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[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[Today, the kitchen/dining area is occupied by a different flavor of Kaito, who has five cards strewn out in a line on the table before him, each one face down. He's reaching out and flipping them over to reveal the faces in random order, before he turns them over again.

Ace of spades, queen of hearts, four of diamonds, ten of clubs, two of hearts, and back to the ace which has mysteriously been transformed to a king of diamonds.

He continues this random pattern for a while, the five cards on the table changing their faces each time he flips them over.

Until he stops suddenly and lifts a card up to frown at it]

... damn it, this wasn't supposed to be a Jack, it was supposed to be another ace.

[he sighs and mumbles to himself as he collects the five cards and produces the rest of the deck from (seemingly) nowhere to shuffle it]

Might as well try again.

[Even the best magicians need practice]

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[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[Tries to ignore Kaito, but can't help giving him a glare as he leaves his canned fruit construction to retrieve a knife from the cutlery drawer.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[... have I driven you to murder, Tantei-kun?]

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[That's plan C.

Plan A is Conan using the canned fruit to reach the dizzying heights of the top of the fridge and from there use the edge of the knife to work the screws holding the grate to the ventilation free.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[... well now I'm curious as to what plan B is.

Oh and btw he's unlocked the door. Silently. So Conan doesn't hear it]

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[It involves a tranquiliser dart.

Has managed to remove the screen.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[And after he has done that]

Why are you going through that much work just to escape? The door is right there.

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[Not even looking Kaito's way.]

The locked door is there.

[He's got his notebook with the maps he drew. Hopefully he'll be able to use those to navigate--tucking the knife into a pocket, Conan starts climbing into the ventilation shaft.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[calling back to him]

Is it locked?

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

...

[Does look back at Kaito.]

If it's open now, I am throwing this screen at your head.

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[grins at him]

You can try.

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[Looks from Kaito to the door back to his ventilation duct. It -- almost seems a pity not to use it after having gone to all this effort.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[he's flipping through Conan's book again, waiting to see what he'll do]

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[ ... yeah, the duct is totally winning.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[... Kaito laughs]

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[Duct > phantom thieves. Just saying.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[hey, you could have just used the door. It would have been easier and you wouldn't have gotten lost]

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[But it would not have been AN EXCITING ADVENTURE -- man, whoever cleans the kitchens really needs to do something about the dust build up in these shafts.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[It wouldn't have been a dirty adventure, either]

[are-too-holmes.livejournal.com]

[The dirt just adds to the experience.]

[takesafterpapa.livejournal.com]

[... if you say so]