OPEN POST; [ HERLOCK SHOLMES / TGAA ]

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(( hold you in my dreams ))

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[Are you perhaps bending lower like that on purpose, Sprezzatura--

He quirks his smile and takes it from her, an eyebrow arching.]

And does a detective utilize all the tools available to him by opting for "simpler"? [Leans in a bit-] Besides, I thought Ms Adler being so buxom was one of the reasons why you liked her so much.

[He's teasing.]

[spelljam]

[ you know how well Ms Vaux responds to teasing. if she had a tail right now, this is when it would flick—or perhaps wend around her ankle to keep her out of trouble. ]

She is being someone close to you. And to introduce her as you did was so intimate and unveiling. I like her for that.

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[Ah, yes. As novel (and still beautiful) as she looks like this, it is a shame that she's missing a fraction of her tells, he thinks. Her tail was such a giveaway.]

And because she is a lady of class and grace?

[And also very buxom?]

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Was she?

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[At some point he had begun dressing his top half in a dress shirt, plain and white, when she asks that. (Yes he’s still wearing bloomers, what of it.) He fumbles with the button and sputters—]

Well, yes! Of course! What do you mean, “was she”?

[spelljam]

[ heh. she steps around the arm of the chaise and turns him towards her with a hand on his elbow. takes up that button herself, and the one below that. ]

I suppose I was too distracted of her bosom to tell of her manner.

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[Wah... Sholmes turns around and allows her to help, his flabbergasted expression melting away for something fond instead.]

In which case, I have unduly failed Ms Adler, for it is her alluring personality that defines her first and her chest only second!

[THEREFORE:]

You are due another outing with her.

[spelljam]

But I am coming here for Herlock.

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Ah, but that's the beauty of it, my dearest! You could have both!

[spelljam]

[ lil smile ] Of course. You first, however.

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[Big smile!]

Naturally. We'll make a date of it with Ms Adler, but the rest of the time... It's just you and I, Sprezzatura. And Iris, too, of course.

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[ a date. despite herself, her stomach does squirm with delight, and she tries to disguise it by glancing aside towards her suitcase. ] I bring her gifts.

I bring you gifts, too.

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[As he reaches forward to unearth his trousers from his suitcase, the mention of a gift piques his interest. Of course it does — a detective is ever curious.]

Oh? Gifts? You spoil me; your presence is gift enough!

But... what sort of gifts?

[spelljam]

[ he could stay in the bloomers... just saying. ]

For her? Mmhh... cloak of billowing. And emerald pen.

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[He might end up doing so, distracted as Sholmes is by the idea of gifts from another world. Interesting items that keep boredom at bay. Once again:]

Ohh?

[The excitement of a little kid being presented novel things, bright in his eyes, even if they're for Iris and not him.]

A cloak of... billowing? For dramatic effect?

[spelljam]

[ gottem ]

That's right. And pen which needs no ink, and may allow one to write deceptively.

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[Guess he's just going to look stupid, standing here in a dress shirt and bloomers.]

Encouraging her to be more wily than she already can be? Sprezzatura, that's... wonderful! I may have to ask to borrow it if she lets me.

Ah, I can hardly wait for you to meet her. Iris will adore you, I am quite certain of that.

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Do you think?

[ so badly, she needs for this to be true. ]

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[Hmmmm?]

Do you doubt it? Surely not.

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I am never being good with children.

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But she's unlike any normal child, my love. She is incredibly clever—at times even more clever than I!—and very mature for her age. And she learns so quickly, she loves the sciences, she's an inventor—

[Proud dad vibes.]

And she has such a kind, patient heart. [She has to have so much patience to have Sholmes as a dad.] She's already been so excited to meet you, ever since I told her you'd be visiting our fine city.

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[ he speaks with so much love for her that Sprezzatura's chest aches with it. oh, yes; a certifiable softie. what if Selcouth had loved her with this intensity? what if Eunoia had not reviled her intellect, but lauded it?

her voice seems very small inside her chest: ] This strange woman you met in prison? Forty-five day romance?

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I only needed half that time!

[But he steps closer, leaning in, smiling.]

But yes; this strange, beautiful woman that I met in prison is one she’s eager to meet. The great detective Herlock Sholmes doesn’t fall in love with just anyone, you know! And that counts for something!

[And… goes in for the kiss!]

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[ she leans back just enough to deny the kiss at first, nip at his lips with teeth that are still slightly too sharp... then she melts forward, curls her fingers in his shirt. a real, true kiss... the taste and warmth of him.

it makes her moan into his mouth. ]

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[He well and truly thinks she'll continue to tease him, to lean away, which would mean he'd only have to give chase-!

But she meets him a moment later, a deep and welcome kiss, one that he melts into my leaning forward and cupping the side of her face with one hand.]

Mm! [A delighted noise into her mouth, too, coupled with a grin. He missed her, dearly, and it's as though the world has been reborn anew with her here again.]