Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 6, 2011 19:39:29 GMT
*Sherlock arrives in a cab, pays the driver, and approaches the door. He rings the doorbell and, while waiting for Molly to answer, looks around, surveying the area.*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 6, 2011 19:42:36 GMT
sings Last Christmas I gave you my heart... door bell rings That must be Sherlock, Toby. opens door Hi Sherlock smiles Come in.
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 6, 2011 20:19:30 GMT
*enters*
Quite a charming place.
*takes note of the pictures of Molly and Jim smiling, to all appearances the perfect happy couple*
Hello. Toby, I presume.
*reaches down to pet Toby, the hint of a smile in his eyes*
A Scottish Fold. Quite an affectionate breed. Unfortunately prone to polycystic kidney disease and cardiomyopathy.
I had a cat once. Matilda. Nebelung. Found her dead one day in the backyard. I performed the necropsy myself--renal failure due to antifreeze poisoning. It was my first exposure to practical medicine. I was thirteen.
*a soft expression crosses his face as Toby begins to purr*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 6, 2011 20:33:40 GMT
I'm sorry to hear that your cat died. I didn't know you had a cat, but I can tell you that Toby won't get ill, because he can't go outside. He's a house cat, obviously. points to the couch You can sit down if you want to. I'll make the coffee. You drink it black, right?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 6, 2011 21:02:12 GMT
*stands back up, clears throat*
Yes, two sugars.
*sits down on couch, looking at the magazines and thinking about the words to the song that Molly forgot to turn off. "This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special"*
*Toby jumps up on the couch next to Sherlock, who begins petting him absentmindedly*
Has Molly given you her heart, Toby? If Jim tries to give his to you, I wouldn't take it. It's probably poisonous. It's far too late for Molly, though, so you might want to keep your superior visual and auditory senses tracking her health.
*the look on Toby's face says "I don't understand the sounds you're making, but I'm just glad you're petting me so I'll pretend I know what you mean"*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 6, 2011 21:13:45 GMT
comes out of the kitchen I see you and Toby became friends. How nice. to Toby Are you friends with Sherlock? Toby just goes on purring to Sherlock Here's your coffee, Sherlock. to Toby And here's your milk, Toby. sits down So what have you been up to?
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 6, 2011 21:26:22 GMT
*sips coffee, awkward with casual conversation*
Nothing. My violin-bow is broken, so I haven't been practising, and neither John nor Mrs. Hudson have been at the flat. Mostly reading up on crime archives and trying my hand at poetry. Johnston makes for a fairly useless audience. Grins at everything.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 6, 2011 21:27:56 GMT
Why don't you just buy a new bow? And who is Johnston? pets Toby who is now sitting on her lap
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 7, 2011 2:04:08 GMT
It's the principal of the thing. I strongly suspect John had something to do with it. He shouted at me not long before he left on holiday for playing at "ungodly hours". He had motive and opportunity.
*sip*
Johnston. My skull. Well, not my skull obviously, but the one on my mantle. Great to talk to. Doesn't give much back, though.
*not particularly caring, but asking to be nice:*
What have you been involved in?
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 7, 2011 5:48:59 GMT
I was just ... I was just sitting here with Toby and we were watching Telly, but there was nothing on but these cartoons of this detective boy and his friend the little white dog. I don't like them. There's too much violence. So I just began to listen to Christmas music smiles
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 7, 2011 6:09:12 GMT
You work in a mortuary and the violence in a cartoon puts you off?
*he has his "I don't understand" face*
*tries to sip coffee, but Toby knocks it off of the table with his tail and onto Sherlock's foot*
*wince as the hot coffee pours through his socks*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 7, 2011 14:45:22 GMT
It doesn't mean that I enjoy violence, just because I work at a mortuary. jumps up and picks Toby up Toby stop it! Goodness gracious! To Sherlock Did he hurt you?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 7, 2011 15:37:48 GMT
*slightly pained*
No, he didn't hurt me--the coffee did. It's fine. I've had worse. Uh...where do you keep your towels? For mopping up the coffee? Before it stains.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 7, 2011 16:10:20 GMT
In the bathroom. I'll get you some. gets towel from the bathroom Here we go. smiles What is wrong with you, Toby. to Sherlock He's being strange all day. I don't know what's up with him.
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 7, 2011 16:41:07 GMT
*taking off his sock and rubbing his foot*
Cats are prone to nervousness when they meet someone for the first time.
*drying the floor with the towel*
Barring that, I'd say check your milk for phenylathylamine. It's entirely possible you're being drugged and if Toby is any indicator, it's in the milk.
*Sherlock blinks as Toby rubs on him and in doing so, hits Sherlock in the face with his tail*
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