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Conan Edogawa - Case 030 - [In Person]

[Conan is angrily playing soccer by a wall he can kick the ball into when he so feels the need. He's not a happy camper and this happens to be his way of blowing off steam.

Every time the soccer ball comes back he kicks it right back at the wall- he's so wrapped up in blowing off steam he's not really aware of anything going around him right now]

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You've taken at least five shots at me since I got out here. Probably more, if I were to think it over, and I doubt you even realized half of them. You wandered outside alone in a tiff without any thought to where you were going or how long it might take you to raise backup if something went wrong, and DIDN'T check to make sure the area was secure. I was standing behind you for five minutes and fourty-two seconds before you noticed me. You know my record and don't know a thing of my reasoning on him, yet anything I say about him is met with 'you don't know what he's capable of', as an assumption, before I've even said a word about why I'm not panicking. You gave me a half-second of a landed fish look when I mentioned that I'd called him out on being an assassin, and turned my back and walked away unharmed - did you actually stop to think about how I did that, or why, or did you just handwave it away that I hadn't directly been a problem to him yet? You've already run yourself in circles - You trust me to act, but only if I follow your directions, you say I'm capable of thinking for myself, but that doing anything actively is probably 'trying to get killed'; you know my record and a bit more about what I know about being helpless and up against someone much more dangerous than me, who has far less connections than Gin, but automatically assume that I wouldn't have a clue what I'm doing.

He does have you that scared, and he's probably working to reinforce it, because one day, that's going to make you easier prey for him.

It's not that.

[he sounds a bit irritated now]

It's this. [he flips his watch up and presses the button-aiming at Hakuba]

It's empty and I'm out of soccer balls. If I have to stay level headed while being trapped with the man that essentially took everything from me-I want to be armed.

Hm. [He glances down at that.] There's a lab in the manor basement, yes?

Yeah, but I don't think we can access it right now.

The "refuge in audacity" plans rely on some kind of system in place; stunts like the helicopter work because normal society can only plan for, and guard against, so much, so if you're fast enough and coordinated enough, you can get away with things they can't guard against that go over the top. Right now, things are up in there; if he doesn't get an opportunity, he won't come hunting, not for Edogawa Conan, who isn't so much on the black list as on a personal vindictive "target of opportunity" list - he could've followed the the same trail of blood I did to find you; you weren't important enough.

By the time we have access, I can probably do something; I was going to make more of my smoke grenades anyway.

I'd feel much better if I could more means to defend myself...

More weapons won't help you - it'd be a false sense of security.

I hunt predators as a habit when I'm not on heists - and I've never carried more than the revolver and a couple of the knockout grenades.

Allies and how you handle yourself are the best defense, right now.

[...he's quiet a moment before offering a small smile and starts to bounce the ball on his knees and head-the more he thinks the faster it bounces]

Yeah, I guess so.

I can probably make darts for that watch; it might be a different sedative - I'm not sure exactly what was used originally, what I work with tends to act a little longer and hit a little harder, but that might be an improvement.

I was thinking about "anonymously" offering the design for the grenades to the court group; nonlethal way to disable someone. There's a bit of aftereffect that's apparently like "a bitch of a hangover", but it fades over a day.

[And he thinks.] You could use a few more allies outside of just us, particularly ones that may not have as many responsibilities as Mello-san.

What was your take on the ones that picked you up here?

Edited 2010-11-25 09:28 (UTC)

It's just an anesthetic needle-it's also what I use on Occhan.

[he continues to bounce the ball- visibly starting to calm down]

My take on that is that I don't know them well enough to have an opinion, yet.

...I wonder if it'd be at all possible to force Gin into using all his bullets up. No one here would give him a refill I'm sure-but I'm also sure he carries at least three guns on him at all times-I know Vermouth does.

Simple enough. As I said - I'd have to do some more research to figure out what anesthetic is normally used for it, and it might be a little longer-lasting than normal for a while.

Altruists can be useful, particularly if they're reasonable ones; I might have to see what I can find out about them. [He sighs a little.] I'm probably not going to be helping with the courts directly so much - it seems like you need a mediator more than another detective.

We'll have to introduce you to Sable - although I'm not sure about her helping with Gin; she can't fly, and I don't know if she's familiar with firearms.

[Thinking....] The gun I saw him with was a semiautomatic; larger clip than what I've got - that could take some doing.

Well, we know he's use one bullet already--though even after that gun is out of rounds, I'm sure he has more ammunition on him.

....

[he looks up and the soccer ball hits his knee and rolls against the wall]

...What exactly is Sable?

Edited 2010-11-25 10:16 (UTC)

So basically, we need someone that could get him pissed off enough to unload at them a few times, who'd survive it.

[..Oh, that should be easy. >_>; ] Assuming he falls for it enough to work.

[Pause] She's a dragon. We met her in Paris and ah - sort-of wrecked a toy store. [Sheepish >.>; ]

He'd probably catch on quickly though-we couldn't do it all at once.

--[A dragon. Right.]

I guess the Author really doesn't have a limit to the kinds of things and people she brings here.

It's still going to take someone good at being obnoxious to him who probably has some kind of powers.

I'd say convincing him it's not worth his trouble is a good plan to try while we're working on that. Is he prone to unusual methods, or are any of his refuge in audacity stunts seriously odd?

Apparently not. I wouldn't call her a pet, though; she understands us just fine, and seems just as intelligent as any person.

Explosives. With the science lab in the basement it might be good to have some sort of passcode to get in there...

[...he'll have to go meet this dragon later]

Interesting.

Beyond that. How odd does he get? Is the helicopter as crazy as he gets?

[Yes. And then you can be pounced and licked. :D ]

I'm not sure.

Could be problematic; depending on how creative he is, if he wants to try something badly enough, running out of bullets might not stop him until he decides to do something else with his time.

And after that post to the network, I'm not sure I'd put much past him.

...What post?

.......................

The anonymous one while you were still out that was almost painfully embarrassing.

Except for one small heart attack that thankfully went nowhere.

By the way, I'm going to be teaching Nakamori-san how to be paranoid, and possibly giving her some warnings of dangers to watch out for here.

...What happened!?

[He goes flat deadpan, pulls out his Blackberry, and pulls up the post.]

[Because there are no words for "Gin went schoolgirl-cute to try and fish for information.]

Technically speaking, he didn't gain anything, and we got a good warning that we've kept Nakamori-san too out of the loop. She doesn't need to know details, but ... well, I've already started warning her about things like this, which she hasn't had to think about before.

How could she not know better!?

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