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[thevictoriandetective]

[He seems to be doing a bit better, though he seems slightly haggard, like he'd been stressed lately. Obviously, between being haunted by physical manifestations of guilt, to the cave in, plus the nonsense that had just happened...losing Dorian did bother him, and he dealt with all of this the best way he knew how. The Work.]

For future reference, to anyone out there... if there's a strange murder, or any sort of mystery--call me.

Don't bother if it's a boring one.

I'm taking about locked room mysteries, weird stuff, the inexplicable.

If it's over a 7 I may even personally, actually go outside to have a look.

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[h2no]

When ya say interesting do ya just mean all gorey and shit? Or like unsolvable?

[archie's seen this dude around a few times on the network. seems like it would be the first one?? who the hell is sherlock holmes, honestly.]

[thevictoriandetective]

Unsolvable. Maddening. Anything that baffles the police.

Sometimes the goriest ones are boring.

[am_i_a_monster]

Over a seven? You have a rating system for murders?

[thevictoriandetective]

Pretty much, yeah. There's no point in investigating if it's obvious or boring.

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[am_i_a_monster]

I guess the point is to prevent future murders.

Back home, people kept investigating even after the knew who did it and he was dead. I didn't see the point in that.

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[fixthegame]

I would love to hear an example of a ten. Assuming that's the cap.

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[itssacrifice]

Strange hobby. What would be an example of a seven?

[h2no]

Well, at least someone has fun with rampant death... do ya work with the cops, or somethin'?

[thevictoriandetective]

I'm a consulting detective.

[thevictoriandetective]

Locked room mysteries. Baffling cases in which no possible explanation can be found.

Or anything to do with James Moriarty.

[h2no]

That... [squint.] That sounds like an oxymoron...

[thevictoriandetective]

Something the police can't figure out, but will likely take me a few minutes to.

For example, a sportsman, recently returned from foreign travel, is out in the middle of nowhere, watching something in the sky. A lone car on the road is having engine trouble and backfires. The lone car's owner looks up and the sportsman is dead.

How did it happen? Simple. A boomerang. The backfiring car caught his attention and as he was waiting for his boomerang to return, missed it because he was looking at the car--bashed him in the head, which caused him to fall and also crack his head on the rocks.

[thevictoriandetective]

Wh...what? No! It's my profession, I invented it. I was the only one in my world. When the police are out of their depth, which was always, they came to me.

[h2no]

Yeah, but they ain't gonna be consultin' ya if you do it all yourself. Aren't you just... I dunno, a PI?

[itssacrifice]

Someone's confident. Are you some kind of private detective on the side or something?

Ouch. What a way to go. Please tell me you just made that up.

[thevictoriandetective]

[That's...ah, true, too, but he's hardly going to worry about such quibbles.]

I do my own work as well, besides the cases the police bring over, people sometimes come directly to me for cases.

[Or did, back home.]

[thevictoriandetective]

Consulting detective.

And no, all true. It was an unfortunate accident that baffled the police.

[thevictoriandetective]

Well, obviously the police still investigate, I just don't bother to get involved.

Were they trying to get evidence? Myself, I've identified a murderer but it was still necessary to dig up evidence or wheedle out a confession before it would stick.

[acclimatized]

[ looking battered after the cave-in and his run in with anachronisms, john chips in with: ]

If it's anything less than a seven, he'll send me out to have a look for him.

[badtouchingyourfood]

What constitutes a seven or above?

[ Out of curiosity, of course. ]

[h2no]

That's literally a PI. Ya had anything cool here so far? I bet there's a buncha fucked up stuff with all the powers!

not here

[infomodder]

not here

[badtouchingyourfood]

[ Gotta have goals, Will. ]

[am_i_a_monster]

I heard they were trying to bring some peace to the families. I don't know if anything could do that though.

[thevictoriandetective]

As someone who's experienced this first hand, it's better than nothing. It might not bring the peace that was there before, but it does help.