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[backseattantei]

[ conan look up at the stage, chewing on a piece of tempura.

had he still had his body, that would be him up there receiving praises and applauses and not the old man. just look at him, face smug and that splitting grin...

why does he have to be here again? oh right, because ran insisted. ]

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[bakaitoukid]

[... why was he here again?

Oh, that's right... police ball. Invited by Aoko. Almost threatened into going (though in reality he relented because he really didn't want her to go alone). Now here, and now incredibly, extremely bored. And who knew where his best friend had wandered off to, anyway? If she were around he could at least poke fun of the bumbling detective who was trying to give an awkward (and conceited) speech on stage...

So boring. Currently he was standing in the crowd, staring at the stage with obvious boredom, playing with a small coin in between his fingers as the old man drawled on and on and on.

He hadn't noticed Conan yet, but from where he was standing, he was in full view of the detective if he happened to glance over at the right time]

[backseattantei]

[ The only consolation is the food. It's easy enough to just tune out Kogoro's droning like he always does, and stuff himself as much as he can since it seems to be the only thing he can do here. He thought about talking with Officers Satou and Takagi to see if there was any interesting case around, but they're all occupied.

The sushi on this table is all gone. Ran is looking the other way, so he figures slipping over to the other table to get more wouldn't hurt. Besides, there are all police officers here, nothing bad could happen.

So he weaves his way through the guests, taking care not to bump into anyone or upturn his plate, and slides right up to the sushi platter. ]

[bakaitoukid]

[At about the time Conan moved to refill his plate with sushi, Kaito felt his own stomach growl commandingly. Whoops... guess I better eat something. Might keep my mind off of this boring speech...

He wasn't a fan of sushi at all (anything that came from fish couldn't be good for you), but in order to get to the rest of the food, he had to slip past the sushi platter.

And right past a certain short and bespectacled elementary school kid.

He almost didn't notice him (having to do a double take to make sure it really was the mini detective), but once his suspicions were confirmed, he stopped short in his tracks.

-- but not before bumping into a woman in a red dress, causing her to drop her plate and attracting the attention of nearly everyone else around him.

Shi--]

Sorry! [Of all the times to not pay attention to where he was going...]

[backseattantei]

[ He felt someone brush past him first, but didn't actually pay attention to who it was until the commotion grabbed his attention. Perhaps it was the sudden buzzing of voices that made Kaito's a bit muddled to him, but its ring still struck a strange familiarity to him that he can't quite put his finger to.

He stares at the young man, nothing the strange resemblance between their faces. Is that guy a police officer? It's not like Conan knows the faces of everyone who works at the Headquarters, and this could be a new addition to the team, considering how young he is (young enough to be a high school student too). And there's also the possibility of him being a relative; he can't overlook that.

Something about this guy intrigues him, but he doesn't know yet what it is. ]

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