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Post by Mikauzoran on Apr 25, 2015 15:46:59 GMT
So. In A Light in the Darkness, I'm trying something a little ambitious with Kaito and Conan working together with the FBI, going on missions to collect dirt to take down the BO. I know, right? What have I gotten myself into? ^o^
I have a few bits and pieces of scenes in mind that have to be ironed out and refined, but basically what I'm thinking so far is this:
-On one mission, Kaito and Conan break into a company that is controlled by the Org, kind of as a front or a shell company to run money through to kind of launder it. They steal files off of a computer that somehow allow them to gather dirt on the Org. I was thinking payroll or accounting information to see where the money is coming from and where it's going, but...is there any other information that could be useful on a computer housed in a shell company?
By the way, the FBI are the ones going to be doing the heavy lifting and the actual take down of the Org since I think that's more realistic than two teens single-handedly taking on an international crime syndicate and winning. So really all Kaito and Conan have to do is gather information that would be useful to the FBI like names of Organization members and companies they control, locations of meeting places, future plans, and stuff like that.
-Another mission involves Kaito cross-dressing and milking a drunk thug-level Org member for information. I haven't quite decided what the thug will have to say, yet, though. Obviously he doesn't know too terribly much because he's just a thug, but...I'm thinking maybe he knows a little something about an assassination plot or a meeting that's supposed to take place, when and where the higher ups are gathering or something like that.
-One other mission I have in mind involves Kaito infiltrating an Org meeting. Not too sure what's going to happen with that one. More info gathering.
So...I guess really what my question is is what information would be most helpful to the FBI in rooting out Org members, stopping Org plots, and eventually taking the Org down?
XD Ambitious project, I know. Thanks in advance for the ideas/suggestions/advice!
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Post by House of Mystery on Apr 25, 2015 17:52:54 GMT
Possibly looking at who the most high-profile Org. members are? They're not *all* nobodies - Pisco was a bigshot car company CEO, and Vermouth is a legendary American actress. I wouldn't be surprised if the Org. had people in certain government offices.
Wait, wait... if you really want to wow readers, why not make THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES an Org. member?
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Post by Mikauzoran on Apr 25, 2015 18:21:45 GMT
Hahaha! *Glomps* That's hilarious. Thanks. The whole involving foreign governments thing is an idea to think about.
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Post by kkrazy256 on Apr 25, 2015 19:02:31 GMT
They would probably have a few in the Metropolitan police department to make sure some of the BO involvements are censored in police reports. . The possibilities of moles everywhere is quite threatening.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Apr 25, 2015 19:33:19 GMT
Yes. Thank you. I'll figure all of the particulars out on my own about who is in the Organization and what they're plotting.
What my question really is is: What types of information would be most helpful to the FBI in rooting out Org members, stopping Org plots, and eventually taking the Org down?
I'm sorry. I should have been more clear. I'm not looking for specifics. That's my job to figure it out. I don't want someone to fill in plot for me. I'll do that on my own. What I'm looking for is categories, types of information that would be helpful like when I was talking about lists of members, names of companies they control, locations of meeting places, future plans, etcetera.
Kaito and Conan are going to be gathering information, so what kind of information would be useful? :/ I'm thinking, like I said before, accounting information and meeting locations/dates/times, hideouts, and stuff like that.
Can anyone think of any other types of information that Kaito and Conan could gather? Thanks much!
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Post by kkrazy256 on Apr 25, 2015 21:41:56 GMT
- Labs - Police reports and government coverups - List of people they might want to recruit
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Post by ichthyophobia on Apr 25, 2015 21:43:05 GMT
Seems like the most incriminating information might be financials. (Ever hear that thing about Al Capone, where the easiest charge to make stick was tax evasion? Same idea.) We know for a fact that they're taking money in from blackmail, so they have to have some means of laundering that. Given what we know of them, I'd suspect they'd back casinos and loan sharks for this purpose. Businesses have deeds and employees, and I doubt the black org would let someone own a business they were using without controlling it themselves. So the fbi/protagonists might be able to find old real estate or corporate data regarding who took over and when. Same story for pharmaceutical corporations like wherever Haibara was working - they burned it to the ground, but old building permits/deeds/whatever might still be available at the city hall. Any legit employees working for these businesses would have paychecks that would have to be coming out of traceable accounts, even if the money feeding into those accounts is from untraceable/foreign sources. Even if some of this data didn't take down the black org on its own, it could lead to whatever government employee is taking bribes/whatever to move money and cover it up, and if they knocked enough of those out it could definitely wound the org at least. Also, since we know they've worked both in Japan and America, they have to be exchanging dollars for yen in large quantities, and if the protagonists shut down their ability to do that it could do some damage. Also, I don't know how it works in Japan, but I know that in the US the IRS can freeze accounts suspected of money laundering or tax evasion - if the black org lost some major accounts via that process it could do some damage. Especially since I get the impression that the major bads of the org (Gin and Vermouth especailly) really only get along because they're paid to do so.
