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True that. There must be something in the water over there.

something that was undoubtedly put there by a supervillain

My money's on Crane.

assuming it was only one
from what i hear theyve an awful clown there
and i know thats redundant phrasing
but he apparently was rather fond of poisoning the water

anyway so what other resolutions did julian write you to so raise your hackles

Yeah, the Joker. All the Gotham lot are comics in my world and they've made a few films with him as the villain. Never heard of Calendar Man though.

Ask the porter for a better power and be a better doctor. I took a picture of it before I threw it away.

one wonders why you bothered throwing it away then
all i got was however many different ways he could think of to say "be more like the zodiac sign you lend the archetype to"

yours sounds catty in an almost personal way
have you two had any run-ins that would have left him sore with you

I sent it to Will a while ago and forgot to delete it. And who knows, I might need it for when he inevitably gets arrested for something.

I haven't done anything to him. Not that I know of anyway. He's mates with Crane though. Maybe they get together every Thursday and have a good old gossip over tea and biscuits.

so its a sort of hos before john arrangement
crane and you have developed a mutual dislike for each other
but hes friends with crane for some reason and therefore follows basic pack instincts that a threat to another member of his pack is a threat to him also
essentially his friend isnt your friend so you arent any friend of his

you see this sort of phenomenon a lot in high schools
and also among members of the import community
i feel confident that this correlation is no coincidence

I'll stay away from any stages then. I don't want to end up covered in pig's blood because I've made fun of his mate a couple of times.

youre forgetting the part where you manifest deadly psychic powers in response and make them all regret it

still pigs blood sounds like it must taste awful

I don't know about deadly psychic powers but I do have a new power I wouldn't mind trying out on one of them.

I've never tasted it but I can ensure you, it smells bloody awful.

oh the pigs blood
not your new power

what sort of thing is it

My power? Penance stare. Apparently I can glare at people and it actually hurts them.

that sounds fun
and by fun i mean a little terrifying
hurt them in what way

Yeah. I have no idea why I need something like that. It might come in handy one day. Who knows.

And I don't really know yet. It's not like shooting laser beams out of my eyes or anything.

see thats what i would have thought
because beyond laser beams or spontaneous combustion i cant imagine what sort of real hurt a glare could initiate
there are some classical beasts who could petrify with a look

Yeah, Medusa and the snake from the second Harry Potter film. I could probably pull the first one off if I had a wig but I don't think it can turn people to stone.

Maybe I should tried it on Sherlock. He did offer because he's weird like that.

[ Knowing more about basilisks than Harry Potter movies, she'll have to take his word for it. ]

it probably wouldnt be prudent
you have no idea what sort of effect it could have on a human who lacks any extraordinary defenses

[ do you have a pet basillisk kanaya? also way to miss out an entire word john. ]

That's what I thought. I might end up accidentally destroying an entire wing of his mind palace. Knowing my luck, it would have information we really need in the future.

[ Aside from all the studying she's done of classical mythology in the last six years, they were nasty little fuckers in her canon. ]

i dont think i properly know what a mind palace is
but it makes me think this may be some sort of psychic attack?
difficult thing to practice in that case
i dont know as many psychics these days as i used to

It's not a psychic attack, it's a memory technique. A mental map where he can find everything he's ever learned. His is a palace, mine's a bungalow.

He might seem like he's psychic when you first meet him, but he's just very observant. I think he'd find you interesting.

[ A lot of people find her interesting, as an alien, a vampire, and a 19-year-old entrepreneur, there's plenty to find interesting. That sort of scrutiny and attention can get a little exhausting, honestly. ]

okay that makes sense
its a bit of a silly term for something i think all of us do to an extent
but it makes sense

though when i mentioned a psychic attack i was referring to your stare
sorry if that wasnt clear

No worries. It was my mistake. I suppose it is kind of a psychic attack?

Yeah, it is pretty silly. I lost count the amount of times I had to sit downstairs because I was "distracting" him.

you know i envy you a bit
your best friend arrives after years youve spent here mostly without him
and you talk about him as though the two of you have picked up right from where you left off
i dont know that id be able to do that if any of my friends ever came here
it seems as though the years that have passed have changed me enough that the same dynamics wouldnt be easy to fit into

maybe ive simply misinterpreted you
or perhaps im just still young enough that those years make the difference between childhood and growing into an adult
i mean this very conversation is proof enough that one can be friends with someone much younger than you are
but ive put a lot of thought into this hypothetical scenario
where my former peers have fallen behind to become my juniors
or my girlfriend would be suddenly five years younger than i am
and i cant picture how i would approach it without things being weird

i dont know
is it weird at all for you

It is a bit weird sometimes. Especially when he comes back and he doesn't remember anything about this place. I actually had a bit of a go at him about that. His mate Dorian made fun of my cat's name. Long story short, it used to be Sherlock's and he has a habit of talking to me when I'm not around. The cat obviously though that was his name, so I have a cat called John.

But we've been through a lot together. Too much. He faked his death, went off for two years and then came back into my life. I was pissed off at him, but then I was helping him foil a terrorist attack the next day. We actually went home together during the blackout. It was only twenty-four hours here, but it was over a year in London. I'm a dad now. Officially. Sherlock's her godfather. A lot happened while we were away and he almost died because of me.

I don't know how to explain it. I have a sister, but I'll never be as close to her as I am to Sherlock. He's my best friend. If he goes home tomorrow and comes back in five years, it won't change anything.

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