youfool: (Default)

[personal profile] youfool 2016-08-21 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)

"Thank you." He started to pick up the pace. He should feel bad for taking advantage of a detective's nobler feelings, but on the other hand, it was kind of gratifying to not be figured out himself.

"I'm afraid the details I know are sparse. From the grapevine, I've gleaned that there are two people there who don't belong. One did not go there of their own free will, and the other brought the first expressly for that purpose. Somehow, the second means to dispose of them at the Ball using the festivity, and the disguise it encourages, as cover.

In other words, with whatever subtlety you can muster, you must try and pick out who is there that shouldn't be; who never meant to be but for insidious purpose. Find the disparate element, then keep them from the other, and by Ball's end, the impulse and the means of the crime should expire, hopefully putting the event to bed before it's ever born. Of course, I'll be undertaking the same work, but my eyes are not so keen."

Edited 2016-08-21 20:41 (UTC)
spoilsfun: (Murder Must Advertise)

[personal profile] spoilsfun 2016-08-21 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"How did you hear all of this? The grapevine isn't usually reliable."

Conan eyes him suspiciously. That much flattery was a little out of character, from what he knew of Ted.
youfool: (Default)

[personal profile] youfool 2016-08-21 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)

If he knew Ted much at all, he'd know he did not flatter, but complimented profusely. That or he's just making a crack at his glasses, one of the two. "That's the hope; that it is all vapor and gaseous rumor. I get the feeling it may be real, and for that...well, here we are." They'd arrived blessedly in time to cut off any further questioning, or so Ted hoped. Now was the time for action.

"Remember, investigate these masqueraders, see who's meant to be here, and who's the intruder. Then, when you find them, keep watch that their other does not get too close. I'll do likewise. May grace watch over us all."