completemisfire

Yes, yes, yes, I know, "When you have eliminated the impossible..."

But I would like to know what is going on all the same. I don't suppose you can tell me about that case you're talking about, or it will do terrible things to the timeline, either.

[ Ssssh he secretly likes Dr Who ]

[ Kaito laughs softly, he wondered how long it would take before the other started talking Holmes to him.

At Hakuba's question, he's silent for a moment, trying to decide if that's possible (or trying to figure out how to phrase this in a way that's not outing him as KID). ]

I got a call a couple of days ago from someone I know, but they didn't know me. At all.

[ Not to mention that weird call he got from his mom... ]

That... is very very strange. I had a text message that went to someone it was not intended to, but there was nothing about oddities in time that came up in the conversation.

It might have depended on who it was, too. If it's someone that has talked to you before, you could have always just assumed you hit the wrong contact or something.

I had not however - it was Kudo Shinichi on the line. He said at the time that he had gotten some strange calls as well, so we assumed there had been some sort of mixup at the telephone exchange.

Kudo Shinichi...? Like, the Great Detective of the East Kudo Shinichi?

[ ... huh. Kaito wonders if said Kudo was before the shrinking or after. ]

Apparently. I thought I had been redirected to you, at first - line quality, I suppose.

[ Hakuba doesn't know, he didn't ask???? ]

Why, is there something I need to know about him related to the case you mentioned?

[ Ahahahah... oh shit. Kudo already knew that KID looked like him, he really didn't need the other to know he sounded like him too. Because he knows Kudo well enough to know that he would think that KID wouldn't be hiding his real voice in his daytime persona and if Hakuba had confused him for someone else...

Circumstantial when it came to Hakuba was one thing, with Kudo Shinichi, it was another. ]

No, it's just that... well, he hasn't been in the news lately and he was in it just as much as you were, if not more. It's just kinda weird that you talked to him, 's all.

Huh, really? I had not noticed. [ BUT NOW YOU MENTION IT... ]

I suppose I will have to look into things on my end, then. Although with all this... weird time stuff, for all I know, I am messing with the future. [ AUDIBLE FROWNING ]

[ It was kind of hard not to, considering that Aoko was talking about him when she saw him in the paper. Hakuba, not Kudo; not that he was jealous or anything, nope. ]

Or it could be something future you already did and not doing it now would screw things up.

[ ... and wow this is confusing. ]

..........I am not in a Dr Who episode the last I checked, Kuroba.

[ LONG SIGH ] I suppose... the best scenario is for me to do nothing. [ CAN YOU HEAR THE PAIN THAT IS GOING TO COST HIM ] I do not wish to ... take advantage of possibly dangerous knowledge of my own future.

[ Wow. You are such a nerd, Hakuba. Kaito is secretly pleased by this. ]

How do you know it's actually your future though?

[ Look he is half British and anyone with any drop of British blood watches Dr Who okay it is like. Patriotic. Or. Something. ]

.....................................because I have to believe it is my future, because I do not wish for the confusion of multiple dimensions and alternate futures. [ SO DRY ]

[ He totally knows what he's getting you for your birthday now. Or Christmas. Or whatever sort of gift giving holiday that wouldn't make things awkward is. ]

I... [ A pause while Kaito thinks about it. ] guess that makes sense.

Just because I like Sherlock Holmes doesn't mean I don't read and watch other things. [ He says dryly ] I also think this is the first time we've agreed on anything all conversation.