video; Hakuba is not impressed by your fishbowl

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

Character: Saguru Hakuba
Fandom: Detective Conan/Magic Kaito
Player Name: Mel


[Hello Vatheon, have a soaking wet high school detective with a faintly irritable look in his face. He shoves damp bangs out of his eyes and addresses the network with as much dignity as he can currently muster up. Which is still quite a bit, considering the circumstances. He is British, after all.]

... I'm sorry, but the God of this place is a giant coral?

At least if it were a giant sea sponge it could do something about getting me dry.

[Hakuba unknots the tie around his neck and wrings it out before stuffing it in his pocket. He shrugs out of his suit jacket as well, and rolls up his sleeves.] This is quite possibly the most ridiculous kidnapping that I have ever been witness to. And that includes the one in Devon with the witch's coven.

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[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Ahahaha, Hakuba's smile might be looking the tiniest bit strained right now. How lovely, Shinichi and Conan all in one enclosed space? What exactly had he done to deserve that?]

Yes, well, I suppose it does pay to start young.

[He has a sudden, awful, horrible thought.] His friend isn't around here too, is he? That excitable fellow from Osaka.

[kid_in_disguise]

Hattori?

[ Kaito just shakes his head. Personally glad of this because no way would Hattori-kun be able to keep his mouth shut. ]

No. Not last I checked.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Just. Breathing a big sigh of relief. Like he really needs to be stuck in the same place as both Shinichi Kudo and Shinichi Kudo's number one fan. He'd much rather kill himself, if it's all the same.]

Ah. Probably for the best, I'm afraid he and I don't exactly see eye to eye on a few things. [Read: Everything.]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ Interesting... Hattori Heiji has always struck Kaito as being most level and down to earth of the three detectives and easiest to get along with. ]

I.. see... well.. he can be a bit.. ill-tempered.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Inquisitive stare.] Do you really think so? He seems to think quite highly of you, Kudo-kun.

[kid_in_disguise]

Ah, he's a good friend of mine, though that hasn't blinded me to his faults.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Makes a small, vaguely agreeable sound in his throat.] I was curious to know... how exactly you two met. If you don't mind my asking, Kudo-kun.

[kid_in_disguise]

[ ....Oh. Oh Shit. He has no idea how Tantei-han and Tantei-kun met up. ]

How else would a detective meet another? A case.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Smiling in a misleadingly friendly manner.] Which case was that? I'm sure I've heard of it, it both of you were there.

I am interested in old case files, you see.

[And he has. Only, he also knows that by the first documented case of the two of them working together, Shinichi and Hattori were already acting quite familiar with each other. Which is... curious.]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ Note to self: consult Conan about the cases he's worked on with Hattori. Wait a minute-! ]

I'm afraid it won't do you much good, here lately I've asked the police to leave my involvement out. So there would be no record of me involved at the case, unless you just want the case details.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Playing innocent.] Really? Why is that? I seem to recall that once you couldn't open the paper without seeing your picture.

[kid_in_disguise]

[ ..you're doing this on purpose aren't you? ]

I'm afraid that must remain confidential.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Yes. Yes he is. Hakuba arrows his eyes thoughtfully.] If it's confidential that means you're either on the run from someone or working undercover for something.

And considering your near celebrity status preceding your odd about of radio silence, Kudo-kun, I'm afraid that an undercover role would be quite impossible for you.

[kid_in_disguise]

Then please respect that I wish to keep the case confidential.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

Of course, Kudo-kun. I apologize, but as a fellow detective you must understand that it is sometimes difficult for me to, ah, "mind my own business".

[He doesn't meeeeaaaaaaaan it.]

[kid_in_disguise]

No worries, I've hidden everything that might reveal even the tiniest details away.

[keepcalmandcatchkid]

[Y-you do realize that's just like waving a red flag in front of a bull, right Kid?]

... understood. [Translation: Challenge Accepted.]