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Arthur H. Bell Sherlock Holmes
UN: ThreeCoffins

STATUS: Graduate Student

ACCOLADES: Masters in Pharmacology, Bachelors of Biology, etc. etc.

BIO: Yes I am Vampire. No I won't drink your blood, but I will assist in tutoring people in science-based disciplines.

© TESSISAMESS

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[improbablenotimpossible]

[He listens, and sees the look on Moriarty's face, starting firmly]

First - don't take blame for a literal freak chance.

And I see - since we did not "die" in the right sense, they had been stagnating after that.

[Sherlock pauses, thinking over what it meant beyond adding more to Moriarty's issues with his sense of self and identity]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

...Considering what it is, can you truly blame me for thinking such a thing? It seems my propensity for crime started from the womb.

[It's...a joke, but a very, very self-depricating joke.]

And..yes, that appears to be the case. Because we still exist, the Vernet family has been getting ever more desperate.

...Perhaps they were already showing the signs in your encounter back in 1920?

[improbablenotimpossible]

Yes, I recalled one of their cousins was experimenting with well... they called them Homunuculi, but clone seem more scientifically accurate for what they were attempting. Most of the family then felt it was beyond the pale then.

[Now, they would be all for it]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[There's a pause, as if he's trying to decide if he really wants to know what he's about to ask.]

...were you there to see them in person?

['....if so, what did they look like?']

[improbablenotimpossible]

[His eyes flickered, glancing away]

I caught him early... they were still developing, like fetuses... though now I wondered if he had been more vigilant in covering his tracks.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Or if anyone in the family is still trying to this day.

[It would be fruitless, anyway - as long as they existed.]

...Still, that isn't the whole reason as to why it took me so long to get this information.

I was...attempting to learn if it would be possible to transfer back the magic I stole from you.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Eh...? Pardon?

[He blinks owlishly at that]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

W-Well, I mean....!

[He flusters, just a little.]

It isn't as if I need all of this magic, after all! And besides, you know more of the workings of the mage world than I do!

[improbablenotimpossible]

I mean, yes out of necessity - I never went in with the idea of using it myself!

[He puts a hand over his face]

Just... this is a lot to take in.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[He's still flustered himself, but...at that, he gives a sigh.]

...It's....certainly been quite a year, hasn't it?

[So much of their lives have changed....after years of it seeming the same.

Everything is different now, and that itself is almost terrifying.]

...Do you - regret it?

[This year. Their discoveries. Everything.]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He nods slightly at 'it being a year']

So much... it's been so much... but...

[Sherlock trails off, softly, before standing, closing the distance]

I don't regret finding the truth... about us. Or breaking down the walls we had.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[That -

Actually makes him smile, gratefully, before nodding himself.]

...I feel the same way. I - suppose I just needed a bit of assurance that it was still the case...how embarrassing for an old man like myself.

[After everything he keeps finding...but, well-]

Hopefully, this should be the last...major revelation about our origins. Barring anything else.

...I also believe it might be a good idea to stay away from the Vernets whenever possible.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He couldn't help but smile in kind upon seeing that before returning to his seat]

I cannot imagine what else would come up for our origins... and I am sure now that I said that something will come out to prove me wrong.