Author's Note: Response to LJ psohdrabble community Challenge #180, War. The week this challenge was running also coincided with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (the occasion being celebrated in the "Flowers, the Detective, and the Detective's Little Brother" side story from volume 8).

Suspicious, Leon poked the wedge of light brown paste enveloped in a thin crust. "Count, what weird stuff are you trying to feed me now?"

D sniffed. "That is not 'weird stuff.' It's lotus seed mooncake, detective. They're traditional for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Folklore says they helped overthrow a dynasty by carrying hidden messages."

"War with cakes? You don't call that weird?" Leon rolled his eyes but took a bite of the pastry anyway. "What the—" He plucked a piece of paper from between his teeth, opened it.

D smiled cheerfully. "A note from Chris. He liked the story."