Was that more along the lines of what you were thinking?
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Post by Mikauzoran on Apr 25, 2015 22:16:50 GMT
Yes! Thank you Ichthy! That was very helpful.
Lists of possible recruits could be good too. By labs, KK, you mean, like the actual research facility locations? And what about police reports? What kind do you mean? Like crimes that have been suppressed or...what exactly? And do you mean like evidence of government cover-ups of...crimes involving the Org? Or people talking of the government covering stuff up?
Thanks a bunch, guys!
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Post by kkrazy256 on Apr 26, 2015 0:51:59 GMT
Yup with research facilities, I was thinking along the lines of APTX (If you want Conan to return to Shin, labs would be a good place for information). False police reports (with info involving BO being censored or just not mentioned) and cover-ups (of crimes involving BO) could help FBI/Kai/Con figure out why the reason they are being covered up, leading to new discoveries on their motives). Ahh I'm not very good with this stuff, I apologize if it doesn't really make sense.
Perhaps it would help to read up on some stories that went into depth with the takedown of the BO for inspiration? I know one that was really in depth about it. But that requires some reading time...Or maybe you want yours to be completely original and different, then forget this idea ^^'
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Post by Mikauzoran on Apr 26, 2015 1:00:46 GMT
Yeah, I don't really like reading fanfiction much in general, so...and I'd prefer to have my own ideas. I'm not getting in to the actual take down. That's for the FBI to figure out once Kaito and Conan get them sufficient info. Really the function of the info gathering in ALD is is to help the boys get closer, develop their relationship and sense of trust in one another, and help them feel like they're doing something to regain control of their lives and get back at the people that messed them up/help keep other people from turning out like them.
The main focus of ALD is, like FLL, romance and friendship. The action and secret agent stuff is just a plot device to move the relationship along. So I really just need little missions Kaito and Conan can go on, realistic strategies for gathering information that will be helpful to the FBI so that they can deal with the Org.
And thank you very much. That does make sense now that you've explained it.
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Post by kkrazy256 on Apr 26, 2015 1:31:22 GMT
*nods in understanding* That sounds like a fun and unique way for their relationship to progress. I look forward to it, good luck with your plot planning!
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Post by neonquincy1217 on Apr 28, 2015 6:05:36 GMT
I'm gonna add in my one-bit contribution... Remember when, like, 600-ish episodes ago DC had that episode with the game creator getting murdered and it turns out he's had contact with the org and they're after this program he's creating? Has Conan ever found out WHY they're after that program? Same with the Mantendo incident with that giant org member dying (What's his name again? the giant Osakan who got himself blown to bits?). I know he was there for an exchange but what was it they're exchanging? Money for what now? A program? (ugh, sorry my memory's messed up). It's got to be a program because it's a Mantendo Convention right? The thing is there's got to be something with the org and a program they're making people create which would inevitably (I think?) become a crucial hint to what they might really be after. Now if you can get those two *points at Kaito and Conan* to figure that out then maybe it'll help them and the FBI take them down. And maybe in a great web of cris-crossing infos, they might get a lead to why they want the secret to immortality and/or revive the dead and find that something (dunno what it is, maybe a person or a thing) that will either lead them to finding the org's 'secret place' or whatever, or bring the members out. Which reminds me, my Kudou Yuusaku's Phantom Investigation fic needs something like this too... a hint, but I had to figure out first if I'm gonna make the DC org the same as the MK org *tilts head*
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