[Near] Plane Rides < Puzzles

[keikain]

Near tested the latch once, twice, and then a

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[L] Despite what my typist indicates, I am not a stalker

[luminamon]

The arrangement had been planned to the finite detail, work done without the knowledge of the whole of the investigative team. The one questioning look had been answered with it being a family matter -- that received an odd look in return, and mayhap a murmured wondering as to what kind of family he could have come from -- but L, as he did so many other things, ignored it

[Near] More like a slightly derranged older brother?

[keikain]

Judging letters by their bases was easier with roman alphabets, but Near had other ways of guessing which way to turn the paper. In general, people would fold a paper in two halfs. Judging by the direction the second fold in the paper occurred, Near could usually guess which had been the original top of the paper.

Now certain that he was holding it properly, Near held it up to compare it with the sign on the building. The characters matched and Near was ready to enter the station if it wasn't for the fact that he felt a pair of eyes on his back.

Near tended to ignore others. The attention he got, while occasionally negative, was negligible at best. However, in a strange country, paranoia was a natural reaction, especially when he had been sent here to investigate a murder case.

He hesitated, lifting a finger to curl nervously in his white hair as he turned to look over his shoulder.

[L] ...would not have used that term for it. >.>

[luminamon]

When it took Near a few moments to discern the details on the paper, L creased his brow slightly. The few seconds of delay seemed until he remembered that Japanese was not a language in which the young prodigy had much exposure to. With that factor taken into consideration, it immediately changed from being a slow reading to a sharp comprehension of how one symbol matched another