DC Roleplay Episodes!

[Pretztailfan95]

....what the heck just happened there?! O_o

Hooray Hakuba's gone!

[miakakiri]

My apologies to all our fans, our usual Thursday rp session has not yet been edited for posting. I will be editing and posting both the Thursday and Sunday rp sessions for this week on Monday, because there is an anime convention running in my town this week, and I am at the con with my massage chair. (I'm a massage therapist.) Due to this and the various other things going on, Monday is the first time I'll have a good chance to prepare and present the rp for your reading pleasure. Thank you for your patience on this matter as I deal with my busy weekend. *bows*

[Colonel]

My apologies to all our fans, our usual Thursday rp session has not yet been edited for posting. I will be editing and posting both the Thursday and Sunday rp sessions for this week on Monday, because there is an anime convention running in my town this week, and I am at the con with my massage chair. (I'm a massage therapist.) Due to this and the various other things going on, Monday is the first time I'll have a good chance to prepare and present the rp for your reading pleasure. Thank you for your patience on this matter as I deal with my busy weekend. *bows*

Psh. No worries Miaka. You have no obligations to them. In fact, instead of a pirate episode, they get a pirate song.

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Somalia/

[ranger]

Maybe I should visit the irc sometimes.

only time I ever visited nobody was sayin anything

made me

wha, you went online on this channel?! when!

[miakakiri]

{Episode 15}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URqQICTN7w
[Title!]

{The Captured Cargo Ship Case, Part 1}

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[Cue scene!
{Riding in a car on the way to the harbor}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkA2a0aX ... re=related
What are we even supposed to be guarding anyway?
And why do they need ojisan to guard it?
Shouldn't they hire a security guard for that?
\This is going to be a long night...either it'll be boring or we'll get a case...which will probably mean very little sleep...\
*Glares at Conan.* What, you saying I am not good enough for the job, brat? It's that important! Of course they need the great detective Mouri Kogoro!
But what could be so important that they need a great detective to guard it? \Unless it's something KID is after...\
Why won't they tell you what you're guarding?
"How am I supposed to know?! Probably They don't want anyone to know what it is. Which means money~~~"
\Of course money. I thought money was why you accepted an innane job like this...\
It's just tonight, though, right?
*twitches* WOULD YA SHUT UP?!
*Mumbles* Stupid annoying brat..
But we have school tomorrow....
*sighs, smiling at her dad* But we have a beautiful view from here, dont you think?
*looking at Ran* \Yeah....beautiful....\
Kids...
Dad, stop complaining about Conan-kun's questions! He's right. I mean, why wont they tell you about this.. guarding thing...?
Finally... We arrived.. \Now I can get some peace from the brat\
*shakes himself out of his contemplation of Ran and back into Conan* Yay!
"Money is money, Ran." He gets out of the car.
* EdogawaConan jumps out of the car, trying to scrounge up some level of excitement
So which boat are we supposed to be guarding?
* HondaHitoshi approaches the car from a long metal platform that connects a nearby cargo ship to the harbor.
"Eeeh" He looked around. "Ah..." He looks to Honda
Ah, meitantei Mouri Kogoro-sama, you've arrived!
It's good to have you aboard this evening, we're looking forward to your help.
Ne, Ran-neechan, are you coming? Or would you rather spend the night in the car? \Might be more comfortable than a cargo ship....but who knows.\
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Honda Hitoshi. We spoke over the phone.
A-- Ah! Sorry! *shakes her head, smiling, and gets off the car slowly, looking at Honda*
"Ah. It's good to be here... What boat do we need to be on>"
Honda Hitoshi (38): Shipping Manager
* EdogawaConan moves to stand closer to Ran.
So are these your kids, Mouri-sama?
"Ah. Nono" *glares at Conan* "He just lives with us, and" Points to Ran. "This is my daughter."
I'm Mouri Ran. Nice to meet you. *smiles*
* EdogawaConan glares back at Mouri-tantei
\Well, at least he didn't introduce me as a freeloader this time...\ I'm Edogawa Conan! *smiles up at Honda-san* Nice to meet you!
I see. Nice to meet the two of you.
Will they be staying, or is your daughter just here to take the car back for the night?
"Then we can get to business then."
"No, they'll both be staying. She's too young to drive."
Oh. My apologies, then. I'll make sure they have accommodations for the night.
In the mean time, you're right. We should get down to business. I'll show you our cargo.
Just if you don't mind--- We don't want to be a nuisance...
\Good, hopefully we won't be stuck sleeping out on deck...\
"My apologies."
Don't worry yourself about it.
Anyway, most of our actual crew isn't here tonight.
Tonight it's just the guards, the co-captain, and myself, so there will be plenty of extra room in the crew's quarters.
To be honest, just knowing that you're here makes me confident that nothing will go wrong.
Oh...so the ship will be all empty? Wouldn't that make it easier for a theif to get in?
Well, even if the thief got aboard, we're confident that he couldn't get off.
Why?
You see, most of the stuff being shipped is actually not very valuable: fish, wood, et cetera. This is to confuse anyone who tried to rob the ship. Only one of the containers on this ship contains the valuable item we want Mouri-sama to protect. Even then, they'd have to get off the ship with the item without being caught.
Valuable item...?
Oh, I see! So they'd spend half the night trying to find it, and that'd get them caught, right?
Exactly.
"Ooh. Sounds good to me." Grabs a bag and gives it to Conan. "Here, carry this."
Wah! *catches the bag, nearly overbalancing as he tries to hold it* \Carry your own stuff, occhan....\
O-- Otoo-san! *grabs the bag, angry* Jeez... He's so mean sometimes... Are you OK? *Carries the bag*
Ah...I'm OK, Ran-neechan! I can carry it, if you want....
That said, I think we should go to the crew's quarters so we can get settled in for the night.
"Right." He follows after Honda
* EdogawaConan follows Ran and occhan.
* HondaHitoshi heads onto the boat, toward the quarters.
* OshimaIchiro glances up at the newcomers and glares distantly, near the bow of the boat, while working on some ropes.
* EdogawaConan gives the glaring guy an odd look, then hurries after Ran...
* HondaHitoshi glances down at Conan, then to the man at the bow.
Oh, don't worry about him. That's just one of our crewmen. His name is Oshima Ichiro, and he's one of the guards.
Oshima Ichiro (45), Guard
Oh, is that why he's glaring at everyone? Because he has to be suspicious of everyone in order to be a good guard?
He's been working on boats as a guard for some time, so he's useful because he knows how to do some of the maintenance too.
But yes, you're right. Honestly, he's a nice guy, but he's very suspicious of other people.
Honestly? I wouldn't want to steal ANYTHING after a glare from him!
* HondaHitoshi chuckles.
* HondaHitoshi continues to the crew quarters.
* MouriRan laughs and follows them
"uh..." Looks around at the guard and back to Honda.
* HayashiMasaso stops Honda in the hallway as he enters the lower deck.
Honda-san? Who are these people?
This is Mouri-sama, his daughter Mouri-chan, and his guest Edogawa-kun.
For your benefit, Mouri-sama, this is Hayashi Masaso-kun. He's also a guard here.
Nice to meet you, Hayashi-san!
Hayashi Masaso (25), Guard
"Ah. nice to meet you>
Ah-- yeah. Nice to meet you too. It's an honor to meet the great Sleeping Kogoro. But I guess you'll be staying awake tonight, ne?
\Hopefully...\
"Yes, of course! NYAHAHAHAHA!"
Oh, and on that note...
The man behind him is Kawakami Shunsuke, who is the third guard aboard the ship.
Kawakami Shunsuke (31), Guard
* EdogawaConan turns to greet the other guard
Nice to meet you, Kawakami-san!
* KawakamiShunsuke nods in acknowledgment.
He's not much of a talker.
"Ah huh..."
I'm sure that downstairs we'll find our co-captain. If you don't mind, gentlemen?
* HondaHitoshi passes by the guards on the way downstairs.
* EdogawaConan follows Honda-san
* MouriRan follows them
*glares at Conan* \Stupid brat getting in the way.\
Follows Honda
We have several rooms down this hallway used for quartering men. As far as cargo ships go, this is actually a pretty small one, and can be crewed by a very small number of me.
This is such a huge boat...
"Now.. About these important treasures..."
Actually, in theory, this ship could be run by one person alone, assuming there were no engineering difficulties.
Ah, yes?
"What is it?"
Ah, Mouri-sama, you should know that I have been sworn to secrecy about the details of this cargo. It is meant to ensure its safety.
\Of course....\
*grumbles*
Oi! Honda-san! Is that Mouri-san?
Maruyama Kazuhiro (34), Co-Captain
"Ah. you must be the co-pilot."
Right. I'll be making sure the controls are taken care of tonight.
Don't worry though, we won't be leaving the shore at all.
\Good...Ran and I have school tomorrow....not that I'd mind missing school, but Ran might...\
"Ah. I would think we would be off shore to prevent the theif from coming on.
* MouriRan smiles, staring at Maruyama. /so, we're staying here.../
\Being off shore didn't stop KID that one time....\
We realize that being at harbor may leave us vulnerable to some thieves, but honestly we consider it unlikely.
Especially considering just who we have escorting us.
"Exactly. I, Mouri Kogoro will do my best to protect the treasure! Nyahahaha"
\Occhan....\
We will help too. Right, Conan-kun? *smiles*
Yeah! *smiles up at Ran*
Well, Maruyama-kun and I need to go discuss the details of tomorrow's voyage. Your two guests are welcome to any of the quarters on this deck. I'd like you and the other guards to begin your patrol at once, however.
Ah. Yes, Honda-san.
Ojisan, can I patrol with you? Please??
If you'd like, Mouri-sama, we could show your young guest here to the control room. I'm sure it would be more interesting than a patrol, and he wouldn't get in your way.
*grunts* "Fine. Just don't get in the way, and stay with Ran!"
Not many young children get to see how a cargo boat works.
* HondaHitoshi shrugs.
Suit yourself. We'll be upstairs in the bridge if we're needed.
Good luck, Mouri-sama.
"Ah.."
Ok....*goes with Ran*
* HondaHitoshi heads upstairs with Maruyama.
* Time passes.
* Time is now 2 AM.
*yaaaawns*
*yawns* Conan-kun~ It's ok if you skip school tomorrow?
\Wait a sec....where did all the guards go?\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3T4pr75 ... re=related
*distracted* It's OK, Ran-neechan...I know everything on the test...
"Oi, where did they go?" Looks around for people
* MouriKogoro looks around for the guards
* Pirate approaches Kogoro from behind as he sleepily wanders, looking for another guard.
* EdogawaConan decides to go investigate the disappearance of the guards
* Pirate pulls out a handgun.
I'll be right back, Ran-neechan! *calls over his shoulder as he leaves*
"Uh?" Turns around hearing a small sound
* Pirate presses it up against Kogoro's back.
Stay quiet!
* EdogawaConan is looking around above deck, carefully
"Oi..." He glares behind him.
Alright, you're coming with me.
I got Kogoro.
* EdogawaConan sees the pirate and occhan.
Then that's all of them!
* Pirate2 shouts "Hey, that's all of the crew! Get back over here!"
\Is that a gun?\ *caught sight of a glint of metal in the dim light* \Oi oi....\
* Pirate3 shouts back, "Yeah! I'll stay up here! I can see everything from up at the bridge!"
\Great, there's three of them....I have two balls and the watch....\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3tJPgtM ... re=related
\Better see if I can get occhan loose.....and I can't let them get near Ran....\
Hold on... you're not just some schmuck guard!
This is Mouri Kogoro, that detective!
"Yeah, I am." He smirks
Yeah. So just keep an extra eye on him. He didn't even notice that the boat started moving. He must be really sleep deprived.
Are we out of view yet?
We should be.
\It left dock.\ His eyes narrowed
\MOVING?? Since when?? Kuso.....\
* Pirate2 drags Kogoro to the other guards and ties him up before pushing him down next to the others.
Not such a great detective now.
\Maybe I can get them loose....\ *starts sneaking over to where the crew and Kogoro are being kept*
"You will be caught. No plan is perfect!"
Hey wait.
Weren't there supposed to be two civilians on this boat too?
Not that I heard of.
No, we have new information.
\Kuso....Ran....\
Right. I'll take care of it.
\Ran!\
Remember the plan.
Yeah. Be back in two minutes so you don't have to start executing hostages.
I'll take care of it.
\Oioi....\ His eyes are wide and glaring
Just a kid and a girl. Won't be a problem.
* EdogawaConan hides
Right. In the mean time, you figure out where the stuff is stashed.
* MouriRan hugs her pillow, asleep
* Pirate2 heads down stairs.
* Pirate2 slides open doors until he comes to Ran's room.
* MouriKogoro struggles against the ropes.
* EdogawaConan sneaks closer to the hostages
* Pirate2 puts the gun up against Ran's cheek and says, "Wake up, girl. And don't try to be cute."
* MouriRan breaths slowly, still asleep
grows frustrated.
* Pirate2 pulls out a rope and ties her hands while she's asleep.
* Pirate2 puts the gun against her back and starts shaking her.
Wake up already!
Comon, I have a deadline!
Hah... deadline...
* EdogawaConan sneaks up to the hostages and starts trying to loosen the knots on the ropes holding them.
HEY! Who's that?!
* Pirate points the gun at Conan.
"Oi, brat." He says quietly.
* EdogawaConan immediately stops what he's doing
Hey! Come out and put your hands on your head!
* MouriRan makes a soft noise, feeling a bit uncomfortable with the rope around her hands
This isn't a game little kid!
* EdogawaConan puts his hands on his head and wanders over
That's it! I'm not letting hostages die so you can get BEAUTY sleep.
Hai, oniisan...
* Pirate2 jerks her out of bed by the tied hands and holds the gun to her back.
Where is he...
He should be here by now...
He needs to get back up here...
\He who?\
"Leave the kid alone!"
* Pirate2 drags her along the metal hallway by the tied hands, gun pointed at her.
This isn't a game!
We're not playing around here!
Where's the treasure?
"Who knows..." He looks to the side
* Pirate2 slowly emerges from the lower decks, dragging Ran up the metal stairs.
I dunno. *puts on his best "I'm a little kid look."* They don't tell me anything.
\Ran!\
I'm here! Don't shoot anybody!
\Ran!\
About time!
\Kuso....now what?\
* Pirate3 shouts, "The manager isn't talking! What should we do?"
* Pirate2 shouts, "We've got all night now that we're out of the harbor!"
* Pirate2 drops off Ran by the other hostages.
I'll tie up the kid.
Be careful. Kids are slippery.
Oh shut up.
* Pirate points the gun at Conan.
Get over here so I can tie your hands.
* EdogawaConan walks over slowly, still trying to think his way out of this
* Pirate ties his hands behind his back at the wrists, tightly.
Ow...oniisan, that hurts....*little kid complaining*
Shut up.
But it hurts!
Hey, is there anyone else on board?
* EdogawaConan manages to ensure that he can still activate the stun-watch even with his hands tied.
* Pirate watches the three guards.
Looks like we're in the clear.
I'm going to have a look around. You watch the hostages.
Sit down, kid.
Hurry back, partner.
* EdogawaConan plonks down next to Kogoro and Ran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6IRp79 ... re=related
* MouriRan groans softly, asleep
"Ran... Ran!" He harshly whispered
* EdogawaConan leans to try and poke Ran awake
\Ran...why do you have to be so impossible to wake up?\ *keeps poking her*
\Never mind...maybe she'll sleep through the whole mess and not be bothered by it....\ *scootches over to try and reach the knots tying Kogoro*
* Pirate2 turns around suddenly, looking at the hostages.
Hey you!
Stop that!
Wh-what? I was just trying to get more comfortable....*little kid hurt look*
I know what you were doing!
But the ropes are really tight...it hurts....*near-tears ouchie look*
* Pirate2 grumbles.
* MouriKogoro carefully tries to untie himself
Trading off. You go look now.
Yeah, yeah. Keep an eye on the kid, he was screwin' around.
Right.
* Pirate2 heads off to check crates.
* MouriKogoro gets frustrated because he can't get the ropes untied by himself
\Damn it. That brat is going to have to untie me.\
\One of these guards is the pirates' buddy...and now I know which one...\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDN_9V71reQ

