[Event] Whatever you do, don't high-five

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Your hands look normal, feel normal, and even smell normal. There's nothing out of the ordinary... Except when you touch something (or someone) else~

You'll start leaving handprints, fingerprints, streaks of colour along the walls, furniture, and along other people's skin. There's a different colour for every different person, and who knows what happens when you high-five?

Be imaginative!

[Here is a colour generator~ Simply click 'Random Background' for your pup's colour, and then fill in this handy-dandy html so other people know what colour you've got!]

[Character Name] leaves fingerprints of this <b><font color="#CODE GOES HERE">color</font></b>.
Filled code example:
Kaitou_1412 leaves fingerprints of this <b><font color="#D76498">color</font></b>.

Also, our apologies for the lateness of this event! There has been extreme RL busy-ness to contend with.

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[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"Kuroba Kaito is smart enough to catch the slip and not blow it off," Conan said, using a finger to draw one Kid's infamous signatures. "I wanted to see your reaction, since there had to be one. Considering Hakuba suspects you, and I know WHY he suspects you in my world, I think I got what I wanted. I wanted to see if your role was still the same in your world as mine."

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"...."

Kaito was going to deal with this by being obnoxiously cheerful.

"Wow, you're smart for a little kid! I bet your parents must be proud!" He ruffled Conan's hair cheerfully, getting pink streaks over it. "But bad luck~ It's been proven that I'm not Kid - my best friend even handcuffed me to her during a heist!"

Aoko-kun did? However did you get out of that one?

A magician never tells~

Hah, somethin' ya don't know, Hakuba?

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Conan scowled. He could already feel the paint. "I have definite proof." And there was nothing in his tone or expression that said he was lying. "And we both know you could find a way to be in two places at once."

And he wasn't. He HAD proof. It was how Kaito and he started to work together. Conan found proof that he was Kid, and Kaito couldn't refute it. Of course, it was proof that only applied in the Digital World. It wasn't like he could tell a court that Kaito was Kid because of a device a digital tree god gave them had symbols that meant something to the owner and his was a Kid sign.

Not that he wanted to turn Kid in anymore, all things considered.

But where was the fun in telling that right away?

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

Definite?

I knew you'd perk up at that, 'kuba-kun.

"I'm flattered, really, Conan-kun. But I'm not that good a magician."

Kaito leaned over slightly, hands in pockets, not really caring about the pink streaks over his jeans, a grin on his face.

"But do tell. I want to hear this ~definite proof~"

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Conan smirked, still working on the picture. Hey, finger painting wasn't exactly a practice he was good at.

"You're good enough, Kaito. In fact, I've met a girl who doesn't know about you and Kid who swears up and down you're better than Kid. If only barely," Conan said.

"Though, I admit, my definite proof would make me sound insane. Seeing as another world was involved, but I think the fact I've been an assistant on..." Pauses for a moment. "Five of your heists, I think that's pretty definitive."

Okay, he revealed that part mostly because it was likely to get an interesting reaction from Kaito.

"Not that I did anything illegal myself, of course." That hadn't been part of the bets he lost.

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And we've been aidin' an' abettin' on -how- many?

Fourteen. Not counting the minor escapades to return gems, in which case, it brings it up to twenty-six.

Twenty-six? Man, the police really do suck when we're not there to stop Kid.

Kaito grinned widely, sharply, Kid's grin every inch of the way.

"Ara~ Tantei-kun. Such a bad child. What would your neechan say if she knew?"

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"She'd demand to know why I didn't tell her about the other three," Conan said in a matter of fact tone. Odd though, that was all the reaction he got. He expected a bit more pause than that that would indicate Kid HAD been somewhat surprised.

Even if it didn't show on his face.

"Of course, I couldn't, because Heiji made me swear never, ever to talk about it outside of him and Kid. It took a few times before we figured out how you were cheating at cards," Conan said casually. Of course, he figured Kaito might have figured out there was something more personal in the relationship between them by this point then just detective and thief with detective getting conned into helping with heists.

Though he never even thought about how people might take to him referring to Hattori in such a close fashion.

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

"Me? A card cheat?"

That's a lie, an' ya know it.

Kaito looked mock-wounded for a moment, but then straightened up a little, his expression more serious.

"So, then, tantei-kun. How well do you know me? Well enough to have shared childhood stories? Or are we still rivals in spirit, if not in practice?"

