recolle | we've known each other for so long

WHO: Tatsuo, Dante, Tatsuma, Augustine, Freya, Baren, Vera + THEIR FRIENDS
WHERE: ALL OVER TOWN
WHEN: Some random Wednesday night
WHAT: YOU ARE BEING RICK ROLLED. If you have CR with ANY of these characters, please respond with a short description of what they are doing at home on a Wednesday night before this group drops by and ruins it.

Tatsuo arrives at Recolle Square a few minutes before seven. Once everyone has gathered, he smiles and steps forward.

"Alright, thanks for coming everyone. As myself or Dante may have told you, we are going 'caroling.' But if we have to suffer through singing this song, we might as well make our friends suffer with us. We'll start in Apprassage and then work our way around to the other districts. So if we're somewhere and you have a friend that lives nearby, just shout out and we will go descend like a swarm of locusts.

Also..."

Tatsuo holds out the plastic bag he's been holding. Inside are a bunch of cheap $1 Santa hats. He grins.

"Technically, the square does say 'caroling'."

[HOW THIS WILL WORK OOCly: CR posts a toplevel. Assume they heard a knock on their door and see people outside. 2 individuals from the group will come 'sing' in order to keep threads from getting too congested. But feel free to hijack. This is meant to be ridiculous. If you then want to join the party (because why wouldn't you), feel free.]

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[He is actually no stranger to this song, no pun intended. In fact, he always fell for this same song thanks to his one friend from college trolling him with that same song that is always hidden in his e-mails.

Of course, he never thought of singing it in front of an unsuspecting victim.]

You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just want to tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

[Despite his smile, he has a feeling this will not end well.]

[ what the hell

why is he the only person in the office

what did he do to deserve this (other than the 4am call, that doesn't count, Dante)

he knows exactly what this is because he has this square on his own bingo card but he refused to do it

so he's going to stand up so that he's not hidden behind his computer screen, and maybe

slam his hands dramatically down on the table, sigh loudly and glare at the ragtag group of carollers

it's either they finish the song first or they leave first, because if it's for a dumb retrospec bingo square he'll let them claim it before he yells at them to get out ]

[OH, YOU DESERVE EVERY MOMENT OF THIS, KAIBA. Dante doesn't like singing, doesn't want to carol, but man, oh man, can he get behind trolling the shit out of the guy that woke him up in the middle of the night.

EVERYBODY NOW]

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you

[Dante is cruel and Baren hates this song.]

Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[To which Baren is just - going to openly laugh after that. And cross his fingers obviously when he recites the "never tell a lie" lyric because he can't even

fucking pretend]

[In his honesty, Augustine feels bad at the man in front of him, unlike Dante. So when this is all over, he has to apologize about this.]

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it

[Also, he has to apologize to himself for singing this song.]

[ HE DOES NOT DESERVE THIS TROLLING HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG

or so he thinks

but yeah okay he was going to let them finish the song before leaving because he thought that getting to the chorus was enough but no they're going into the second verse and

he has no more patience for this shit he has work to do even if y'all don't, rude!!!! ]

Are you done yet?

[ that's going to be said in the most icy tone that he can muster because guess what, he hates this fucking troll of a song the only song he hates more is caramelldansen ]

Not a chance.

[NOPE HOLD ONTO YOUR TRENCHCOAT KAIBA YOUR HELL IS JUST BEGINNING Dante calls that out over the end of Augustine's last line, jumping back in for the second half of the verse:]

Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

[There's some extra emphasis but on that last line, a smirk on his face as he directs it straight toward Kaiba. YOU MADE YOUR CHOICE.]

[what the fuck - this is where Baren is getting tired and just given Dante a stare and interrupting the song]

What the fuck, really?

[BAREN DON'T BE DIFFICULT]

[When Bren interrupts the song, Augustine becomes very surprised at this turn of events. But since he doesn't want to let this end quickly, he decides to continue the song if he can.]

Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

[ in what universe has it happened that Kaiba actually is finding that he agrees with Baren more often than not

because ya, what the fuck, really is pretty much his reaction towards this stupidity right now. ]

You have thirty seconds before I decide to throw you all out of my office.

[ there's definitely more than thirty seconds left of the song and he's going to sound deceptively pleasant, actually. ]

Do you want the bingo square or not?

[It's a good thing Augustine's still singing, because otherwise it might have devolved right then and there! But Dante will join back in, keeping it going even as he raises a challenging eyebrow at Kaiba. What's he going to do, call security on them and complain that they're singing? Sure, he might be able to get them kicked out, but he'll still forever be known for having to call security to throw a bunch of carolers out of his office.]

And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see

[That last line miiiiiight have gotten a look shot Baren's way.]

Are you one of those carolers who sings the entire twelve fucking days of Christmas when the holidays come around?

[HE THINKS ONE VERSE IS ENOUGH, HE HATES THIS SONG.

Which is probably why he flips off Dante and - actually goes to hang out with Kaiba. Oh how the turntables have tableturned.]

Is this where your private swat team comes in? Can I press the button? Can I?

[This is getting more awkward by a minute. Especially that he keeps singing the song for the sake of finishing this activity.]

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you

[ good because it should be awkward, this is stupid, but ok baren coming over to his side is something that he didn't expect at all. ]

My private swat team is taking a day off. [ deadpan. DEADPAN. what makes you think he has a private swat team, baren. he's not rich enough for that yet.

he was also going to actually physically haul dante out of his office at least, since dante is physically smaller than he is and isn't a problem but. well. ]

The security button is there though.

[ what, if baren's going to press it instead of him, why not ]

[Dante's just flashing his phone at Baren, where the bingo square in question isn't checked off yet. Look, dude, until it's blacked out, you keep singing!]

Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[That being said, if Baren's going to be a turncoat and call Kaiba's security on all of them, Dante's ready to moonwalk out a window if he can...! It'd be pretty funny to see all of their reactions, if nothing else.]

[For one, Baren is assuming a lag.

Two, getting Dante hauled out of Kaiba's office by security for caroling the rickroll sounds way more fucking satisfying than completing a bingo.

Hence his unremorseful: ] 'kay!!

[and WITHOUT HESITATION HE HITS THE SECURITY BUTTON.]

[Well, this kiddie argument might not stop for a while as Augustine ends up being the only trying to sing the song with a straight face.]

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you

[However, he then quickly stops when he sees what Baren just did.]

[ blink and you'll miss it but kaiba actually looks surprised by baren's sheer audacity in hitting the security button

so.

well.

that's a thing.

they're welcome to continue until security hauls them all out in about three minutes, tbh. still gotta claim that bingo square right. ]

we've known each other for so long

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i'm so sorry for him

don't be!

i'm more sorry

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