1 Jelly Bean // Video

[used2btoonpi]

[The feed of the SFC kicks on to show a very grumpy man. His suit and trench coat are dripping wet and he‘s wringing out his hat with his free hand. By the crumpled look of his jacket he probably wrung that out while figuring out how to use…the starfish?]

All right. Where the hell am I. I know for damn sure I wasn't drunk in the last hour, so I didn't end up in front a City Hall again.

[He gives a little growl and plops his very beat up hat back into shape before placing it on his head.]

I'm sittin' in front of a God damn fountain talking to a God damn star fish. I want answers. Now.

Kidnappin's a big deal even for a scum bag like me. So I’m through askin' nice.

Everything better be up front. I ain't takin' any guff from toons or whatever the hell else is in this damn town.

Comments

[modernholmes]

No. And no sign of any other land.

[used2btoonpi]

Damn.

I'm just getting more questions then answers. Not your fault, kid, but it's not really helping much.

[modernholmes]

There aren't many answers to be found. Yet.

[used2btoonpi]

Maybe.

...

I'll buy everything else, but not that. Might have to look differently.

[modernholmes]

Of course not. There is no case that cannot be solved.

[used2btoonpi]

[Oh how he'd love to believe that...]

Sure, kid. I'm not gonna let this 'case' go. I'm just not keeping my hopes up either.

[modernholmes]

Hope has nothing to do with it.

[used2btoonpi]

[He snorts and shakes his head.]

Never heard someone your age say something like that. Been here that long?

[modernholmes]

I'm a detective. I put my trust in facts and logic.

Several months.

[used2btoonpi]

...you're a detective?

[modernholmes]

My name is Conan Edogawa. I'm an Elementary school detective.

[used2btoonpi]

[That is the weirdest thing he's ever heard. But it's better then saying I worked with the circus as a kid.]

So you wanna grow up to be a PI, kid?

[modernholmes]

Of course! Just like Uncle! He's a private detective too,

[I'm already a better detective than he is.]

[used2btoonpi]

[Wow. Okay...Eddie just nods, but he tilts his head a little bit.]

So this whole thing is gonna give you some pretty good hands on work, ain't it.

[modernholmes]

Maybe? I solved a lot of cases at home. But this is one of the biggest cases I've ever seen.

[used2btoonpi]

Just what sort of cases. Missin' lunch boxes aren't too high on the detective watch.

[modernholmes]

Sometimes missing pets and things like that. But I spend more time helping Uncle and the police. [He smiles, brightly and innocently.] I find a lot of major crime scenes, you see. And the police detectives say I'm very good at noticing things.

[used2btoonpi]

[Two and two get put together and Eddie actually laughs.]

So you get your nose stuck in places it shouldn't be, and end up helping.

[modernholmes]

Something like that!

[used2btoonpi]

Just keep your nose clean. It's a good way to get started.

[modernholmes]

Of course!

[used2btoonpi]

[A small nod, okay the kid's got potential.]

Good luck, squirt.

[modernholmes]

Thank you!