#ahlele returned

[yesyunniechan]

Detective Conan 996 [Japanese to English Translation]

High school girls are making fun of Conan-kun?..

[Outside?]

K: So you're saying that you think the criminal came from the outside, keibu-dono?

M: We can't ignore that possibility…

K: B-but those 3…

K: All had motives to kill Saraie-san…

M: Yeah…

M: The former chef of this cafe, Motosu Toshinori-san… had his cafe criticized by the victim’s blog…

M: The waitress Naomura Isuzu-san… was troubled by the victim's attempts to court her…

M: The manager of this cafe, Hasunuma  Tamao-san… is getting married next month, and there's a possibility the victim, being her ex-boyfriend, was trying to threaten her with revenge pron…

[They followed Ran, and a murder occurred at the cafe she visited!! The truth is…?!]

M: When the murder weapon, this vase, which is close to 30 kilos,

M: Is filled with water, it's impossible to wield it around for all 3 of them...

M: And it looks like...

M: There's no tool to break victim's locker padlock in such a way!

K: But keibu-dono... Only those three could've brought the murder weapon - vase in here.... 

M: Looks like the window was opened when Saraie-san's body was found...

M: Saraie-san probably opened it in order to smoke...

M: And the manager Hasunuma-san told that she could've forgot to check whether it is closed...

M: Maybe it was left open...

M: And somebody invaded the cafe through this window at night, and moved the vase in here... They saw Saraie-san who opened window and was smoking, went through the kitchen door...

M: And killed Saraie-san with the vase... this person with superhuman strength, since they wielded the vase filled with water, which weighted more than 40 kilos, and then destroyed the padlock!!

S: That's a fake...

TN: Sera uses katakana word 'feiku'.

K: Eh?

S: I doubt the criminal possessed anything resembling superhuman strength…

S: Right, Conan-kun?

S: Conan-kun…

C: A-a, shit!

T: I've bought it all, Mouri-san! A padlock and two wrenches!

K: Hah? Did I ask you get those things?

T: Eh? But Sera-san said…

S: Well then, let's start!

S: The demonstration in which we'll break a padlock with little strength…

S: And beat a man to death with a heavy vase!!

TN: Maybe not, Sera-chan…

S: At first, the padlock...

S: Correct me if I'm wrong, the toolbox...

S: Was inside this shelf, right?

S: And inside... there were two identical wrenches, eh?

T: Y-yeah! Those are there!

S: If we put those two wrenches...

S: Into the closed padlock's shackle which is in the shape of letter 'U'...

S: And use our body weight from the upside...

S: Here! Look, it's broken!

T: R-really!

M: Awesome!

K: However! On the locker with a broken padlock...

K: There were no traces of wrenches pressed against it!

S: After killing Saraie-san, they took the key from him...

S: Opened the padlock, removed it from the locker, breaking it in a way I described AFTER that... And then they put the padlock back to the locker!

S: They rummaged through it... 

S: Making it look like the criminal aimed for the contents of Saraie-san's locker!!

M: Then this locker...

S: Probably nothing was taken from there!

K: But even using those tools, it's impossible to wield this vase, right?

S: You don't need to wield it!

S: Ah, my bad!

S: Will you get the wrench from under the shelf, please?

K: Geez...

K: Shit! It got quite deep inside, I can't reach it with my hand...

K: Eh?

TN: RIP.

S: And like that the vase was dropped on the victim's head from above!

M: I-I see!

M: They asked the victim to get something from under the shelf!

M: And without wielding the vase, they killed him by just lifting it!!

S: And then after putting victim's upper half of body...

S: Like this...

S: They put the flowers that were in the locker in the vase, filled it with water...

S: And, aiming at the bloodstain that was left at the floor...

S: They dropped the vase, let the water flow...

S: And along with the bloodstain disappearing... the created an illusion that this vase was filled with water at the first place!

S: See! Just as you said, oji-san! Bandaging the wrist afterwards...

S: To make us think that it was dislocated at the first place! Like that!

M: So?

T: Who is the criminal?

T: This trick...

M: Could've been used by any of them...

S: I know, right?

K: Oi-oi...

T: You told us that much...

M: And you don't know who the criminal is?

[Socks...]

