A/N: I HAVE UPDATED! And yes, I will work on my other fics, but not until tommorow. This fic is a response to Loves-Chihuahuas's "I dare you to be a better author" challenge. I was reading it, and all of a sudden, it hit me: It would be freaking hilarious if L got his hand stuck in a gumball machine! I felt like I had to write it RIGHT AWAY! This is a response to challenge #21.
And yeah, this happened to Eddie the other day . It was really funny! So, let the randomness begin!
A gumball machine.
Light stared at it. It did not stare back.
A gumball machine.
Why on earth did L decide to install a gumball machine? Oh, sure, they were a great way to make extra cash in a dollar store, supermarket, or cafe, but in a top secret Kira investigation headquarters?
L's explanation was simple. He had asked Watari to install the gumball machine to help raise funds for the HQ's coffee fund. It only cost a quarter per gumball, and if you got a black one, you would recieve a free ice cream cone. This, explained L, was an incentitive to buy gumballs. But a week after Light's staring match with the inanimate object, something unexpected happened.....
"Light-kun", L said, "Could you fetch Watari for me?" Light spun around in his swivel chair (wheee!), and took one look at L, intending to ask why Watari was needed, but found himself falling off his chair in shock as his question was abruptly answered.
L had been trying to get a free gumball from the machine, when he realized his hand was stuck in the slot where the gumballs come out. He looked around guiltily, having been caught in the act. The investigation team could only stare as he blinked rather self-conciously, and fruitlessly tried to extract himself. Everybody burst out laughing at the sight of the best detective in the world being puzzled by what to do. L simply glared at them, and dragged the machine, complete with hand, over to the intercom on the wall to summon Watari.
After Watari had gotten L unstuck( with the gratuitious use of canola* oil), L declared the machine would be removed.
*Canola oil is from CANADA! (just like me ^_^) I don't know if they have it in other places, but if you don't know what it is, it's oil that you extract from a canola plant, which is all yellow-y and stuff. Google it! And since it's canadian, I guess that partially fulfills the criteria for challenge #16, which is about Canada. But not really.