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?

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[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.

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

...Yeah.

[At his touch, she relaxes just a little and takes his hand.]

That's what he told me. Kazuha-chan is with him...I'm glad they're coming back but--

[She flinches a little, frowning.]

--t-they sound hurt.

[There's also that pesky thing about the bodies suddenly becoming real...but she doesn't even want to think about that just yet.]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Heiji-niichan said they were going to the pharmacy first. I'm sure they'll be okay. [They had better be. Shinichi still had every intention of yelling at Hattori for wandering off at such a time.]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[Ran does, too. She was too frazzled to do it properly when she contacted him.]

Okay. Well, hopefully they'll be able to find something useful there...

[Not like Fortuna is known for its supplies.

She wishes she could go and find them...]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

They should be able to.

[After all, they'd had enough supplies when Hattori had been attacked.]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

Right...

[Sigh.

She has to wonder where she's gone wrong, when there's a little kid half her age comforting her, rather than the other way around. She doesn't like it. Not that she doesn't trust Conan; she knows he cares, but...

She much prefers comforting him. She doesn't like this side of the fence much.

But there's not much else they can do...]