C: Waitress-onee-san, you were wearing socks earlier... Why'd you take them off?

N: Eh?

C: When you were picking up the shards of my glass... You had socks on, didn't you?

C: Why'd you take them off?

N: I-I'm tend to sweat quite a bit… so they got pretty wet because of that, and I felt uncomfortable and took them off…

C: He-eh… really?

N: Y-yes!

C: H-hmm…

C: And not because they were stained with blood…

C: When you dropped the vase?

N: Wha?!

S: I see! Since your shoes and pants are black, blood isn't visible on them...

S: But you needed to remove your socks...

C: Ah-le-le! There's something under the shelf!

S: Really... Looks like a pearl ear-pierce...

C: Looks like something is stuck to the floor!

S: I see... She asked Saraie-san to vacuum the floor, to retrieve the ear-pierce...

S: With a vacuum cleaner, that was next to the toolbox... Using a thin nozzle for the hose...

S: But since it was stuck to the floor with a glue, he couldn't take it...

S: And she killed him with a vase, while we was trying to reach it!

T: But what about the large amount of water?

C: Uwa-ah?!

K: Geez! What are you doing, brat?!

T: But this locker belongs to Naumura-san, right?

M: I see... she divided the water into those bottles and hid it in her locker...

T: Yeah... And because she put flowers in those bottles, they didn't wither!

M: But why Isuzu-chan would...

H: Why did you kill Saraie-san?!

N: ...Honestly, the cafe of my family was criticized severely in his blog...

N: But since my parents committed suicide because of all their debts...

N: this cafe is no longer...

[Eeh?!]

K: So as I said, driven with revenge...

N: No... at first I didn't even think about killing him...

N: My dad was in poor physical condition, and my mom had to replace him at cooing... so the taste did worsen...

N: Well, I decided to work here, because I learnt that the owner of this blog is called Saraie-san who work here as a waiter...

N: I wanted to meet him and gave him a piece of my mind...

N: 'I'm the eye candy of the cafe you destroyed!'

N: 'Laugh at me all you want!'

N: But he... Guess what he said when we met?

S: You're cute <3 Are you from Tokyo? Want to date me?

T: H-he didn't know? That you were the eye candy girl...

N: Yes! Although he said in his blog that the taste worsen... although he said he's disappointed, since he visited our cafe for years...

N: This man never tasted our food...

N: And criticized us only by the gossip!!

N: I couldn't forgive him...

N: And I dropped the vase on the head of this 'Full Stomach Professor'...

N: Full with my murderous intent...

K: This case left a bad taste in my mouth…

TN: I can also pun, Gosho.

So: You can’t let these sorts of blog swallow you whole…

TN: And Gosho is still leading.

R: But you were great, Conan-kun!

R: Noticing those socks…

C: It was an accident…

S: But you understood everything the moment we arrived at the crime scene, right?

C: I saw that the waitress-onee-san had taken off her socks… and that the dead waiter-onii-san's elbow was dirty….

C: So I decided to take a look under the shelf in order to see whether anything might have been left on the floor… 

C: And I noticed an ear-pierce stuck on the floor…

K: What do you mean? You can't tell whether something is stuck or not just by looking at it!

C: You can! When a pearl ear-pierce falls on the ground, the weight of the needle pulls it downwards… But that ear-pierce’s needle was facing upwards…

R: A-awesome! Conan-kun, you're a genius!

TN: Or Shinichi.

C: Not at all…

R: Eh?

C: Because I still don't understand anything… about Ran-nee-chan's journey…

[Ph..]

R: Conan-kun is so cute!

S: So he’s a brat after all, a brat!!

Se: Ac-tu-ally…

R: This trip…

S: Is a high school tradition…

[The field trip!]

C: A…

C: A-a-a!

K: Really?

R: We've got flyers and everything?

C: I completely forgot!

S: We didn't think that Shinichi-kun would miss out on an event like this…

R: Maybe he’ll be there as well?

Se: That would be fun!

C: I…

C: I want to go!!!

[The truth behind Ran’s cheerful behavior = big event = School field trip!! Next issue, what will Conan do?!]

