Tantei Gakuen Q Drabbles 71-75
Title: Weather
Prompt: 68 Lightning
The thunder happened at the same moment as the lightning struck the tree outside the window of Class Q. Everyone, including the lecturer of the day Hongou, jumped away from the window, clearly startled by the unexpected event. Everyone exchanged a quick look and scooted the desks away from the windows. Even though everyone was still a little pale from it, Hongou picked up right from where he had left off when the lightning struck. The storm outside raged on. When they finally got to look at the poor tree the next day, it was cleanly split into two pieces.
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Title: Mud
Prompt: 17 Brown
Kyuu really tried not to laugh at Ryuu as he stood up, sticky brown covering his entire back from his head to his feet. He knew he couldn't hide the smile but he thought he might avoid the attentions of their martial arts teacher if he did not laugh. Kinta had not been quite so lucky but he was holding his own against the teacher and looked like he had a real chance of “avenging” Ryuu. Kyuu had no illusions about what would happen to him when his turn came. The mud on Ryuu would be nothing in comparison.
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Title: Staging
Prompt: 72 Fixed
He gave the room one final look over, though he did not have much time. Absently, he wiped his sweaty forehead on his sleeve. It looked like everything in the room had been fixed the way it way it needed to be. ‘If I’ve done it right,’ he thought, ‘No one’ll ever know I did it.’ He began to sweat more at the thought. His cell phone’s alarm went off, reminding him that he had only another five minutes to finish everything up. He quickly turned it off and deleted it from the phone before slipping out of the room.
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Title: Look
Prompt: 85 Missing
Kyuu regarded the crime scene. Something was missing but he could not figure out what it might be missing. He briefly wished that Megu was there but forced himself to remember that he was the one that wanted her to stay home for the last few weeks of her pregnancy. Then he realized what was missing. For a house that was supposed to have children, it didn’t look like there had been any there in weeks instead of the days the children were supposed to be missing. Everything was too clean. He feared it was too late for the children.
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Title: Gift
Prompt: 99 Present
Kinta found it hard to keep a straight face as his classmates (and friends) shook the presents he had given them for Christmas. He had gotten the idea from a comic strip a while back and had been saving the idea. They all had gift cards inside but he had also thrown in various things to make noise. His favorite reaction was the horrified/guilty expression on Ryuu’s face from the sound of glass rattling around inside. He knew they were going to find a way to get back at him but he felt was totally worth it to baffle them.
Prompt: 68 Lightning
The thunder happened at the same moment as the lightning struck the tree outside the window of Class Q. Everyone, including the lecturer of the day Hongou, jumped away from the window, clearly startled by the unexpected event. Everyone exchanged a quick look and scooted the desks away from the windows. Even though everyone was still a little pale from it, Hongou picked up right from where he had left off when the lightning struck. The storm outside raged on. When they finally got to look at the poor tree the next day, it was cleanly split into two pieces.
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Title: Mud
Prompt: 17 Brown
Kyuu really tried not to laugh at Ryuu as he stood up, sticky brown covering his entire back from his head to his feet. He knew he couldn't hide the smile but he thought he might avoid the attentions of their martial arts teacher if he did not laugh. Kinta had not been quite so lucky but he was holding his own against the teacher and looked like he had a real chance of “avenging” Ryuu. Kyuu had no illusions about what would happen to him when his turn came. The mud on Ryuu would be nothing in comparison.
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Title: Staging
Prompt: 72 Fixed
He gave the room one final look over, though he did not have much time. Absently, he wiped his sweaty forehead on his sleeve. It looked like everything in the room had been fixed the way it way it needed to be. ‘If I’ve done it right,’ he thought, ‘No one’ll ever know I did it.’ He began to sweat more at the thought. His cell phone’s alarm went off, reminding him that he had only another five minutes to finish everything up. He quickly turned it off and deleted it from the phone before slipping out of the room.
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Title: Look
Prompt: 85 Missing
Kyuu regarded the crime scene. Something was missing but he could not figure out what it might be missing. He briefly wished that Megu was there but forced himself to remember that he was the one that wanted her to stay home for the last few weeks of her pregnancy. Then he realized what was missing. For a house that was supposed to have children, it didn’t look like there had been any there in weeks instead of the days the children were supposed to be missing. Everything was too clean. He feared it was too late for the children.
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Title: Gift
Prompt: 99 Present
Kinta found it hard to keep a straight face as his classmates (and friends) shook the presents he had given them for Christmas. He had gotten the idea from a comic strip a while back and had been saving the idea. They all had gift cards inside but he had also thrown in various things to make noise. His favorite reaction was the horrified/guilty expression on Ryuu’s face from the sound of glass rattling around inside. He knew they were going to find a way to get back at him but he felt was totally worth it to baffle them.