First Deduction

[modernholmes]

 [Shinichi cautiously follows the signs of disturbance in the castle's corridors.    He still didn't have enough evidence to figure out this situation with any certainty.  Obviously this was a kidnapping.  But so far he had found nothing that hinted as to the identity of the culprits or the motive.  Beyond the box he had found himself in upon waking there had been no sign of any attempts to control his movements.

He needed more information.

Eventually he enters the living area and nods to himself at the signs of inhabitance.  As expected from what he had observed in the corridors.  Someone had been using them recently to navigate this castle.  This looked to be the source.  Casting his eyes across the people in the room, he purposefully approaches a likely candidate.]

Excuse me, may I have a moment of your time?

Comments

[modernholmes]

Very different.

[Magic isn't real.]

A thief-taker? No. A detective is someone who uses the art of observation and the science of deduction to seek out the truth.

[eldritch_princess]

Oh, I see. That is good to know, although I still believe it could be replicated by magic. This world really has strange conveniences.

[Magic is real, after all.]

The truth? Now that is an unusual undertaking for a job. Often, people would really prefer to hide the truth, wouldn't they?
Surely you do this mostly for worthy instances, such as theft, right?

[modernholmes]

That's impossible.

I mostly deal with crimes, yes. Primarily homicides, although I have also worked thefts and kidnappings.

[eldritch_princess]

...What is impossible? Magic? I can assure you, it is far from impossible.

Let us hope we won't need your talent for what you primarily work on...though I guess this entire situation does qualify as a kidnapping of some sort.

[modernholmes]

Magic is nothing but a hoax. Something people use to explain something they can't understand.

This is a kidnapping. We have been transported and detained against or wills.

[eldritch_princess]

But that's just not true, I could do magic, for example! It's rare, but it's definitely there and exists!

[To Cordelia, Conan's words were as freaky as her assertions that magic existed was to him. Which is why she was so surprised she just blurted out her sentence.]

...Don't kidnappings usually have ransoms?

[modernholmes]

I fond that doubtful. Magic is nothing more than an elaborate trick. It isn't difficult to figure out if you think about it logically.

That would depend on the purpose of the kidnapping.

[eldritch_princess]

No, magic is just using energy in the world around you and manipulating it with your mind for certain effects. I could even show you...

[Surely, it wouldn't be a problem. He wouldn't know what kind of magic she was using, and besides, it'd look perfectly harmless. Right!]

Hm, I didn't think of other possibilities. The people in my world usually just used them for ransoms or political pressure, that's about it.