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OUT OF CHARACTER

Name: Kinz
Personal Journal: kinzies911
Age: 25
Contact: aim: kinzies911 or Plurk: Also kinzies911
Characters Played:

IN CHARACTER

Name: Conan Edogawa / Shinichi Kudou
Canon: Detective Conan
Age: 17/ Although he is trapped in the body of a seven year old-is this okay?
Timeline: chapter 912

Age Up?: unnecessary, I think?

Background:

Shinichi is the son of a retired actress, Yukiko Kudo, and a world famous author, Yuusaku Kudo. His mother retired after she turned twenty so that she could live the life of a normal Japanese housewife. His father continued to write his best selling series ‘Night Baron and started helping the police force out with certain cases as Yuusaku is a much better Detective then Shinichi.

At an early age Shinichi showed signs of having the potential to become a great detective and usually dragged his friend, Ran Mouri along on many of his adventures. At age seven Shinichi was given a challenge that was meant for him to give up on and give his father but he was far too stubborn to do as the challenger expected. Unknown to the little detective, and still unknown to him to this day, that challenger was none other then the Original Kaitou Kid, Kaitou 1412.

When he was fourteen his parents decided to move to L.A. and Shinichi chose to stay in Japan, probably so he could stay with Ran. From age fourteen to sixteen he lived alone and built up quite the career as a famous high school detective. At age sixteen Ran won the regionals championship in karate and as a reward Shinichi promised to take her to an amusement park known as Tropical Land.

Ah, Tropical Land, the place Conan hates most in the world. There is actually a very good reason for that. While on a date with Ran, sixteen year old Shinichi Kudo came across a case dealing with decapitation and set eyes on two men in black trench coats for the first time. He quickly solved the murder and while walking with Ran noticed one of the men in black from earlier acting suspiciously, thinking nothing of it he bid farewell to Ran and followed after the man.

He tailed the burly man behind a building and witnessed a blackmail transaction, in the manga, he whips out a camera and discretely snaps a few shots. However, Shinichi forgot a very important detail while spying on the suspicious man; there were two.

Before he can react properly, the other man comes up behind him and beats him over the head with a blunt object. Shinichi stumbles and falls forward, unable to move. Instead of shooting him dead like any other thug in black, they force feed him an untested poison and leave him for dead.

However, he does not die! Instead his body has a rare reaction to the poison and he shrinks! And it is much less then painless. He body over heats and his chest throbs, he thinks about how his bones feel like they’re melting as they shift and reform to a smaller size. Soon after, he passes out as the pain is just too much.

When he comes too, Shinichi realizes that everyone seems much bigger then they should and shortly after discovers that he’d been shrunk. He escapes the concerned police officers and runs to his house. Too bad for him, he can’t reach the door to let himself in. He meets up with his neighbor, and through some fancy deductions only Shinichi could pull off convinces Agasa he’s who he says he is and the two decide to conceal his identity.

Shortly after that, Ran comes looking for Shinichi and discovers the small six year old, who had quickly shoved on a pair of his dad’s old glasses as a make shift disguise. She presses him for a name and he combines names from Edogawa Rampo and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to get ‘Conan Edogawa.’

And thus! Conan is born. Agasa convinces Ran to let Conan live with her and her father as Kogoro is a detective and there is a chance someone will bring in a case dealing with the mysterious men in black.

A part from Agasa, several others know the true identity of the chibi detective. His parents, another high school detective by the name of Heiji Hattori, Kaitou Kid (through some fancy eavesdropping) and an ex member of the organization that shrunk him, Ai Haibara. She’s in the same boat as he is but took the poison willingly with the intent to end her own life.


Personality:

Shinichi is a detective that never takes a break. Even if he's not on a case he frequently finds himself curious about the people he comes in contact with. He is always using his detective skills to figure out someone's profession or where they were five minutes before he met them. When solving a case he focuses on one thing-The Truth. He doesn't generally care about the people involved in the case as long as he figures out what happened, why it happened and how to prove it happened or prove who did it so that he can bring that one truth to light.

Murder and the most bizarre cases are his favorite kinds as he generally has little to no interest in thieves and finds adultery cases to be stupid and a waste of his time. He also isn't fond of kidnapping but he will take a case like it if it's brought to him. When solving cases, most people make the assumption that Shinichi is out for justice. That is not entirely accurate as he is mainly out for fun. He is very much one of those detectives that play the game for the game's sake. He is a teenager after all, and he looks at his cases like a puzzle- cat and mouse. He doesn't usually give a damn about the victims of the murderers which is obvious since he's not affected by most crime scenes. He's seen bodies hacked to pieces and only casually mentioned this to his best friend, telling her he doesn't let the job affect him. He is out for justice in some senses to the word, but mostly he's out to solve the really complex puzzles which is why he likes the really complex cases that baffle the police. Especially locked-rooms murders.

