I'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS (herlock sholmes)

[malewife]

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[malewife]

[ He fixes him a similar stare, not at all ruffles by his words. ]

Your exploits and experiences do not make up the universe, Herlock Sholmes. Biding your time can have a similar effect, especially for matters beyond man.

[ BINCh. ]

You can simply say you can't pick the lock.

[greatdeduction]

[He chuckles, putting the pipe to his mouth.]

Dear sir, how can I pick the lock when the lovely person inside won't let me in? They're quite nice, however. They know their codes. [A shrug.] Anyways, I'm working on the case with all my faculties. I am here to be your ally above all us.

[malewife]

[ ... A gentleman when he chooses to be. Makes sense. Not Joonghyuk's style, but it's fine. He can accept that Sholmes is doing work. ]

You helped yourself to someone's pipe.

[ And yet you are like no breaking into this sanctified tower. ]

[greatdeduction]

You misunderstand, my dear sir. I tried to pick the lock multiple times, forced myself against the door with all my might, slid messages underneath it, and then knocked on the door multiple times most incessantly. My dear friend inside must have had quite an experience on the other end.

[you think he WOULDN'T try to break into this tower????]

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk frowns, obviously disappointed by the results. It is like he's pouting. Sulking. Not quite aggressive.

Like a big giant brooding black dog.




Sad. ]

[greatdeduction]

...

[...imagines him as a big black puppy and resists the urge to pet]

...Now, now, what troubles you so?

[malewife]

[ Don't pet him. He will bite. ]

... Nothing. This detour is a splinter in my plans.

[ He doesn't want to say more about himself and he has to go be depressed elsewhere. ]

I'm going.

[greatdeduction]

["Plans"?]

[Ah, and he's leaning to stay in the other's line of eyesight.]

Well, that won't do anyone any good. Let's get something to eat! A hungry brain may be from a hungry stomach.

[THAT MEANS NOTHING]

[malewife]

[ Why are you coming with him....... He doesn't stop. ]

I'm not cooking for you.

[ But he doesn't shoo Sholmes away. ]

[greatdeduction]

Who said you were? Oh, are you the cooking type? How lovely. That's a valuable skill.

[sholmes internally labeling him as malewife]

[malewife]

Eating someone else's cooking invites death.

[ He means via poison. ]

[greatdeduction]

Goodness, what are you, some walking advertisement for assassination? Though poison through what one eats would be a terrible way to go....

[malewife]

It'd be easier to loot my items that way... My world is like that.

[ Yikes. ]

hei i'm not going to tag you any more just because of this image. bye

[greatdeduction]

[Ah.]

What items do you even have worth stealing?

JKLKGLK CRYSTaL

[malewife]

[ HE GIVES HIM A LOOK. ]

Nothing on my person currently.

[ You raccoon. ]

YOU HEARD ME

[greatdeduction]

Pardon? Goodness, who do you think I am? I'm no petty thief. I'm merely just asking.

[herlock "raccoon" sholmes]

okay

[malewife]

Then why ask in the first place?

[ joonghyuk wild dog yoo and herlock raccoon sholmes ]

hei.

[greatdeduction]

Because I'm curious? Goodness, if someone told me "Sholmes, my good man, people want to beat me up in a fury so that they can pick up the items that I have on me that are ever so supposedly valuable" would you not be curious as to what in the world said items were?

yes

[malewife]

... Killing someone rewarded people coins to buy powers and the like.

[ Here will just give this instead. ]

closes eyes

[greatdeduction]

...

Powers? Dear me. That would be worth killing.

[malewife]

[ It really is. Even he thinks so. ]

... Modern society became disestablished. Government and order were no more. [ ... ] But one thing my world retained from those times is that currency meant everything. The person with the most coins is the most powerful.

You've been through a handful of scenarios yourself, Herlock Sholmes. You must know what it's like, if only a number of times, to have a target on your back.

[greatdeduction]

Ah, isn't that how society is? The richer you are, the better you are. And the poor are left to grovel.

[He lets out an amused huff at that.]

But of course. I may dance through mysteries as easy as anything else, but I have quite a number of enemies. Looking over your shoulder becomes as easy as breathing.

[malewife]

Yes. Some things don't change. [ It's funny, isn't it? ] Then that means you'll be feeding yourself?

[ He isn't feeding you. ]

[greatdeduction]

Yes! Despite appearances, I can feed myself, you know!

[SELF-AWARE???]

[malewife]

... You were never known for gourmet taste.

[ So. ]

Bread is barely sustenance.