[miakakiri]

{Episode 16}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjf-N4e_jU
[Title]
{The Captured Cargo Ship Case, Part 2}

3...
2...
1...
[Cue scene!
{We left off last time with our favorite detective tied up on the deck of a ship under guard.}
\One of these guards is the pirates' buddy...and now I know which one...\
\One of the guards must have given me away to the pirates. That's the only way they could have known I was trying to untie occhan.\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHPrus4J ... re=related
\Damn it...\ He glared at the pirates
\Here's what I know... the three guards are Kawakami Shunsuke, Oshima Ichiro, and Hayashi Masaso...\
\Both times I got caught, each one was doing something.\
 \Kawakami Shunsuke was bowing his head the first time, while he was shaking the sleep off the second time.\
*yawns in dreams*
\Oshima Ichiro was growling softly the first time, and he was glaring the second. No deviation from character there.\
\Finally there's Hayashi Masaso. The first time, he was coughing, and the second time he was working with his knots.\
\Of course, based on what I know about how the traitor is contacting the pirates, it's obvious which one it is!\
\Now I only need to find a way to deal with that person and get loose... and maybe then we can catch these pirates...\
* EdogawaConan readies the stun-watch to fire....
* MouriKogoro Looks for something jagged on the ground.
\Damn it. There is nothing here! On a boat no less. TCH!\
* EdogawaConan carefully aims the watch, checking as best he can and multiple times to make sure he's firing at the right person...
* EdogawaConan fires the stun watch at Kawakami Shunsuke.
Ah...
* KawakamiShunsuke falls back against a crate.
* Pirate1 hasn't noticed.
* EdogawaConan scootches carefully back over to Kogoro and goes back to attempting to untie him.
Where is that bastard? He should be back by now to help watch the prisoners. Two minute intervals...
"Ah.. Good." He whispers
* KawakamiShunsuke is now known as Pirate3
* Pirate3 shouts down from above, "Checking in!"
* Pirate2 shouts from an unknown location, "Checking in!"
Well, at least he's okay...
\Now untie me....Ran's still asleep and waking her up will alert them....\ *shifts to give Kogoro easier access to the knots that bind him*
* MouriKogoro works vigorously to get Conan untied. "Got it!" Get the last knot. "Now untie Ran..." He whispers looking at the pirate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6IRp79 ... re=related
* Pirate2 walks back.
Hey, I'm back.
It took you long enough.
I checked in, didn't I?
* EdogawaConan nods and moves quietly to untie Ran, shaking her a little to try and wake her.
Yeah. We should be okay.
Hey, have the prisoners given you any trouble?
No, I haven't--
* Pirate1 glances over at the prisoners.
. . .
* EdogawaConan does his best to look innocent.
* Pirate1 slowly pulls out his gun.
* MouriRan sighs in dreams
* Pirate2 also pulls out a gun.
\Great....well, she's at least partly loose....\
Hey you! Get back down!
Get down right now!
What kind of idiot lets the hostages untie themselves?
* EdogawaConan screams at the top of his lungs, hoping Ran will wake.
What do you think that's going to do?
* MouriKogoro readies himself for attack when the time arrives
They can't hear us in the city.
They can't even SEE us!
H--- Huh?! *blinks, and stands up, with a sleepy face* W-- what?
Hah. Dumb kid.
* MouriRan stares at the gun with a serious look
Ugh. What a hassle.
Now you're going to have to tie them all up again.
Me?
You let them loose you moron.
* Pirate2 points his gun at the hostages.
Get to work!
*walks a little, standing in front of Conan*
Out of the way, girl. I have work to do.
* Pirate1 tries to push her out of the way.
*takes a deep breath and grabs the pirate's arm, pushing him against the floor with a karate-move, while kicking his gun next to Kogoro*
Raaaaw!!! *charges at the other pirate Ran didn't hit and throws him down
Ah shit!
* Pirate1 gets thrown down.
* Pirate2 gets hit by Kogoro.
* Pirate2 sees the other gun kicked next to Kogoro.
* Pirate2 grabs it.
* Pirate2 rolls away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrB77Nw1 ... re=related
"Damn it!"
Hey, help me partner!
*curses under her breath* ... /I cant protect Conan-kun or my dad without releasing this guy.../
Hey, hey. I'm a reasonable guy.
So back the hell up before I start shooting people.
Did I stutter?
Get away from me you karate freaks!
* Pirate2 threatens with a gun.
* MouriKogoro growls at the pirate an d backs up
Yeah! Now let go of my partner.
*takes a deep breath, trying to sound as strong as possible* Drop the gun... or I'll break his arm. *grabs Pirate1's arm tighter*
* Pirate3 shouts, "Hey! What's going on down there?!"
Drop the gun or you'll break his arm...
Hm...
Hey!
You wouldn't!
No, I'm pretty sure I would.
Stop that!
No, yeah. I think I'm gonna hold onto the gun.
Damn you!
Drop it.
*starts pushing*
* EdogawaConan pops out a soccer ball and kicks it with the shoes on full power at the gun in the pirate's hand.
Agh!
Hey!
* Pirate2 runs.
* Pirate3 shouts, "HEY! Are you alright?!"
* Pirate2 shouts, "NO, you IDIOT!"
* Pirate2 rushes for the stairs to the bridge.
* MouriKogoro chases after the pirate. \Even if the other is armed, at least Ran is out of harm's way.\
* Pirate2 is slower than Kogoro and can't make it to the bridge in time.
"Grah!" *Tackles pirate 2 and pins him down.
Agh! Get off me!
Conan-kun...
Hai, Ran-neechan?
please, bring me the ropes.
Hai! *gathers up the ropes and brings them to her*
*ties up Pirate1* Stay HERE. Don't move Conan-kun! *runs to the bridge*
Eh, but.....*sigh* *watches Ran run off* Yeah...sure....*softly* stay safe, Ran...
"Ah. Ran." Smiles as Pirate 2 is trying to struggle to get free. "You really thought you could defeat the great detective Mouri Kogoro?"
Dad, there's someone else here! I have to find him! He screamed to someone, and then, rushed out...
* Pirate3 starts the engines and the ship starts moving.
"Ran, he could be armed just like these two. It's too dangerous for you to go look for them." *ties up pirate 2*  "You stay here, I'll go look for them."
That took longer than I expected. But we were just idling before...
* MouriKogoro slightly stumbles from the engine starting up
Yes, SURE, I'll stay right here! *rolleyes* ... *runs after Kogoro*
* Pirate3 glances out the window at the people coming for the bridge.
Yeah... screw that.
* Pirate3 heads for the back door to the bridge.
"Oi! Who's going to be with Conan."
* MouriKogoro runs up to the door.
* MouriKogoro motions for Ran to do the same
*follows Kogoro*
* CargoShip is sailing on the deep blue sea.
* CargoShip has no one at its helm.
* CargoShip has two unconscious, beaten, and tied up shipping officials in its bridge.
\Oh... shit.\
"Damn it... Now there is no way to stop this thing!"
* Pirate3 rushes to the stern.
* EdogawaConan unties the two non-traitor sailors.
About damn time.
Thanks much.
Sorry. You're welcome. Let's get this ship back to the harbour, shall we?
I noticed the thing started up again.
* MouriKogoro goes to the controls
"Damn..."
We're sailing toward the harbor...
Pretty quickly too.
Does that mean that Maruyama-san was rescued?
Then we better get the ship either slowed down or turned, fast.
I'm not sure....
I don't know. This seems a little reckless. We should investigate.
* OshimaIchiro heads for the bridge.
I'll watch this guy, I guess...
* HayashiMasaso kicks the pirate.
Poor Kawakami-san was knocked unconscious...
He must have fainted from the pressure.
"Damn it, we are going too fast towards the harbor!" Kogoro scans the controls not sure what to do. He tries to turn the wheel
He was working with them. He'll be fine.
* CargoShip starts to turn very, very slowly.
I have no idea about this things...
"Ran, go see if the other sailors are awake. We need to stop this boat!"
* Pirate3 cuts the line tying his boat to the cargo ship.
Sorry partners. No reason for us all to go up in smoke.
* Pirate3 turns his boat around and sails away from the harbor.
H-- Hai!
*starts running around the boat, searching for the sailors*
* OshimaIchiro is working his way up the stairs to the bridge.
* OshimaIchiro bursts into the bridge, ready to fight.
* MouriKogoro spots a radio and tries to contact someone with it.
"Ah! Oshima-san!" Kogoro stepped away from the wheel.
Mouri-tantei. Where is Maruyama-san?
"I don't know, but more importantly we are in trouble."
* OshimaIchiro notices the unconscious co-captain and manager in the corner.
You're right. We are.
* OshimaIchiro shoulders his way to the controls.
... This is not good.
I know a few things about boats, and we're on a collision course with the harbor...
I'll try to slow us down... but I don't know if we can stop in time.
* OshimaIchiro pulls back the accelerator.
Mouri-tantei...
We may not be able to stop this in time, but there are lifeboats on either side of the boat.
I want you to get the manager and co-captain out of here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6suDBLm ... re=related
Get them to a life boat.
"There are too many people to load. Most of them are unconscious..."
Two captured people, three guards, one manager, one captain, one detective, two guests.
Well, in that case.
If you insist on staying.
I suggest you brace yourself.
* CargoShip is livin' large and in charge.
* MouriKogoro looks to Conan.
* CargoShip aspires one day to bring as much joy to people as those sporty speedboats.
* CargoShip is still going too fast.
Is-- is this speed normal?! *lost*
* OshimaIchiro is turning the wheel rapidly.
This boat doesn't turn fast enough!
* EdogawaConan is helping get people into lifeboats.
\Ran...\
"Conan go look for Ran and the other guard!"
* EdogawaConan goes to look for Ran
* CargoShip is headed for the harbor.
* OshimaIchiro is at the helm.
"I'll start loading the unconscious folks into the life boats!" lifts up the co-captian and manager and carries them to the lifeboats.
Conan-kun...?
Ran-neechan! We have to get off the boat, it's going too fast!
* HayashiMasaso carries the pirates and the traitor to a boat.
* EdogawaConan grabs her hand and tugs her toward the lifeboats
Mouri-chan, Edogawa-kun, do you know where the manager and the captain are?
I haven't seen them, and we need to get off!
I don't know, Hayashi-san....and we don't have time to look...
We just have to hope ojisan found them....
Ah-- Kogoro-san is on his way down with them!
Get in a boat, I'll lower yours.
Wait... we're in shallow waters, aren't we?
* MouriRan gets in the lifeboat
There's still one last option...
But that will only slow us down. We'll need to get everyone off first.
* OshimaIchiro ushers everyone onto boats.
* OshimaIchiro makes sure all the boats except the crew's is lowered.
* OshimaIchiro throws all the anchors off one side and jumps into the last boat.
* CargoShip groans.
* CargoShip is still set to turn all the way to starboard, and those anchors are really digging into the rock.
* CargoShip starts to tilt slightly, lines tense.
* CargoShip turns just slightly and crashes into a rock embankment instead of the [relatively] populated harbor.
Damn. That's one way to stop a boat.
"Ah..But that one pirate got away.."
 He curses to himself
I guess that settles things...
Yeah, that precious cargo wouldn't survive that.
What was that cargo after all?
Wait-- the manager didn't tell you?
No, he wouldn't trust me with it.
Oh, it's pretty obvious.
The cargo was--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDN_9V71reQ