Being the son of a retired actress he has a love for theatrics and loves to play out the drama of a situation and make a big show of his deductions. He loves to start from the beginning and go over every aspect of the case to keep his audience guessing until he finally reveals the culprit. He intentionally leaves out the most crucial detail of his accusations just to bait the culprit into demanding he show the proof. Which, he has no trouble doing.

He may be a capable detective and share almost all the traits of a classic detective but he has his faults such as his impatience and the biggest one being his recklessness. Even if it's all a game to him there is one aspect for the puzzle that he takes very seriously and that is a life. If he thinks he can stop a murder he will try, even if it puts him in danger. He has been known to run off without warning and usually right into danger. Nothing he can’t handle however, as long as he ‘s got his trusty kick shoes and belt, or even the wrist watch can get him out of a bind.

Shinichi is what you would call a mystery freak. This doesn’t change between when he’s Shinichi and when he’s Conan. He has read the series Sherlock Holmes more times then he can probably count. He’s been to a Holmes convention, had to take thousand question test and most likely, got a perfect score on it. The Kudou library is filled from floor to ceiling with mystery books and it’s an easy bet to say he’s read every last one of them.

Before shrinking, Shinichi was a very arrogant, spoiled rich boy. He was under the belief he’s the best thing since sliced bread and his attitude towards others made this very apparent. As Shinichi, he could move around crime scenes freely and didn't need any help while conducting an investigation. Now that he's stuck as the grade-schooler Conan Edogawa that has changed drastically. He has to watch how he words things and basically lead the adults to the right answers. It can be very annoying but through it he's learned a few social skills and also how to be a manipulative little brat if he makes just the right expressions.

It’s less noticeable as Shinichi, but Conan seems to have problems tolerating the less than intelligent. It’s seen most often when he’s talking to the Detective Boys ( a group of kids that have adopted Conan as their friend), or if someone is flat out refusing to use their brain.

While Mysteries usually have his undivided attention there is a part of him that is still a normal teenager; Ran. Ran Mouri is Shinichi’s childhood friend and love interest. He’s so hung up over her that his love for her truly deserves it’s own part in his personality. He admires Ran’s strength and compassion above all other things about her and truly sees her as the most important person in the world. He would do anything for her. Even as Conan, his love for her hasn’t changed, even though they live together. He hates having to lie about his identity to her but he’d rather she stayed safe. If Ran ends up in danger Conan gets reckless and all the intelligence he holds tends to go down the drain.

Powers: no powers but he does have several gadgets
Do you want a power wipe? n/a
Humanization: already human

Suitcase:

[1] White Button Down Shirt
- [1] Blue Blazer
- [1] Pair of Light Blue Shorts
- [1] Pair of White Socks
- [2] Pairs of Jeans
- [1] Jacket
- [1] Pair of Power Enhanced Kick Shoes
- [1] Super Stretch Suspenders
- Books! (Mystery, Non-fiction, Medical Science)
- [1] Solar Powered Skate Board-
- [1] Tooth brush
- [1] Tube of Toothpaste


Surprise? go for it
Other Notables:

things usually on his person:

- [1] Voice Modulating Bowtie
- [2] Mobile Phones
- [1] GPS Tracking Glasses
- [1] Silver Watch equipped with (1) sleeping dart
- [1] Detective Boy's Badge
- [1] Fountain Pen
- [1] Pocket Sized Notebook
- [1] Roll of Tape
- [1] Room Key to Hotel Room B002

SAMPLES

Network Sample:

[ The feed snaps on to reveal what looks like the youngest resident in the hotel and he does not even slightly amused. ]

I have a complaint to make to the owner of this hotel-you can't keep people here against their will the laws defines such conduct as kidnapping and all your staff will probably be charged with aiding and abetting, as well as conspiracy and some kidnapping charges of their own.

[ He straightens the bowtie to make himself seem more presentable. ]

It would be in your best interest to let us all go now as I’m sure several other of your guests have things they need to be doing back home.

[ He knows he certainly does. He needs to figure out who Rum is and what his new objective is. That’s a little bit difficult when he’s trapped in a hotel with no exit and apparently no kind of cell phone reception. Even the internet is messed up as it won’t let him email his western counterpart. ]

To everyone else, I would actually recommend the curry, I tested it for poison and it came up clean-plus it tasted pretty good. Not sure how long we’ll be trapped here so it’s important we all stay healthy.

[ With that he ends the feed. He could have put on the the cute little kid act but this is not the third time he’s ever been kidnapped and it’s really starting to get irritating. ]
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