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day 46 - morning.

[likewinning]

I found it! I found the songs! Did you know the library even has sheet music, Mr. Sholmes?

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Mr Emmet! I am ashamed to admit I had not even thought to look.

[Though it would have been… logical. Sometimes Sholmes is easily distracted, and it's easy to rely on what he already has memorized.]

But it thrills me to know that you've found success. Where are you now? Should I pop on over?

day 51

[likewinning]

Hi Mr Sholmes! I talked with Wilbur.

We should talk in person.

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Good day to you, Mr Emmet. Yes, let us speak on the matter. Shall I come to you?

day 51, post-parley

[davincible]

It looks like that went mostly smoothly. How are you feeling about it?

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[Mmmngh.]

Fine, I suppose.

[A succinct reply like that means they aren't his full feelings on the matter.]

text; sometime post-parley. by like... a while.

[gunmettle]

Hey. Just checking in.

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[After the parley, Sholmes dips in and out of a sulking mood, with a slow yet steady degree of improvement. But Juzo's text dredges it up again... slightly. Maybe his reply reflects that.]

Oh? Have you a reason for it?

Day 53 text

[davincible]

Good day, Sholmes. Shall we get down to some business of our own?

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Quite. It has been delayed enough, don’t you think?

My place or yours?

day 56

[velluminous]

[ ping! a message from "Plagiarist": ] First lesson?

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["Consulting Detective" replies almost immediately!]

Yes, Ms Vaux! If you've the time and inclination, please teach me all of your sorcerous secrets!

Day 57

[davincible]

Full disclosure, somehow wound up in an exclusive relationship, so our relationship will be platonic and non-sexual.

So did you have that Juzo date yet?

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You "somehow" wound up in an exclusive relationship? Good heavens, Da Vinci, you cannot ask me a follow-up question without providing further details.

[The fact that he does not comment on the platonic and non-sexual bit seems to imply that it was not much of a consideration at all. An easy acceptance; he just wants more data, now.]

Day 59

[briarliar]

[ well everything in Phoenix is on figurative fire, not the cool rebirthing one. that means it's time for some of the non-possessed members to have a planning meeting which leads to Yor yoinking Sholmes into the bathroom and locking the door ]

Mr. Sholmes, what are we going to do?! Mr. Inui's monster has taken over, and Mr. Hunter isn't getting better, and...

[ whoops accidentally knocks into his knees ]

Oh, this is smaller with two people than I realized...

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[The events of the days have been long and worrisome, but in this moment, they go by in a literal whir--

--as Yor yanks him into the bathroom and closes the door with an almost-slam.]

Ah!

[Good god, there's no room in here. He looks at Yor from these close quarters with a raised brows and a startled countenance, but one that fades a bit when she starts speaking.]

Are we to plot in here, Mrs Forger? Have you information that you consider confidential regarding how to solve the problem of... monsters stealing away our teammates?

day 78, text

[messianic]

Hey, Sholmes-san, is it okay if I come by at some point to drop off a present?

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Mr Minato, of course. You are welcome anytime, present in tow or otherwise.

day 78

[likewinning]

Hi Mr Sholmes. I have a gift for you.

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Mr Emmet! What a coincidence. And I, you.

day 78, evening

[velluminous]

[ late evening, a ~mysterious~ gift wrapped in snake-patterned green paper is left outside Phoenix's door. the label reads, in chickenscratch, only Herlock.


it contains a bottle of buffalo wing-flavoured soda.


en.... joy? ]

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[DOES THIS HAVE SUGAR IN IT-- Then yes, he will enjoy it. In fact, it is probably gone by the time he texts her back the next day, after he's gotten all his presents sorted.

Not hard to guess who might have dropped off a present labeled "Herlock", wrapped in Basilisk colors.]

Sprezzatura! You snuck off before I could present to you a gift, too. Come back to the motel lobby!

Day 78

[fujimaru]

[ He gets a photo text sometime today, of a box in Cerberus colors. RNG says that he gets a pair of novelty sunglasses!

There is also a small bag of cookies that look like they might've been taken from the diner balanced on top. The tag on the cookies bag looks like a little cutesy sketch of Ritsuka giving a V-sign. ]

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[Well, naturally... She's going to get a selfie of Sholmes wearing ridiculously oversized sunglasses, maybe an hour or so later. They're shaped like stars.]

Thank you for the gift, Ms Fujimaru. I have never looked so dashing.

Day 81-ish

[gunmettle]

You got a moment?

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For you, Juzo? Always.

day 83, midday

[coursecorrect]

Mr. Sholmes,
Did you have a nice time at the winter ball yesterday?
- Ryunosuke Naruhodo

[ Ryunosuke may not have seen him out and about last night, but it was quite crowded. He can only assume that Sholmes attended, unless he slept through it. Which is entirely possible. ]

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[Entirely possible. Entirely probable. The fact of the matter is-]

Mr Naruhodo,

I am sorry to say that I missed the ball! Late to arrival, followed by an instance of getting tangled up in all manner of mistletoe! Literally and figuratively, of course.

You were present, however, were you not? Did you enjoy yourself? Do share with your experience with a dear detective.

-HS

day 86, evening

[velluminous]

[ this is how we icly miss the game--

rather than a text message, this time, when Sholmes' phone lights up with a message from "Plagiarist", it's a phone call. ring ring ring ]

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[It’s fine, there’s too much happening—

Despite everything, and perhaps despite how sore it feels to reach over and grab his phone, there is no delay in answering. If anything, he makes certain he’s swift about it when he sees who’s calling.

He picks up!]

Yes, my dear?

[“Is everything all right?” almost seems like a silly thing to ask at this point. Instead, he is here for whatever she might require.]

day 88, evening

[coursecorrect]

[ Upon realizing that he had yet to check on Mr. Sholmes today, Ryunosuke sends him a quick phone message.

I am coming over to visit. Miss Rebecca will be with me as well. See you soon.
-RN

From there, it's a quick trip from one dormitory to the other, and Ryunosuke knocks on the Phoenix-emblazoned door. Hopefully Sholmes can get up the stairs with little issue. It's been a few days since he was attacked by Ms. Vaux's possession, so with any luck, he's feeling a bit better. ]

Mr. Sholmes? It's me!

[bratsunemiku]

[ Timey wimey shenanigans means she has only a vague idea that something happened with Sprezzatura while Rebecca was walking around in Mizuki's dream, and she's been largely absent after the fact after going into Komaeda's Palace...

But yes, she's here, too. It's fine, this is fine. For now she'll stay quiet, for once, simply keeping her hands in her pockets while they wait for Sholmes to answer the door. ]