So mun heard there may be a Murder, She Wrote reboot in the works....

[deus_ex_typewriter]

Really, mun, I'm quite flattered you think so highly of me.  But I do think you should give this new version a chance before dismissing it so easily.

And who knows?  You may even like it.

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[ensorcelling]

[She's hiding something behind her while she talks, not wanting the darn mask to ruin the first impression she'll make on the lady.]

Yeah! I think she should be happy that there's enough interest to wanna make a reboot of your show. I mean of course there is. The way my mun--

[There's some hesitance when she says the word. Not used to the whole concept yet but she's trying!]--is reacting to the word, she thinks there should always be interest in your show.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Of course, Jessica observes the body language right away. Curious. But, for the moment, she simply smiles back in gratitude.]

How sweet of you to say. Or, rather, for your mun to say.

[ensorcelling]

She sure is happy!

Personally I think it's great? I mean! You must be happy with it since that sounds like good news but I never... heard of your... show before where I am. [She shrinks a bit into herself for a brief second after that admission but it wouldn't be good to lie about knowing this show before she continues to talk. Springing back to liveliness and breathless chatter.] I'm sure it was a neat show if it has attention and all like my mun thought and you seem nice and I would have loved to watch it! But I guess it wasn't on the approved list of shows we could get from our families and stuff.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

"Approved List of Shows"?

[Although, perhaps, she could imagine that some would want to keep their younger members away from all that death and minor violence occasionally shown, she would hardly have placed a show such as her own on a disapproving list.]

[ensorcelling]

Yeah! [Ariel, no. Don't sound cheerful over it.]

... Ummm. At my school we're not allowed to watch things that depict any graphic or dramatic form of violence, harm, nudity and prejudice in a way that isn't educational. Since it could upset or distress a student. [She sounds like she's reciting something out of a book with her bored/vaguely annoyed expression.] Because of that our parents can't send us a lot of things. My parents send me documentaries and stuff about cooking and bodies of ocean.

[deductiongeek]

I don't know. Sometimes the first version of something is so well done that any attempt to improve on it will fall flat. [Says the Holmes fan.]

But you won't know that for sure unless you give the new version a chance.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Why hello tiny, adorable, and oddly well-spoken child.]

True. There is something to said for the classics. But I've never been a believer in the idea of absolute perfection. Things can always be improved upon.

[deductiongeek]

That's true! People are always trying to improve on all kinds of things!

[deus_ex_typewriter]

What about you?

[deductiongeek]

What about me?

[deus_ex_typewriter]

Anything you're looking to improve on?

[deductiongeek]

To become a better detective! Just like Holmes and Uncle and the police detectives!

[Conan wondered if that had been a little too cute.]

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Just a tad. She thinks she could feel a sudden onset case of diabetes coming on. Or at least a cavity or two.]

That's mighty ambitious for a young boy your age.

You said your Uncle is a police detective?

[deductiongeek]

He isn't really my uncle. I just stay with Uncle Kogoro and Ran-neechan.

And he isn't a police detective. He's a private detective.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Kogoro? Ran-neechan? ...ah, he must be Japanese. That would explain the title.]

I see.

You must enjoy that. Getting to live with a real detective. Does he ever tell you about any of his cases?

[deductiongeek]

I get to see a lot of his cases! Because we get to go to see clients with him a lot of the time!

[And also because murder cases just seemed to happen wherever Conan went.]

[deus_ex_typewriter]

My, how exciting!

[...and perhaps more than a little irresponsible. What if there was danger? Then again, from the sounds of things, "Uncle" Kogoro was a single father who potentially had no other choice at times than to bring the children along rather than leave them all alone.]

Any particular favorites?

[deductiongeek]

Most of them were murder cases. I don't think its good to have a favorite one of those.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Believe her, small child, she knows the feeling?]

Murder? Oh, good heavens, when you told me he brought you along on his cases, I thought you were talking about missing persons. Or perhaps some small investigative matter. But murder?

[deductiongeek]

It usually is just an investigation when we arrive. The murders usually happen when we are there.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

You poor thing.

I can imagine what experiencing something like that must be like. [No, really. She was practically a murder magnet herself. Except no nekkid shadow people committing them where she comes from]

[deductiongeek]

It's usually interesting!

[No, Conan did not realize that this was not a normal attitude for a child to have]

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[No. No, it was not.]

But weren't you frightened?

[deductiongeek]

What is there to be scared of?

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Seriously, child?]

The...danger?

[deductiongeek]

The police are always there.

[Not that he bothered to actually stay in safe areas in that situation.]

[deus_ex_typewriter]

A murder is regularly committed...in the presence of the police.

Where exactly do you live again?

[deductiongeek]

Oh no, the police come after the crimes are committed. Uncle usually tells someone to call them.

Beika City in Tokyo.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

Japan. Yes, I guessed as much.

They must respond awfully quickly over there if you don't even have time to feel afraid. You must be a very brave young boy.

[deductiongeek]

Why would I be afraid of the crime scene itself? I thought you were talking about all the times the criminal was still around.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

That's exactly my point.

If you were there when the crime was committed, but the police weren't, then the criminal would logically still be there, am I correct?

[deductiongeek]

Of course! But logically if the criminal doesn't want to be caught, then he or she will attempt to act normally and create an alibi. They wouldn't stay at the scene when everyone is running there.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

Still...just to be on the safe side, it would be better if you didn't linger around such a scene. Assuming you happen to come across one again.

[BECAUSE WHAT WERE THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING, AMIRIGHT?]

[deductiongeek]

But I like investigating crime scenes!