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[justice_be_done]

Who: L (justice_be_done) & The Medicine Seller (apatheticary)
Where: A hotel room in Elysium
When: Evening; to date
Summary: L receives an unexpected visitor
Rating: PG-13
Other: N/A

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[apatheticary]

"You are missing some, and so am I..."

A voice, likely unwelcome, and without a doubt unexpected, speaking from behind and a little to the right of the detective, followed by the sound of a heavy wooden box being placed on the floor.

The medicine seller laid his hand atop it, pausing mid-sentence to cast a look around the room. Devoid of anyone save the two of them, but he knew security was close by. He had, after all, just evaded them although no human should have been capable of doing such.

Sea-blue eyes returned to L's back and he continued, "...but perhaps between the two of us, we may arrange a clear picture."

[justice_be_done]

L visibly locked up and placed his cup back on the table. This was not a voice he knew.

When he finally turned to face the Medicine Seller he had schooled his features from an expression of shock to one of anger.

He was crouching in an arm chair, his toes curled and his knuckles white from tension. Though he was usually skilled at veiling his emotions completely, he had never had anyone address him from within his own hotel room. It was an invasion of privacy and a breach of security.

"How did you get in here?"

[apatheticary]

"I walked in," came the medicine seller's reply, simple and truthful as it was. There may have been some power that veiled his presence from notice as he did so, but it was hardly worth mentioning and anyway to bring that sort of thing up might only put the poor human detective on edge even further.

However, the medicine seller was hardly concerned with people's privacy, as his journey frequently caused him to intrude on places far more intimate than this. And really, neither of them had time to worry about the detective's preferred methods of consultation.

He removed his geta out of respect and stepped forward until he was facing L properly. "I may have both questions and answers for you. You may, however, wish to begin asking... more important questions than that one."

[justice_be_done]

L picked up a sugar cube and offered it to the stranger, his eyes never blinking.

"I can't imagine why I'd have any questions or answers to provide you with," he said and sighed. It was the sigh of resignation one would have upon realizing their neighbor had come over...and had no intent to leave.

It seemed to him that if this man had come to see him, he probably knew he was L, but it was not a certainty. It was best not say anything that could betray who he was, for now.

"Tea?"