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[could_be_dangerous]

In light of recent events it seems apt that I make an advertisement offering my services to the general public. I am Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective, amply acquainted with the solution of murders, thefts, arsons, and the generally unsavoury, etc. Inquiries of a general nature may be directed to me at any time, though I take cases at my own discretion, and will generally request an interview to establish both the particulars and the legitimacy of the case. The suspicious may refer to Dr. John Watson for a no-doubt superfluously effusive list of my general accomplishments, and when he proves unconvincing I should be delighted to provide a demonstration of my capabilities. In what will no doubt be vastly more appealing than any of the previous to some of you, I shall add that all services will be rendered entirely gratis.

((ooc: Permissions post/opt-out here, for anything you'd rather Sherlock not pick up on. Additionally, there may be some threadjacking here and there by the aforementioned Dr. Watson since it is his lot in life to babysit this gigantic infant, and if anyone would like to address him instead of Sherlock they can note as much in their subject lines.))

Comments

[selfequipped]

What kind of cases do you find that you'll be taking on? A lot of this can be picked up on the fly. [Of course, if she actually ... knew Los Angeles, she may not have been arrested so much while playing detective there.

This is basically Kate Bishop being a hypocrite, the questioning!!]

[could_be_dangerous]

[Cue the heavy sigh.]

One requires data to make connections; the way in which I work streamlines connections. My methods are specific. I require a vast and highly-specified knowledge base in order to maximize efficiency, which I suspect you've guessed as you're clearly searching for things about me to object to -- unless you really do consider expending effort towards research to render me insufficiently hard-working, in which case I should be highly surprised if you got anything done at all. You've taken the job of detective and obviously you pride yourself on that point, but you're insecure in your ability to do the job, which speaks either to past failures or, more likely given what I can deduce of your age, you're new to the business and are anticipating the possibility of failure in the future. More importantly, your reaction to that insecurity is to antagonize me, which I suppose is flattering, as we've only just met and already you're afraid I'm going to be taking your business, which in your favour I may well do; one can hardly help where clients opt to turn for help. Here you are, in fact, opening a self-contradictory line of questioning even after I've implied that I could be an asset to you rather than a rival; very flattering. Not very clever though.

[selfequipped]

Oh.

[That was a lot of words to say "you done fucked up." She could say a lot more than "oh," and is in fact able to find words, but they would feel more like desperately grasping for them.]

[could_be_dangerous]

Oh.

[At least they're in agreement on something.]

Generally speaking I don't hold grudges, waste of brainpower and I'm hardly about to make an exception for something this ridiculous. If it should happen that you require my assistance I expect you can work out how to reach me.

[selfequipped]

I'm very well acquainted with how to speak to someone over the network, yes.

[Her tone is definitely that of a sulking chastised child.]