004 - Near - [Accidental Video (broadcasted on May 31 at 23:00)] - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ...

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[Have a nice view of the ceiling for about five seconds before the camera violently rotates as something knocks the blackberry off balance. At the same time, Near's face flashes across the screen for less than a quarter of a second. His eyes are closed even as he is sailing offscreen. The boy lands first with a single, abrupt "OOF!" followed by the

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[[L's ...not so sure he didn't just see what could have been the weirdest thing he's ever seen in his li-- no, not his life. He's seen a lot of weird things but. That. Looked. Slightly like himself. ...Alright well.
Then.

He notices that, thankfully, there's something else to concentrate on. But the white locks from behind that mask-- why are his successors all so eccentric? Why can't they be eccentric just like him. He picks up the device as a message for him comes in, pressing properly to switch to that transmission.

Ah.
Near.]]

[Audio/Unhackable etc]
[[He knows full well Near prefers to - well hide out - and he's become a little more accustom to moving around the manor without being TOO Paranoid, not that it helps with B running around somewhere at random. His voice is flat, though even as always.]]

I am free at the moment. Which room are you staying in? I dislike the idea of looking at each name plate, I will come to you.

[Audio/Private]

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2. Thank you.

[That would be a "thank you for taking the time to speak with me" as well as a "THANK GOD YOU DIDN'T MAKE ME GO OUTSIDE."]

[Audio/Private]-[Unhackable]

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Of course, Near. You're welcome.

[[He leaves it at that and shuts down their communications. He slips away his communicator and makes his way slowly through the hallways. He's not a content man out in the open himself, but at least in this instance he's already been known by most of the veteran residents. Apparently it's bad, but what's that to him? Ghosts of someone he has no recollection of.

L's slow shufflings make his way through halls, past doors that he'd like to creep past but tries to just remain as invisible as a human body can walking visibly down the hallway. Anyone he passes is met with a passive glance and a deadpan lineface.

He stops at Near's door, his foot brushing over the other one in its shoe'y tomb. He hates shoes. Wearing them seems like a pointless thing around here, but never know when you're going to need them.

Knock? Never.

He picks his communicator out and plucks a few things into it sending Near a text. Private, encrypted and all such.]]

Open the door.

[In Person]

[whitestlie]

[Thanks to the mirror system Hiiro Yui designed for him, Near no longer has to look directly through the door's peephole to see the outside. He verifies L's identity both via the blackberry and the mirrors and lets him in, then secures the door.

Welcome to Near's room L. It is basically scattered with all sorts of random toys, some appear store-bought while others are clearly handmade. In the absence of new toys, Near has resorted to making his own. His room has basically started to turn into something of a Santa's workshop, complete with twenty-something handmade tops, a 2 x 2 meter jigsaw puzzle (propped against the side wall so as not to take up too much space), and several origami critters along with stacks of yet-to-be-corrupted sheets of paper.]

Welcome, L.

[Strange indeed, to be calling someone L without the mockery and derision he was so used to when addressing Kira by the same title back home. Stranger even more to actually be in the same room as him, seeing him in person, confirming that the rumors of his appearance had

WHAT IS THIS TL;DR? *loves it*

[thumbonmylip]

[[L's standing slightly off the side of it though enough that Near can see him, he's not too fond of peep holes when he's not the one looking through it. His eyes do snap forward when he sees Near standing in the doorway and moves in quickly so that the door can be re-secured. He takes in the look of his young successor, not so young anymore and with his hands in his pockets he moves a few steps forward. He's acutely aware of eyes boring into him for whatever reasons that are unique to Near's mind. At the same time he nods for the welcoming him into his room- politeness, there's no reason to treat Near like a common criminal after all.]]

It's my pleasure.

[[He's saying it all while looking around at the island of misfit toys laying around Near's room. He needs to tidy it is what. Needs a toy box or ....twelve

GLORIOUS TL;DR THAR! *_*

[whitestlie]

I would rather they not either.

[There's just a slight hint of defensiveness in his tone.

Near takes a seat on the ground and starts poking at a paper frog, making it hop. As usual, he does not look up as he speaks, allowing his hair to hang over his face, this time hiding a pout, as if he was a little kid who had just gotten scolded by his parents for staying out past curfew.]

Knowing the extent of information you've acquired with regards to the weapon gives me an idea as to how much I myself should share. As a safety precaution, I need to make sure that we are both fully aware of the entirety of its powers before proceeding further.

