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[mukashi_no_ran]

Ran has discovered a bathroom on the second floor and after some trial and error, she has worked out the taps. Now that she has soap and a tub full of water, what is she going to do

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[really_is_7]

"...Ran-neechan, what are you doing?" Conan asked.

[mukashi_no_ran]

Ran paused, staring a moment at Conan before collecting herself. She resumes her task before answering his question.

"Morning, Conan-kun. I'm washing."

[really_is_7]

"Why are you washing by hand? In the bath tub? And why...clothes like that?"

[mukashi_no_ran]

Ran blinked, though she didn't look at Conan, continuing to scrub away at the clothing. "How else do you wash clothes, child? And I wash them because they are all the clothes I have."

[really_is_7]

"Child....?" Conan said. That was a weird way to address him. "Use...the washing machines? You can get more clothes too...."

[mukashi_no_ran]

"You are a child, are you not?" Ran said, teasingly, though there was a hint of question in it.

"You're the second to have mentioned the machines," Ran said, shaking the haori out to look at it. "I do not know that I trust them to do a woman's work. And I have no need of new clothes. These have served me well."

[really_is_7]

And that is a flat look. "Yes, I am Conan. Not one of the five billion of Shinichi-niichan Conan's," he said, looking annoyed.

"...huh? It...works pretty well...are you okay Ran-neechan?"

[mukashi_no_ran]

Ran blinked. "Shinichi Conan's?"

"I am fine, Conan-kun."

[really_is_7]

"The Conan's who are really Shinichi-niichan and I'm just a made up name!" Really, really hated that.

"...you sure?"

[mukashi_no_ran]

"I don't know what you speak of. Surely Shinichi is Shinichi and Conan is ... whatever Conan is." Ran rinses off her hands and stands, giving the child a thoughtful look. "I know myself, child. You are asking strange questions today."

[really_is_7]

"I'm his cousin. Or his little brother," Conan said. "...what else would I be?" He asked, looking concerned. Was this Ran a bit crazy.

"You're...talking and acting weird. You use machines all the time!"

[mukashi_no_ran]

"That," Ran said gravely. "I do not know."

"If I do, I have yet to know about it," Ran said. "I think you mistake me for someone else." It was clear to Ran that they were from different worlds; the differences in clothing, the ... glasses ... Conan wore -- it had to be.

[really_is_7]

"...but why do you think he's something else?" Conan asked.

Conan looked even more confused. "But....that..." Pauses. "...how modern are those clothes?"

[mukashi_no_ran]

Ran's quiet a few minutes before smiling at Conan. "That is not something a child need bother about -- especially since you're not the Conan I know."

"Modern?" Ran glanced again at Conan. "They're not new, but neither are they old-fashioned. We can't afford to follow the fashions of Edo or Kyoto."

[really_is_7]

Conan frowned. "...but maybe I can tell you what's up," he said. "Since he's me. Or...he's Shinichi-niichan, but then we just have to find you that sort of Conan."

"Edo....? You mean....that's the Capital?"

[mukashi_no_ran]

"I have talked to one you already," Ran said. "And while he was most helpful, I do not know how much he understood my world."

She nodded, standing to wring out her haori. "That is the capital."