First Deduction [Video]

[modernholmes]

[A small boy, no older than six or seven, is peering into the camera with a look of deep concentration. Suddenly his expression subtly shifts into a childish expression of worry.]

Ne! Ne! Is anyone there? I just found this device here, and it seems a little like a cell phone. But my phone isn't working. Isn't that strange?

Is there a police officer anywhere? At school they said I should find one if I got lost.  And I can't find Ran-neechan anywhere!

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

Something like that.

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[Well this line of inquiry wasn't going anywhere. Conan decides to switch tactics.]

Ne! Ne! Do you know where this place is? It looks like something out of a movie.

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

This fragment is called Discedo. It is a rare fragment, by which it brings people from multiple fragments... [ giggle, giggle ] Not that you would understand.

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Why is it bringing people here? Was someone lonely?

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. I would believe that the scientists would want to play a game with us. I don't blame them; they're probably just as bored as I am... [giggle, giggle]

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[...Right. Conan was starting to think he wasn't going to get anything useful out of this woman. Though he catalogs the references to fragments and scientists for future research. Perhaps she was referring to some kind of riddle.]

That was mean of them! Everyone back home is going to worry.

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

Time doesn't move outside of this fragment, so there's nothing to worry about, alright....?

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Okay!

[Oi, oi, time will stand still? What kind of statement is that?]

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

So, is there anything else you want to know?

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever met the scientists? They're the mean people who brought us here, right?

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

That's right. The likelihood of someone meeting them is 1/153485738924783, especially since the pieces of this fragment come and go.

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a big number!

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[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

It's not big at all. It's the smallest probability of all. [ yeah, you're not fooling her, boy. after all, she knows rika, who acts like a kid but is in fact over a hundred. ]

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[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Ahhh? Is it? I don't know very much math yet. But that had a lot of numbers in it!

Re: [ audio ]

[monsterwine.livejournal.com]

It is. And I guarantee that.