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[consultcriminal]

[The camera turns on and a man's standing there, in just a shirt and pants, looking somewhat awkward. Moriarty's been creepering and you guys now and he's...not really impressed. So you don't get Moriarty trying to get information. You get Jim.]

This is brilliant, really. Amazing. This looks just like my room back home. I guess that I should be a little scared of it, since it means that someone’s been watching me.

[As an aside:] Molly was right, though. It could use with a bit of colour.

[And then he turns serious.] But this place isn't right. Not really.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

Two thousand and ten. [He raises a tinted eyebrow.]

And time is different here, too? [He looks shocked, like this is a revelation. It's not...]

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

There has been some debate on the subject. Ageing, reportedly, is stilled.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

What time are you from, Sherlock?

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

{He frowns at the familiarity.} The year was 1898 when I arrived here.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

And what do you teach here? You did say you gave lessons, right?

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

At the moment I give instruction in drawing and painting, though presently I will add vocal and instrumental music to those.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

So you keep yourself busy to keep away the boredom?

Do they really have much need of a...what did you call it? Ah yes, a consulting detective?

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

No, I give lessons as an attempt to guide and enrich those present, as keeping with things to do has never been very effective at curing my boredom. Likewise, the police are never consistently effective in solving crime.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

They never really are. That doesn't really change, no matter the time.

Unfortunately.

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

You are the first to present such an opinion, of all those from your time or near it, that I have met.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

That's surprising. What do the others say about it?

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

I have mainly heard of the fantastic leaps and bounds by which it improved.

{His tone belies that he does not believe them, at least, not to the degree that it is professed.}

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

It's a lie. The police in my time allowed four people to die, in the exact same way, before discovering that they were murders, rather than suicides.

Incompetence.

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

Not even the best police force is absolute. My own record, after all, while considerable is not spotless. {He's quite certain he would have figured it all out, though.}

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

It's...[cough. Pause.]

I'm sure it's better than most. The police don't typically seek help from the general population unless it's an emergency.