Spoiler:

{The cargo was Okino Yoko's fan club alarm clock, as seen in OVA 6.}

[NekoHaruko]

[Episode 12 Osaka Side-story!]

Heiji had come home after the events of Fukuoka. He was now in his room made comfy by his folks. His dad wanted to punch him, But Shizuka would not allow it. It was the day after he had said good bye to the others.
\Kazuha is for sure going to kill me...\ He looked at his omamori
Kazuha, hearing that Heiji had finally returned from Fukuoka, was now on her way to his house, secretly debating whether she should hug him with relief or kill him for being so stupid...
At the moment, she picked the former
She rang knocked on the door of the Hattori house, and waited for answer.
"Ah, Kazuha-chan." She opened the door farther. "Please come in. Heiji's awake now. I know he'll be happy to see you."
[::] "Hai," She said smiling and coming in, then glared towards the door of Heiji's room. She walked up and without bothering to knock, kicked the door open.
"Heiji..."
"Ka- Kazuha..." He hid the charm and looked at her with a concerned face. "Sorry I didn't call again... I mean, I kind of couldn't.." It was weird, Heiji usually had alot to say. Probably say something to piss her off. But he didn't even feel like it. He felt too hurt.
Taking a deep breath, she started her ranting "HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN SO CARELESS AS TO GET HURT LIKE THAT?! Don't you think I worry enough about you going off playing detective all the time?!"
More softly now, "And with all your resources, you couldn't Heiji winces from Kazuha's yelling. "I know.. Sorry I made you worry." He looks down averting eye contact. "I tried to... But the others had to catch a flight." \I didn't even get to talk to Kudo alone.\
Small tears started forming in her eyes. "Ahou, I know it's not really your fault...but I keep feeling I need to blame someone..."
"No.. It is my fault." Heiji flashes a sad smile. "I thought since I was captain of the Kendo team I could defend myself... Defend others. But, I couldn't. Someone almost died because of it." Heiji cringes again. Ayumi and Ran's screams echo through his head and Conan's shouting.
"I... Couldn't even do anything." He lightly shakes and turns away from Kazuha
She stared at him for a while
"What exactly happened back there anyway?"
"You don't want to know." He looked at her with hurt eyes. "You REALLy don't want to know." His voice slightly cracked.
"It was horrible... I was knocked out and when I awoke I almost immediately was taken out again." He looks at his legs.
"So your excuse if just another case, huh?" She closed her eyes and gave a sad smile. "I think I'm starting to feel like Ran-chan..."
"But I accept it for now. Right now, I'll do my best to make sure your legs get better."
Ka- Kazuha.." He gripped the sheets. He debated if he should tell her that he almost died or not. He looked into her eyes. "I can't begin to tell you what happened that day. But you have to believe me when I say I wanted to hear your voice."
"Eh?" A slight blush started to form on her cheeks. She then smiled. "Well, I'm really glad you're alright, for the most part.
"Ah.." He looked away and looked back at her. "Mind getting me a new phone? There is someone I really need to call..." He scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"Oh...sure" she said with subtle disappointment. She takes out her phone from her pocket. "Do you want to use mine?"
"Naw. I should wait a while before I make the call anyway. I thought I'd need a phone anyway. Since the kidnappers disgarded mine."
"Do you think they would've kept it? Who knows what they could find out about you through it?"
\No, from what Mitsuhiko and Kudo told me, they discarded it.\ He smiled. "Don't worry. I know they discarded it. There was nothing important on there."
"Oh, that's a relief, I guess." She glanced at his legs. "So, how are your knees?"
"I guess they feel fine. They said they would even know if I can regain full function of my legs again until the cast comes off.."
"Oh that's good I guess..." Her voice trailed off. She didn't know how to continue the conversation, but for some reason she didn't want to leave him alone at the moment.
"I guess the kendo team will have to make do without you for now." She smirked, trying to make a joke. "Boy, are they gonna hate you when you get better."
Heiji nodded. "Yeah. They'll need to be good without me..." He looked away. "I'll probably have to build my way back up after I get better..."
"If I can even use them again." He looked at his legs. "Kazuha.. I really need that phone.."
He badly needed to Kudo.
"O..Ok" She handed him her phone.
"Thanks.. Mind stepping out of the room?" He scratched his cheek. "It's rather private."
Kazuha looked at him strangely, but then sighed and left the room.
He dialed Conan's phone and waited for him to pick up. He was most likely in school, but at lunch. "Oi, are you alone?" he whispered into the phone. He heard his shocked reply of 'Hattori!' and some arguing on the other end.
"Heiji-san! It's Mitushiko!" His voice was cheerful. "Are you doing ok? You seemed really weird when I saw you last.." He voice becoming a little sadder
"You idiot.. You STOLE Conan's phone?!"
Outside, she leaned against the closed door. She wondered why it was so hard to talk to him right now. Maybe because seeing him like that, so vulnerable, was so rare. A slight blush formed on her cheeks and she shook it off.
He freaked. "I- I'll give it back! I just wanted to badly know how you were... Seeing how.." His voice grew quiet.
"You couldn't have just called for this..." He looked suspiciously at the phone.
"Yeah.. I was wondering... Could you be my mentor?!"
Heiji twitched. "Idiot. YOu don't need a mentor! And 'sides..." He grew quiet and glanced at the door wondering if Kazuha was easdropping.
"I don't think I want to do this anymore..."
"What do you mean?! Not be a detective!" His voice was loud and clear. Everyone definitely heard him. He ignored the glares from Conan and Haibara. "You can't do that!" He said desperately.
"Ya.. I can..." He ended the call. His hand rested in his lap

{Meanwhile in Teitan Elementary…]

