Misa Visits Uncle Ryuuzaki's Home For Wayward Youth

[firm_detective]

L sits in his room, one hand holding open a copy of Mann's Zauberberg, the other clutching the plastic snack cup of strawberry pudding which he is lazily consuming between pages. His laptop idles in the background, playing Gould's early recording of The Goldberg Variations.He is becoming amused with the parallels between his own situation and that

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[misamisal]

::Misa stands there, wearing the same pale pink poofy dress and black boots she had been wearing in the Stages of Life room. She's a little nervous, and also a little annoyed because she's so short as it is, but now she feels exceedingly small! She knocks on the door, a bit hesatintly, but she knocks anyway because she really wants to see him, knowing she'll feel comforted just by spending some time with him.::

[firm_detective]

*He flips the book face down, to hold his place, then walks over to the door, wondering if Misa forgot her key, or if maybe Light has come to get his notebook back. As usual, he braces his foot a few inches from the door.*

Who's there?

[misamisal]

::she speaks softly, her voice rather high pitched, but sweet. It also sounds a little helpless::

It...it's Misa...I can't reach the door handle...

[firm_detective]

*It doesn't sound like Misa... well, not exactly. But it's certainly a little girl.*

*He cracks the door open, and looks down. There is, indeed, a small brown-haired girl in a pink dress staring up at him. He stares back at her, taking in her appearance, and realizes that the child does look precisely as Misa might have looked at the age of four or five.*

How did we get out of the room where you were a mermaid?
*he asks, gently; he wants to know that it's really her.*