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[deductiongeek]

 Who: Conan and anyone
Where: Brooding in the park
When: Now
Style: Any 
Status: Open

Ran was gone.

And he couldn't follow.  He was still trapped here, in a bubble under the ocean where nothing made any sense.  Protected from the ocean by a device that seemed to defy the laws of physics.  Trapped here with only an annoying rival of a thief for company.

What should he do now?

For once the detective didn't have an answer.

And so he had left the house early and found an isolated corner of the park.  He had always done his best thinking while kicking around a soccerball.  And today he had a lot of thinking to do.   And other things to deliberately not think about.

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[deductiongeek]

Excuse me for having an exhausting personality.

[He still refuses to look at Kid, as he puts all of his attention toward the ball.]

Fine.

[theinfamous1412]

[ ...Kaito so badly wants to tell him he's excused. But he refrains because his objective is not to annoy Conan, at least for now. ]

[ He doesn't like seeing the detective like this. It's depressing and just not a pleasant sight. Too bad the only thing that would take his mind off things would be a case.. ]

...Want to hear a story?

[deductiongeek]

[Conan didn't want to be cheered up or distracted right now. He wanted to wallow in the guilt and worries that he was certain he deserved. But if it would make Kid go away....]

...What kind of story?

[theinfamous1412]

A true story.

[ Don't mind as he plops down on ground nearby. ]

[deductiongeek]

Will you leave if I listen to it?

[theinfamous1412]

...

Maybe.

[ Only if he thinks you'll be okay. ]

[deductiongeek]

Then I'll put up with it.

[And then he could go back to brooding.]

[theinfamous1412]

[ He just shoots him a look but takes a deep breath to get started. ]

Once upon a time there was an awesome magician that became famous all over the globe before he was even twenty years old. The magician decided to take a trip to Paris where he hears of a plot to kill a young lady lady thief that only wanted to retire and live in peace, putting her less than honest days behind her. The Magician saves her life and was so taken by the Phantom Lady's beauty that he decided he'd become the most bold and audacious Phantom thief the world had ever seen- The Kaitou 1412- all to protect the lady that he had fallen in love with.

The Kaitou Kid and Phantom Lady married and had a son and for ten years it seemed as though they would live happily ever after. But, the magician manages to make some very dangerous and very powerful people angry. Powerful enough to figure out the Kid's real identity and angry enough that they arrange for the magician to die in a stage accident and Kaitou Kid, with no one knowing he was really the magician disappears. However, the Magician was one step ahead of his enemies and made sure that one day his son would inevitably stumble across a very secret storage room where he would uncover the truth about his dad.

The son, now aware that his dad was murdered wants to know why and who was responsible. So he does the only thing he can think of to lure out his dad's killers and becomes Kaitou Kid the second- although to the public it just looks like the Kid has returned.

[ Any questions? ]

[deductiongeek]

[Even in his current mood it takes Conan no time at all to figure out what, exactly, this story was really about. He sputters.

Unlike some of the other detectives who chased the Kid Conan's interest in his identity had always been the puzzle. He'd never had any desire to be simply given the answer. He'd wanted to figure out himself.

And now the Kid had just as good as confessed his identity. Conan was outraged.]

Are you completely insane? Do you have any-

[And then the part about the murder of the first Kid registered and he slips into absolute seriousness. Murder was his business. Whether the victim had been a criminal or not.]

Explain. Who and where.

[theinfamous1412]

After living with you? I might be.

[ He sighs. He was afraid of this. ]

I take it you've heard of Kuroba Toichi?

[deductiongeek]

The magician? Mom was one of his students.

...Your father. Of course. Which made him the first Kaitou Kid.

[Conan's tone is short. He wouldn't be forgiving Kid for this any time soon.]

What were you thinking? I know you know that there is nothing to stop me now from passing a hint on to Hakuba-san when we return home.

[theinfamous1412]

If you remember it. Besides, Hakuba's already figured it out. He just doesn't have evidence.

And that's not the end of the story, there's more to it then that.

[deductiongeek]

Then explain. I know you have some reason for this.

[theinfamous1412]

Well, I decided that I'd lure out Oyaji's killers and a few months later it worked-I got a weird phone call from a pay phone telling me to stand down- the caller assumed I was my Dad, and so needless to say I didn't back down and continued on as normal.

The next night I met him face to face. The guy that-that killed Oyaji is known as Snake and he's working for some super secret organization that seems to be after immortality if their choice in gems is anything to go by.

[deductiongeek]

[Conan opens his mouth to address the sheer idiocy and danger of that particular plan. Someone as smart as Kaito couldn't think of anything better? But the end of that statement changes that. Instead he demands an answer sharply.]

That Organization. What do they wear? How many agents have you met?

[theinfamous1412]

A-ah? I've seen quite a few of them. They stalk around the quieter heists because they know I know they're there. I've only ever caught Sanke's name though-I've never seen him in a good light-so his trench coat is either a dark gray or straight up black.

[deductiongeek]

[Of course it wouldn't be that simple. But the similarities were too suspicious to ignore. And Kid had actually been attempting to attract their attention?]

You said one of them had mentioned their goals. What were his exact words?

[theinfamous1412]

They're after gem that grants immortality. It's part of a legend so I'm not sure how factual the legend is but this it what I heard-

Pandora is a gem within a gem that glows red under moonlight, when Volley's comet passes then it'll cry tears and make the drinker immortal.

[deductiongeek]

[Immortality. And wasn't that far too familiar for his comfort. Not the story itself. That was obviously a legend. But what were the odds that there could be two Organizations seeking out immortality?]

Have any of them ever mentioned anything else?

[theinfamous1412]

[ Kaito stops to think about it for a minute. ]

...They mentioned a boss but didn't say anything about him aside from the fact he was looking for Pandora. Unfortunately, I don't know anything more about them. That's the trouble with secret organizations, they tend to be, you know, secret.

Ah-anyway, What I really wanted to ask was this: Do you want to stay with me an' Aoko? She'd never forgive me if she found out you on your own-somehow, to her, everything's my fault. Anyway, I'll try not to be much of a pain.

[deductiongeek]

...When we get home I will be investigating that group. [Expect him at every heist from now on.]

How kind of you. [Conan takes refuge in sarcasm as he tries to figure out if there was any underlying motive in this offer.]Is it really possible for you not to be a pain?

[theinfamous1412]

Oi. I didn't tell you this so you could intrude on my heists. You'd better stay out of my way.

[ He just kind of shrugs at that question. ]

I don't know, that's why I said I'd try to be not much of a pain. Besides, I'll probably be too busy pestering Aoko.

[deductiongeek]

Unlikely. [His tone is dismissive.] Tell me, how exactly did you intend to get this Organization arrested?

[He sighs.]

I'll put up with it. [As annoying as this arrangement might be, he would feel better being able to keep an eye on this guy's activities.]

[theinfamous1412]

I plan to find Pandora and destroy it. If they keep showing up at heists, eventually, Nakamori-keibu will notice.

[ He raises an eyebrow at that response. Well.. it's not like Kudo would ever just 'agree' to this kind of arrangement. ]

As a word of caution- Aoko is one of those types of people that are always right. So keep that in mind.

[deductiongeek]

[....Conan is judging your plan, Kaito.]

Have you considered making contacts with other departments? And have yo0u collected any evidence against this group?

[He smirks.]

Ah, what a person for you to be friends with.