Second Deduction [Video]

[modernholmes]

[Three days in this place, and he'd made no progress in deducing the motive behind this situation.  There seemed to be no pattern in who had been taken and how long they had been kept here.  Not even the victims who had been kept here for long periods at all knew anything real about the situation.  The few supposed reasons he'd heard were ludicrous

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[fierybluebird]

Yes.

[That's pretty much the answer he has to all of the questions there.]

[modernholmes]

What do you mean, Mister?

[Oi, oi, give me something I can use.]

[fierybluebird]

Marco. I'm not that old. [Okay he is, and then some, but still.]

Yes, everyone wakes up here just like that. No recollection of how they got here or why or that they were injected with a microchip by some scientists. Yes, we assume they brought us and the others here, if someone dies, it's also the scientists who return them. And yeah, that's true. People have met them, and yes, they're fairly "mean." Though not everyone here could go home even if not for the scientists, so in some ways, that's a small kindness. And they sometimes try to make it easier on the people here bringing presents. They used to run a weekly news, but they've gotten quieter.

What's your name kid?

[modernholmes]

[He honestly didn't know where to start with all of that. Microchips? Returning from the dead? Bribing the captives with gifts? Could it be that there was some kind of mental conditioning going on to make all the captives believe in some of this nonsense? But what was the motive?

But no time to think about this now. Conan makes a wondering sound and deliberately focuses on making his body language as childish as possible.]

Oh, okay Mr. Marco. I'm Conan Edogawa!

[modernholmes]

Eh? But that's not fair at all!

[modernholmes]

But don't you think its mean? They broke this city and now they're making all these other people clean it up.

[twinned_clone]

I met one of them. Actually, he's nice. But he tries to seem like he isn't.

[modernholmes]

Oh? What did he say?

[twinned_clone]

The first time, I talked to him on the network. Our library had just burned down. So, I asked if any of the Scientists would give us books.

He answered and asked what kind I wanted. Then, dozens appeared in the apartment I lived in! They gave other people things too right after that.

Then another time he was in the bar, giving an update to everyone's communicator. I saw him and thanked him for the books. I don't think they usually come into the city, though.

[modernholmes]

The library burned down.

[Conan twitches slightly. Did that mean there weren't any mystery novels here?]

So they occasionally do helpful things. Could it be some attempt at building rapport with their captives? Perhaps they're trying to purposefully initiate a stockholm syndrome situation...

[Video]

[guardianjoker4]

Have you received the text file, yet?

[Video]

[modernholmes]

No, what is that?

[Video]

[guardianjoker4]

Hold on a second. [She starts fiddling with her comm for a moment and then a text file pops up!]

It's a bit outdated but it's still basically the same.

[antimystery]

Ohoh. Is it truly so difficult to figure out that you would be so eager to ask that much? Perhaps one should praise that enthusiasm of yours, however.

[modernholmes]

The best way to find an answer is to ask a question.

[antimystery]

[ cacklecackle! ] It is indeed true that those self proclaimed scientists did indeed summon us into this place.

[modernholmes]

Did they tell anyone why?