[voice; recorded message.]

Ah -- hello! You've reached me, Edogawa Conan. I can't take your message right now, but leave me a message and I'll call back as soon as I can.

Thank you!

[You gasp, choking on steam. Your head spins and you lean heavily against the smooth metal wall around you. It feels like a huge pressure on you just lifted, leaving your head reeling and your body weak.

There's a hissing in front of you, and two doors slide open. The air that flows through them is clear and, above all else, cool. Without a second's hesitation you stagger towards it.

After a few minutes, your breathing evens out and you wonder where you are and what happened. You stand on a small raised dais. Looking around, you see a utilitarian space. The walls are bare metal, interrupted with a few columns and overhead beams, and the space is wide. A few cafeteria style tables with attached seats are placed on one side of the room, others lie overturned and abandoned in a rust stained patch to the left. More striking than that however is the vista beyond -- you're looking through about a metre of reinforced clear material out into space. An unknown planet with a purplish hue is dimly illuminated by the light of a small sun, behind them stars shine fixedly.

A hissing noise behind you calls your attention to the chamber you stepped out of. The light within flickers then dies and attempts to pry the door open, even with strength, magic or other powers are fruitless -- there is something there that repels your efforts. In a screen nearby a message scrolls. You catch your name followed by the text: Port Complete.

Alarmed, you turn your attention to the control panel below the screen. There is a keypad but your attempts to manipulate it only summon a bored sounding female voice.]

You have activated the summon menu. There are currently six ported individuals free to assist you. For Edogawa Conan press 1 now.
For Dr John Watson, press 2.
For Kon-El, 3.
For Superboy, 4.
For George Primate, 5.
For Robin, 6.

If you do not know who you'd like to talk to, press the hash key and the next available ported will assist you.

Management is currently unavailable. Please try again.
Management is currently unavailable. Please try again.
Management is currently unavailable. Please try--try--try--try--

[It's glitched. The woman's voice is stuck on an endless loop, and since the control panel is under the same strange protective barrier as the chamber that brought you here, your only options are to shut her up by pressing a button or trying to leave the cafeteria-like space. There are two large galley style doors on the other side of the vast hall.]

((ooc: anything goes rp experiment! include 1-6 or # in your subject for a specific one of my characters or go wandering. Setting is a space-station with a clearly disastrous past. Management have summoned your character and mine here for a specific purpose, whether to fulfil a task, ranging from routine maintenance to social experiment, accidentally or just for entertainment. Let me know if you're prefer to keep previous game CR! Also, feel free to mingle, thread jack and let me know if you'd like to use this setting/have your character added to the phone list. Any questions, ask below! Let's see what happens.))

Nakama,

We both know how this goes. When the cashier mumbles something about a package without meeting your eyes, it's a goodbye. It really doesn't get any easier, does it? We can tell ourselves that our friends are better off home with their other life, but inside -- well, you don't need me analysing that.

I'm not sorry. That would mean regretting meeting you and regretting the time we spent together here. It'd also be pretty cheap of me to question your strength when I have seen all you are capable of. You've said goodbye to good friends before, and still found the courage to seek out new ones. That's a gift. It'll keep you going, keep you inspiring others -- and that's really important because you've got good people here to keep an eye on. I can't tell you how many times you reminded me of a truth I'd overlooked or surprised me with your wisdom, or even surprised me with your kindness. That's how I know you'll be all right.

I'm leaving you my collection of Castle's mystery novels, not because I think you'll like them (although I think you'll find them a lot more straightforward than Agatha Christie's works) but because I think you know how much they mean to me, and that you'd appreciate them for that reason. I'm also leaving you Castle and Beckett. They are pretty easy to manage most of the time, but Beckett may need to be reminded to relax and not work so hard. Castle's usually the one to do that but sometimes they argue about silly things. Also, Castle while usually practical and capable can get distracted by how clever he is. You'll need to watch out for that. Don't let it become a habit.

