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[stalking_horse]

[And somewhere in the jungle, there is a wandering detective in a drab tan suit, currently following something that might be a path, and might be a game trail, but should at least go somewhere sooner or later. His current mission: See if there's signs of other human life!
He may have been wandering off the beaten path for a while now.]

[While he can do quite a bit if he finds tracks in the trail itself ... wilderness tracking is not his strong suit; city boy is a city boy.]

[Besides that, he's weathering it rather well, if coping via resigned indignation.]

[Disturb/flag down/attempt to stalk/get tracked, stumbled across, or found?]

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[stalking_horse]

[For the better - he'd have followed you anyway.]

I don't suppose you'd happen to know anything about this, would you?

[You may not be a suspect as a culprit, but that doesn't mean you might not be involved.]

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

Congrats! You've been kidnapped.

[stalking_horse]

You don't say. [Small eyeroll. Congratulations, Captain Obvious.] And you seem to be in the same boat.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

All I know is that the berries are delicious, and you should go eat them.

[stalking_horse]

[Eyebrow raise - falling for that n/n] Is that the best you can come up with?

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

It was worth a shot.

We were kidnapped by the island, and there's no way off. Happy?

[stalking_horse]

[If you're trying to get rid of him, you're failing.] And is that actually all that you know about this situation?

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

Don't fall into the cold springs?

[stalking_horse]

[Ha ha, very funny.] Who, or what, did you manage to annoy this time?

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

[ THAT WAS BEING SERIOUS YOU JERK. ]

Oi, I didn't annoy anyone. But you're starting to get on my nerves.

[stalking_horse]

Of course you didn't. [Business as usual it is!] Is anyone else here that we'd know, or did we get singled out? [Just think - stuck here however long...with Hakuba...]

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

[ That is nightmare fuel. ]

I don't know if you know them or not, but a few people from our world are here: Kazuha Toyama, Conan Edogawa, Ran Mouri, and Ai Haibara.

[stalking_horse]

I've met all but the last one. [It's still partly coming true~] And you honestly have no idea how or why we all ended up here? [Just a little bit of disbelief...]

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

[ If any of them suggest that you move in with them, he is going to quit everything. ]

No one does. And people have been here for four years.

[stalking_horse]

[You do know he's planning on following you right?]

So how long have you been here? [After all, you talk like you've been here a while and it wasn't that long since he'd been in Ekoda-]

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

[ Stalker. 8| ]

A year and a few months?

[stalking_horse]

[Stalker with nowhere else to go.]

....Odd, I could've sworn I'd seen you just last week. [Kaito trying to avoid him = Kaito probably not in on it = Higher odds that yes, Virginia, this really is some kind of screwed up dimensional nexus.] I suppose this means that I might be here for a while, then, hm? [Oh no. Not tormenting you at all. What would give you that idea?]

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

Or this can be the last time we bump into each other here. It's a big island.

[stalking_horse]

That eager to get rid of me? [chuckle] And here I thought you might appreciate this; after all, it's not like I can arrest you or properly unmask you here.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

What are you talking about?

[stalking_horse]

[Awwww, going for the playing stupid tactic again/still?]
Well, there's no signs of an appreciable settlement, which means no police station, no legal authorities ... and even if I were to get solid evidence here, I'd sound crazy trying to present it back in Japan.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

[ He will never give you the benefit of actually admitting it. 8| ]

You're sounding crazy right now.

[stalking_horse]

No more than usual, I'm sure. [ He still knows it's you.] Apparently there is -something- here; you look far too well-kept to've been camping in the jungle for a year and a half.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

I have a nice tree picked out to live in.

[ No he lives at the inn. ]

[stalking_horse]

Ah, of course. A tree with a shower of some kind and storage for clothes. You must've gotten quite good at doing laundry with rocks too, I take it? [Buying it, he is not.]