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"That was the bet. We had to figure out how you were cheating. We always knew you were," Conan said. It was more fun that way.

"You're...well, as much as the fact might make us both shudder, you're my second closest friend," Conan said, pulling away and seeing if he did the little picture any justice.

Not really, but it was vaguely recognizable. "I know you very well. Not that we stopped being rivals. It's just even if I might finally get close enough to cuff you, I won't hand you over to the police. Though that's more of the combination of the fact I need you and doing so is like signing your death warrant."

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"Not bad, said Kaito quietly, looking over the little drawing. He laid a hand flat on the wall, seemingly fascinated by the bleed of colour from his palm as he spoke.

"You're like my Shinichi, then. He'd do anything to catch me, but I have this feeling that he'd 'loose' the handcuff keys if he ever actually did." A quick glance at Conan, a brief flicker of an amused smile.

His head was quiet, an almost stunned silence from blue, the green and gold shimmering with a softer version of the same.

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"Not sure if orange fits for it," Conan commented. Then again, he wasn't sure why his hand is suddenly a paint brush, but it could be worse.


"You think so?" Conan asked, looking at Kaito curiously. "So was it he noticed the snipers are there too often, figured out whose after Pandora, or something else?"

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

"Something else," said Kaito, grinning slightly. He wasn't about to spill the beans, but this Conan was a whole lot more reassuring than the other one - the anger bubbling beneath the surface hadn't helped that Conan's case one bit.

"We've had a few heart-to-hearts since then." A bullet grazing Hakuba's forehead, too close, far too close, dreams of Kid stumbling through bloody hallways, always too late, far too late... and the three of them there to drag him back out to reality again, out-logicking his dreams with relentless pursuit of reality.

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Conan said, looking thoughtful. "When I first found out, I would have turned him in. Except there was no point in getting him arrested in the Digital World." And it was nice to have SOMEONE he didn't have to play pretend around. "Does he know who you are?"

Heart to hearts? "How did you two find time to talk beyond banter?"

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

"Well, for one, tantei-kun couldn't really turn me in without my say-so. For another, he really couldn't turn me in wihtout my say-so."

Kaito smiled, shrugged, and in a light tone, added,

"Enforced company can do wonders for your rivalries."

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

That was...a really weird way to put it. Conan frowned thoughtfully. "So...something about the 'enforced company' lets you have power over what your Shinichi said. And whatever this is applies to Hakuba, and possibly Nakamori-keibu and Heiji." Rivalries did say it was with more than one person and Hakuba had definitely been the main rival. The other two were the only other ones he could think of as possible candidates.

"And the way you said it...it sounds like it's more than just simple blackmail. Not just a 'you tell my secret, I tell yours,' especially since that wouldn't apply to anyone aside from me and maybe Heiji if only because he wants to keep my secret." Even with blackmail, he could still tell.

With the way it was said though, it sounded like he was incapable. "Did Koizumi cast a curse on you guys?" Well, it was a possibility.

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

Kaito laughed. Tantei-kun was entertaining to watch while he was deducting - and a little nostalgic. The last time he'd seen those eyes so sharp, it was moments before blinding light and a piece of machinery had wiped them blank.

"So you know about Miss Witch?" he asked, grinning slightly, then waving a hand airily. "We had a little trouble with her and her penchant for nightlights, but she didn't curse us."

Yer not makin' this easy fer him, are ya?

Of course not~!

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"Technically, I'm still in the middle of rescuing her from a third sect of the Organization, but that has to wait until I finally go home again," Conan murmured, still more focused on figuring out what Kaito meant. After all, if he freaked out everytime he thought about the kidnapping, he'd never get any peace.

Especially since it's been months that he's been away from home in other places while time stood still back there. Or so he hoped.

"Never had a problem with her and nightlights though...she'd usually threaten to turn us into something small and fuzzy."

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

"...third sect, tantei-kun?" Now that was slightly worrying. If you counted tantei-kun's alcohols, and his own various dangerous beasties, that didn't make up a third. And he could only imagine what the'd do.

Scientists, perhaps, came Conan's voice. Haibara's parents had codenames that weren't alcohols.

Bu' sicentists ain't exactly dangerous...

No, you think, came the sour tones of a teenager who'd had to pose as someone ten years younger.

...Ahaha... yeah... Sorry, Kudo.

"My detectives required a rescue," Kaito said idly, still dropping hints here and there, wondering if Conan would be able to figure it out soon. "Miss Witch is not the most hospitable of hostesses."