Mitsuhiko looked at Conan in shock, the phone still to his ear. "He.. Hung up.."
Hung up? Why? \Baarou...hanging up after saying something like that....\
"He said he didn't want to do this anymore!" He lowered his voice to try not attract attenion. "He doesn't want to be a detective anymore!"
"He doesn't mean that.. Right?" He looked at conan worried
\Hattori quit being a detective? Not unless something REALLY major happened...and I don't think the mess in Fukuoka would be quite enough....would it?\ I...don't think so....
He hung up on you, though, which means he didn't want to answer questions...
Maybe he had an argument with Toyama-san?
"_Then... Then why say something like that?"
"Even with his firiend..."
friend*
Hattori argues with Toyama-san all the time. They seem to enjoy it.
As for saying something like that...I don't know. I'll have to talk to him again...
"Even so... We have to go Osaka to convince him to stay!"
Go to Osaka?
Not today....
"Of course not! But soon! Because... Then there would be a lot of cases that would be unsolved and wrong people getting caught if Heiji-san isn't there!"
Yeah....I don't think he'll just stop being a detective, though....
I'll call him back after class today and see if I can find out what he ment...
"But.. I don't think he has his phone..." Mitsuhiko's face saddened
\Drat....he doesn't.....the Black Org took it....\ I'll get Ran-neechan to call Kazuha-neechan then...
Looks guilty and glances to the side. "Right..."
What's wrong?
"I just hope I didn't have anything to do with it..."
He bites his lip. "Everything in FUkuoka!"
"Oi, what are you too mumbling about?" Genta leaned over the table with a piece of meat sticking out of his mouth.
"It's nothing, Genta-kun."v
[::] Genta-kun, don't talk with your mouth full...
"Sorry."
He hmphed
* Ayumi frowns at Genta.
""You don't think because of what happened to us... What Ayumi-chan and I found out is the reason why?" He whispered to Genta could not hear.
\But it's not his fault Ayumi found out, just mine...why would that make him want to stop being a detective?\ The case?
Ne, Mitsuhiko-kun, what was that about? Heiji-oniisan isn't going to be a detective anymore?
It's all Ayumi's fault isn't it?
The whole mess....
* KojimaGenta continues eating all his meat as noisy at possible. He looks at them confused
Now Heiji-oniisan doesn't want to be a detective...because he got hurt...and Ayumi pulled him into something so...*suddenly remembers she shouldn't talk about it*...like that...
* Ayumi starts crying
It's all Ayumi's fault!! T_T
"Ayumi-chan! IT's not your fault! We just have to knock some sense into him!
"
\This again? Ayumi-chan...I thought we went over this....you're stronger than that...\
B-but....H-Heiji-o-oniisan r-really said s-something like th-that? H-he's n-not g-going to b-be a d-detective anym-more?
"That's why we need to go to Osaka! To convince Heiji-san.. But I don't think my folks will let me go without a good reason... But soon! We will go to Osaka, to convince him! Because..." He takes a deep breath. "I really want to be a great detective like he is!"
A-and like Shi-Shinichi-oniisan! *tears stop, she smiles a little bit at Conan-kun* R-right?
Yeah, like Shinichi-niichan. *smiles back* But I don't think we really need to go all the way to Osaka....Ran-neechan can call Kazuha-neechan after school and find out what's going on...
He nodded his head, determined. "Un."
How're we going to get to Osaka, though?
\I hope so.\
Maybe we could explain that we want to see how Heiji-oniisan is doing? Make sure he's recovering OK? He is, isn't he? *this last directed at Conan*
He facefaults. "I didn't really think of that... I mean, it'd have to be a trip, but what.."

[Back to Osaka…]

v 'Yeah.. I can...'
Kazuha gasped. She hadn't meant to eavesdrop, it just sort of happened. Hattori was speaking pretty loudly anyway. But when his voice died down, her ear had seemingly gotten closer to the door and she had heard what he said. Unbelieving, she burst the door open again, enough that it hit the wall.
He didn't even flinch. "So.. You were listening in. That's not very nice." He handed the phone back to her
"You can't quit!" She yelled, without thinking. "How can you just give up what you've always worked for?!"
She ignored the phone.
"Kazuha... Too many people are getting injured because of me. I couldn't even save a kid in the midst of death. How can I keep doing this?" His mind flashed through the events of the mermaid, spider mansion cases
"If I hadn't given Conan my onamori that one time.. Then he'd would have been stabbed to death."
"Isn't that why you SHOULDN'T stop? Think about all the good you've done! All the cases you've solved! Not to be offensive to our dads, but without you, all lot of criminals would still be loose!" Tears started forming in her eyes. "Besides...the look you get when you find the answer to something..." Once again, her voice trailed off.
"i just can't. We almost didn't make it..." Remembers vaguely the fire and how everything was falling around him.
She looked at him with determined eyes. "You know that's not true...You would've thought of something, or someone else would have and you would've done everything you can to help them. You really think I'm going to believe that your messed up knees were going to stop you? You're WAY too hot-headed for that! Remember the time on mermaid island? When we hanging from that cliff? You somehow managed to pull us BOTH up! That's not even possible for normal people!"
"People weren't shooting at us.." His voice was barely a whisper.
"But even when you WERE shot, you still made it through." She looked down. "Heiji, I know how much you love doing this. Even now, I know you're only doing this for others, not because you really want to. I don't know if I can be happy knowing that you're not happy with whatever you decide to do..." She gave a sad smile and the tears started to fall. "Besides, I don't care what you think, but I...I really feel safe around you, and I can bet the others do too." She looked back up to him, and waited for how he'd react to that.
"I still can't risk it..." \How can I be a detective if I can't even help Kudo fight the BO?\
"Maybe I should call your best friend Kudou-kun!"
"Don't bother. He already knows." \No doubt Kudo and Mitsuhiko are talking about it already...\
She sighed, she didn't know what else she could say. Heiji had always had a hard head, but this was too much. "Then that's it, huh? Nothing I say will make you change your mind?"
> "I suppose not..." \Atleast people can be safer.\
"Hmph! Fine then! I hope you're happy with your life! I'm sure you'll be very happy with a desk job or something." With that, she stomped out of his room. When she was far enough away, she cried out in frustration and went home.
HattoriHeiji> Heiji bowed his head and closed his eyes.
>
[One month later...]

HattoriHeiji> > Heiji was up and about now. His physical therapy was doing just fine. He'd gotten out of his casts and was now walking around some. He still had to use crutches though. His knees weren't quite ready to hold his weight.
HattoriHeiji> > He hadn't dealt with a case since Fukuoka, His dad really gave him a beating for giving up so easily. But he didn't want to put people in danger. "Police work is danger! It's the protection of many others that comes in the end that puts you through the next day!" He'd said. But Heiji didn't listen. He just couldn't.
> [Kazuha, you are welcome to enter or say something.]
Kazuha had kept her promise and did everything she could to help Heiji get better. She still didn't approve of his giving up detective work, but wasn't as  enthusiastic about convincing him otherwise. Everytime she would mention, he would always argue that people would be safer.
The problem with that was, that it was partly true, although she just couldn't get him to realize that without him, a lot of innocent people couldn't get closure, and more innocents could get hurt
She was sitting at home, watching tv. A news report about an unsolved arson case came up and she groaned. Something in her knew that Heiji would be able to  figure it out. A few minutes late, an idea popped into her head and she smiled and ran out of her house.
HattoriHeiji> > Heiji was watching the news report about the fire. A piece of guilt welled up inside of him.  He'd have it solved in no time...
Kazuha barged into his house without knocking. Seeing him on the couch, she called out. "Heiji!"
HattoriHeiji> > He jumped and switched off the TV. "What?" He yelled looking at her.
"You've seen those news reports about the arsony case, right?" She figured he might try to deny, but even if he felt he couldn't be a detective anymore, she knew it was still what he wanted.
HattoriHeiji> > "Nope." He said flatly. His hand still holding the remote.
She glared at him then smirked, ignoring what he said. "Right, then you know how they can't find evidence against any of they're suspects. But you could probably figure it out!"
HattoriHeiji> > Heiji stayed silent and looked at the floor. He began to wonder.... If they had died in Fukuoka.. Then no one would have figured out who it was... and the families and friends would be sad because they lost someone. "Kazuha...Will you go with me?" He barely whispered.
"Eh?" She hadn't expected him to accept. In fact, she had certain threats in her head at that moment, but his reaction had surprised. "Ahou, of course I will, I can't let you chicken out." She said with a wink.
HattoriHeiji> > He scuffed his crutches. "Don't expect much, though." He made his way out the door
"We'll see." She said, still smiling.

[At the crime scene]

HattoriHeiji> > Heiji's heart began to race seeing the scene. It brought back old memories. Kind of like the red horse case way back when with Kudo... He shook his head. He was getting drawn in.
HattoriHeiji> > Just from the looks he knew it gas that was the accelerant. He saw the body line in one corner. The building was two stories. They'd have to climb the stairs.
Kazuha looked around. This would definitly bring back some old memories. Now it was just a matter of getting him involved and he'd be hooked. "So, where should we start?"
HattoriHeiji> > "The accelerant was definitely gas and it looks like there wasn't a struggle. Meaning he was knocked out before hand..." He was talking and didn't even notice. He made his way upstairs. "Careful, I can tell already that the floor are loose."
"Okay..." She slowly made her way up the stairs. They creaked at each step. Falling through was a definite possiblity so she held onto the railings.
HattoriHeiji> > Heiji looked down the hall way and made his way to one room. \It's empty.\
Kazuha followed closely, still frightened by all the creaking, but she made sure not to show. She wouldn't give Heiji any reason to leave.
HattoriHeiji> > He moved to another room. \This one is empty too! I think I know what the motive is.\
> "Ka- Kazuha!" He turned around where he heard her scream. "Are you ok? I'll be right there!"
She hit the ground hard and dust rose up everywhere. She coughed and rubbed her eyes and tried to look up. "Heiji! I'm down here!"
> He carefully went to the edge of the hole to look at her.
> \Dusty? It doesn't looked burned.\ "Kazuha do you see a door down there?"
She looked around. It was dark, but her eyes were slowly adjusting and she could there was no door. "No, there's no windows either."
HattoriHeiji> > "Hmm." Heiji smirked. "I think I know how the culprit did it..." He went away from the hole and went downstairs to find the hidden room. He looked around on the walls for signs of possible doors.
HattoriHeiji> > He took his crutch and banged it against the wall. "Kazuha, can ya hear that?" He shouted
She wondered where he went, and was about to call out, until she heard a tapping sound coming from the wall and Heiji's voice. "Yeah, I hear ya!" She called out. She then walked towards the noise, feeling her way through the darkness.
HattoriHeiji> > "Good..." He looked around on the walls, feeling with his hand, He felt a little crevice. "I think I found it Kazuha. Push where I bang on the wall." He started hitting the walls with his fists
She walked towards the new sounds, he hands never leaving the wall. When she got to the area, she pushed as hard as she could.
HattoriHeiji> > The wall slowly began to open. It was a thick part of the door made of fire proof material. He smirked. "I know how he did it, Kazuha." He did his usual 'I solved the case' face when the crack became big enough.
Kazuha had been frightened about being stuck, but the fear had evaporated right when she saw his face. Her face lit up and pulled him into a big hug. "Oh Heiji! That's great!" Quickly though, she realized what she was doing and pulled away, blushing intensly. "I mean, that's good." She said, more quietly.
HattoriHeiji> > "Ah..." Heiji felt odd solving the case. He was suprised at Kazuha's hug, but then wasn't. He had hurt alot of people with his stupid words, didn't he? He even ignored Kudo's calls.  "Since this was a fire proof room, the murderer hid in here and only friends would have known about this room. Which means the culprit was Hondei Konbei-san." He turned around. "I'm such an idiot for not realizing earlier... But the fact I am here to figure out how to save people keeps people from getting injured."
HattoriHeiji> > "Sorry for making you worry, Kazuha. I guess we should call the police now." he made his way out of the house.
HattoriHeiji> > He blushed with his back to her.
"Right." She said still smiling, while following him out.
"But, shouldn't have more proof then just the idea that the friends knew about this place?"
HattoriHeiji> > "Since the room hadn't ever been used, yours and the culprit's fingerprints should be in there. IT looks like the police hadn't even found the extra room."
"So you really have thought of everything, huh? And don't you feel better now that the real culprit will go to jail? All thanks to you!"
HattoriHeiji> > "Yeah. I am. Kudo's gonna give me an ear full..." He sighed. "I don't know what i was thinking, really..." heiji dialed the phone for Otaki. He was greeted with much happiness when he said why he called. Cheering could be heard through the phone by the room of police officers.
HattoriHeiji> > The case was solved and closed. He smiled and clossed the phone. "Looks like it's case closed."
"Hmph, not just Kudou-kun..." She mumbled quietly. She wasn't done with him yet.
HattoriHeiji> > "What?" He looked at her
"Oh! Nothing!" She said, waving him off. She'd wait till he was more of his normal self before guilt-tripping him.
HattoriHeiji> > "Suit yourself..." He mumbled. He made his way back to his house, leaving Kazuha there.
"Oi! Don't just leave me here!" She yelled and ran after him. Although some part of her was glad, considering now he was suddenly back to normal.
HattoriHeiji> > \Don't worry.. I'll make it up to ya...\
> \Kazuha...\ He slightly blushed giving a small smile.
HattoriHeiji> > The police found evidence in the hidden room and Hondai was arrested. And of course the news about the case was put in the newspaper the next day...

