I thank Neko because she went and looked up a random word for me, and it's her fault that L knows what "quadruplicate" means.
It came to me in a dream. L's name spoiler warning, and general chibi-adorableness in the form of a first grade classroom.
Theme 6; Q
"Today's letter of the day, class, is the letter "Q." Who can tell me what words begin with q?" the teacher asked, looking out over the first grade class.
Light raised his hand. "Queen?"
"Very good Light. Queen begins with Q." The word was written on the board. "Does anyone else know one?"
"Queer!" called someone from the back. She smiled thinly.
"Yes, queer does too." This one wasn't written on the board.
More hands were raised.
"Misa?"
"Quack! Like a duck!"
"Very good Misa! Quack is a q word." Misa beamed.
"Quantum!" Light called out, looking pleased.
"You're very smart, Light," she said, smiling. Her eyes roamed the class before falling on little L sitting in the back corner, hunched over his desk and looking both bored and aggravated that he'd been forced to put his feet on the floor. He was chewing his thumb.
"Lawliet?" she asked. "Can you tell me a word that begins with q?"
He looked up slowly, and blinked. "Quadruplicate."
The entire class stared at him as the teacher blinked. "Pardon?"
"Quadruplicate. To make four identical copies of, adjective. One: Fourfold. Two: Being the last of four identical copies - noun; any of four such copies," he said slowly, as if he was the teacher and she the student.
"Y-yes, Lawliet. Very good. Quadruplicate is a q word," she said finally, before writing it on the board.
"You spelled it wrong. There's an a before the d," he said calmly, before going back to chewing his thumb and staring at his desk.
She paused before fixing it. "... I believe it's time to move onto math now, class. Get out your pencils please."