[pellelavellan-a]

Andre Firi: Bio

Birth: 

Andre Firi was born a half-elf, his father elven prostitute named Alhel in the Blooming Rose and his mother a human Chantry Sister named Oletta in Kirkwall. It was a classic case, Oletta visiting the Blooming Rose in secret once her duties were finished for the day to take away her daily grievances and Alhel...well it was his job to please her. 

As time passed, their sessions became more than just sex. They had real conversations, shared stories and learned about each other’s lives. Sometimes they didn’t have sex at all, but when they did it was more than just a man paid to give her a good time. 

When Oletta became pregnant, she tried to conceal it for as long as she could but it was only a matter of time before her body betrayed her. She was removed from the Chantry when her pregnancy was exposed. Ahlel left the Blooming Rose when he learned that Oletta carried his child. He committed himself to her soon after and two made a life together in a small home in Lowtown where their son Andre was born. 

Kirkwall:

Andre grew up like any other elven child in the alienage. He may not have lived directly in the alienage but his home was close enough by that he interacted with other elves like his father on a daily basis. Alhel knew a great many people, most likely thanks to his somewhat questionable background depending upon who you asked. But it worked out for Andre as it made it easier to make friends when his father was on good terms with just about everyone Andre had ever met. 

When Andre was ten years old, a friend of his father’s took him under his wing and taught him how to craft potions and other charms. It was the alchemist’s intention that Andre might take over his business when he was ready to retire since he had no children of his own or anyone else who seemed interested in the craft. 

But things didn’t turn out that way. 

Andre discovered he was a mage when he was fourteen years old. Afraid and disgusted he kept his magic secret from his teacher, his parents, everyone. He knew what happened to people who were found to be mages. The templars took them away and they never saw their family or their friends ever again. He’d be locked up in a tower for the rest of his life. He couldn’t, he refused. 

He kept it secret, keeping the magic inside him a secret for a little over ten years before he was caught by his teacher one fateful evening when he was caught trying to light a fireplace with magic. 

Afterward, his teacher and he had a long talk about his magic: how long he’d been hiding it, why he hid it, what had to be done about it. A conversation Andre hoped he might never have. 

He panicked. He knew his teacher would tell his parents. If he didn’t tell the templars, his parents would. He couldn’t let that happen. He couldn’t let anyone take him away, lock him a tower. Especially not in the current state of things. Not with the tension existing between mages and templars. He wouldn’t. 

That’s why in the morning he poisoned his teacher’s morning tea and murdered him. In his mind, he had no choice. 

It was hard to pretend he didn’t murder him. No one else had any reason to murder an innocent man. No one saw him as frequently as Andre, and no one would know what bore no scent and could not be traced by a fellow alchemist in their tea until it was too late. 

He knew this more than anyone, so he ran away saying goodbye to no one. A tower was one thing, a cell was worse. The only way to avoid both was to flee. And flee he did. 

Clan Lavellan/Orlais:

Andre chose to flee to the Dalish after leaving Kirkwall. It was difficult to say he was not of elven blood, he took far more after his father than Oletta. The Dalish held no ties to humanity, they were the furthest Andre could think to reduce his chances of being locked away. They were nomadic, cared little for the affairs of humans, they were perfect. 

He begged Keeper Deshanna to allow him to stay. He swore to her he was no mage, he was simply an elf who sought to escape the madness in Kirkwall before it swallowed everyone whole. Deshanna was at first skeptical of Andre, but the longer he spoke the more she was willing to allow him to stay. He promised her he would make himself useful, work hard and ensure she did not regret it should she allow him to remain with them. 

With enough persuasion she accepted. 

Andre kept his word to Deshanna, using his background in alchemy to craft potions and medicine for the Dalish. He worked aside Talwinne’s mother and the Keeper’s first Pelledir. 

He kept his head low, trying not to raise any trouble. However, he would be a fool if he didn’t notice the way some of the women looked at him--as well as the Keeper’s first. It had come to his attention that the First was recently widowed.

He and Pelledir became fast friends, sharing many things. Ideas, secrets, and much more. What lie between them was not romance, simply tension that Andre had little problem relieving. He knew Pelle was depressed, probably lonely, and that he found Andre attractive. Andre too was alone and kept to himself so much that he was bound to crave something intimate once in a while that could exist within his realm of guarded secrecy. 