[Meanwhile in Tokyo…]
[The next day at Teitan Elementary.]

«+[TsuburayaMitsuhiko]» MItsuhiko ran as fast as he could down the halls. "Conan-kun!" He shouted racing into the class room. "COnan-kun! It's about Heiji-san!" He was cluching a newspaper in his hands
Ah....what about Hattori?
* [TsuburayaMitsuhiko] takes a few deep breaths
* [TsuburayaMitsuhiko] shows the paper clipping of the newspaper.
* Newspaper reads "Famous West Detective big comeback with case of Arson Case.:
"Heiji-san's back!" He said smiling.
Oh, good! Ayumi was afraid he really ment it about not being a detective because of that mess....
\That baka....have to thank Toyama-san for out-stubborning him, I guess...\
Excellent....
Can you blame him though? From what it seems you guys went through, it might have been a lot of stress.
I'd hate to loose him...
* Conans_phone vibrates
* Ayumi looks at the floor
It's Ayumi's fault too...Heiji-oniisan wouldn't've gotten hurt if Ayumi hadn't rushed in...
It's not your fault, Ayumi-chan....*pulls out his phone*
"But he shouldn't have given up. I'm glad he's back! Ah, Conan-kun..." Looks at his phone
*looks at phone* Hattori?
* EdogawaConan answers the phone
He may have thought it was his fault *looks down, realizing she knows how he feels*
Hattori, do you realize it's almost time for class to start?
HattoriHeiji> > "Oi, Kudo! Did ya see the story in the paper?"
Yeah, we saw. Congrats on coming to your senses.
HattoriHeiji> > "Sorry sorry~ But I had to call my best bud." He chuckled
Oh, it's Heiji-oniisan?
* EdogawaConan nods at Ayumi's question
\Heiji-san.\ He marveled
I thought To--er, Kazuha-neechan was your best friend?
HattoriHeiji> > "Yeah. I got a lot of aplogizing to do... Kazuha yelled at me for hours about. Made me promise to never be an idiot again.." He rubbed the back of his neck.
> HattoriHeiji>  "Hey, Kudo..." His voice got all hard. "I'll be there next time ya need me. I promise."
Thanks. Did you want to talk to Mistuhiko-kun?
HattoriHeiji> > "Huh? Nono. I don't want to hold ya up. See ya, Kudo!" He swiftly hung up.
Oi!
* EdogawaConan closes the phone with a sigh
"Hung up again? He seems to do that.. doesn't he..."
That baka....why'd he hang up so suddenly?
* HaibaraAi smirks
Yeah, he does...
Since he's gotten back into detective work, he probably busy
Looks like you have your competition again, Edogawa-kun
Or maybe he just has to get to class...
"I guess we don't need to go to Osaka after all! I sure hope we see Heiji-san soon though.." He looked at Conan. "Conan-kun. I am going to solve the next case we have before you do. IT's a promise!"
We should probably start getting ready for class too...Kobayashi-sensei will be here any minute...
*smiling at Mitsu* Good luck. Put your best effort into it.
Oniisan's going to teach us to be the best detectives! *^_^*
"Un!"

[miakakiri]

Just in case anyone was wondering, there was no rp Thursday of this week because of the holiday. Join us again on Sunday for a new case!

[miakakiri]

{Episode 17}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZzOIHP7Ko
[Title]
{Die Case Code}

3...
2...
1...
[Cue scene!]
{It's the end of the day at Teitan Elementary School, and the Shonen Tantei Dan are ready to head home. Genta is running a little behind.}
Wha! Wait. lemme get my food!
Genta-kun teba...~_~*
* KojimaGenta stumbles in with arms filled with junk food
I'm back.
Genta-kun! How rude. Getting so much food when we have a case!
* Ayumi looks at all the junk food...
Genta-kun, you really shouldn't eat all that...it's not good for you.
But I'm hungry... *pout*
So get an apple or something. Not *picks up a bag* Choco-munchies.
* HaibaraAi sighs
But I'm a growing boy ya know..
\Growing wider....\
Yes, growing in a whole different sense...
How many bowls of rice did you eat this morning?
10!
~_~*
~_~*
* KojimaGenta smiles victoriously
Um...couldn't you have brought onigiri instead of all this junk? \And maybe shared with the rest of us?\
* HaibaraAi stares
They aren't filling enough!
\So get some with a different filling.\ Nothing fills you up Genta-kun....
Ne, is there anything in the box?
* TheBox has something in it.
* TheBox does all the work around here.
* TheBox gets no respect from his colleagues, despite the fact that he is always getting them cases.
"Oh? You mean this?" He smiles widely at his box. "It's a secret!"
No fair! Show us!
"Heeh? But Genta-kun, isn't it more food?"
* HaibaraAi is leaning against the lockers, not really caring
"No! It's a case!" He said angrily. "Geez, I don't always talk about food.."
\Yes you do...\
\Yes you do...\
\Yes you do...\
\Yes you do...\
Well, if there's something in the box, let's see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzH0CWps ... re=related
"Un!" He opens the box at takes out a slip of paper
Leans over to take a look
* HaibaraAi raises an eyebrow
* Ayumi crowds in to try and look.
* EdogawaConan waits for someone to read it off.
says, "Please, come find me." Also in the box, below the note proper, is a single, six-sided die, with markings on each side.
"'Please come find me'?" He picks up the die and observes it. Blinking in confusion.
Come find who?
That's a dice, right?
One die, two dice, Ayumi-chan.
Oh yeah....~_~*
But...what's on it?
"What's with these symbols?"
Romaji? No...letters?
* HaibaraAi takes a closer look
"Maybe even a name..."
* EdogawaConan is now intrigued
He frowns slightly. \Conan-kun's going to figure this out... I know it. I can't let him!\
English letters...
* Die has the letters A-Z-O-N-N-A.
Two a's, two n's, an o and a z...
That doesn't look like any game die Ayumi has ever seen....maybe it has the name of the person we're supposed to find?
It's most likely mixed up
"Un..." Takes out a notebook and writes down the letters.
Wouldn't be a case if it wasn't mixed up.
May I see it?
"Even if we make a word, it still doesn't tell us much.."
"Um, Conan-kun. You and Haibara-san would beat us too easily! Right? So.."
So let us have a turn first, OK?
"Leave it up to us! We are the tantei-dan without ya!" He says enthusiastically.
You can help if we get stuck.
Ayumi would like to look at the die, though.....please?
"Of course." Gives Ayumi the die.
Thanks! *looks at the die, turning it over in all directions*

Flattened version of the die she's looking at:
  Z
  A
NON
  A

\Probably has something to do with where the letters are....\
* EdogawaConan concedes the point about letting them do it and backs off.
\She has a point, the best way to learn is by doing.\
* HaibaraAi smirk
*whispering to Conan* They really are growing up...you might not be needed around here soon enough.
*whispering back* I hope so. I want to help them, but not too much. And I do want to go home.
*as though to herself* The double letters are opposite each other...and the single letters are the last set of opposites....*continues studying the die*
* [TsuburayaMitsuhiko] scratches his head
So it's o a z a....where do the n's go? *seems not to realize she's speaking aloud*
* HaibaraAi notices something
"On the sides.. N for Next?"
Next what? *looks up, startled*
Ne, would you mind me saying?
Saying what, Ai-chan?
I'm pretty sure Oaza is an alternative way of saying -cho...
as in districts
So...it's nn-cho?
Wait, that doesn't make sense....
* Ayumi goes back to trying to puzzle it out.
Looks at the paper again. He flips it over just in case they missed something. "Ah! There is _ _ - _ with A O - N underneath!"
"Eeeh? I can't believe I missed that..." he sulked
There is? *moves to get a better look at the paper*
"Oaza..." Mitsuhiko takes what Haibara said and puts it on his paper. Looks at the new puzzle on the back.
Nana!
Nana-cho! That makes it make sense!
Looks up in surprise. "Yeah! Then we should go there.. Then maybe.." Looks back at puzzle number two
Ee, indeed
So we're off to Nana-cho, then?
Do you even know where in Nana-cho?
* [TsuburayaMitsuhiko] he shook his head.
"I'm sure this second puzzle gives us more of a hint"
Neh, Tsuburaya-kun? What does that format look like to you?
"The format for address in Japan."
* HaibaraAi smiles and looks at the rest of them
Right, so now you guys just need to figure out what AO-N is, and you'll know where to go
*smiles slightly to himself, looking at the die* Maybe the number of letters have a second meaning too?
Remembers what Ayumi said. "There's only 2 n's and 2 a's? right? and 1 z and o.. Then it'd be.. 21-2!"
"Eeeh? I don't believe it.." Genta proved useless and didn't get that at all.
"Then that must be the address where to go, right?"
He looked to Haibara and Conan
So let's get going.
* HaibaraAi nods
{Time Skip! They travel to the address they were given in the code.}
"We are here.." Looks around.
So where is the person we're supposed to meet?
* ProfessorAgasa waves.
"Hakase!" He smiled cheerfully
Hakase!
* Ayumi runs over to him.
"Ah! It was you all along? Darn... I was hoping for a real case!"
\Figures....\ *walks over to Hakase more sedately*
A "real case" eh?
Well, it certainly took you long enough to solve that one.
* ProfessorAgasa grins.
"Well, it would take quicker, but we wouldn't let Conan-kun help us!" He smiled
"Yeah, we solved it by ourselves!"
We solved it all by ourselves!
\"we" you say...\
I was actually providing you with the address of a nice restaurant I've been wanting to try.
Well, Mistuhiko-kun figured out the last bit...
They really did a good job, Hakase
But I got the nana-cho!
"uwa! Really?!" His face lit up. He patted his stomach. "I'm hungry already!"
"Genta-kun..." *facepalms*
\Hakase, you're spoiling them....\
Genta-kun teba...~_~*
\Of course you are, Genta. You're always hungry....\
Heh...
"Un! Ayumi-chan was really good too!"
Ayumi figured out the last bit, too, but Mitsuhiko-kun got it faster...
Either way, they all deserve a prize, care to show us that restaurant, hakase?
Sure, sure. Come on in.
* Ayumi follows Hakase
* EdogawaConan follows along as well, but with a bit less enthusiasm.
  "Oh boy!" Rubs his stomach and follows.
* [TsuburayaMitsuhiko] feels triumphant of solving most of the puzzle.
\I'll be as good as Heiji-san one day!\
{Somewhere in Osaka}
* HattoriHeiji sneezes
{Back to our regularly scheduled story}
* HaibaraAi yawns, not very hungry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDN_9V71reQ

