[video | Day 218]

[holmes_fanatic]

Ah -- this is a little abrupt! Apologies if it sounds weird but -- I've been keeping it inside for too long, and I needed to say it.

[Today Asgard, your tiny detective is steeling himself for a difficult admission. It's delivered with an intentness that Conan usually doesn't display on such public feeds. You'll soon see why -- detective is serious business after all.]

My reasoning was flawed.

The greatest detective of my world taught us that to be a perfect reasoner one must be an observation machine, detached, impartial and rational. The moment you allow emotion to enter your reasoning, you run the risk of being swayed by it. I think I do a good job of applying his methods most of the time, but lately--

[This is the hard part. Conan looks down.]

A lot of my friends have left. I wasn't trying to pretend I wasn't sad or didn't miss them ... but I guess I didn't realize how much I depended on them. Or how much that loss was effecting my ability to reason. Odin, I realize you do not care, but I was not reasoning to the best of my ability and for that I'm sorry.

For everyone else -- I'm Edogawa Conan, detective. From now on I'm definitely going to show you the best of my reasoning!

Ah -- Ushahin-san, I think your name was? You asked me if the gods had lied. I've considered my evidence and I have to say that technically they haven't. Some Travellers have claimed that they lied because they told us Ragnarok was the end of the world and we're still here -- Ragnarok is a war. We've seen one battle. They did promise to return us when the city was restored to colour, but it was drained before that happened, and the gods acknowledged that here.

However, there are two cases where I think the gods have deceived us, if not by outright lying, then by omission and deception. The first was Freyr's question about physical affection. Despite the responses of many Travellers being negative, the gods went ahead and forced us to go through with their plan anyway. It was to generate emotion for the city, and I imagine the feelings of betrayal experienced by many travellers heightened its effectiveness. The second dates back to the start of the trouble with the Giants. The Dragon who delivered the Ultimatum to the gods claimed that they had violated a treaty through some action -- I believe by bringing us here. Granted in wartime, such promises are moot, but the gods have never explained what the treaty was. It's possible it was alluded to in Loki's most recent post. So, not lying -- but I couldn't tell you to take their word.

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[video]

[dreamspinning]

[as before, only half of his face is visible on the screen]

Your thoughts are interesting, child. I am glad the question still turns over in another mind.

It seems a stretch to me to call the first a lie. A deception, certainly, but can you truly say you have never deceived someone thus? It seems a prank, if an awkward one.

The second, though...

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

Mm! I wouldn't call it that either. I wasn't sure whether it applied to your question, but I decided it demonstrates how the gods have approached us in the past and the results of that.

[Since today is Conan's day for being frank.] Do you think I'm placing too much importance on that?

[Video]

[horlogerie]

...Why does it matter so much? Perfect reasoning?

[Video]

[holmes_fanatic]

It matters because people trust detectives to reveal the truth. They base their actions on what a detective tells them. If a detective makes a mistake, it could have a serious impact on people's lives.

[video]

[whatagoodgirl]

[Just a ridiculously fond smile, nothing else.]

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[What. What is that expression.

You better not be getting emotion all up in this serious detective post.]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

[ As much as she'd rather forget about the whole hugging incident we all know about, she's grateful. Conan is still here - and he hasn't forgotten.

Although she still feels very bad for Freyr, what Conan says is all true anyway. ]

Thank you for sharing it with the network again. Many people arrived and left ever since we had the festival, and new people must know what the gods have done to us.

[ Pausing. ] And you're also being mature about this.

[Audio]

[holmes_fanatic]

[It's been a long time since Conan talked to Hanako. Longer than he likes to think about --

Just one more thing he's going to get better at now that he's realised how much his isolation was holding him back.]

It's good to hear Hanako-neechan. I didn't mean to lose touch for so long but -- for a detective, I was really slow to see the truth this time!

[Mature, again? Welp, he's blushing.]

[video]

[dreamspinning]

[well, there's a world of bitterness in that particular phrasing, which is why he's contacting hanako. only half of ushahin's face shows on the camera, the other half obscured by the fall of his hair and the edge of the camera's view. but when he moves, it's obvious that there's something wrong with the side of his face he's keeping obscured]

Would you speak of it? It does not seem a great crime in the retelling, but your words indicate otherwise.

[Action]

[talking_dead]

[Well that was...enlightening?

Which is why Norman's yelling from the livingroom.]

HEY CONAN! Want to go do something when you're done talking to everyone?

[Action]

[holmes_fanatic]

[Give Conan a moment to close his bracelet and come find Norman in the living room.]

