01: Video

[eastdetective]

[A small boy wearing oversized glasses is peering into the camera with a look of deep concentration. He frowns as he manipulates the device in his hands. In appearance the boy looks to be six or seven at the most. But there is something in his expression that seems oddly older. After a moment he seems to make a decision, and his expression subtly shifts into a childish expression of worry.]

Can anyone hear me? I just woke up in this cave and found this device here. But  this doesn't seem anything like home. It's strange, isn't it? I thought I would remember coming to a place like this.

I read the papers, but it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Can anyone tell me what's happening here?

Comments

video;

[eastdetective]

[Now this was a much more encouraging response. Conan could appreciate someone that thought of a tox screen.]

Did you check anything else?

I'm seven years old. [Or at least that was the age he'd decided to claim. With his appearance now, seven was the oldest that he could expect anyone to believe. ]

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[livable]

I asked some of the other doctors at the hospital for a brain scan [ she chooses that word since he's 7 and most 7 year olds don't have any idea what a CT scan is ] and a couple of other things, but it took me more than a week to get a job, so if there was anything, it was gone.

[ Anything with her blood though, she couldn't ask anyone about. It didn't help that it was hard enough with a resting heartbeat of 10bpm and her blood was highly infectious. ]

Are you on your own?

Re: video;

[eastdetective]

Do you know if anyone else has tried something like that?

[Conan shrugs.]

I think so. There isn't anyone else here, and I don't know any of the people I've talked to.

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[livable]

I don't know yet. I haven't been here very long, so I'm only just getting to know people. I had a hard enough time not throwing everyone off by running around the hospital asking for tests right after I got the job.

[ It could be a good program to set up to advertise to newbies to come to the hospital for testing though. ]

I think there's a place for kids to stay someone mentioned, if you need some place. I can find out where it is for you.

Re: video;

[eastdetective]

Someone said something about a home for children? But that sounds a little suspicious.

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[livable]

How so? Not forcing kids into illegal labor seems like the least suspect cause I can think of, unless they're doing something strange there.

Re: video;

[eastdetective]

People don't usually do nice things for others unless they get some kind of benefit from it.

[That was perhaps a little too cynical for the kid he was pretending to be. ]

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[livable]

They do when kids are involved.

[ Liv is all on board with cynicism some days, but there's a whole sociological/psychological/anthropological/physiological (in some cases) thing behind protecting kids whether they're yours or not. Having had a dose of mom instincts from someone she ate, she knows it's a real thing. ]

Re: video;

[eastdetective]

It doesn't always make that much of a difference.

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[livable]

Nothing is always 100%, but the alternate is immoral child labor so I'm going on a leap of faith to say it'd be hard to beat. If you try it and find something suspicious, there are plenty of people here to call to come help.