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sherlock holmes

040 || dictated;

[There are a lot of things he could take away from the past week. A lot of things he has taken away. But there's only one that's worth mentioning publicly on the journal with the amount of urgency he's displaying now.]

I want to learn how to do that. [A beat. Clarifying:] The magic. It doesn't have to be that exact type, I'm not picky. I don't care about anything advanced, it just makes things easier.

If you'll teach, I'll pay you. I don't care. Just as long as it's quick.

[A pause. His pen taps restlessly.]

If your instinct is to tell me it can't be done, go away. I'm not talking to you.

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It isn't just the dead you've got to worry about.

No, but that's the only thing that makes your world different from mine.

...I guess you've got a point.

If you think people needed the apocalypse for a reason to murder and torture each other, you should have paid better attention.

I didn't need to know that, I just didn't see a whole lot of it, first hand. I come from a real small town.

...And generally you didn't have to worry if the person you were meeting was a cannibal.

[A hum.]

We do get more of those in the city, that's true.

[...What even, Sherlock]

...Cannibals?

Had a few. Bit of a letdown, honestly. You'd think they'd be a bit more careful, given the circumstances, but suppose I shouldn't have been surprised.

[Psychopath he might not be, but he's still a weird motherfucker.]

The ones we met hid it pretty well. Just seemed like friendly, helpful folk.

[Not that Ben ever trusted the fuckers, but Ben makes it a general rule not to trust anyone]

Well, of course they hid it from you. Not exactly going to warn you in advance that they'd like to have you for dinner, are they? The difference is that I know what to look for.

Still, easier to cover your tracks in the countryside. More space, less light. First mistake mine made was keeping it in a London flat.

...Yeah, there can't be a lot of room to hide the evidence. The St. John's had a barn for that.

Ah, that's clever, isn't it? They slaughter animals in the barn, of course, easy enough lie. Desperate enough people, who wouldn't want to believe that?

I missed it, but apparently that's exactly what they did. They had one of our group in an upstairs bedroom with his legs hacked off.

[Wow is he forever glad he didn't have to see THAT]

[He tsks, disappointed.

The image of a legless dude in somebody's bedroom being prepared for dinner does not seem to faze him.]

Rookie mistake. Lot of you probably wouldn't have a story to tell if they'd bothered to play to their strengths.

...Yeah we're already aware of that, thanks.

Sloppy, is what it is.

[He's still talking about them. Zero fucks given for your emotional trauma, bro, sorry.]

Too proper a pattern to be a coincidence. Might make someone think they're not getting their proper sustenance, but. Well.

[CANNIBALISM JOKES.]

[That sure is a long stretch of silence]

Dude, that's not even slightly funny.

It is a bit.

[whatever, john always laughs at his inappropriately timed jokes.]

[John;s spent too much time with him]

No, it really isn't.

[Touchy!!]

Fine.

[And he just keeps on rolling because shameless is one of his several middle names.]

Never thought post-apocalyptia would actually be worth delving into. Anything else?

[He's interested now, he wants fucked up stories.]

[Sherlock, why]

...You want me to tell you about the horrible things I've lived through for your own entertainment?

Why not?

[Like it's the most reasonable thing in the world.]

Cathartic for you, halfway interesting for me, and you have the added bonus of my not quizzing you on your feelings afterwards.

[because he doesn't care]

I'm pretty sure it won't be cathartic, man.

If you say so.

[There's a deliberate edge of wistful disappointment, but that's all. He won't push it any more than that.]

[Sorry, bro, maybe one day when he's feeling especially depressed he'll dump some random fun times on you]

Thanks.

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