room for a bit?

[heromedal]

Before I do, I’m going to emphasise that I hate surprises.

[ Especially since he doesn’t know Kano’s abilities or personality that much, so for all he knows Kano is going to attempt to p, I dunno, poison him with pollen from a rare flower that causes heart attacks. Or shout boo at him when he doesn’t expect it and give him a heart attack. Or feed him food high in cholesterol and give him a heart attack. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ He's trying to get Rex to come to the party, heart attacks won't happen until after then, don't worry, don't worry ]

Aw, I'll have to rethink those plans, then~
But do you hate all surprises?
Even the pleasant ones?
There's so much in the world you can't predict, after all~
The world's just full of surprises~!

[heromedal]

[ 'There's so much in the world you can't predict, after all~' and 'The world's just full of surprises~' alternates as echoes in his head repeatedly and each time feels like an anvil is being dropped on his chest.^*

We'll see about that. ]

'Pleasant surprise' is an oxymoron as far as I'm concerned.

But if it's moderate I can tolerate it.

*"Lisa needs braces. Dental plan!"

[suddenlybees]

We'll have to build up that tolerance!
Be on the lookout for moderately pleasant surprises~

[heromedal]

Please don't.

[...Hmmm, wait. ]

Or at least make them pleasant but moderately surprising instead.

[suddenlybees]

100% pleasant, 47.8% surprising, got it, got it~
Pleasant will have to be my judgement call, with so little to work with, but don't worry!
I've got good judgement~

[heromedal]

47.8% is pretty high. It's almost half.

Do you still want me to come to my room or...?

[ Because as much as he dislikes surprises he's still super curious. Not knowing would drive him nuts. ]

[suddenlybees]

"Moderate" is around half, isn't it?
I could lower it to 42.4%?
But yes, yes, go to your room~

[heromedal]

Strictly speaking moderately is synonymous with the median. As there are more unsurprising events than there are surprising events by a large margin, I would say it's significantly lower than that. 10-20%.

[ He complies! Slowly and carefully, calmly and diligently. Hands in pockets, looking exactly the same as ever- half asleep, but absolutely ready to throw down. ]

[suddenlybees]

How dull!
I'll have to work harder to bring that medium back up~
Let me know when you're there!

[heromedal]

Please don’t.

[ That’s gonna be a common phrase he’s sure. ]

I’m here.

[ He hasn’t actually opened the door yet tho. ]

[suddenlybees]

Are you sure you're here?
I don't see you!
Come out to the window!

[heromedal]

[ So you wanna know what a fucking idiot dork Rex is?

He approaches the window, stands beside it out of sight and uses the camera of his phone to look out before he reveals himself.

Look he just doesn’t want to die and everyone here can kill. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Why would Kano want to kill his date, come on...

But it looks like it's just Kano standing there in the middle of a clearing all by himself, pulling his ratty jacket closer around him as he alternates glances between the flip phone in his hand and Rex's window.

He's still waiting for Rex to make the first move come to the window. ]

[heromedal]

[ Rule one of being Rex, assume the worst constantly. He’s still winding down from the initial shock of thinking he was being blackmailed.

But... Okay, maybe he’s being nuts. He takes a few deep breathes, thinks carefully and tries to be objective about it all.

So the window opens, Rex immediately leaning on the sill with his elbows. He doesn’t say anything, just gives a ‘go on’ style nod. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano looks up when the window opens, and —I hate that he's doing this but he holds his phone up to his mouth like it's a microphone and starts playing this song, you can't say you're surprised which song it is, he plays it at full blast and sings along with it, as a field of roses magically spreads across the ground around his feet, white flowers on red spelling out

"REX ARANY,
WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?
XOXOXOXO
KANO"

It's a serenade... or something......... ]

[heromedal]

[ "I can't believe I thought this fucking dumbass was a threat to me."

...

"Unless that's what he wants me to think..."

It helps he has no idea what Rickrolling is, so after staring for a while he just an 'okay' sign with his fingers. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano keeps wasting all these good memes on people who don't know memes......

He sings the song through its entirety, just in case there's anybody in the dorms who still hasn't clamped a pillow over their heads trying to muffle the noise, but after that's over and done with, he cups both hands on either side of his mouth and shouts up at Rex. ]

HOW WAS IT!? WAS IT A PLEASANT SURPRISE!!?!

[heromedal]

[ Rex spends a moment obviously thinking, rubbing his chin and looking up before he replies.

By turning the 'okay' into a palm down wobbly 'half-and-half' gesture. He doesn't do much shouting, but his hands are big so. ]

[suddenlybees]

IS THAT SO-SO FOR THE PLEASANT, OR THE SURPRISE? RAISE YOUR LEFT HAND FOR PLEASANT, RIGHT FOR SURPRISE!

[heromedal]

[ He puts a hand up for pleasant.

He kind of knew it was going to be related to the being asked out, so not much surprise there. There was music, which is always good. But also he's now going to a formal event with this horrible trash imp. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Yeah... Sorry for your life, Rex. ]

Haha~ I'll have to work on "pleasant," then! I'm really trying, so have a little patience with me, 'kay~?

[ Alright alright alright, time to gather up the roses... Are these real roses? They're real roses and Rex is getting 32409856 flowers sent up to his room, you're welcome. ]

[heromedal]

[ Sounds like Seiji's problem to him, Rex is barely in there.

He does wonder if Kano needs $8,000 a month to pay for some sort of crippling flower habit though. He also wonders just how hard Kano is trying, because the whole thing feels like another of those jokes everyone else gets but flies right over his head. If he had the smallest grasp of pop culture he'd think he's gonna get a bucket of pig's blood dumped on him.

He snaps his fingers a few times to get Kano's attention from the flower picking, so he can give a 'we done here' one-sided shrug and thumb over his shoulder. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano might not need $8000 a month, but who would turn down that sort of easy money? No one's really buying it, though, and he's at least a little grateful for that, that he can rickroll somebody in what might be the last few days he has with his voice (god his voice is going to be gone tomorrow after scream-singing that song)

He hears the snapping above his head but he doesn't look up from his flower picking. Gotta speak up if you want to get his attention. ]