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[improbablenotimpossible]

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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[hatesdeerstalkers]

Turns out you're not the only one who broke into my personal space, Holmes.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I'm actually a little surprised that hasn't happened sooner with the student body and staff we have.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

I assume they were giving me a bit of a 'grace period.'

Either way, he actually almost got away with quite a bit of my emergency money and knives - the worst of all, I think, was the theft of my molasses candy!

[improbablenotimpossible]

Likely, or you just flew under their radar - and huh, I didn't realize they still sell those kinds of candy.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

I am accomplished in flying under the radar - you should know that most of all, Holmes.

[YOU KNOW.

CONSIDERING THEIR HISTORY.]

Actually, I made them myself. They're not that difficult to make once you understand how, after all.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Frustratingly so.

[It took years for him to get even close to the pulsating heart of the criminal underworld, and two more to force the man's hand]

It shouldn't be too different from making taffy I would think. You know, I don't think I ever had one before - you know.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Holmes, if you just want me to eat a piece when you're nearby, then just ask outright.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Good lord, it was just an offhand comment, Moriarty. Not every reference I make to food is a longing for it.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

What? Afraid I'll think you a glutton? Please - I can understand wanting to indulge in a sense you once thought gone.

[improbablenotimpossible]

It's not that. Though I suppose it wouldn't be too much to ask you if something does catch my eye. Pity Saloop has fallen out of use outside of a few regions in the near east.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Honestly, if you want Saloop, it's incredibly simple to make. They mostly use cornstarch now instead of orchid tubers, however. I could make it, but I was never a large fan of it. I preferred bread pudding, personally.

Though I will also tell you that I will not eat things like Sashimi, so don't bother requesting it.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Fair enough, bad experience with raw fish I presume. I will confess I am curious as if I would still detest jellied eels as much if I could taste them again.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

I am never putting a jellied eel in my mouth again for as long as I exist, so you'll have to remain curious forevermore.

And you'd be correct. I've tried it before, of course - I was in Japan for a bit - but, well, the associated memories made it impossible to stomach.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Ha. They are disgusting things, with such a horrid texture.

I spent some time in Japan post-war, it was an interesting time.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Hm, yes.

Ah, that reminds me. Did you know we're apparently immune to radiation? At least, I never suffered any of the sickness associated with visiting highly radiated areas.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He's not even surprised at this point]

I suppose that is useful to know if there's a repeat of Australia happening.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Ah yes - that test site explosion, though I assume it wasn't a test site at all if you're bringing it up.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Remember that Lich I mentioned? they dropped a bomb to try to kill him.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Of course they did. And I suppose it didn't work?

[improbablenotimpossible]

It did, because we destroyed it's phylactery, but it left a permanent area of darkness in that area and a rift to the outlands.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

I see. An idiotic decision, especially once you had already destroyed it's core, so to speak. Still, I expected nothing less.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Unfortunately, the UN did not take the entire thing seriously until they lost several men and then overcorrected

[hatesdeerstalkers]

And government incompetence is the same no matter the era.

Have they at least agreed for Daybreak to handle the matter if and when it arises again?

[improbablenotimpossible]

Thankfully they were not that that stubborn.

GALRA TEA TIME...

[standless]

[Jonathan has never been so happy to have tea. Well, maybe there were other times, but that's really not the same thing. He's happy for very different reasons after all.

If anything in fact, he's...relieved, really.

The last 24 hours or so have been rather stressful. The last few days have been abundantly stressful, actually. Thanksgiving was an event in itself, but then the kidnapping? The battle? The attempted exorcism? (he's still seeing Visions of Something and he doesn't Like it, at all)

Everything has been bad, and also terrible, and to top it all off they sent him flying back home with a strict warning to act casual or else. Not for him of course. He'd gladly sacrifice himself if it meant saving the others.

That's really the problem though isn't it. Because now they have Jolyne, and he has no idea who to trust, and-

And it's tea time.

He can't outright say anything. Not yet. But he'll ask some questions, at least. Watch the other. See if anything is off.

...

If nothing is, then maybe it's not as hopeless as he thought.]

Hello, 'Arthur'! [he rather cheerfully greets as he arrives for a regular tea.] Has the weekend been well?