What did you have in mind?

[video]

[174awhile]

[That someone would aspire to be emotionally detached in order to make better decisions, while he clings to what remains of his own humanity for the very same reason...]

That was quite the speech. Do you mind my asking your age, Detective Conan?

[holmes_fanatic]

Ah -- I think I'm off-duty. Just Conan is fine!

I'm seven.

[Video]

[saving_sound]

Your friends have left...?

...

Edogawa-kun... I'm so sorry.

[Video]

[holmes_fanatic]

Ah --

[It's on the tip of his tongue to say she doesn't have to worry, that he's got it covered ... but that's what got him so far off his reasoning base to start with, wasn't it?]

Mm. Kuroba-niichan and Aoko-neechan. I didn't know them that well, but -- they were from my world. Also Castle-san, Rise-san a lot of my friends from the Hospital ... Sometimes it's hard to remember that they'll be happy to be home!

voice;

[vigilanteup]

That's a hard thing to admit for a detective.

voice;

[holmes_fanatic]

Ah. But a detective has to put the truth before his pride otherwise, he's not a detective is he?

[Audio - Filtered]

[lethechained]

[... Hm. It's... troubling, hearing something like that, despite what logic may be behind it. The real issue is, perhaps, whether that detachment would also be meant to apply to other aspects of his life. Nevertheless,]

It's not always easy to recognize or accept what's in your own heart. ... Congratulations.

[Audio - Filtered]

[holmes_fanatic]

When you put it like that ... I don't feel quite as bad for letting this slide so long!

[Although he still feels pretty bad.]

[video]

[oneglance]

Conan-kun, I think your friends would be happy to know that you thought about them. Even when they aren't here anymore.

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

Mm! And even if they don't know -- I still wouldn't want to forget them.

[ video ]

[clearwater]

[seth just... kinda grins, in that lopsided puppy way he does sometimes when there's a lot of stuff in his head and none of it is going to make it out. it's kind of... well, he's a teenage boy, he's not gonna get all emotional up in here, but he is impressed and proud and kind of affectionate.

conan is part of his pack, after all.]

Hey, you better not get too smart or I'll have to quit hanging out with ya. [what he means is, i'm proud of you.]

[ video ]

[holmes_fanatic]

Don't you dare, Seth-niichan! I'm not letting any more friends disappear on me!

[Sometimes the little kid act is a blessing. He can shrug off this sudden self-consciousness with little-kid antics -- even if it's for the benefit of people not Seth. Speaking of--]

[Switch to filter:]

Cullen replied to me. Did you see?

audio;

[bloodypocket]

What you say about being detached and the likes is true. Emotions will undoubtedly cloud any actions you take even if you may not be aware of it. But just as it seemingly has no place in reasoning, there are some avenues which may only be understood through the veil of emotion, and the silence of loneliness brought by reasoning.

[He must seem like such a hypocrite, putting it that way.]

audio;

[holmes_fanatic]

Through the veil of emotion and the silence of loneliness? Do you see them able to be used together then, or as opposites?

permatext; anonymous

[deduce]

'Friends' aren't exactly conducive to perfect logic and/or reason.
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[holmes_fanatic]

[-- those initials.

Those initials in his post admitting he could not live up to Sherlock-sensei's methods ...?]

[Text]

[hadbadays]

That sounds very familiar.

[Text]

[holmes_fanatic]

He's a very famous detective.

John-san?

[Video]

[comeonthensexy]

Are you better now?

[ He knows very well what loss feels like. You can't just pull away from it like that, Conan. He's onto you. ]

[Video]

[holmes_fanatic]

I hope so, Doctor-san. At least, I'm better for the admission.

[Video]

[suppressthedark]

[Oh, Conan. Have a fond big-brotherish kind of smile, because rly boy.


and yeah that's it yep]

[Video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[Geez. It is turning out to be one of those days.]

Don't say it.

[ video || private ]

[asgardswisdom]

[ Guess who's got two thumbs, an entire holy city to run before listening to little children on the network, and is just a bit amused?

If you guessed Allpapa, you guessed right. ]

Better. [ But he won't get into it. ] And you're right about Surt's ultimatum; he was pissed we brought you here. But he's always angry, and he's been looking for a reason to kickstart the war for centuries. You were just a convenient excuse.

[ A pause, and there's the smallest of smiles on his lips. ]

But I couldn't tell you to take my word.

[ video || private ]

[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan's answering smile is rueful. They both know how well that has worked this far.]

Detectives tend to prefer objective sources. There's not a lot of that in Asgard.