Fourteenth Deduction [Text]

[modernholmes]

[Conan listens worriedly to Ran in the other room.  This entire disaster had caught him completely by surprise.  Not only the illusory bodies being replaced with real bodies, but the thick fog cutting off travel options.  Not to mention the sudden disappearance of everyone in the house.  Adam and Makoto had disappeared with no clues to their location.  Hattori and Kazuha were gone as well.  Lost in the fog, he culd only hope.

And there was nothing he could do.  Leaving the house with no clues and little visibility would be a mistake.  And he could not lead Ran into that kind of danger.  All he could do was try to gather information.]



Hattori? Where are you? What's your condition?


Luke? Where are you? Are you staying inside somewhere?

Is everyone okay? This fog is scary isn't it? It would be awful to be lost out there. Is there anyone missing?

Has anyone thought about what to do about all the corpses?

Comments

[Voice] 1/2

[westdetective.livejournal.com]

Kudo!

[westdetective.livejournal.com]

We ended up near th' prison camp. Kazuha an' I are a little scratched up, but don't worry about us.

Has Adam come back?


Th' situation has changed.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[For his part Shinichi is very relieved to hear from Hattori. He'd been worried, you idiot.]

How's your visibility? Can you make it back to the house? And what do you mean by scratched up? Do you need medical supplies?

No. Ran and I are alone at the house. Have you heard from him?

I noticed. The illusory bodies have been replaced with the real corpses. [He bites out the words slightly. The very existence of so many deaths was enough to trigger a deep anger at whoever had done this. That many of the bodies resembled people that were family and acquaintances of the victims here only made it worse.]

We may have to deal with the health issues soon. [Even contemplating this was offensive to his instincts as a detective. But the truth was that there was no way they could investigate all of these murders on site before the bodies began to rot. Better to preerve the lieves of those still living.]

[westdetective.livejournal.com]

It shouldn't be too difficult ta locate th' house. Th' town isn't that big an' there's a few land marks befer it.

We ran inta some trouble when lookin' fer more stiffs. They don't give off anymore more clues than th' last ones.

There's some type of advanced machinery that tried ta gun us down. Kazuha will eventually need medical attention, but I managed ta stop her bleeding, it wouldn't be wise fer her ta move around too much.

There was an accidental broadcast from his communicator earlier, but he never responded back.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Aaa, be careful. The fog has gotten very thick here.

From the few I've been able to inspect (Ran had not been pleased by his efforts) I think we can conclude the majority died violent deaths. But we have no clues as to the motive.

I'll get the supplies ready. It may take some time to get a doctor here in this situation.

I saw it. I've been monitoring the frequencies, but there have been no other posts from him since then.

[Video]

[sojournsparrow.livejournal.com]

Well I've tried destroying them, but they simply pop up again as if nothing had happened to them. I tried taking an arm off one of them to see what would happen, but it faded away when the body did, and reappeared on it as if nothing happened. Then I tried turning them invisible, but that only worked until they would blink out of existence and then back again.

All in all... I have no idea what to do with the bodies. I don't even know if they would disappear for good if you fed them to one of the monsters.

Re: [Video]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

That has changed. The false illusions of bodies have been replaced with real bodies.

[Video]

[sojournsparrow.livejournal.com]

Interesting, perhaps I can do something about the bodies piling up then.

Re: [Video]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Something needs to be done, but I don't know if anyone has made any plans.

[ Voice ]

[verdantventure.livejournal.com]

The--I've...been doing my best to not think about them.

Re: [ Voice ]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Not thinking about them won't make them go away.

[ Voice ]

[verdantventure.livejournal.com]

I realize. But it makes them being here...easier to deal with.

Re: [ Voice ]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Someone will have to deal with them before people start getting sick.

[musicboxsoldier.livejournal.com]

If these bodies don't disappear on their own, I'll gather up volunteers to help bury or burn them.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

I see. [It grated on his sensibilities as a detective to even be considering this. Every body was evidence. But the truth was that they had neither the facilities or manpower to investigate all the corpses before it became dangerous to everyone's health.]

[musicboxsoldier.livejournal.com]

Are you sticking by someone?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Ran-neechan is still here!

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[luke-triton.livejournal.com]

[ooc: I'm on hiatus...but I was flipping through posts and saw Luke's name..I am technically hiatused until like the 12th or something... If I never get to really tag, assume Luke is hiding out somewhere because dead bodies are scary. He'd check in quick to say he's all right but otherwise stay hidden. Sorry =( ]

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[No worries. I didn't see you were on hiatus until after I posted. And then left it in, because it would be ooc for Conan to check on everyone else and not Luke.]

[Voice] thank you for being patient with me

[luke-triton.livejournal.com]

[Luke sounds tired and jittery when he answers. But at least he answered!]

I'm okay. St-staying inside. It's t-too hard to see in the fog anyway to even t-try and go out now.

[Voice] I'm amazed you remembered about this for so long

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty good idea, It's dangerous out there right now.

[But Conan's voice is relieved. That's one more person to check off his list.]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[Ran appears from the next room, after noticing Conan's feed. She was tired of waiting for Kazuha and Heiji to respond anyway--]

H-Hey, kiddo. Are you all right?

[She's really glad he didn't run off this time. He's social, so the feed doesn't surprise her, though she's still not sure how to feel about a kid his age asking about dead bodies so frivolously like that.]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Don't worry so much. I'm fine.

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

...G-Glad to hear it.

[She sits down next to him, her communicator in her hands. She manages a smile, but it's obvious she's worried. She--

She can't even find the proper words to say, so she sort of remains silent--simply enjoying his company for now.

A sigh escapes her lips, but not much else.]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[He glances over at her worriedly and reaches out to take her hand. He knew that Ran often needed contact to feel better. And if he could disguise as a child reaching out? Why not.]

It will be okay. I talked to Heiji-niichan and they're coming back here.