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There is nothing so disorienting as one moment, knowing where you are, and the next, not.

That’s not to say L has an idea where he just was. But wherever it was, he was content there. He may not have had all the answers to his questions, or perhaps he doesn’t just remember them, but it was a comfortable state to be in.

Whereas now, he doesn’t.

It’s not very often that L is completely confused. Whether or not he has all the answers to the problem, he can usually formulate some sort of guess. The universe tends to conform to certain rational standards; if an unseen figure sets tea down at his elbow, it is usually Watari. If a woman is missing and her husband is on the television pleading for her safe return, he is usually responsible. They are simple formulas that, while not always universal, get him comfortably through the day.

There is nothing comfortable, universal, or logical about this. He takes a step, slips, and finds himself sprawled on the floor and coated in what smells like butter. He discerns that he’s surrounded by popcorn.

Ahead of him is a door. In that list of rational standards, there’s another rule. Doors lead somewhere. So L makes his way towards it, gingerly. The slightly scrawny, extremely pale, twenty year old detective (who already has deep dark circles etched underneath his eyes) pokes his head out uncertainly.

“Excuse me?”

[ooc: this L is pre-canon, and will remember nothing of past interactions here. Under new management.]

Date: 2008-03-11 04:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"Yeah. Good times." Mello had freaked out when he realised that he was performing two percentage points lower in that class than any others, but Matt had found that sort of funny as well, so things had worked out alright.

They turn a corner, and the passage they're walking along becomes, quite smoothly, a stepless spiral. "Yeah, I think I agree with you..." At the top of the spiral they emerge from another tapestry; down a short set of stairs, across a hall, and -

"This one's mine," Matt says, opening a door to reveal a small-but-comfortable room. There are several gaming systems and a pilfered TV set. And games, of course. A lot of games.

Date: 2008-03-11 04:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"Not at all, it's just through there." He gestures to a small en-suite bathroom. "I'll try and look out some clean clothes for you..."

Date: 2008-03-11 05:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
Matt nods, blinking a little at the smile. "Sure, take your time."

With L in the shower, Matt attempts to both straighten up his room a little (so many discs out of their cases! And... shit, is that Near's shirt?) and find some clean clothes L can borrow. A red shirt - striped with black, of course - and a pair of jeans...

Date: 2008-03-11 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"What were you covered in, anyway?" Matt ducks his head a little to cover a grin at L's appearance. He wonders vaguely what the man would look like wearing goggles, but his eyes are so wide they might not even fit properly.

Which is when Matt notices that L is barefoot. "I think I have another pair of boots, if you want some shoes..."

Date: 2008-03-11 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
Matt nods. If Near thinks best in pyjamas and Mello in leather boy-slut clothes, a no-footwear rule seems pretty reasonable.

"I'd noticed the popcorn before... They're all very carefully labelled, a name per kernel. I thought it might some kind of weird tribute to the dead, or something." He regards L thoughtfully, then laughs, shaking his head. Some things were just too weird to consider seriously.

There's no seats in the room (he'd actually swapped a rather comfortable-looking chair for the TV, so technically it was a trade rather than out-and-out appropriation of school property) but he gestures towards the bed. "You can have a seat if you like."

Date: 2008-03-11 05:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"About... a week and a half, maybe? It's sort of difficult to tell. I was pretty shocked the first couple of days, especially before Mello got here. Must be even weirder for you."

Out of respect, he sits against the wall facing L, rather than squishing up beside him on the bed. He pulls out his packet of smokes before glancing up at the detective. "Uh - you don't mind if I have one, do you?"

Date: 2008-03-11 08:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"So what're you going to do?" Matt asks, lighting up. "Stay here? I'm not sure how the timeline thing's going to work, but presumably there's some way to return to 1999..." Come to think of it, Matt couldn't say for certain what year it actually was - too many different opinions, too many people from different worlds, different times...

He really needed a computer.

Date: 2008-03-12 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
He watches L's discomfort in his clothes. "Um, I think I spotted a shirt of Near's in here, but he's even shorter than I am - but if you'd prefer it..."

A long, slow, exhale - Matt likes watching the quick plume smoke being propelled out of his lungs. God knows why. Leaving behind little pieces of poison and ick in his lungs... heh. "And you want to know what this place is about, right? I'd never heard of it - well, I know that's not much. But not one out of three of us had, and if you hadn't, either..."

Date: 2008-03-12 10:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"Yeah, same. The shinigami thing kinda shook that up a bit, but this whole - D&D type setting takes a bit of adjusting to. I've been trying to find out if you can actually cast magic missiles in this place. No luck so far."

Date: 2008-03-12 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
... oh, yeah. 1999, remember? Sometimes Matt wonders if he's got a little too good at this not-thinking thing.

"The last case we were working on involved shinigami. Real ones. Well - I never met one, but Mello did. From what I hear he wrapped it right around hit little finger just like any of his Mafia underlings, but it bailed out in the middle of a raid." Matt laughs, shaking his head. Only Mello could do it.

Date: 2008-03-12 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"Yeah. One of a kind, right?" He leans his head back against the stone wall, still smiling. "I'm kind of disappointed I never got to meet one myself."

Date: 2008-03-12 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
Matt tilts his head forward again to give L a serious look which may or may not be hidden behind his goggles.

"You haven't met grown-up Mello yet, have you?"

Date: 2008-03-12 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gamerspy.livejournal.com
"Yeah. But I'll let you introduce yourself, as per request. Us all suddenly being the same age as you has to be kinda funny... I think Near's technically older than all of us. Sort of. He didn't die," he adds, by way of explanation.

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