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[Menzies arrives lying on the ground somewhere in the middle of the Plane. she's breathing hard, looking rather horrified and a little pale. she quickly sits up, looking down at herself in apparent confusion. then she starts to pat herself down, as though checking for injuries] All right... No gunshot. Fine now, then. Sure.

[taking a deep breath, she pulls herself to her feet, still looking completely frazzled. after a moment's thought, she takes hold of the ID badge that hangs around her neck. pulling it out, she briskly runs the edge of it along the back of one her hands, creating a small cut. she winces but watches with apparent interest as the cut bleeds red] And not dead. [she breathes a sigh of relief] First thing that's gone right all day... [she replaces her ID card before looking around, her expression uncharacteristically uncertain. she still looks pale and out of breath, and she clearly has no idea what to do now] Maybe this is payback for pissing off Ray.

[ooc: Menzies is in the middle of major trouble back home! See my OOC post for details.]

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If we're lucky, the Doctor will do. I met...no... [she trails off, sighing] Oddly enough, I remember meeting him at the café--but I also remember getting gassed before he arrived. Just what is he up to?

The Doctor then -- I guess that's our next step!

[she nods, smirking faintly. it's good to have a next step, considering everything. she moves to slide the paper she has back onto the stack--and a headline catches her eye]

[she raises an eyebrow at Conan] Looks like I'm not the only one who's been abducted.

[... he didn't even think to remove the International Pages before putting the papers down.]

-- ah ...

[she starts to read the article] You're right; you were busy. [do you have anything to say for yourself, Conan?]

Well, you have to admit it was a very involved case.

Yeah? [she looks up from the article] So what really happened--from your point of view?

Ah -- well, Mouri-ojichan's client called us to meet at Colombo instead of the Agency, but when they didn't turn up, we went home. When Amuro-san suggested that the real client was actually inside the Agency, I wasn't surprised -- it seemed pretty odd! But none of us expected the gun shot or what we found ...

[wow, kid--you weren't kidding when you said trouble tends to happen with you around] Someone broke into your agency with a gun?

Well ... two people, actually ... the article didn't say?

[she smiles wryly] They probably ran out of words to explain it properly. I take it you mean the bloke that woman killed and tried to pass off as a suicide/kidnapping?

A-ah ... she was impersonating a member of Uncle's staff and knocked him out with a taser ... Not that Uncle has staff besides me and Ran-neechan, but they didn't know that!

[that's rather alarming, actually] And what'd you do after he got knocked out?

Uncle didn't get knocked out -- the real client did! Of course, he was actually a bank robber, but we didn't know that then. Everyone believed Kashitsuka-san when she said she was the client -- and the victim of a hostage situation!

[she snorts] No wonder the papers ran out of space.

So who caught on that there was more to the story?

Well ... no one really wanted to let Kashitsuka-san go home alone ... she could have been in danger! Also there were a couple of weird things that might have been shock or something else ... So we took her home in Amuro's car ...

And this somehow led to you, kidnapped in her car. [she's really waiting to hear that part of the story. because how much trouble can one kid manage to get into?]

Ah -- eventually.

[Conan's not looking forward to telling that part of the story.]

[Menzies is!] Go on--you brought her 'ome.

Well, I needed the bathroom, so I went straight away. And when I came out, Kashitsuka-san was about to head out the door ... so I decided I'd better go with her.

So you walked right into it. [she's probably enjoying this too much--but at least it's taking her mind off her own predicament?]

Well ... technically, she never wanted to kidnap me! I just insisted on going with her. And when she gave me the juice, I realised the top had been taken off and so I didn't drink all of it ... I spilt it on the car floor when she wasn't looking.

And you pretended to be kidnapped. [wow, this just gets better and better] You know, by your age, you probably should've grown out of that recklessness. [by which, of course, she's not referring to the age of seven]

[Conan's got the distinct feeling he is fighting a losing battle.]

I suggested Ran-neechan come too, but Kashitsuka-san didn't want to wait! And I think it would have been more irresponsible to let her go off on her own ...

My age, Inspector Menzies?

[she chuckles] Anything to solve the case? [admittedly, in a situation like that, she probably would have done something similar] So then what?

Yeah. Your age. [you know what she means, Conan. but she's also aware that he's not going to confirm anything on the Plane--which is really rather annoying since it's clearly even more dangerous to discuss it in his world, and currently she can't go to hers]

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