Call - Voicemail

[spoilsfun]

Ran-neechan?  I'm going to be a little late for dinner. I'm visiting the professor right now, and I guess we lost track of time.

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[kendo_taisho]

[.....ha ha. Very funny.]

Very funny. Ye've had the same number for like a year now.

Ye should probably send another message to neechan, anyway. Ye sent me yer voicemail.

[spoilsfun]

I've had this number for two days and I have no idea who you are.

[kendo_taisho]

[TIME FOR AN AGGRESSIVE PHONE CALL, BUDDY. HOPE YOU WERE READY FOR THE FULL FORCE OF THE DETECTIVE OF THE WEST.]

[spoilsfun]

Who is this?

[kendo_taisho]

[I'm sorry he's so loud, Conan. It's like an explosion of Kansaiben up in here.]

WHAT ARE YA PLAYIN' AT, KUDO?! IT'S HATTORI. HA-TOR-RI. DID YA HIT YER HEAD OR SOMETHIN'?!

[Hei, no, there are people staring at you. You're in public.]

[spoilsfun]

[Since Conan had never met Hattori, he hadn't expected any of that. He flinches at the noise and drops the phone. A hasty fumble later, and he has the phone back up to his ear.]

The name is Edogawa. Edogawa Conan. Stop calling me that!

[And how the heck did this guy know that name?]

[kendo_taisho]

[He looks around at the crowd, but now that the outburst is over no one's paying him any attention.]

Yeah yeah, Conan-kun. Ye coulda told me th' kids were with ya. Did ya put me on speaker or somethin'?

[Annoyed, like clearly it's Conan's fault he can't call him by his actual name.]

[spoilsfun]

[Frustration rapidly growing. ]

What kids? What are you talking about now?

[kendo_taisho]

The Detective Boys?

[Okay, something is seriously wrong here. Even being a bit of a troll, Kudo doesn't actually pretend to not know what Heiji's going on about when he's talking this directly.]

Seriously though, did ya hit yer head recently? Everything okay?

[spoilsfun]

Never heard of them.

And I'm fine. Why does everyone keep asking about my head?

[kendo_taisho]

[There's silence from the other line as Hei tries to work this out. Kudo sounds okay. No slurring, or that obnoxious childish tone he adopts when pretending to be dumber than usual.]

What's the last thing ya remember?

[spoilsfun]

[He wasn't admitting to anything yet. ]

Last night Uncle Kogoro got asked to investigate something at Yoko Okino's apartment.

[kendo_taisho]

[That tells him nothing. It's pretty common knowledge that the old man is friends with the singer. Otchan certainly talks about it enough.]

She alright?

[spoilsfun]

She's fine. It was someone who committed suicide in an attempt to frame her for murder. But Uncle figured it out!

[kendo_taisho]

[That...was still maddeningly unhelpful. He switches to speaker so he can use the browser on his phone to look it up.

...

If it's this case, it was like a year ago. Holy crap. He forgot an entire year? No wonder he doesn't remember him! Does that mean he forgot about Them too? This could be bad.

There's an awkward silence as he tries to figure out how to deal with Actual Amnesiac Edogawa Conan.]

[spoilsfun]

What is it now?

[Why was this guy suddenly being quiet? ]

[kendo_taisho]

[Can you just hear the awkwardness settle like a weight? Because Heiji sure can.

Sure, he's maybe dealt with something like this before, but who's gonna pretend to be a six year old kid? This is absolutely Kudo.]

It'll be okay, Ku- .... Conan. We'll get ahold've Hakase and get this sorted in no time.

[Nailed it.]

[spoilsfun]

[That was an extremely suspicious change in attitude. ]

What's wrong with you now? And how to you know the professor?

[kendo_taisho]

[Heiji is the picture of innocence.]

Nothin's wrong! He's just been a big help in a lotta cases. Indispensable. [Just...not his.]

[spoilsfun]

[....Right.]

And how did you meet him again?

[kendo_taisho]

[Crap.]

He called me for some assistance with a shady woman.

[spoilsfun]

Who was that?