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ADVENTURE 003: Jobs are Dull

[Action; Pharmacy.]

[Sherlock had heard about the possibility of being droned, so here he is at work. And he's actually, you know, working. He's not here for his own gain, nor to do research. And he's actually pointing customers in the right direction, after telling them something about themselves they'd rather keep hidden. He doesn't sound like he wants to help. He sounds more like he's here under threat of punishment - which is pretty much true.]

Need help with anything?

[Action; City Bench.]

[Sherlock is reading a book - or pretending to. He's actually watching drones and people milling about. He's hoping to try to think his way out of this place. And he's hoping by observing others, he'll learn something.]

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Tch. I think I've had my fill of getting caught.

Oh I never said anything about getting caught. But the thrill of the chance that you might get caught. That's rather good.

[Yes, he's grinning like a loon, what?]

[ Conan's not so sure he agrees with that. Maybe two years ago he would have. But now that everything seems to rely well one secret can be kept... it's not exactly a comforting thought. ]

I don't really see it that way anymore.

Then you are too caught up in what isn't important. It's the thrill of the chase, the excitement of the research, the proving your theories are correct that is important.

[Well, in Sherlock's overly logical mind.]

That part, I'll agree with- knowing you've found the one truth hidden amongst the lies, and bringing it to light is the best feeling in the world.

But, depending on the threats the case presents, I've learned to avoid the risk of getting caught if at all possible. However, that doesn't mean I won't take a risk if I have too.

I wish the media were half so smart. I wouldn't have had to...

[He breaks off. He really needs to stop thinking about that.]

Hm? What did the Media do?

Humm?

[That breaks him out of the memory.]

Oh nothing. Doesn't matter.

[Called him a fake, so yes it really does matter.]

[ Raising an eyebrow now. ]

I hope you don't think I'm going to believe that.

[Sherlock raises his own in reply.]

It's not about whether you believe me or not, but about learning when not to ask...

[Not that Sherlock expects that to work either.]

Why shouldn't I ask? It's not as if there's no time- night fall is still a few hours off.

[Sherlock frowns and stares in Conan's direction.]

I already answered. It. Doesn't. Matter.

I could probably figure it out, you know. I'm sure I have enough information just from this conversation alone.

[This ought to be good.]

Off you go, then.

[ If that's the way he wants to do it. ]

[ He doesn't say anything just sinks into thought, running everything that's been said over in his head. The key to figuring this out lies in finding what sparked that comment from Holmes in the first place-all Conan had done was comment on how bringing the truth to light was the best feeling. ]

[ For some reason that prompted the response that Holmes wished media were half as smart and it must be linked into why he jumped from the building that correlates with the short story 'Final Problem' which means that Moriarty had to had some dealing in this. ]

[ In a previous conversation Holmes alluded to the fact he jumped to protect those he cares about-which is a lot like in the book. However, someone like Sherlock just committing suicide would highly suspicious add in the fact that Moriarty is the definition of evil it would never be enough to just force Sherlock into suicide-it had to be something deeper-something that backed Holmes into a wall. ]

[ If the press were half as smart... feeling of bringing truth to light.... Moriarty's method of getting Holmes to jump... What could Moriarty have done that gave Sherlock no other escape that involved the media...? ]

[ ... ]

[ ....Ah. ]

It was Moriarty, wasn't it? He arranged it so the media would think you were out for your own gain-but that's not enough to convince someone to commit suicide-for that you'd you've to cut out all other means of escape-make it impossible for a counter attack. To do that he'd have to make it so you couldn't move around freely or talk to the police-which mean he had to make you into a wanted a criminal.

Worse. But close enough.

[Of course he's going to be cryptic about it.]

Did I say I was finished?

[ He's not going to stop until he gets it right. ]

The problem is making Sherlock Holmes into a criminal isn't easy since pinning crime on him would likely result in your exposing the real criminal right? It had to be something the media could believe and something that couldn't just be disproven. If that's the case it couldn't be anything like physical evidence-it has to be circumstantial. Something you can't just talk your way out of.

[ Which means it had to be something that an ordinary person wouldn't understand and therefore- ]

[ He smirks. It's the same smirk he usually wears right after solving a case ]

The main thing people find extraordinary about Sherlock Holmes is your ability to add up the small details to create a bigger picture- like a surgeon will always have two indentions on their index fingers from the many incisions they make.- But most people don't think like you do- they don't follow that kind of logic because they don't see the significance.

The only way Moriarty could have possibly pinned you to a wall, er-so to speak- would be to use that against you- you couldn't talk your way out of it because most people like to accept the answer that makes sense to them. So if someone were to say all those deductions were fake...

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[Sherlock offers a curt nod.]

Continue...

But of course, just claiming the deductions were fake would little more than raise an eyebrow- he had implant the idea in someone's head-probably by pushing you to your limits and making it seem truly unbelievable. But even that's not enough to turn everyone against you, is it? So there had to be proof. Proof that would make even the police suspicious.

So, what kind of proof was it?

Effectively? He erased Jim Moriarty and created a man named Rich Brook.

[Sherlock scowls at that.]

Ordinarily I'd suggest that there had to be some trace of evidence left-but if it's the leader of the underground crime world... Moriarty is very thorough.

....

...Our situations aren't really all that different.

Oh? What makes you say that?

[Sherlock would never stoop so low as to compare himself to a 17 year-old.]

You have to hide from those you care about, right? You can't reveal the truth until you know there are no ramifications. Step one foot out of line and you risk the black shadow that hangs over your life destroying everything you care about. You have to lie to protect everyone.

Of course-you have a better advantage in the sense you know what you're fighting. All I have is their missing traitor, Pandora's box and a few clues that don't add up.

Oh yes, throwing myself off a building - which I don't even know yet if I survive. But if I survive I get to hunt down Moriarty's web and kill them all, yes - I have a much better advantage.

[Very mature, Sherlock, argue with the kid.]

It's not a contest you know.

Besides, you've never faced the organization and I've never faced Moriarty. Neither of us can say for certain which is the more difficult situation-especially with a natural bias towards our own black cloud.

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