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{Episode 18}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t5Nc0VV ... re=related
[Cue Title]
{Black Grasp (Beginning)}

3...
2...
1...
[Cue Scene]
{Nighttime at Hakase's. Conan is sleeping over tonight. It's about 2am or so right now.}
* EdogawaConan is asleep on the couch.
She silently sneaks up on Conan. "Kudou-kun." She harshly whispers. "Just why are you here tonight? There is usually something going on, but you haven't said a thing." She looks at him.
* HaibaraAi pulls the pillow from underneath his head.
* EdogawaConan wakes with a start.
Oi, Haibara, what was that for? *sleepily*
"Answer my question. You'd never come over here if there wasn't a good reason for it." She narrowed her eyes.
Occhan's drunk off his ass again, and Ran's away on a school trip.
I can't sleep at my house 'cause Okiya-san is there, so I came here instead.
That a good enough answer?
"Hmm." She smirked. "That's fine then." She shrugged her shoulders. "You just better not be hiding something from me. Letting that man live in your house is bad enough." She made her way back to the lab
Can I have my pillow back?
"Ah." She threw the pillow over her shoulder, not paying attention where it was aimed.
* EdogawaConan gets the pillow in his face.
Thanks.....*grumpily*
* EdogawaConan puts the pillow back in the right spot and curls up to sleep again.
* HaibaraAi lets out a small yawn and goes to her lab.
\Idiot...\
* Gin steps out of the shadows as the door to the lab closes, advancing on the seven year old, turned away from the door in his slumber.
* Gin cracks a silent grin, glancing at the door before arriving momentously over his target.
* Gin mutters to himself, "Our Organization has made due without some of our more talented chemists, but perhaps you can help me find the one I'm looking for. You're not new to being a guinea pig for drugs, so I'm sure you won't mind."
* EdogawaConan is actually awake, but faking sleep while he tries to figure out a way to escape from this mess.
* Gin pulls out a syringe. He closely observes the measurement of the liquid inside, squirting the slightest bit out the end. A single drop cascades onto Conan's cheek.
* EdogawaConan suppresses the reflex to twitch in response to the drop on his cheek.
Far more aggressive than sodium pentothal, with retrograde effects of Scopolamine. We'll see how willing you are to talk.
* Gin casts a dark hand over Conan's mouth, pulling it tight before jamming the syringe into his arm, injecting it.
* EdogawaConan jerks in response to being injected and attempts to pull away.
* Gin grips his struggling corpse as his target's reactions begin to slow, mind becoming foggy by way of the drug.
Let's go somewhere quiet, shall we?
* Gin grins darkly before carrying the body upstairs.
* Gin walks into a bedroom and closes the door behind him, before setting the child up against a bed.
* Gin takes his hand lightly off the child's mouth, raising his chin to face him with the barrel of his gun.
I trust you're awake now, tantei-san?
Sorta...
Good. You've been busy in the last few months, from what I understand, isn't that right, Kudou Shinichi-kun?
* Gin cracks a smile.
Busy? Busy chasing the kids around....
The other kids....in my class...
You've got a secret you don't tell them, though, don't you?
You're not Edogawa Conan at all. You're just pretending, aren't you?
I pretend lots of things....
So I hear.
I suppose you hear a lot of things, don't you? There are a lot of things to hear...
Where do you hear things from?
The kids talk a lot...but not much of anything useful...nothing interesting...
I'm sure. But let's talk about something interesting.
I want to go home...
Fine.
I'll make you a deal.
Tell me who else knows about who you really are, and I'll let you go home.
I want to go back to sleep.
And occhan's snoring makes it really hard to sleep...
* Gin presses the gun against his Adam's apple.
I'm going to make it hard to sleep if you don't answer me.
Answer what?
That's cold....
Who else knows about who you really are, Kudou Shinichi?
Sometimes I don't even know who I really am...
Why would anyone else know?
Fine. If you're not going to cooperate, there's no reason to let you live.
You were gonna kill me anyway.
You were gonna kill her too...Sherry....
Where is Sherry, anyway?
Dunno....she stole my pillow....
She threw it in my face when she left, so I didn't really see where she went...
* Gin narrows his eyes.
* HaibaraAi is in the lab on her computer.
What about the girl?
The one you came to save?
Does she know about your little identity crisis?
The little girl? She's a kid, what would she know?
She's never even met Kudou Shinichi....
* Gin facepalms with his other hand.
The other girl! The one we chained up.
Ran?
No....
*sadly* Ran doesn't know anything....
*mumbling* vanished on her....mad at me....
* EdogawaConan continues mumbling about how he's always vanishing.
That's good enough for now. If I give you any more juice you'll be useless to me.
Can I have some apple juice?
My mouth feels funny...
* Gin stares at him for a moment.
And it tastes weird...
* Gin throws him onto the bed.
Please?
* Gin storms out of the room.
Oof! Ow, hey that hurt...
Hey, that wasn't nice!
What'd you do that for?
Mmm, comefy....
Don't worry, you'll be out soon.
* HaibaraAi hears faint sounds upstairs.
* EdogawaConan curls up on the bed and falls asleep again.
Sherry took his pillow, hm?
\What... was that sound...\
* Gin 's phone buzzes softly.
* Gin reads a short message.
* Gin makes his way for the door he entered from.
\Burglar?\ She grabs her stun watch and quietly up the stairs and puts her ear to the door.
Anokata calls. I'll be back for you, Sherry.
* Gin walks to his car.
* HaibaraAi gets shivers up her spine. \No...\
* Gin gets in and takes a long glance at the house, but hits the gas once his phone buzzes again.
Never giving me time for the finer pleasures in life, are you, Anokata?
* Gin drives away.
* HaibaraAi slowly opens the door seeing Conan isn't on the couch and notices the blanket got knocked off. Her eyes widen.
\Kudou-kun!\ She listens for anything else and slowly creeps around. "Kudou-kun!" She shouts. "Where are you?!" She goes up the stairs and enters the room Conan is in. "KUDOU-KUN!" She screams seeing him sleeping, but thinking he is dead. She hops on the bed and shakes him. "Kudou-kun!"
* HaibaraAi breathes heavily and sees he's just sleeping. "You really are an idiot.. Then if they were here..." She looks out a window. "Then.." She narrows her eys already having an idea what they did
* EdogawaConan wakes a little at being shaken...
Huh? Wassa matta?
Where's my blanket? It's cold....
I wanna sleep...
\Damn it!\ "You were injected with truth serum, weren't you?"
"Kudou-kun..."
With somthing...
! "What exactly did you tell them?!"
My mouth feels funny...
Tell who?
You stole my pillow...
An' then you threw it at me...
An' I didn't see where you went.
Did you steal my blanket too?
It's cold...
* HaibaraAi eyes widen realizing that he just told Gin that he knew her. Which meant they were in danger.
I dunno who I am.....why would anyone else know....?
Little girl doesn't know anything...never even met Kudou Shinichi....
"You idiot.." She gritted her teeth. How the heck were they supposed to get out of this.. At this very moment people could be dying." starts imagining people being shot.
Vanished....*mumbling incoherently now*
Idiot? Yeah...idiot....stupid Conan...
Lets go of Conan's shirt and lets him fall to the bed. "Kudou-kun.. What are we supposed to do..."
Do with what?
Why do you call me that? He called me that too....
"They know now.." She grabbed his shirt again. "YOU IDIOT NOW THEY KNOW YOUR IDENTITY AND MINE AND ARE GOING TO KILL EVERYONE AROUND US!" She screamed in his face.
Told him they don't know....
"Yoshida-san and Tsuburaya-san were seen by those two.. They are just in much danger.."
Told him Ayumi doesn't know anything....told him Ran doesn't know anything...
Didn't mention the others...he didn't ask...
* ProfessorAgasa breathlessly charges in the door.
What's wrong?
"It doesn't MATTER. Yoshida-san and Ran-san were in that warehouse. It doesn't matter if Ran-san  doesn't remember what happened. They will kill our friends because of that! The fact they were there! It doesn't mattter."
She gets off the bed.
* ProfessorAgasa relaxes and releases a yawn.
Are you still arguing about the warehouse?
"They were here, Hakase. They drugged Kudou-kun and he unknowingly told them."
* ProfessorAgasa stares.
WHAT?!
THEY WERE HERE?!
Head hurts enough....no more yelling, OK?
* ProfessorAgasa speaks barely above a whisper, "They know where we are..."
Can I have some apple juice?
My mouth feels weird...
"Yes... And he's too drugged to see the severity of this situation.."
* ProfessorAgasa stares at Conan.
He'll need to sleep it off. If the mind is continually strained, it won't help the situation at all.
We need to discuss this elsewhere. He needs to get to sleep.
Sleep sound good...
He stole my blanket...
"Fine.." She clenches her fists.
It's cold....I want my blanket back...
* HaibaraAi storms out of the room
We'll come up with a plan. We'll check on him in the morning.
* ProfessorAgasa closes the door.
* EdogawaConan falls over and is back asleep by the time his head hits the pillow.
Ai-kun... why didn't they kill him, or us? Why would they just leave?
"Something must have stopped them for now.. Planning for a bigger murder that wouldn't seem so suspicious. With so many to kill"
Has that stopped them before? They usually just burn it all down...
"Three high school detectives dying in a short span would definitely look suspicious. They are just waiting for the chance now.."
"They would just burn it down. There are more ways than one... "
"But what I don't get is how they made the connection. How did they- No. He wouldn't have in the warehouse, right? Revealed his identity.." Her eyes narrowed more and more
That only begs the question... how much do they know? Do they know about your condition? Do they know how Kudou-kun became Conan?
"Probably. Since I betrayed them, there's no doubt they'd look back at my files."
If that's the case... We have the night at the very least.
"Yeah.." \If we are lucky...\
We can make some sort of escape plan by morning. There's no reason they would come back after all this to finish the job.
Get some sleep. I'm sure we'll have more options by morning.
* HaibaraAi walked back to her lab silently. There was no hope after all of this.
* ProfessorAgasa goes to his bed.

