X started when the paper airplane landed on his lap. He had been zoning out, tired of the meeting already. He never did have a long attention span for anything other than analyzing a hard case, and all they were doing here was sharing their initial thoughts that were not even based on hard facts. He glanced up, looking to see where the plane might have come from. He caught sight of L just turning away and decided it must have been her. His interest piqued, X unfolded the note and skimmed its contents.

Upon finishing, he raised a brow and shot the little girl a questioning look. He supposed he could understand why she would think such a thing, but she hadn’t been afraid to share her ideas with everyone up until now. Well whatever the case, he decided to humor her. He was curious about what would happen anyway.

“The television broadcast may be a good idea,” X agreed. “However, if Kira [i]is[/i] here among us –we can never assume he isn’t– then he already knows our plan. I think any methods to draw Kira out of hiding should be done tactfully and in private. I also believe we can make more progress if we divvy up into smaller groups. We should have at least two. Obviously Kira can’t be in all of them, so we will have that to our advantage. And even if Kira isn’t among us, we will be able to work faster with less arguing.”

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M nodded in silent agreement. It wasn’t a bad idea. Besides, he was sick and tired of listening to the back-and-forth debates going between the eleven detectives. If they worked in smaller groups of six or less, they would be able to come to decisions much faster. Then there was the issue of the probable Kira in the room. It would be risky, but not impossible for the shadowy killer to slip into a meeting such as this. He quietly looked at each detective in turn.

But who could it be?

“I like that plan,” the chief spoke up suddenly. He shuffled some papers around in front of him. “I will divide you all up into three groups. The members will be as follows. Group A: C, L, X, and, erm… Richard. Group B: M, R, W, and Y. Group C: G, H, and Q. Everybody got it? Good. I believe that is all I wanted to go over during this meeting. We will meet again tomorrow night at six. Hopefully some progress will be made by then. You’re all free to go.” The chief organized his things and left the room.

M looked at his new group mates. R looked reasonable enough. She had been quiet for most of the meeting. W looked… eccentric, to say the least. Lastly, there was Y. He would most likely be the most difficult to handle, as he had already proven himself to be quite argumentative. Overall, the group was an interesting assortment of people. M smiled to himself.

Let the games begin.