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Who: Conan and Anyone
Where: Various
When: Month of September
What: Many Meetings

A. Ran's house

With Hattori gone, Conan had been left alone with a distant false parent he had no intention of building any kind of relationship with. It comes as a relief when he receives the news that his false father intended to move abroad. It took very little manipulation to arrange an agreement to allow him to stay with Ran's false family.

Perhaps it should have worried him at how easy it had been, but in his life as Conan at home, a similar situation had happened without much debate.

And so it is that Conan arrives at Ran's home ready to move into a spare room.

B. School

Without a doubt, school was Conan's least favorite part of the day. Bad enough that he was stuck learning first grade lessons again, but he also had to pretend that he didn't already know everything they were teaching. If he had to recite the times tables for the teacher one more time.

However, recess wasn't terrible. He spends most of his recess time kicking his soccerball around and occasionally playing with other children.

C. The Flower Shop

Now that he was living with Ran again, Conan sometimes came to the flowershop after school. He hadn't forgotten her confession to him as Shinichi that she missed spending time with him as Conan.

And with Vermouth around, even with amnesia, he was much happier when he knew exactly where Ran was. He could spend his afternoons pretending that his homework was a challenge while keeping an eye on all the visitor's to the shop.

D. If none of these prompts work, feel free to start your own

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[He never expect how living as an Awakened and a false life would be very complicated. Sure, he did manage to continue his life as "Armand Sauveterre", but having to live with a special power inside him can be very tricky. In fact, he was once unable to sleep when his clothes changed to the same outfit he wore during his first Awakening.

Though when he looks at the kids playing outside the school, he felt a little ease that everything is peaceful if there are no strange murders and monsters around Eddan. He has no worries about his work for now, so why not relax for a bit until then? Thinking of this, Augustine sits down on the bench when he notices a young spectacled boy kicking his soccer ball, which he curiously watches him do so.]

Conan traps his soccerball under his foot and carries under his arm as he makes his way over to the professor.

"You were there that night, right?"

Sometimes the direct route was the best.

[His eyes quickly widened as the young boy mentions about "that night". No, wait. That's impossible... Sure, he was aware of the number of people during the Awakening, but there was a fact that he can't tell what is his real name, which may double as an username to the app. Just in case...]

Excuse me? What do you mean exactly?

He crosses his arms behind his head and glances away.

"I have a good memory for faces, you know. And there weren't that many people there. Even if we didn't talk then, I remember who was there."

[Okay, his words were enough to convince him that he knows about "that night". However, one thing that makes him skeptical of this is his age. Though despite this, he did notice how mature he sounds right now.

In any case, he has to confirm one more thing before he can trust him with his secret.]

Well, I don't suppose you also saw those creatures and the allied ones from our shadows, correct?

It was an awfully large rodent infestation, wasn't it?

[With those words and no signs of anything that could stop him from talking more it, he can tell that he was one of the users from that night. He sighs at this as he continues to whisper.]

I can agree to that. But I still can't believe that a young boy like you were forced into that incident...

I don't think whoever is responsible for this planned very well.

I agree. Although, it might have to do with that incident with the app a few months ago.

Question is, how did those creatures manage to hack it in? I know it's origins are unnatural, but I doubt it can be hacked so easily.

I might have been there, but I'm still seven, you know. Why are you asking me?

[Oh, right. He's too young to know this, so why in the world asking this to a young boy like him. Speaking of which.]

Good point. But, why in the world are you in that event? Also, how did you able to access that app?

That's why I said the people responsible for this aren't very good at planning.

[He shrugs, deliberately casual. Here was where things got complicated. He needed to make sure that no one connected Conan Hartwell to the name that had been attached to his presence online.]

That's the strange part. I can read the app, but I don't have an account there.

[Augustine becomes surprised at what the young boy just told him. Maybe it has to do the age limit of the app since the Awakened has to be able to fight against these monsters. Either that or Luci didn't fix a bug regarding Awakened children.]

That is strange. Though, you managed to know about the "Awakening" and the events that were discussed, correct?

"Mmm, when Heiji was here he showed me."

["Was"? He isn't sure about what he said, but that means that this Heiji person was one of the banished users that he heard about.]

I see. But you didn't go to those events. I know you can see the app, but you're still a child. It's too dangerous for you to go there.

Maybe you should tell that to whoever involved me in the first place. The first time people made me go because they said it would be safer there.

What?!

[Augustine's shock was an understatement, which he has no idea about the boy's true identity.]

Who in the right person dragged you into a mess like that?! Are they out of their mind?!

Are there a lot of people here in their right minds?

That I don't know. I was trying to ignore the events, but I was pulled into it by one of the users instead.

So I doubt we have any other choice than to go to the Awakening.

[This made him wonder if most of the users are in their right minds.]

But I still can't believe you were pulled into that mess.

Of course, it might not only be visitors to the shop that Conan is keeping an eye on.

As he's always been, Chikusa is a constant presence in the flower shop. From anyone who doesn't know the true him, he's not particularly noticeable. He does his work, and does it quietly, tending to homework and personal projects when the store is empty. Conan's presence is something he casually side eyes, but, well... It's not his business. Ran is who wants him here, after all.

Conan had not forgotten anything of what Chikusa had said on the network. Even if he seemed to behave differently here, Conan was not about to stop keeping an eye on him.

He watches idly as Chikusa moves around the shop.

"Do you always spend this much time here?"

At the question, Chikusa doesn't even bother to pause. All he does is focus on watering the plants. One could almost assume he'll go on ignoring the boy when he belatedly answers.

"I work here... and school plus curfew doesn't give me many other hours."

"Why do you work here? Do you like this place better than other jobs?"

Fishing for information was practically a habit for him.

What a nosy kid... Chikusa raises an eyebrow back at him. First causing that spill, and now not shutting up. Ugh.

"The location is convenient." Carefully, he fills another pot with water. "Besides, I-" Ciro Bonavida anyway. "-like plants already so... There's not really a deep meaning to it."

"Oh? What do you like about plants? Why is it convenient?"

Being obnoxiously curious was also a habit of his.

"It's on an easy route I can reach from my bike," he says, and follows it up bluntly with, "Why do you like talking so much?"

He has work to do, and this kid is wasting valuable energy on that front.

"I'm going to be a detective when I'm older. I'm practicing."

There are a lot of reasons why Chikusa could list that is a horrible profession, but he's pretty sure Ran will be disappointed in him if he messes with a child. So instead, he keeps tending the plants.

"And what does asking me about my job accomplish?"

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