Closed Bounty Log, Catching a Cat Burglar

[spoilsfun]

 Conan wasn't usually interested in every day theft. Most of the time it was barely a challenge at all, and he preferred to put his deductive skill towards more difficult cases.

But every now and then, something caught his interest. And his so-called cat burglar qualified. A burglar who left a calling card. He was rather interested to see if there would be any challenge in it.

It is only the matter of a few minutes to research the criminal's past activities and to calculate the site of his next burglary.

And with that, Conan is out the door on the way to the criminal's next target. An office building in downtown Genessia City which happened to house the offices of a jewelry company.

Being Conan, he doesn't bother to tell anyone what he is doing.

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[spoilsfun]

While Ted is distracted by KID, Conan flips the flashlight in his watch on, and aims the bright light directly at his shadow.

Call it a scientific experiment.

[tuxedo_magician]

"Possess?" KID's voice pitches slightly higher in surprise. Well, that thought was a bit unnerving. He glances at Conan for a moment before returning his attention back onto Ted. "I suppose it's not so bad, as long as your friend doesn't try anything. If something were to happy to him, I'm afraid his guardian would be quite angry with me."

And an angry Ran Mouri was not something KID really really wanted to deal with in the event she ever found out or showed up in this place.

[youfool]

[So long as it doesn't eliminate the shadow completely, Gengar would dodge the beam and hide wherever it didn't shine. The opposite of a cat and a laser pointer, essentially. Should Conan find a way to erase his shadow completely, he'd move to another before returning when the opportunity arose. Out of spite, natch; Conan's shadow isn't all that big, so Gengar's feeling testy enough as it is.]

"Mm, well I suppose possession might come in handy should Conan need to move, and yet have no capacity. A desperate measure for a desperate time. Well, that settles it! Let's see Conan to his errands. You'll be lucky if it's groceries; I don't see how you could carry very many by your lonesome.

Oh, he has an official guardian? What's their name?"

[spoilsfun]

[ Right. Next step was eliminating the shadow completely. Conan had a few ideas that way. He turns and glowers at Ted.]

I do not need someone following after me like this, and I certainly don't need any possessions happening.

[tuxedo_magician]

"Ran Mouri. She's a rather nice girl, but she's also a force to reckoned with." As KID has seen, more then once.

KID laughs once, shaking his head. "I'm sure he could manage it, he's rather resourceful, that way."

[youfool]

"Mm, well they're nice to have even if they're not strictly necessary." [No Ted, Conan didn't want it either. But how could he not, with an adorable ghost in his shadow? He should be so lucky!]

"Better safe than sorry! Indeed, we all almost became very, very sorry when we skimped on safety, eh?"

[spoilsfun]

"Get it out."

Conan refused to go any further until this was taken care of.

[tuxedo_magician]

KID glances back at Conan and frowns slightly. He knows that tone and attitude, he's seen it often enough.

"Maybe you should save it until an absolute last resort. I mean, he'll have us with him, so it's not like he can get into too much trouble without us knowing first."

Okay, KID knows that is a lie, but he also knows Conan. And honestly, while he might tease the detective, he also knows who he really is and as such, tries not to treat him as the kid he looks like he is.

[youfool]

"If you insist. All right, come on out of there Gengar." Conan's shadow crossed his arms in refusal.

"...please." It threw its hands up in the air, before the purple blob floated up and away, pulling down his eye and sticking his tongue out at the no-fun-allowed Conan.

"Ah well, I'm hoping desperate times never come. So! Where are we headed? Post office, landfill, K&H Children Home? Crime scene?"

[spoilsfun]

Conan ignores the ghost.

"None of the above. And I don't recall inviting you along."

[tuxedo_magician]

"Conan-kun, you never invite anyone along." It was pretty much the reason KID just normally did what he wanted anyway. Of course, he wasn't the type who would just announce that he was following, if he had his way, he would have been doing this from a distance.

Unfortunately, KID didn't always have his plans go exactly the way he wanted them too.

[youfool]

"Oh, that's probably because you haven't. Not to worry; I'll accept the invitation any time. As a formality, mind. I didn't get one of those last time, and it did much good to proceed anyway."

[spoilsfun]

Why was it that these kind of people kept inviting themselves into his life? Conan simply glowers at the pair of them.

[tuxedo_magician]

Pretty much because they can, Tantei-kun, sorry.

Playing up the part of a confused young chaperon, KID turns his attention towards the other. "The last time?"

[youfool]

"Oh, yes," he began, with a look between an interested gossip and a concerned guardian. "First time I met him was during--" his phone buzzed. "Ah, excuse me." He answered with periodic sounds of interest. "Mhm. Oh. Well, that's fortunate. All right; yes. I'm on my way." He hung up and pocketed the phone.

"Alas, duty calls away from your adventure, whatever it is. Ah well, this polite young woman seems capable enough. Still, let me know if you get into more trouble than you can chew. And let me know how it goes regardless. Good morning! Or afternoon..." Ted walked off in a state of some agnosticism about the time.