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[gon, side-stepping out of the way as a falling grand piano shatters to splinters beside him, holding an ice cream] anyway whats next! :-)

[pariston, has an eye twitch, on hour three of trying to murder gon but have it look like an accident] i dont know. i dont, i dont know what else to do

[gon, knows this and is fucking with him, dabbing at killua shadowing the “big city tour” from the rooftops whenever pariston looks away] pariston im sure thats not true youre super cool! cmon think of something :-) theres so much left to see think of something!

[kurapika, phoning killua from the site where they’re trying to recover pariston’s hostages] can we have another hour

[killua, standing on a glass window 93 stories above street level like spiderman] yeah definitely. i think we’re really starting to annoy him

[kurapika] im so glad to hear that

[killua] wait a second im getting an incoming call

[pariston, squatting, head in his hands] gon. ive been trying to do something, but its just not working. and im starting to become discouraged

[gon, checking his watch] dont be discouraged! my aunt mito had a saying, which is that you have to put four hours into any task before giving up on it. does that help?

[pariston, nodding] yeah… yeah… okay. what about the aquarium? we can have a breath holding competition

[gon, is 17 and all grown up, has managed to stay underwater for over half an hour before like any other average man] ok :-)

[leorio, watery] hi killua. this is leorio. kurapika just told me the plan.

[killua] hi leorio

[pariston] great lets go!

[killua, walking along the side of the building as pariston and gon move towards the subway] wazzup dude its so funny–

[leorio] –we could just buy ano–

[killua] –piano just fall and earlier there was arsenic in the ketchup and–

[leorio, sniffling] –killua hes my boy promise you’ll keep him s–

[pariston] oh no!! a fainting spell! *pushes gon towards a manhole*

[killua, using godspeed to swoop down and catch gon within the blink of an eye, whispering] hey bro

[gon, softly but with feeling as killua rights his icecream from tipping onto the ground] bro

[killua] see you! *leaps 70 vertical feet*

[pariston, dramatically splayed on the sidewalk, head lolled] oh dear.. im… regaining consciousness… gon… im so sorry… ill never forget your… obnoxious spewing of facts about climate change… which was made up by h&m to sell ugly shirts….

[gon] well thats good! and im ok! and climate change is real youre like, an adult and you should know that! lets get going to the aquarium! :-)

[killua] sorry yeah so–

[leorio, sniffling] –and i would never forgive myself if–

[killua] –im gonna hang up on you now. bye.

[kurapika] hello again

[killua] so. have you found her?

[kurapika] we havent found Nanika’s Mr. Snuggles yet but Blue Giraffe was hidden behind a microwave and is secure. we have another twelve floors to check but it looks promising

[killua] right on schedule.