{Meanwhile...}
* Gin stands against his car, smoking, on level 1 of a parking garage.
* Vermouth parks next to Gin, and gets off her motorcycle, with an angry but confident look
Gin...
You have something talk to me about, Vermouth?
Or is it that I've had something to talk to you about for a long time... and now you finally want to chat.
* Vermouth raises an eyebrow
Explain yourself... But hurry up. I have something important to tell you.
* Gin grinds the cigarette in his mouth.
What have you got to tell me?
Soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSXpY4WS ... re=related
... Beika district?
You're chasing someone.
I know what I'm doing, Vermouth. Certainly you have SOMETHING better to tell me than that.
Where's Vodka, Gin?
Clearly he's not here.
And that's weird. You're into a mission. And he's not with you. You don't have a partner. So, you don't want him to know about what you're doing.
That's very suspicious of you, considering you've never had a partner.
Doesn't being Anokata's favorite require more of you than stalking trusted members of the Organization?
If you absolutely must know...
I'm taking care of something -you- should have done yourself.
* Gin tosses his cigarette onto the ground.
* Gin grinds it into the cement with his shoe.
Stalking? Suspicious?
What are YOU doing into Beika district?
Picking up your slack.
* Gin narrows his eyes.
My slack? So... The bodies...?
* Vermouth forces her voice to sound less worried about cool kid and Angel.
* Gin searches for a new cigarette.
No bodies tonight.
Reconnaissance.
... Reconnaissance *raises an eyebrow*
The latest drug from our wonderful organization.
* Gin lights his cigarette and puts it in his mouth.
What? *stares at him in surprise* 'Cool kid... Damn!'
T-- The drug, what about the drug?
You didn't think our labs were finished when we lost Sherry, did you?
It's a truth serum. Ten times as powerful as Sodium Pentathol, has the retrograde amnesia effects of Scopolamine.
I found some very interesting information with it this evening, Vermouth.
Sodium pentath--- Ah... *glares at him* Truth serum. And... Who was your victim?
That's information sensitive to our organization. That said, I presume you already know who.
Am I wrong?
I think I can picture it...
Does Anokata knows about this? And you know I'll ask him... *walks, getting closer to Gin*
What Anokata doesn't know won't hurt him. I have the best interests of our Organization in mind. Unlike some of us.
* Gin returns the glare.
*grabs his hand and puts his finger in her head, as a gun* I know you dream about killing me. But I'm in a better position, Gin. Anokata will know about this.
I don't think so.
* Gin cracks a smile.
Maybe you're in a better position with Anokata... but you want something from me. Otherwise you wouldn't have come here.
Bingo~
If you tell Anokata, you lose that leverage.
*winks and smiles*
You won't tell him.
What are you after, then?
I'll expose myself if I tell him
I want to... protect something...
*lights up a cigarette*
Spit it out, and I'll consider it.
*laughs* No, you wont. I don't trust you.
Then why even ask?
But... That something is happy when certain someone is around.
And that certain someone is the only one who can protect her.
That kid. Edogawa Conan.
He's a liability.
* Gin takes a puff.
Mark my words, Vermouth.
One way or another, even if you won't let me act immediately...
Edogawa Conan will die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDN_9V71reQ

{And there we have it, the beginning of a new Black Org arc! Expect a lot of high action and higher suspense through the next few episodes! Join us again on Sunday at 23:00EST (11pm Eastern/10pm Central/9pm Mountain/8pm Pacific) for the next exciting episode! As always, all episodes will be posted the next day both here and at dcrpa.blogspot.com.}

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{Episode 19}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URqQICT ... re=related
Last time... on Detective Conan.
I broke into the house where that kid detective was staying and injected him with a powerful drug to make him talk.
Ultimately I gleaned little information, other than the fact that Sherry is local. Heh...
Unfortunately, it seems that Vermouth has caught on to my little plan, which has complicated things. Well... I'll have to insure I get the upper hand when it come's to "Anokata's Favorite".
Will our glorious organization prevail? Well, that was never a question.
* Gin smirks.
Find out how, this episode, on Detective Conan.
[Cue Title]
{Black Grasp (Hunted)}

[3...
[2...
[2...
[Cue Scene]
{First level of a parking garage somewhere, Gin and Vermouth are discussing events.}
* Gin glances at the ramp down to the parking structure before addressing the woman before him once more, this time with a darkened brow.
It seems we are at a stalemate, Vermouth.
Perhaps I can offer us a fair out, if you're interested.
That would depend on what it is *still glaring*
Heh.
You're not one to agree to something without knowing what it is.
Alright, the bottom line is this: Kudou Shinichi-tantei is not the Organization's largest priority right now. He's an affordance, at best, really.
* Gin takes another puff on his cigarette.
* Vermouth mentally sighs in relief
I'm willing to make a gamble with you.
Oh? And what do you believe IS our main priority?
Heh. Our main priority is dealing with threats to the Organization proper. We have a leak, I'm sure you know.
Kudou Shinichi does not know enough to be a threat.
However, I'd rather eliminate him now while that remains true.
* Gin grits his teeth, twisting his face into a smile.
Help me set a little trap for "metantei Kudou". If he makes it out, then he's not worth the trouble it would take to cover up the death.
I doubt eliminating him now or later would make much of a difference. You seem to imply he at least knows something, so why hasn't he told anyone yet?
* Gin glares at Vermouth in annoyance.
We can't say he hasn't. There are already two others I suspect he has informed.
Hence the reason for tonight's visit.
I like to make sure all loose ends are... taken care of.
So what do you say, Vermouth?
* Vermouth considers his proposal
* Gin taps his foot slowly, petulantly.
Alright then, I do enjoy games every now and then.
* Gin grins.
Very well. We'll give them the day to rest up. We do have the advantage after all.
\Heh... as if I would ever make a gamble on a target's life. With Vermouth not interfering, he's done.\
If we don't return soon, I imagine the others will start to ask questions.
* Gin pops open his door.
We'll reconvene tomorrow, here.
* Vermouth heads back to her motorcycle
* Gin slides in and shuts the door firmly before shooting Vermouth a glance and pulling away.
* Vermouth stares off as the car leaves
\Could this really be the end for you, our silver bullet...?\
{Time skip... Morning, the next day. Scene: Agasa's house. Camera is on Conan as he awakens.}
* EdogawaConan wakes slowly, mind fuzzy...
\Ow....why is my head killing me? Bright....\
* EdogawaConan covers his eyes with his hand.
So, you're finally awake?
\Wait...this isn't the couch....how did I get up here?\
Yeah....don't shout, OK?
* HaibaraAi is sitting in the chair next to the bed
I thought I fell asleep on the couch?
Ai-kun, I finished breakfast.
\Ow...why do I feel like I have a hangover?\ What happened?
* HaibaraAi gives him a wary look
Why am I up here?
Do you remember anything? From last night?
I thought I fell asleep on the couch....
* ProfessorAgasa struggles, trying to balance glasses on plates.
Oh, Shinichi-kun, you're up! Are you alright?
* HaibaraAi doesn't really believe he'll remember anything
My head is killing me...like that time with the Paikaru...but other than that...
Hakase, can I have some water? Please?
Ah, sure, you can have my drink, though it's milk.
Yeah, thanks....
* ProfessorAgasa works his way over carefully and lowers one of the plates bearing a glass on it.
* EdogawaConan takes the glass of milk and downs it quickly.
* HaibaraAi waits, silently impatient
* ProfessorAgasa passes Ai a plate and drink.
Haibara? Why are you glaring at me like that?
You...you can't remember, can you?
Ai-kun, don't press it. I told you that it was likely it would induce this kind of effect...
Remember what?
*suddenly dead-serious, more than usual* Haibara? What happened last night?
* HaibaraAi looks away
Hakase?
What happened?
-W- He needs to remember, even if he might hate himself for it...
*at the edge of panic* What happened? What don't I remember?
* HaibaraAi looks back at him, completely serious
Was I...drugged?
That would explain why I feel like I have a hangover....
I sensed them...last night
Who drugged me? With what? Why? What happened?
They were close, much too close
THEM??
* EdogawaConan's eyes go wide.
I was in the lab and went to go check, I didn't see anyone, but you weren't on the couch anymore
I found you in this room, you were indeed drugged
Who drugged me, though? And with what?
Based on the symptoms, it was a compound used to temporarilly hurt your inhibition, similar to alcohol or sodium pentathol, but it was much stronger and more concentrated than either of those chemicals.
Truth serum....
* EdogawaConan slumps down, looking somewhat defeated.
You said some things, some things that you may have revealed
* EdogawaConan is silent, trying to figure out how on earth he's going to get out of THIS one.
You never actually said who it was though, but it might not be hard to guess...
Gin or Vodka. They saw me in Fukuoka.
Vermouth....but I don't think she would. She promised to leave you alone after that time on the docks with Jodie-sensei....
* HaibaraAi gulps before saying her next sentence
You had said it was a man...and that he had called you Kudou-kun, just as I had...
Gin or Vodka then. And they must've figured it out from Fukuoka....
* EdogawaConan slumps down, banging his head against the pillow behind him.
Now everyone' in danger and it's all my fault....Ran.....Ayumi.....Mistuhiko....Hattori...
You also mentioned that you told him that Yoshida-san and Ran-san didn't know anything, but I honestly doubt that will stop them.
Of course that won't help....they won't care....kuso!
Kudou-kun, we need to think of something, who knows when they will strike next, but I can garantee it will be soon!
If they know you're here, they also likely know about your lodgings with Mouri-kun.
* EdogawaConan continues swearing under his breath.
We need backup...someone to at least help protect Ran...
And Ayumi-chan, who doesn't actually know much of anything....
Maybe for the moment we can at least make sure they're alright, right now
Yeah....that's probably a good start....
Can you...call them?
Make sure they're OK?
* HaibaraAi nods
Thanks.
* HaibaraAi started to walk out of the room, looks back at him, and leaves
* ProfessorAgasa sighs.
They need more protection than we can give them...
I've never even seen one of 'them' before that trip...
And they broke into my house...
Maybe...should we call the FBI?
I don't think we could make things much worse, at this point.
Do you have their number?
* ProfessorAgasa speaks wearily, "I just don't know..."
Yeah, I can call Jodie-sensei....

{With Haibara}
* HaibaraAi goes to the phone and dials Ayumi's number, suddenly anxious
ring
ring
ring
* Yoshida-san picks up the phone.
Hello?
Hello? This is Haibara Ai, may I please speak to Yoshida-san?
Or rather, Ayumi-san? *trying to keep her voice under control*
Ah, just a moment....*covers mouthpiece* Ayumi-chan! Telephone!
*muffled* Comming! Who is it?
*muffled* One of your friends. *louder* Here she is.
*phone changes hands*
Hello?
* HaibaraAi sighs with relief at hearing her voice
Ah, Yoshida-san? It's me...
Ai-chan! Good morning!
\I wish\
Did you need something? It's still kinda early....
Yes, well no, I just wanted to make sure you were okay. You haven't noticed anything suspicious, have you?
Suspicious? No....do we have another case?
Where should we meet up?
NO! *quickly calms down* It's not a case, more like a warning, please be careful
* Ayumi realizes this is serious, and her voice drops to a lower tone so her mother can't hear.
And I need you to follow through with your promise
What happened? Is Oniisan OK?
He's fine, for now...
Can you go check on Ran-san for me?
Sure...
And you can't tell Ayumi what happened, but it must've been bad for Ai-chan to be so upset...
Ayumi will go protect Ran-oneesan.
* HaibaraAi gives a sad smile to the phone
Thank you
No problem. You stay safe too, OK?
And see if you can keep Oniisan from doing anything stupid.
You have Ayumi's new phone number, right?
Yes, I do
Good! If you need Ayumi for anything else.... just call. OK?
Right, I'll keep in concact *silently wonders if that's a lie or not*
If anything happens, you call as well
Of course!
Take care, OK? And tell Oniisan to take care too...
Ayumi will help any way she can. Promise.
Un
Bye
See you later!
* HaibaraAi hangs up
* Ayumi hangs up.
*at Ayumi's place* Mom! Ayumi is going to visit Ran-oneesan! Be back later!
* Ayumi takes off for Ran's place, making sure she has her badge and phone.

