Episode 21: Black Grasp (Puzzle)

{Episode 21}

Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URqQICTN7w&feature=related

Gin: Last time, on Detective Conan...

Gin: I kidnapped that kid detective, springing my trap into action.

Gin: I would have just finished him the easy way, but Vermouth is a tricky one.

Gin: I'm confident that my plan will ultimately prove beneficial to me in the long run, though. And there is little chance that it will fail.

Gin: That foolish tantei will do anything for his girlfriend. I'll use that against him.

Gin: Find out how... This time on Detective Conan.

EdogawaConan: [Cue title]

{Black Grasp (Puzzle)}

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EdogawaConan: [Cue scene]

{At the end of a pier, Conan is sitting by himself, hidden, still soaking wet from his dip in the sea.}

* Packet opens to reveal two objects.

* Packet contains a timer with 57 minutes, 28 seconds on it. It's counting down.

* EdogawaConan jolts, realizing he has less than an hour to find her.

* Packet contains a sheet of paper with a series of statements on it, listed sequentially.

* EdogawaConan reads the sheet of paper.

* PuzzleSheet contains blanks and lines of text.

PuzzleSheet: ___ = 2% crust; drop latter.

PuzzleSheet: ___ = photography halide

PuzzleSheet: ___ = 78% atmosphere

PuzzleSheet: ___ = rarest natural

PuzzleSheet: ___ = bane of spacecraft

* PuzzleSheet has one line at the bottom, separated from the others.

PuzzleSheet: %2.2 mass Cl

EdogawaConan: Chemicals....

EdogawaConan: Do I need to take the atomic symbols and make a word out of them?

* EdogawaConan grabs the badge and flicks it on to call Ai.

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Haibara?

* HaibaraAi hears the static of the badge and Conan's voice

HaibaraAi: Kudou-kun? How's shopping?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* It was a trap. I need your help with a puzzle. They have Ran.

HaibaraAi: Eh?

HaibaraAi: What kind of puzzle?

EdogawaConan:*to badge* Chemistry stuff...

* EdogawaConan reads the paper aloud to Haibara over the badge

HaibaraAi: I see...

* HaibaraAi thinks over puzzle

EdogawaConan: I think the atomic symbols will make a word....but I'm just guessing....

HaibaraAi: Well, 78% of the atmosphere would be nitrogen...

* EdogawaConan nods and checks his pockets for a pen or pencil.

HaibaraAi: 2% crust is most likely magnesium, it's the 8th most abundant chemical in the Earth's crust

* HaibaraAi still thinking

HaibaraAi: And the medical halide in photography is Iodine...

HaibaraAi: I'm not sure about those last two, though.

HaibaraAi: How exactly will that information going to help you?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* I'm not sure just yet...

EdogawaConan: If I take the atomic symbols and write them....*scribbling in his notebook as he thinks aloud*

EdogawaConan: Mg....I....N.....

EdogawaConan: I think I need the other two for that....

EdogawaConan: Maybe it's the numbers? No...still not making much sense....

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Haibara?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Could you ask Hakase if he knows the last two?

HaibaraAi: Sure

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Thanks....*distractedly, still working on the puzzle*

* HaibaraAi walks over to where Hakase is

* ProfessorAgasa is working feverishly.

HaibaraAi: Hakase?

* ProfessorAgasa glances up and sets down his device.

ProfessorAgasa: Eh? What is it, Ai-kun?

HaibaraAi: It seems that whole shopping trip for Kudou-kun was a trap. *very serious*

* ProfessorAgasa looks at her gravely.

ProfessorAgasa: He contacted you?

HaibaraAi: Yes, and they left him a code. I've helped him with some of it, but there're some parts which I don't have much knowledge of

* ProfessorAgasa sighs in relief.

ProfessorAgasa: What do you need help with?

HaibaraAi: You wouldn't happen to know what element is the "bane of a spacecraft", would you?

ProfessorAgasa: The bane of a spacecraft?

ProfessorAgasa: Ho ho! That's an old aerospace term, Ai-kun.

ProfessorAgasa: It refers to Oxygen, because it erodes the paneling on spacecraft.

ProfessorAgasa: How will that help, though?

HaibaraAi: Not sure yet...*calls back on the badge*

HaibaraAi: *to badge* Kudou-kun?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Yeah?

HaibaraAi: *to badge* It's oxygen, the bane of a spacecraft is oxygen, atomic number: 8

* EdogawaConan writes it down

ProfessorAgasa: Should we go pick him up?

* EdogawaConan is busily trying to work out the puzzle.

HaibaraAi: Well, it doesn't look like he'll have a ride back.

HaibaraAi: *to badge* Where are you? Hakase will pick you up...

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Hah? *wasn't paying attention* Oh...um...on a pier...*sneeze* And...could you maybe bring a towel or something?

HaibaraAi: *to badge* Ee, do you know which pier?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Um....not exactly sure which pier...can you trace my badge signal with the spare glasses?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* And what's "rarest natural"?

HaibaraAi: *to badge* Oh right, *to Agasa* Do you know "rarest natural"? It's the last piece of the puzzle

ProfessorAgasa: That sounds like the rarest naturally occurring chemical, if I understand the puzzle.

ProfessorAgasa: It would certainly be radioactive...

ProfessorAgasa: Francium, Astatine, or Radium, I would say.

ProfessorAgasa: Fr, At, and Ra are the symbols.

* HaibaraAi had held up the badge to Agasa so Conan could hear

* EdogawaConan scribbles them down and starts working on it.

HaibaraAi:*to badge* Alright then, we'll be there soon

EdogawaConan: At....Minato!

EdogawaConan: Minato-ku!

HaibaraAi: Hakase, please get the car started *goes off to get a towel and the spare tracking glasses*

* ProfessorAgasa heads to the car and starts it.

EdogawaConan: So the %2.2 mass Cl is the specific address in Minato-ku....

EdogawaConan: *muttering to himself*

* HaibaraAi heads to the car with the glasses on

* ProfessorAgasa ushers Ai in the car and pulls out, following her directions.

EdogawaConan: *to badge* Haibara?

HaibaraAi: *to badge* We're almost there

HaibaraAi: *to badge* Have you figured it out?

EdogawaConan: *to badge* What's the atomic mass of Chlorine?

HaibaraAi: *to badge* Atomic mass? 35.45...

EdogawaConan: *to badge* That's where we need to go....Minato-ku 35-45....

* ProfessorAgasa pulls up at the end of the pier.

ProfessorAgasa: Shinichi-kun!

EdogawaConan: Hakase....

EdogawaConan: We have to hurry!

ProfessorAgasa: Get in!

* EdogawaConan hops in, accepting the towel from Ai.

* ProfessorAgasa hits the gas, headed for their destination.

EdogawaConan: *drying himself off a little while he talks* Ran is at 34-45 Minato-ku....

ProfessorAgasa: Don't worry, Shinichi-kun, we'll be there soon.

* HaibaraAi is silent for a moment, but then has to ask

HaibaraAi: How did they get you there anyway?

EdogawaConan: Remember when Ran called earlier?

EdogawaConan: It wasn't Ran, it was Vermouth disguised as Ran, and if I hadn't still been sleepy I would have known that....

* Gin is watching from a distance through binoculars, from atop a building.

Gin: Sherry didn't get out of her car. Oh well. She will eventually.

Gin: It seems that Kudou Shinichi fell straight into my ploy to draw out my little chemist.

Gin: We made no deals about Sherry, Vermouth.

* Gin chuckles madly.

Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLbes6bidDU