#Jessrin Lotus

[askbloodyforevermouri]

               “Good question. It would all depend on a few things.” Jessrin said. Conan looked up at the teenager.

“Like what? Also how do you know about stuff like this?” He tilted his head. After all. This was some strange info she had just told the group.

“Oh! I know about this kind of stuff, because I’m a part time cryptozoologist. As for the if it’s real blood. Hard to say. Yes, if it is real and has been used. No if it’s a prop of some kind…still worth a lot even if it is a prop. The main problem is that there are only two was to open it. A one of a kind key or the owner pricking their finger on the needle built into the lock. But that is all just guess work Kudo-chan.

“Kudo-chan?” Asked everyone as Conan (aka Shinichi Kudo) went white as a ghost.

‘What! How does she know?’ Conan thought to himself. Worried that his really identity would be known. Jessrin was deep in thought then opened her eyes. Noticing the strange looks from them.

“Oh, sorry um…” She paused and looked at him.

“Conan Edogawa.” He said simply.

“I’m sorry. You just remind me of a friend of mine. I haven’t seen since I lived here over 10 years ago.”

“It’s ok.” Conan said with a sigh of relief. Though he did think to himself. ‘We have met before?’. Kogoro gave a slight cough.

“Any was…All that really tells us. Is that whoever sent that stuff to me. Is really into weird stuff.” Kogoro said crossing his arms. Ran just stared at her dad for a long moment.

“Ran? What is wrong?” Inspector Megure asked. Ran turned and looked at him. Then at the ground.

“I’m just worried. Is someone after Otosan? Or is this a clue to something? I’m just worried.” She explained. Takagi gentle patted her shoulder.

“I’m sure everything will be fine. We’re her to help and this is your Otosan we are talking about.” He said with a smile. That seemed to help put everyone’s nervous at ease for the time being. After a bit of time everyone got what they needed and headed out. For the most part the rest of the day was ok.

 Some time later. Kogoro made sure the kids were asleep before he stepped out onto the stairs heading for the street. He knew he could smoke inside. He just needed a moment to listen to he sounds of cars outside. It was one of the things that helped him focus.

Everything with the strong box and that headache had him worried. Which was kind of rare for him. He lite a cigarette and gentle puffed it to de-stress. As he turned his head, he noticed two letters. One in the ask box and one in the mail box. He was kind of surprised to see one in the ask box already and the other was a thicker envelope. So, he picked the them up.

 The first was the ask. It was a simple question. Yet it made him smile a bit to himself. “What’s the thing I appreciate most about my daughter?” He didn’t find it odd as Ran was always with him on his cases. “She is a light in a dark place.” He said to himself before writing and replying to the note. As dark as some of his cases got. Ran never failed to ether help out or lift him up when he felt at his worst.

He dropped the reply into the ask box and opened up the second letter. The second letter was much large and he found inside several tickets mark VIP.

 Dear Sleeping Kogoro

 You are invited to the grand opening of ‘The Lazarus Club’. Enclosed are VIP tickets. In truth this invite is more of a chance for us to talk. I hope to leave my past behind me. So to do that. I need to speak to the last person; I feel I wronged. You.

Signed

An old sinner.

                 Kogoro frowned a bit puffing his cigarette a bit more before heading inside.

[askbloodyforevermouri]

               “Megure you got to be messing with me?” Asked Kogoro staring at his former police partner. Megure with Takagi standing next to him shrugged a bit.

               “Sorry Mouri, but I’m serious. The blood is yours and the only fingerprints on anything are yours and the bank members prints. On the outside of the box.” Megure said simple. Kogoro rubbed his chin slightly. Silently deep in thought. First a strange box with a blood note and now more questions then answers? Conan took the moment to change the subject a bit.

               “Officer Takagi? What are all the items in the box? We didn’t touch anything inside. So we really aren’t sure what’s inside of the box aside from the suitcase, the sealed music box, the strange box and envelopes?”

               “In truth we are still looking into that. The envelopes have money and closed notes. The music box has a protection seal so we haven’t opened it yet. The Strange box I’m having a friend look into it. The suitcase well…” Takagi shrugged and looked up for a moment. Megure sighed.

               “We don’t know.” Megure said.

               “Why not?” Ran asked.

               “We can’t get it opened.” Takagi said. Kogoro and Conan sighed a bit. However, Takagi smiled. “Don’t worry. My friend is good with this kind of stuff. She is a bit strange but she is very smart.” Without any warning someone coughed and cleared their throat behind him.

               “Me strange? Takagi have you met yourself?” Said a woman’s voice. Takagi spun around startled and rubbed his neck and chuckled a bit as everyone else raised an eyebrow.

               “Oh. Ha. Sorry.” Takagi said. The girl who couldn’t be that much older then Ran laughed a bit. She didn’t seem that upset at all.

               “No problem. Hi I’m Jessrin Lotus.” She said. As soon as Kogoro heard the gals name. His head felt like a nail had been driven through it.

               ‘I’ll never forget’. A whisper echoed in his head and he felt like his skull was about to exploded. He grabbed his forhead as his heart pounded a bit his head filled with a strange static. Then it stopped. As soon as it started it was over. Kogoro felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked up.

               “Mouri?” Megure asked worried for his friend. Kogoro shook his head shaking away the last of the headache.

               “I’m ok.” Said and gave a slight cough not noticing he was sweeting a bit. Other then that strange moment he felt fine. Jessrin watched for a moment. Curious about what was going on and if this was normal. Then she finally broke the silence and mild worry.

               “So…..I took a look at the item Takagi asked me to look at. And all I can say is wow!” Jessrin said smiling ear to ear. Like a child who find the best kind of candy.

               “Wow?” Conan asked a bit confused. Jessrin nodded a bit.

               “It’s called a ‘Pires Kit’ back when the US colonies were dealing with the ‘Salem witch trails’. These were often found at the homes of these so-called witches. They were believed to be used to help vampire and demon allies.” Jessrin said very excited. Everyone was kind of now both curious and even more confused now. Why on earth had this been in the security box? “It was said that when the witches or warlocks took a demon or vampire allies. They would keep this as a way to give them blood for when they were weak and-“

               “Wait!” Ran suddenly blurted. “Is the red stuff in the bottles blood?” She asked a bit suddenly panicked. Everyone except for the Jessrin girl was now wondering whose blood was in the bottles in the strange box.