I leave it up to you.

Shinichi

Arrived in the mail today! No chance to listen yet, but the cover is super cute!

This is a catch-all post for Conan's replies to Moriarty's Coded Post!

I'm going to put Conan's decoded responses in the comments below because I know that some people won't have the time to go through and work them all out. If you do want to work them out yourself, avoid this post! /o/

I think that while the Forensic Unit is pretty relaxed in terms of what people actually do, and there's no pressure to stay in the office, Conan likes having everyone there in the morning for a quick meeting (anything from 10 minutes to half an hour) for everyone to be brought up to date on any developments and give their plans for the day/progress before they head off and get to work.

OOCly, there's been a couple of changes in staff and IC absences and I can't think of a better way to keep you guys up to date then by making regular comments here. I recommend everyone tracks this post, and we use it to share info that would come out at the meetings. I'm going to make an example comment now so please take a look and let me know if you think it'd be useful!

Hospital Lab.

Located on the third floor of the Hospital in Sigyn, the lab is a outfitted with the most up to date lab technology that you can imagine -- think C.S.I rather than real life! It gleams with a hygenic glow, and is mostly used for medical tests and bloodwork, the diagnosis side of hospital work. However, since the Travellers arrived and one tiny detective joined as an intern, this has been expanded to include the recently formed:

Forensics Department.

Currently consisting of 5 NPC lab technicians and Conan, the Forensics department is dedicated to investigating any suspicious events that come their way, including the murder suicides in Hel, Heimdall, Odin and Thor as well as incidents of NPC deaths. Under Conan's direction, they're expanding their services to include scene exams, finger-printing and other standards of police investigation. Right now, they're hiring, looking in particular for people with experience in detective work or forensic analysis. A medical background is appreciated as when the lab proper is short-handed, the forensics department will be enlisted to help out (likewise, the lab staff are available to assist the forensics department as needed).

The department is currently sharing the lab facilities with the lab staff and have access to the morgue in the hospital basement. They have two small meeting rooms and a shared office off the main laboratory offices, as well as a storage room.

Current Forensics Staff:
Department Head: Edogawa Conan (holmes_fanatic)
Conan appears to be 7-years-old, and is from modern day Tokyo. He lives in Heimdall, but is one of Hel's. He's got a very thorough knowledge of murder investigations, police procedure and autopsies. Conan directs investigations and scene exams, teaches the forensics personnel about police procedure and scene exams and is learning the use of the medical technology used in the laboratory.

Senior Technician: Analie Hagen [NPC]
Analie's spent most of her adult life working in the lab. She's mid-30s, very fit, and has long brown hair that is always elaborately braided. In everything but her hair she is no-nonsense and practical, known in the department for being painfully blunt.

Technical Advisor: Sander Visser [NPC].
Sander is 50s, with a sandy gold beard flecked with grey. He's a larger man, easy going and relaxed, primarily in charge of keeping the machinery in the lab going. He can fix or tweak most of the hospital laboratory to suit the needs of a case. Drinks more coffee than any one man should.

Intern: Henrik [NPC].
Still somewhat grey -- vague, anxious to oblige and nervous.

General staff member: Thea [NPC]
General staff member: Jonas [NPC]

Now Hiring!

Please copy/paste the form in the textbox below with your character's info, and we can set up an IC interview/meeting! Pay is good, but the hours are erratic -- and when there is a case on, overtime is not uncommon!

Character Name: Journal: Position Applying For: Skills/Experience: Would you prefer IC interview/OOC discussion: Preferred e-mail/aim/contact:

This is becoming an annual tradition -- going to Hiroshima to watch the new Conan movie, taking notes and typing it all up for Kay afterwards! I've typed it up to share here. It's as detailed a summary as I could put together from my limited Japanese comprehension and inability to decipher my own handwriting but hopefully you enjoy it!

( Movie summary! )