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Heather Mason ([personal profile] foolishwren) wrote in [community profile] dazlious2012-01-21 02:59 am

Where the stars are all broken, so are the ties. But the one thing remaining is you.

WHO: Heather Mason (Silent Hill) and Kaito Kuroba (Detective Conan/Magic Kaito)
WHERE: A shabbily nondescript apartment building somewhere in Portland, Maine.
WHEN: Six months after Kaito returned home from Johto ([community profile] route_29)
WHAT: And then Styx and Kit got really sad and needed sappy fluff And then two friends were reunited.
RATING: DIABETES.

After the the warmth and color that bubbled up in every last corner of Johto's world, even in the dead of winter, good old planet Earth could seem like a very gray place.

That pine-covered chunk of land called Maine that sat at the top of New England like a precariously-placed hat seemed even grayer than most.

Or maybe that was just because it was winter here.

... And somewhere in the city, where there were fewer pines than there were telephone poles.

... And the very top floor of an ugly apartment building, a hideous product of some architectural dark age that looked more like what would happen if you filled a waffle-iron with concrete than anywhere that someone would actually want to LIVE in, nestled between a warehouse and a law firm.

It had taken awhile for the search to actually lead to this last destination, which was hours away from the place where it had actually begun.

The town of Silent Hill could be called a city only by the blind and perhaps those who had grown up there and knew nothing bigger. The place was different at first glance, perhaps, to anyone who'd heard of it only by a description from someone who'd seen its true face.

On the surface, the place was downright pleasant. A steadily-declining but still somewhat-known New England tourist trap, the old historical town sat in two halves around a large lake, nestled in by mountains and forests, with patches of farmland dotting its outskirts. It was tiny and remote-- hardly a blip on the radar to anyone who wasn't some newlywed looking for a Honeymoon spot.

Research would show that the place was rich with history, from the pre-European civilizations that once considered the land a sacred place, all the way through colonization, plagues, the industrial revolution, even the Civil War. The promotional material hyped it all up to the max, boasting historical buildings and artifacts-- a nice place to vacation with the whole family.
Needless to say, a look at more recent records told a slightly different story. Mysterious accidents and disappearances throughout the entire 20th century, a strange local religion, rampant drug abuse (the investigation of the supposed drug ring had been left dangling ever since the late eighties, ever since its key investigator had been murdered ...), and strange rumors coated the town's reputation like poison.

A visit would prove pleasant enough, but, well...

Kaito would know better, wouldn't he?

The town, as important as it was, would not yield what he was looking for.

Neither would the first apartment he found in a city rather far from Silent Hill, a shabby and depressing little downtown complex called Daisy Villa. Apart from ugly striped wallpaper, a few scraps of magazine cutouts that may once have been part of a collage, and an old armchair covered in a rust-stained sheet, there was nothing to be found there.

But this.

THIS was the place. Hopefully.

According to the superintendent, who had recognized the name 'Cheryl Mason' (as given, along with the address, by P.I. Douglas Cartland) and directed him to the top floor.

Where there was a door.

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-27 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
What if I wanna make it into super hat hair? You definitely need my help for that.

[trying to duck past her defenses to ruffle her hair even MORE. hey, he's playing catch-up]

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-28 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[not that messing up his hair really does anything... it's already beyond help.

the teasing and banter comes so naturally that it takes him a moment to realize exactly how much he missed this. sure, he banters with Aoko in a similar fashion all the time, but... with Heather, it's a little different]


You sure? I hear it's very stylish these days.

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-28 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
It's never too late to start.

[RUFFLE RUFFLE RUFFLE]

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-28 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oi!

[sssstepping back, hands lifted, palms forward]

That's cheating!

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-29 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[eyebrow quirk]

You realize you're gonna have to catch me first, right?

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-30 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
... oi. I thought you knew better than to severely underestimate me.

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-30 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[... indeed she has.

He immediately ducks and weaves out of the way of the slush attack, artfully dodging boxes and books to avoid knocking them over as he... jumps on top of her bed]


Too slow!

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-01-31 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[jumping off swiftly to avoid her again. it's pretty impressive how quick he's darting around the place, even though it's so small and cramped]

Are you kidding? That'd make things too easy on you!

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-02-03 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[quirking an eyebrow as he backpedals to avoid her]

This is a man-to-man fight. I'm just making proper use of my natural abilities. ♥

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-02-03 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ducks!]

No way! Manliness comes in many different forms!

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-02-06 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey!

[it takes some fancy foot work, but he manages to avoid having his balance upset by her attempts at tripping him]

It's not sissy.

[personal profile] pandorabox 2012-02-09 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[using some fancy footwork to avoid being tripped. and at one point, he even gets close enough to lightly and teasingly flick the tip of her nose]

Clever.

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