THANKS BUT I MEANT YOARZ

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[[L catches the less than impressed humour. He sighs inwardly, he doesn't need to deal with childishness if they're going to talk about something like this. He doesn't interrupt Near's playing, in fact, he's watching it with undivided attention while he nibbles at the side of his thumb and listens.

There's no reason that he can see why Near can't be out with what he wants to say to him. Address the problems first, then worry about their causes.]]

Do you see me as inferior, Near? [[It's not an angry question or directed with any ire, nothing except a simple honest to God question.]] You're giving me the feeling you do.

[[He goes on right away strictly after that, not really giving Near any time to answer too directly, he details what he found, and that they should have been in notes that he left as his last standing record of the Kira case before he died.]]

Oh. LOL

[whitestlie]

[Near leaves the frog alone and winds an index around a strand of hair at L's curious question that seemingly came out of the blue.

Inferior? Why would L think so? Near certainly is aware of the fact that he comes off as arrogant to most, if not everyone he meets, except for the truly moronic, but to see L just as affected was ... unexpected, to say the least. If this was a test, it was certainly administered at a strange time considering the current topic of discussion. But this was L, and try as he might to fit into his predecessor's shoes, or lack of, he knows and accepts that he can never truly become L, never completely understand his thought process. That's one reason for adulation, and another for frustration.

Before he had a chance to respond, L had already continued speaking. Now that they have returned to discussing the Death Note, Near also readjusts his thoughts back to the original goals.]

(ooc: And here's the part where I assume things. Lemme know if I'm wrong!)Yes, the thirteen day rule is definitely fake. It's

XD LOL *snug* ...my word of the day is 'subjective'. *flops on it*

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[[Though L had finished explaining and had given thought to possible fake rules, he, at the time, couldn't rule them out entirely as fake. Something felt off and convenient about them of course, but otherwise they were written in the scrawled script of the Shinigami. He makes a small sound in contemplation, his eyes turned onto something else while he's got that familiar finger hooking into his bottom lip. His eyes are back and slowly roll over to Near hearing the use of "Mello and I". That's an interesting revelation. None of the Mello incarnations (though L can guess why, or why not) ever mentioned the connection to Near in that manner

Gonna break the tl;dr trend on account of brainpoop D:

[whitestlie]

No.

[Near answers without hesitation.]

An associate of mine snuck into Kira's safe when he wasn't looking.

[He might have skipped a few details there, but details weren't important. The end result, that's what's important.]

This Kira was not Yagami. Neither was he Amane. However, you weren't wrong.

it's all good xD

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[[L's not sure how much longer he wants to be holding this book, he'll be tempted to memorize names, look for his own and that sort of thing and he's not sure he's willing to revive those sorts of thoughts. He, very reluctantly, slides the book along the floor toward Near; they're not far apart, but it seems as though if it left either one of their hands for a moment, it may end up doing something horrible.

He raises his eyebrow underneath the darkness of his hair. Near must have planned long and hard to pull off something like this and he's rather impressed even if it doesn't show on his face.

Except, he won't let it go un-noticed at all- at least, he wouldn't have if Near didn't just confirm to him something very interesting. With all the things that he could be asking, all the things that he wants to be asking, the only thing that comes out of his mouth while his mind blanks on what his last memory SHOULD be is:]]

Oh?

[[Do go on.]]

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[He recovers the notebook and continues at L's prompt.]

To he best of my knowledge, then, there were four Kiras total, not including Higuchi. [Near reluctantly includes Takada, though he does not believe she deserves the credit.] Your suspicions regarding the first two had been correct, in particular regarding Light Yagami, the original.

He hid his tracks by allowing others to kill for him awhile he played innocent. [Near's voice is full of condescension when talking about Yagami.] The notebook I'm holding now belonged to the one called Teru Mikami, also residing here.

[He sets the notebook down in front of him.]The Author allowed me to bring my copy. I would not put it past her to give Yagami or Mikami the same privilege. As far as I know, neither of them have made any moves here and it's unlikely that they will or that the notebook is even functional, but we can't take our chances

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[[L's eyes don't falter watching Near as he confirms things far past what L could have known. Hearing that Light was indeed Kira was no real surprise- he had been hoping both ways that he were wrong and right about him. The new name adds to L's list of mental ones, Teru Mikami then.

Again he listens to the very real threat that Near is relaying and his thumb pushes at he edge of his lip while he ponders Light's old room. Even though his mind is in two directions he's still giving Near's plan the once over, his eyes belying calm while his mind finds itself impressed by Near's motivation in this.

By the plan itself is ingenious.]]

How do you plan on getting them to admit?