{Back with Conan and Hakase}
* HaibaraAi sighs and walks back to the other room
Yoshida-san is fine, I asked her to check on Ran-san for us
*sighs with relief* Well, that's at least something....
Ayumi-chan isn't much protection, though....
True, but then again, nothing is much protection in the end...
I'll call Jodie-sensei, see if the FBI will help protect them....
You should also contact Ran-kun, too.
Who should, though? *wry smile* Conan or Shinichi?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDN_9V71reQ

{So ends the waking-up. How will Conan face today, knowing that he may just have completely blown his cover and endangered everyone he knows? How will Ayumi manage to protect Ran? Will the FBI help Conan? Find out next time! Next rp is schedualed for Sunday, 12/13 at 23:00EST. (11pm Eastern time, 10 Central, 9 Mountain, 8 Pacific) As always, for those unable to make the actual rp, the logs will be posted here and on the Archive the next day.}

[miakakiri]

{Episode 20}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URqQICTN7w
Last time, on Detective Conan...
Quiet you, I'm doing the introduction this time.
You can't--
Enough!
Last time, on Detective Conan!
We recovered from the aftermath of what can we only presume is the Black Organization's intrusion into my house during the night.
Unfortunately, we have no idea when they are planning to strike next.
It has been a few days, and little has changed, except for the fact that the FBI now knows about the current state of affairs and has officers watching my estate when I'm not able to, day and night.
Ran-kun is back from her school trip, but being back in Beika only puts her in more danger...
How can we avert destruction by the Black Organization? Find out this time, on Detective Conan!
[Cue Title]
{Black Grasp (Trap)}
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[2...
[1...
[Cue Scene]
{Hakase's house, second day after the night of Gin. Dawn breaks.}
* EdogawaConan yawns as he wakes up.
* ProfessorAgasa wrestles with a little trinket at the table, downstairs, trying to rewire it.
Hakase? What're you playing with?
* EdogawaConan walks up to Hakase, rubbing sleep out of his eyes. His glasses are not on his face.
Ah, you're up, Shinichi-kun!
This is one of my latest inventions. I've been trying to get it to work, but it keeps frying itself...
* HaibaraAi had fallen asleep in the downstairs lab again
Frying itself? Well, what is it supposed to do, when it does work?
It's an ingenious contraption, Shinichi-kun!
It will revolutionize the world when it's done!
This fantastic contraption is capable of both brushing and flossing its user's teeth at the same time. Dental hygiene will reach a new level of efficiency!
* EdogawaConan blinks.
Oh...kay...
The motor's keep burning out, and I nearly lost a tooth or two, but I'll get it just fine.
* ProfessorAgasa notices Conan's blank look.
Hey! Just because we're on alert doesn't mean I have to stop being a genius inventor, does it?
Besides... it helps keep me occupied.
I didn't say anything about you inventing stuff...I just...don't understand your invention.
Why don't you check on Ai-kun? I haven't seen her this morning, so she's probably in the lab.
Ah...OK...
* EdogawaConan heads downstairs.
Haibara? You in there? *knocks on lab door*
* HaibaraAi slowly stirs awake
huh?
* HaibaraAi rubs her eyes
who's there? *suddenly fearful*
Haibara? *knocks on the door again*
Did you fall asleep in the lab again? Hakase said he hadn't seen you...
Oh, is that you Kudou-kun? Come in...
* EdogawaConan opens the door.
Morning, Haibara....
Did you get anywhere?
* HaibaraAi glances at the screen, then back at him
Not more than usual unfortunately, it seems I've been...distracted
Because They're here...
Right...
I can't stop torturing myself with thoughts of what they might be planning...
And Ran and Ayumi-chan might get involved in it too...
If I mentioned them...
But worrying about it won't help.
Hakase's trying to pull his teeth out.
* HaibaraAi gives him a confused look
* EdogawaConan shakes his head.
Some machine he's messing around with. Trying to build something that will brush and floss teeth at the same time...
Or at least that's what he said...*confused/long-suffering look back up the stairs*
* HaibaraAi sighs
Hopefully he won't pull all his teeth out trying to get it to work...
* HaibaraAi gives a sad smile
Hopefully...*silently hoping it won't be his last invention*
* ProfessorAgasa knocks on the door.
* ProfessorAgasa pushes it open.
Hakase....
* ProfessorAgasa blinks.
What is it?
Giving the tooth-thing a break?
Yeah.
In the mean time...
Is Ran ok?
You've got a call from Ran-kun.
Oh....for Conan or Shinichi? *reaching for the bowtie just in case*
Conan-kun, this time.
* ProfessorAgasa hands him a phone.
Ah, Ok....
* EdogawaConan takes the phone.
*phone* Ran-neechan?
*coughs* Ah--- Conan-kun?
Ran-neechan, are you OK?
You didn't catch a cold, did you?
No, I'm fine, I'm fine! *laughs* How about you?
I'm Ok. Did you need something?
Yeaah... *sighs softly* Sonoko asked me to go to the mall with her... I don't know, something about a great discount if you have a young brother--- And she wants you to come.
W-- would you mind coming along with me, Conan-kun? *almost seductive voice*
* EdogawaConan blinks in confusion at the note in her voice, thinking it sounds more like it's meant for Shinichi than for Conan.
Um...isn't Ayumi-chan over there? If you just need a little kid...Ayumi-chan would probably enjoy the trip to the mall more...
* HaibaraAi is silently listening and raises an eyebrow
Hum... Sonoko said she needed a little brother. So, I guess that means we need a boy...
Ah-- Sonoko is calling! I'll pick you up in a few minutes, Conan-kun... If that's ok with you...
Ah...OK....I'll go get dressed....
Thank you, Conan-kun!
*hangs up*
*hangs up*
*to Ai and Hakase* Guess I'm getting dragged to the mall...
Go ahead. I'll be working on my invention.
I better go get ready....
* ProfessorAgasa heads back to the table.
* EdogawaConan rushes back upstairs to get dressed as quickly as he can
At least in the mall they'll be safe... Too many people to act.
* ProfessorAgasa shrugs and gets back to his work.

{A few minutes later...}
* MouriRan knocks on the door softly
* EdogawaConan rushes to answer the door.
Ran-neechan!
Conan-kun *smiles*
I'm all set...Hakase is trying to pull his teeth out and Haibara fell asleep in the lab again....
The lab? *blinks*
Er...downstairs.
Hakase's lab?
Yeah...she likes to play with the computer in the lab...and she fell asleep on the keyboard last night...
She won't come out to say hi because she has key-marks on her cheek....
* EdogawaConan sweatdrops, scrambling for a reasonable explanation to cover his slip-up.
Poor Ai-chan... It's ok, it's ok! *smiles and points at a taxi cab* We can get there faster this way, and Sonoko is waiting for us...
OK...
* EdogawaConan gets in the cab with Ran.
Where can I take you today?
To the central mall near the Beika's station, please! *smiles innocently*
Alright, we'll get going.
* TaxiDriver hits the door lock button and pulls away.
* EdogawaConan is a little nervous as he notes that they are locked in.
* TaxiDriver is clearly not driving in the direction of the mall.
* EdogawaConan gets a LOT more nervous when he notes they're going the wrong way...
Ah...Taxi-niisan? Why are we going this direction?
We're taking the scenic route. I hope you don't mind, Kudou Shinichi-kun.
* TaxiDriver grins to himself.
* MouriRan stares at Conan and bites her lower lip
* EdogawaConan mentally starts to panic, but does not let it show.
* EdogawaConan gives the taxi driver a carefully-constructed confused look
Shinichi-niichan's not here....
* EdogawaConan pushes his glasses back up his nose, a controlled motion to check that they're in place without looking like he's checking.
You're a weaker opponent than I thought, Kudou-tantei.
* TaxiDriver keeps his eyes on the road, but tears the left half of his face off, revealing it to be a plastic mask.
You can keep denying who you are, Kudou-tantei, but it will only waste your time.
* EdogawaConan throws a panicked glance at Ran to see how she's reacting to this.
* TaxiDriverGin keeps driving toward the docks.
In the glove compartment, I've left a piece of paper that may interest you. Of course, there's a time limit on it.
* TaxiDriverGin pulls around a bend, now driving perpendicular to the docks proper.
*still staring at Conan, just being quiet*
There's a stake in it for you, of course.
* EdogawaConan glares at Gin.
Of course.
* EdogawaConan is still panicking mentally, trying not to let it show on his face
Mouri Ran-kun. Care to clue him in?
* EdogawaConan eyes go wide, panicking even worse.
* TaxiDriverGin chuckles.
* MouriRan takes off her mask
* TaxiDriverGin has a victorious smirk on his face.
* EdogawaConan panics even more.
* Vermouth stares at Conan, and grins at him
Conan-kun. *still using Ran's voice*
I think your stake in the operation should be obvious at this point, tantei. Unless you don't care where Mouri-kun is.
Don't forgot. Glovebox.
* TaxiDriverGin turns sharply and suddenly onto a pier.
* EdogawaConan unbuckles and moves to grab for the glovebox.
* TaxiDriverGin guns the accelerator and unlocks the doors.
* EdogawaConan curses upon realizing that the glove box is locked.
* TaxiDriverGin pushes his door open and leaps out before the car can go off the pier's end. Obviously, it's on cruise control.
* EdogawaConan quickly dials the shoes to full power and kicks the glove compartment.
* Gin watches Vermouth evacuate and the car go off the pier.
* EdogawaConan grabs the item from the now-broken glove compartment and dives out the door just as the car strikes the water.
* Gin heads for his Porsche at the other end of the pier.
* Gin steps into his car and waits for Vermouth to get in.
Don't tempt me to end things here and now with a bullet, Vermouth.
Get in.
* EdogawaConan tucks the bag into his shirt and swims toward shore, aiming for a place a little away from the pier, where he'll hopefully be out of sight from Gin.
*laughs* You know you can't, Gin. Stop dreaming awake. *winks and gets into the car*
* Gin hits the gas.
* EdogawaConan finds a ladder on another pier and pulls himself out of the water and onto the dock.
Kuso....
* EdogawaConan pulls out the packet to investigate.
* Package was hastily wrapped using copious amounts of duct-tape.
And now they have Ran...or they want me to think they do...
* EdogawaConan keeps cursing silently to himself as he opens the packet.
* Package is opened with ease to reveal...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLbes6bidDU

{Join us again on Thursday night for more action and deductions! How will Conan get out of THIS mess? What did the Black Org do with Ran? All this and more Thursday at 23:00 EST!}