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

Conan nodded. "One that I was personally familiar with that went for the science method. Two is the one you know, that went for magic items. A third who went for people of magic power. Akako eventually became a target and that's when I had to accept our world does not, in fact, run on logic and actual physics alone," Conan said, turning to face Kaito. "She came to you because you were able to give her protection she couldn't make herself without risking a back lash. By then, we were already working together."

"Required a rescue," Conan muttered. "So...definitely magic..." But what magic had to do with night lights? "What can glow from people...something to do with their auras? Souls?"

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

"Aha. Well, I have known for a while that logic doesn't rule supreme. A run-in with a certain jewel-thief would have taught me that, even if my detectives hadn't been caught the way they are~" Hiei wasn't someone he particularly wanted to meet agian, but Yukina-chan and Kuwabara were people he might end up spending another visit with.

"Very good~" chirped Kaito, ruffling Conan's hair again. "Can you figure out the rest?"

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"Certain Jewel-Thief? What thief makes you think things are weird?" Conan asked. He was...actually quite curious what that meant.

He scowled at that, shoving away his hand, but didn't straighten his hair. He didn't want to add orange to his hair too.

He thought about that. "...you wouldn't control someone's will or let someone else controls someone else's will that completely. So it can't be a planned thing, if you do have that much control," Conan said, studying Kaito. "Even to protect your identity, it's not the type of person you are..." He murmured, then focusing on the eyepatch. Then looking at the drawings. It didn't seem having one eye blocked affected his eyesight enough for the pictures. Not to mention the eyepatch looked thin, too thin to block out all light. Would it ever serve as a bandage that way?

"Why do you have that eyepatch...?"

[1stpersonplural.livejournal.com]

"Let's just say that... meeting him led to meeting someone in true possession of teargems, and leave it at that, hm?" Kaito wasn't being mysterious to be contrary for once - it was Yukina-chan's decision whether to speak about her secret or not.

Kaito's grin was growing bigger as Conan continued speaking, bouncing slightly on his toes.

You are enjoying yourself far too much.

Come on, Hakuba, this is fun!

"Why do I have my eyepatch indeed?" Kaito grinned, tugging it off and putting it in his pocket, one eye closed. His smile turned slightly ominous, voice slipping easily into Kid's smoother tones. He wasn't ~precisely~ trying to scare Conan away, but it was fun wathcing tantei-kun twitch.

"Are you sure you want to know?"

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

Teagrems...? But that tone, that he was pretty sure he knew. "Right. Getting you to explain would be harder than pulling teeth, right?"

Conan is studying him quite seriously. "...eyes are windows to the soul, or at least so they say. So...whatever accident happened with your rivals...auras. Souls. Whatever it was exactly that was affected. It did something to your eye, right? It's why you have to cover it?" Conan paused and smirked. "I want to know. I don't think there's anything behind your eye that will terrify me."

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"Yep," said Kaito blithely. "You know me so well~" he added in a chirping tone.

Kaito laughed a little, crouching down in front of Conan so he was on eye-level, and opened his eye. He knew the detective would be seeing formless black instead of normal white, colours flickering into life on the iris as his detectives made teir opinions known.

Green, Heiji making his opinion known.

Ya sure this is smart, Kuroba?

Blue, Shinichi adding in his two cents.

If he didn't, I don't think he'd be doing it.

Gold, a snarking jibe at Green.

Of course not, Hattori. Do have some sense.

Kaito raised an eyebrow queryingly at Conan. "So, what's your theory, tantei-kun?"

[only-1-truth.livejournal.com]

"Too well. I think it's starting to make Heiji worry," Conan commented dryly.

Though it wasn't quite all untrue, but he hadn't gotten around to telling Heiji the full story yet. Mostly because it was totally insane.

He watched Kaito's eye as he opened it, his own widening in surprise. He hadn't really known what to expect, but that sort of thing...hadn't been it. But what...?

Conan got a look of concentration, one that says he was trying to put all the pieces together. "That..." Then a hand was in his pocket, pulling out what looked like a card. Not a playing card though, it was too tall. He muttered a word under his breathe, the card vanishing in a flash.

And some ornate clip ons appearing on his glasses. He stumbled back, the surprise back on his face. "Whoa! That's...that's way more colors then there should be..." He said before taking off the glasses. "That's more than one person should even HAVE at one time. They can't...are they actually INSIDE you?"