Fourth Deduction [Video]

[modernholmes]

[This entire situation was completely illogical.  He'd seen the murders and he suicides in that other place, before all of his memories simply stopped.  And now it was like none of that had ever happened.  How was it possible?  How had they pulled off that trick?

For once, Conan was stumped.  He needed to think.  And Conan had always done his best

Comments

[Video]

[luke_triton]

A soccer ball?

[Insert a notable pause.] What does that look like? [One more pause and then--] Ah--you mean a football!

Erm..even knowing what sort of ball you're looking for, I don't know where you could find it.

[ooc: I thought really hard about what a kid from London would think of first when he heard 'soccer' but I came up short. This will have to do.]

Re: [Video]

[modernholmes]

Ah? That's too bad.

[XD, its so confusing having different names for the same game. I ended up going with what they call it in the subs I've been watching.]

Re: [Video]

[luke_triton]

Ah--there's a gym class at the school, though. They might have a football there!

[Disregard fail post; and also I KNOW. I try to make sure I'm using British English to the best of my knowledge.]

Re: [Video]

[modernholmes]

That's a definite possibility. If they have some spares, I mean.

[Well, Conan is supposed to be fluent in American English. One can argue he would have picked up there.]

[Text/Video]

[twinned_clone]

I think I saw one before, in the abandoned stores.

[This child is also stumped, but he's definitely sadfacing instead of happyfacing.]

Re: [Text/Video]

[modernholmes]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[And Conan definitely notices that. Well, it wasn't that he expected real children to put on the same act he was.]

How are you doing, Robin?

[Text/Video]

[twinned_clone]

[It's normally hard to get Robin down. But all that Au Discedo death was definitely affecting him.]

I am ok.

Oh. You shouldn't go there alone! Sometimes, the dangerous monsters show up.

Re: [Text/Video]

[modernholmes]

[Conan himself was angry, both at the people responsible for the whole affair and at all the idiots who had gone along with it. But it was an adult anger, and so he could not show it. Better to hold it until he could direct it at the proper targets.]

The monsters everyone keeps talking about? As for that, I have yet to see any evidence that they actually exist as anything more than a trick designed to keep us within this city.

[Video]

[whistleoflight]

I have a soccer ball!

Re: [Video]

[modernholmes]

[Oh? A new child? And this one even younger than his current appearance.]

Really? That's great!

[Video]

[whistleoflight]

[She smiles and nods.] My friend gave it to me. Do you want to borrow it?

Re: [Video]

[modernholmes]

Maybe. I always do my best thinking when I'm kicking one around.

[thegreathonk]

WhAt'S a SoCcEr?

[modernholmes]

[...Someone didn't know what soccer was? Oi, oi, what is this?]

Its a game.

[thegreathonk]

AwW mAn I lOvE gAmEs!
HoW tHe MoThErFuCk Do YoU pLaY?

[modernholmes]

[Is that the kind of language you use around a child?]

It's simple. You divide into two teams, each with a goal. To score, one team must kick the ball into the other team's goal. But the trick is, you can never use your hands to move the ball. Only the goalie can use their hands.

[video] Hope you don't mind backtagging! I blame midterms for this too!

[inweskersdesk]

They might have one in some of the stores in the commercial district. Would you like me to go with you to look?

Re: [video] I love backtagging1

[modernholmes]

Could you? That would be great!

[And give me the chance to investigate all these rumors about so-called monsters.]

[video]

[inweskersdesk]

When do you want to go? We really should go during the day. It's too dangerous at night around here.

Re: [video]

[modernholmes]

Any time! I don't have school so there's lots of time.