*Bruised and Battered*

*limps in* Er...I'm already injured, so don't hurt me? *chuckles nervously*

I fell off my bike, for those that are interested. Ironically, I fell off at the best possible spot in that ride, and landed just so I wasn't seriously injured, but I am very bruised up. Do you know how hard it is to bruise your palm?

I swear, my family is insane (but not, necessarily, in a bad way). They have just gotten into backpacking, and low and behold, what is their current goal? Hiking the Grand Canyon. For those that don't know, this is very dangerous. Not just because of falling (though that's of course a big danger), but dehydration is a big killer, getting lost is easy to do, underestimating distance, water, food, skill...

Well, dangers aside, I'm confident in my family's ability to prepare and cope with the risks, but it's still worry-some. They leave on Saturday (or Friday, maybe), and will be gone for a week. So apologies for being a little scatterbrained, I think I have the right.

Anyway, back to the things I'm sure everyone is much more interested in; I have not forgotten you all, I promise! I have been working on two chapters, one of which is the prequel fic I put up the teaser for, the other of which is a Cases chapter. I'm about halfway through both of them, and slowly but slowly working my way through them. (Sonoko is oddly fun to write, from her pov that is. XD)

I'll see if I can get at least one of these things done this week, but no promises. Work has been eating my normal writing time, but then again, that's what I'm supposed to be doing, so yare yare. *gusty sigh* Well, once again, your reward for putting up with my whining, I give you another Cases chapter summary!

( Heiji is pushy and Conan is Not Amused )

*coughs* Not a terribly interesting summary, but it will be much more fun to read/write.

*edit* If you've forgotten, Heiji has made a deal with Akako to cure Conan through magic.