He didn’t use the First too much, just for a little pleasure once in a while. There were no hard feelings between them. Andre simply wanted to get off, and Pelledir simply sought extreme highs to defeat deafening lows. It was a transaction of services, and it worked.

His feelings were not hurt when Pelledir terminated their transactions in favor of another hunter whom he’d been in love with for years. Andre supported him finding something better than casual sex with someone like him. 

He remained with the clan for another year before departing once again. His reason for leaving being the mage templar conflict getting a little too close for his liking in the wild. He didn’t feel safe, and he missed the city. 

But he did not return to Kirkwall, instead, he set his sights on Halamshiral. His time in Halamshiral was brief and plagued with bad luck thanks to the brewing rebellion amongst the elves against the crown that ultimately ended in ruin. 

By some strange miracle, he survived the devastation but was once again without a home. It was at this point that Andre began to feel that the only way to avoid his true fear, the templars, was to join the rebel mages. 

He could not be murdered by templars or nobility if he hid under their nose. He made his way to Redcliffe joining the rebellion again offering his services in alchemy this time crafting bombs and traps to aid in the fighting. He never saw battle himself, only his work did. 

It was there he remained until the Inquisition recruited the mages as allies. He joined the Inquisition by force though not as a prisoner. It was there he was not only reunited with an old friend but was also offered a place to work beside another grumpy alchemist whom he took quite a liking to since he spoke little and asked no questions. 

Unfortunately, the man died when Haven was attacked and Andre was left to fill his shoes, but it was honest work for a cause he could support...and he was good at it. 

So he supposed after years of running, things--if they didn’t blow up in his face again did indeed work out. 

[yesyunniechan]

Detective Conan File 1003 [Japanese to English Translation]

Challenging the monster of the ancient capital...

A: It was a blind spot...

A: We defended the rear entrance thinkin' that the front had pedestrian traffic... 

S: That was probably part of the criminal's plan too...

S: Causing such a fuss with the tengus they recruited online...

While the police kept busy with that, they called Ihaya-san out here and killed him... Looks like that people that screamed about the tengus appearing were also recruited online...

H: Why'd Ihaya-san come outside though? He was told to stay put inside the room, wasn't he?

A: Restroom...

M: Me, Ihaya and Agata went to the restroom... but Ihaya said that he's worried about Keiko-chan being left alone in there and turned back...

A: Looks like he looked at his email before he returned...

[The second serial murder ocurred!! A crime happened at the daytime in Kyoto, so our detectives...?!]

A: So? Ihaya-san returned right away?

K: No... Nobody came back for quite some time...

K: I-I was afraid of being alone in the room...

K: And left for the restroom myself... Maybe he returned after I'd left...

A: How long were you in the restroom?

M: I left immediately, but got lost on the way back...

A: I-I got an upset stomach, so I took my time...

Se: Basically, all three of you could have called for Ihaya-san via email and killed him?

[N-no...]

A: But those bloody footprints... 

A: Looks like they were drawn with paint a good while ago...

A: 10 minutes before the corpse was found... Are you sure that those footprints weren't here at the time you were here?

R: Y-yes...

M: Could it be that all of us.... were enchanted by a Kitsune-san?

S: Hm? What the... those traces...

S: Ahlele~!! There are weird tracings around this inuyarai...

R: Eh?

S: O-on here?

S: Damn it... my usual habit...

H: Really! It surrounds it... What's that about?

R: But 'ahlele'...

So: Imitating that brat in glasses at a time like this? How shameless...

S: N-never mind that - a cipher?

S: Maybe it's in his pocket again...

A: Yes...

A: And looks like just like Nishiki-san's...

A: There is also an aralia leaf inside...

A: With this third cipher...

H: Leavin' one of these nonsensical cipher again...

H: And how exactly are those four squares at the beginning supposed to represent that Dekuri guy?"

Se: If you put those four squares in a bigger square, it looks like Dekuri's 出, don't you think?

H: Really...

S: Hattori, your phone's ringing.

K: HEIJI!! WHAT'RE YA DOIN'?!

H: D-din't I tell ya? I got a huge cold, so I had to skip school...

K: Cut yer crap!!

K: Yer bein' shown on TV!

An: We're reporting from the crime scene where the famous actor Ihaya Shinya was killed!!

