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[holmes_fanatic]

[Across the street from the apartment building housing Ran and Conan's apartment and the Detective Agency is a thin, shadowy alleyway, from which a thin stream of cigarette smoke is emanating. The source of the smoke is a man dressed entirely in black, silver hair reaching most of the way down his thick black coat

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[karates_doors]

[Ran's been busy in the kitchen for the last hour or so, but she's picked this very opportune moment to cross the living room to go get the laundry. She's looking jumpy and tired, but not any more than a night of bad sleep would warrant - as far as Conan's concerned, anyway.

She's been debating all morning whether to tell him about the things she swears she keeps seeing out of the corners of her eyes. It could just be lingering nightmares (she'd had terrible dreams of waking up to see ghouls clawing at her window glass), and in that case she'd rather not say anything. At home she might have, since ghosts and goblins have never scared Conan and she has no problem with admitting that they scare the daylights out of her, but in the City they always have enough things to worry about without adding to the pile.

But if it isn't her head playing tricks on her, but rather Temper or the Interloper or one of the others

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[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan starts, letting the curtain fall back into place.] Nothing, Ran-neechan! I just -- thought I saw something.

[If there is an observer, then picking up the curtain again at this juncture will be beyond suspicious, so Conan leaves the window to join Ran. Already on edge, he notices the slight signs of something awry in Ran -- what's going on?]

How's Ran-neechan?

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[karates_doors]

[Ran hesitates. Opens her mouth, closes it again, and finally says]

You haven't... noticed any funny sounds in the apartment, have you?

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[holmes_fanatic]

[!]

-- in the apartment?

\o\

[tsundullahan]

[It's been a horrible day. Celty's felt no better running away from aliens that seemed to vanish the moment she looked over her shoulder than she ever had when being chased by those awful police back home!

It only got worse when she'd felt those strange, elongated fingers grasp at her arm, and from there she couldn't remember what happened as she clung almost desperately to her motorcycle to flee.

Now she's in a familiar area, and so far as she can see and sense, the unusual figures have been lost for the moment. But...who was that man there? What draws her attention initially is the faint scent of smoke, but it's not hard at all for her to see the man once she does look in that direction. ]

...but why is he looking towards Edogawa-kun's...?

[Needless to say, she finds this just a little suspicious.]

\o\

[holmes_fanatic]

[The man returns the stare deliberately, eyes emotionless and hard -- killer's eyes, Shinichi thought the first time he saw them, and how right he was. Celty's sized up, the threat she poses to the completion of his goals considered, the man returning to his cigarette. Not a threat, but a potential complication -- and Gin much prefers to work unobserved. He turns, quickly lost within the shadows of the alleyway.

Though -- isn't it daytime?]

/o/

[tsundullahan]

.....what was that look??

[Celty watches as he turns and moves away, and that detail doesn't go unnoticed. She'd frown had she the capacity to do so. For the moment she forgets about aliens, jogging away from her bike and towards the alley where she'd seen Gin vanish.]

/o/

[holmes_fanatic]

[The Organisation doesn't leave traces. Neither it seems does Gin. There are no traces of the direction the man took, just a scattering of cigarette ash where he was standing watch -- and from the discarded ends nearby, he'd been watching some time.

Meanwhile, the noise of Celty's bike has caught someone's attention in the apartment above the Agency -- a small head can just be seen peering over the window ledge.]

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[sf_girl_friday]

{Jan's been wandering the city as much as possible since her talk with Conan, unable to stay inside except when absolutely necessary. Acknowledging the memory loss had helped, but it'd also caused more worries to set in. Which would seem like paranoia if she hadn't noticed something odd while walking past Conan and Ran's apartment.

She continues on, well past the block and almost to the tea shop before pulling out her comm and calling Conan.]

Conan, are you alright?

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[holmes_fanatic]

[It's a relief to get the call. Conan checks that Ran is occupied in another part of the apartment, before retreating to his room, all the curtains drawn.]

Jan. I'm glad you called.

Fine so far. Why do you ask?

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[sf_girl_friday]

I was walking past your apartment and noticed something odd. Or thought I did.

[It's okay to admit some of her worries to Conan, right? At least the most obvious ones. As long as he didn't find out about the other things that had happened, it was alright.] I'm not sure if I was just jumping at shadows or there was really something there.

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[holmes_fanatic]

Tell me what you think you saw?

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[frillsalwayswin]

[Goro's on the feed, standing in the studio area of his apartment] ..Edogawa-kun?

[Video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[It's a relief to see Goro, forget for the moment the assassin that may or may not be lurking outside the apartment building.]

Hi, Goro-neechan!

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[frillsalwayswin]

[Goro smiles] Hey, are you doing okay? There have been a popula ton of messages on the watches about.. Well, I don't know, but it sounds bad. You're not hurt, are you?

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[holmes_fanatic]

Something very strange is happening, I think. But I'm okay! I'm not seeing strange things.

[Private Text]

[holds_his_hand]

how safe do u think the catacombs are now

[The text is a bit rushed when Elle sends it, but she has a good reason to.]

[Private Text]

[holmes_fanatic]

No better or worse than anywhere else in the city, but be careful. You get yourself wounded, you might not be in any condition to warn anyone against touching you.

[Private Text]

[holds_his_hand]

it will be a last resort then but its my best bet to go underground if the crows are here for a different reason

im changing to a different outfit instead of my uniform

u be careful too shinichi

[Private Text]

[holmes_fanatic]

Conan only from now on, in any circumstances.

The Watcher is protective of the library, so it's possible it might be a haven -- and I don't think many people will be out and about given the circumstances.