Second Deduction [Video]

[modernholmes]

[Three days in this place, and he'd made no progress in deducing the motive behind this situation.  There seemed to be no pattern in who had been taken and how long they had been kept here.  Not even the victims who had been kept here for long periods at all knew anything real about the situation.  The few supposed reasons he'd heard were ludicrous and obviously merely a guess on the part of his fellow captives.  Obviously, he couldn't make any more progress in this case until he had acquired more information.

And so....]

Hello!

[He smiles brightly at the camera.]

My name is Conan Edogawa!  I wanted to thank everyone who helped me when I woke up here.  Thank you!

But I'm still confused.  Did everyone here just wake up like that?  Someone told me that we're here because the scientists brought us here.  Is that really true?  And has anyone ever met them?  They must be very mean people if they won't let us go home.

Comments

[fierybluebird]

Yes.

[That's pretty much the answer he has to all of the questions there.]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

What do you mean, Mister?

[Oi, oi, give me something I can use.]

[fierybluebird]

Marco. I'm not that old. [Okay he is, and then some, but still.]

Yes, everyone wakes up here just like that. No recollection of how they got here or why or that they were injected with a microchip by some scientists. Yes, we assume they brought us and the others here, if someone dies, it's also the scientists who return them. And yeah, that's true. People have met them, and yes, they're fairly "mean." Though not everyone here could go home even if not for the scientists, so in some ways, that's a small kindness. And they sometimes try to make it easier on the people here bringing presents. They used to run a weekly news, but they've gotten quieter.

What's your name kid?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[He honestly didn't know where to start with all of that. Microchips? Returning from the dead? Bribing the captives with gifts? Could it be that there was some kind of mental conditioning going on to make all the captives believe in some of this nonsense? But what was the motive?

But no time to think about this now. Conan makes a wondering sound and deliberately focuses on making his body language as childish as possible.]

Oh, okay Mr. Marco. I'm Conan Edogawa!

[fierybluebird]

Nice to meet you Conan. And welcome to Discedo. For better or worse.

[kongeriget]

We can't go home until things are nice!

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Eh? But that's not fair at all!

[kongeriget]

Huh? It's fine.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

But don't you think its mean? They broke this city and now they're making all these other people clean it up.

[kongeriget]

Nope! Humans are supposed to be totally into building stuff, right? Exactly!

[twinned-clone.livejournal.com]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Oh? What did he say?

[twinned-clone.livejournal.com]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

The library burned down.

[Conan twitches slightly. Did that mean there weren't any mystery novels here?]

So they occasionally do helpful things. Could it be some attempt at building rapport with their captives? Perhaps they're trying to purposefully initiate a stockholm syndrome situation...

[Video]

[guardianjoker4.livejournal.com]

Have you received the text file, yet?

[Video]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

No, what is that?

[Video]

[guardianjoker4.livejournal.com]

Hold on a second. [She starts fiddling with her comm for a moment and then a text file (http://witchoftheweek.livejournal.com/1826.html) pops up!]

It's a bit outdated but it's still basically the same.

[antimystery.livejournal.com]

Ohoh. Is it truly so difficult to figure out that you would be so eager to ask that much? Perhaps one should praise that enthusiasm of yours, however.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

The best way to find an answer is to ask a question.

[antimystery.livejournal.com]

[ cacklecackle! ] It is indeed true that those self proclaimed scientists did indeed summon us into this place.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Did they tell anyone why?

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[sense-ur-aura.livejournal.com]

i do not think anyone has met the scientists personally

on occasion they do speak with us, but even that seems to be rare

Re: text

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

That seems strange.

text

[sense-ur-aura.livejournal.com]

if you ask me its a little suspicious. they bring us here and then never show themselves. they arent very concerned for our safety either

i dont like it

Re: text

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Very suspicious. Normally in a kidnapping the culprit would wish to keep tight control over the movements of the victims.