H: W-well, I was searchin' for a charm to cure my cold and accidentally wandered to Kyoto...

K: Haah?!

S: That's no excuse...

H: A-anyway, I have to solve weird serial killin' and a cipher now... 

H: Don't tell dad or ma...

M: Those look like some names of Kyoto streets...

H: Eh?

M: This one is Kamigyouku's Hisashicho's Hisashi （庇）...

M: And this one on the left is Shimogyouku's Tokusayamacho's To (木）...

M: And again to the left looks like Ukyoku's Adashino's Adashi (化）...

H: This one's read as 'Adashi'?!

M: Yes!

Se: Wait a sec! You have wards with names like 'Up', 'Down', "Right'...

M: Yes! Kyoto has Kamigyoku, Nakagyoku, Shimogyoku, Sakyoku and Ukuoku... 

M: Which are 'Up', 'Middle', 'Down' and 'Left and Right'! 

Se: Then that means...

H: Could it be...

S: No doubt!!

K: ...I think I heard Momiji's voice there...

M: Ah, Happa-chan! How are ya?

M: Please leave Heiji-kun to me and continue yer zealous studyin', Happa-chan!

K: Li...

K: Like hell I could leave it to ya, idiot!! 

M: Well then, bye-bye!

G: Eh? Leave, ya said... Kazuha, ya want to finish cleanin' the classroom by yerself?

K: Ah. No-no...

A: Well then, we'll have to discuss it while en route...

A: But I hope this time you'll truly tell me everythin'?

A: About the one who created those three ciphers...

A: A man called 'Dekuri'...

[Dekuri Michio?]

Ay: This person was yer classmate at the Gion University of Arts?

K: Y-yes...

A: He was part of the art course, and I was part of the music course... 

M: And I was in the film course...

K: Me and Ihaya-kun were part of the acting course...

M: And Nishiki was in the literature one...

Se: If you all studied under different departments, how come you knew each other?

A: All of us were members of the SFX research club...

A: Well, Dekuri was in the manga club too...

M: But the movies we'd filmed was shown at the university's festival every year...

M: I was really good at SFX back then...

K: Me and Ihaya-kun knew plenty about SFX makeup...

A: And I wrote an eerie score for the movie they'd created...

A: The script had been written by Nishiki, and the designs and costumes, like that of the monster, were done by Dekuri, right?

M: He was busy with the manga, so we all helped him with it...

K: Well, the only one who actually helped was Agata-kun...

S: But the credits for the graduation project that ended up inspiring 'Crimson Shura-Tengu'...

S: It doesn't mention 'Dekuri', right?

S: Why's that?

H: What? Why're ya silent?

A: Actually, Nishiki was worried about his script...

M: And found the manga Dekuri drew as a doujinshi...

K: A really wonderful and fantastic story...

Se: And that was 'Crimson Shura-Tengu'?

K: Yes... Dekuri-kun refused, saying that he'd publish it once he'll become a professional mangaka, and to please not use it... But we had no time before the deadline...

A: So we filmed his story, thinking that we'd be able to convince him once he sees the finished project...

M: And if we had put his name in the credits, it would've become his project...

K: But when he watched the film we'd made for that art project in the club room...

D: This is not my work! Traitors! Don't put my name on this!!

K: ...he got angry and left the club room... That's why only 5 of us got the spotlight...

H: Bet he hated yer guts!!

M: Ah, but... The day 'Crimson Shura-Tengu' was announced... that night... Dekuri called me!!

D: I gave up being a mangaka and work in a small designer office...

D: So if you're going to remake that story, can you please put my name somewhere in the corner?

K: Dekuri-kun... always dreamed to see the screen version of his manga...

Ay: So? What about putting his name in the credits?

M: We were going to, but because of a minor blunder...

A: He fell into despair after not seeing his name at the first screening and commited suicide...

M: We'd actually wanted to cancel the premier... but the sponsors wouldn't let us...

[Why?]

[Why are Heiji-kun and the others allowed in, yet we're not?]

M: And that's when Happa-chan finally left Heiji-kun to me!!

I: Looks like Ayanokoji-keibu trusts him...

So: No, really, who's that?

R: Er...

R: Where should I go to be able to meet Okita-kun?

M: He's probably trainin' at the dojo right now... If ya've got somethin' to tell him, I can deliver a message...

R: Ah... no... I'd wanted to meet and talk....

[Isn't that Ran-chan?!]

R: Eh?

O: Whatcha doin' here? A place like this...

M: And what about ya?

O: I heard that lotsa tengus had appeared, so I brought some kendo club members to exterminate 'em!

M: Great job...

So: He's really just like Shinichi-kun!!

M: This girl said she wanted to meet ya...

O: What! Ya really came to Kyoto to see me!!

R: Here... Let's go over here for a sec... 

O: Heh?

[Kurachi Keiko?]

Yuk: Ah, Kyoko-chan! We co-starred in that dorama, yes!

Yuk: But the lead role was mine~

S: Kyoko-chan? Not 'Keiko'?

Yuk: Her real name is Kyoko! Some stuff happened back when she was a university student, so she put 日 on top of Kyoto's 京 and created her pseudonym, '景子’!

S: Heeh...

Yuk: Speaking of names... Nishiki-san and Mayama-san... also changed their names during that graduation art project...

Yuk: Nishiki-san's 'Taroubou' had some origin... 

S: Right, the first great tengu of Japan was called 'Taroubou'...

Yuk: Oh yeah, Kyoko-san had someone she loved during her university days... She never ended up marrying because she still has feelings for that person...

Yus: Was that person's name 'Dekuri Michio-kun' by chance?

Yuk: No way! How do you know?

S: Hm? An email from Sonoko...

S: Eh?

[O-Okita?!]

[From: Suzuki Sonoko]

[Theme: Your wifey got caught cheating <3]

[Why did Ran meet with Okita?!]

S: ...and what's with that look between these two?!

H: Kudo... whatcha lookin' at?

S: Eh?!

H: Let's go!

S: Go... where?

H: Gion Hotel!

Se: Nishiki-san tried to reserve a smoking room in this hotel, but he was initially rebuffed because all of its rooms were occupied... yet during that call, someone cancelled, and he managed to snap one up...

Se: Isn't that strange?

S: Y-yeah...

S: Right...

[Yes...]

[As you said...]

H: It was cancelled in the middle of Nishiki-sama's call... And he managed to reserve it for two nights, starting yesterday...

Ay: I see...

Ay: By the way, Agata-san's room was a smokin' one too...

H: Did ya manage to reserve one right away?

A: Yeah... Another one was cancelled out right after Nishiki...

A: We gathered at Nishiki's apartment and booked rooms together... Right?

K: Yes...

Ay: Is that so?

H: Ah, yes...

H: Right after Nishiki-sama booked  that room, there was another cancellation, so Agata-sama booked it.... even though it was a group of visitors...

Se: Speaking of Agata-san's room, a huge tengu appeared in there...

Se: Other than that, was there anything strange about that room?

Ay: Yes... At the scorched ceiling there was somethin' glue-like... but I don't think it was quite enough to allow for anythin' really big to be held up...

Ay: Imprints on the carpet from when Agata-san fell down with his chair...

Ay: And the cigarettes that fell off the ashtray Agata-san threw at the tengu...

Ay: Had left burn marks on the carpet, about 3 cm... 

Ay: And there was an extra pillow in the middle of the bed...

A: T-that's kind of a habit... My legs get cramped if I don't place a pillow under my knees...

S: Hm? What? Something was off just now...

S: Glue stuck on the ceiling...

S: Okita...

S: Traces of a fallen chair...

S: Okita...

S: Cigarette burn marks...

S: Ran...

S: The pillow in the middle of the bed...

S: Okita...

S: Argh, damn it! I can't get the picture of those two out of my head, let alone concentrate on the deduction...

S: It's just too much for me to handle right now...

S: Eh?

S: 'Too much'?

S: Damn... it's started!! And earlier than yesterday!!

H: O-oi, Kudo!

H: Ya OK?

S: Y-yeah.. I've figured out who the criminal is...

Se: Eh?

S: B-but I s-still lack the evidence necessary... to catch them...

S: C-can I please request the assistance of the Kyoto prefectural police?

A: Yes... If there's anythin' we can do, please let me know...

S: T-that's...

S: It probably looks a little silly, but...

[Big trouble! Shinichi means...?! Next issue - mustread!!]