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[deductiongeek]

 Since I've been here for a few weeks now, and it doesn't look like I can get home soon, I thought maybe I should introduce myself.  My name is Conan Edogawa, and I'm an elementary school detective!

Are there any other detectives here?  Or police officers?  I already met one.

[He hoped that any detectives would be more useful to have some useful information.  Or at least more useful that he had acquired so far.  Magic was not real.  There was always another explanation when something appeared to have been accomplished by it.

And he didn't have time to be stranded here.  Ran was waiting for him.]

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[nopolicelikeholmes]

I'm a detective! My name is Shirley Holmes, and I'm pretty sure we've already met.

[ She supposes she's not surprised - he seemed a bit more logical than is normal for a kid his age. ]

[deductiongeek]

I guess we have! But I didn't know you were a detective!

...Holmes? Like Sherlock Holmes?

[nopolicelikeholmes]

I'm just an amateur. You sound like you've actually had some real experience, though?

... I don't think we're related. You know him?

[deductiongeek]

Mmm, some. Its because Uncle is a famous detective, and I'm his assistant! Sometimes I help the police too.

...Holmes is fictional.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

I wouldn't tell him that, if I were you.

[ Interesting. Further confirmation that some people exist as fictional characters in other worlds. And that Sherlock is one such person - how many people could possibly have that name, after all?

... She doesn't think he exists as a fictional character in her world. Judging by the way Conan talks about him, he must be very well-known, so she would probably have noticed. Which means that she and Conan aren't from the same world, and neither are Conan and Sherlock.

Which means that there are definitely at least two very similar modern universes existing in parallel. Which means that there is absolutely no reason why there couldn't be three. ]

[deductiongeek]

Tell who?

[Conan frowns at her as the inkling of an idea dances around the edge of his mind. She couldn't possibly mean what he thought she might mean, right? The improbable was one thing. Fictional people being real was another things altogether.]

[nopolicelikeholmes]

Sherlock Holmes. It's not a good thing to just spring on someone.

[ Although, seeing that sad face is making her wonder if it's maybe not equally rude to spring the existence of multiple universes on people.

Oops. ]

[deductiongeek]

Do you mean to say that there is someone named Sherlock Holmes here?

....Is that his real name?

[Conan had met Holmes fans crazy enough to change their names before.]

[nopolicelikeholmes]

He doesn't seem to be the rabid fanboy type, but I had never heard the name before so it didn't occur to me to wonder.

[ Oh god what if there are detectives who change their names to Sherlock Holmes in universes where he's fictional? And then what if all of the Sherlocks in turn change their names to Augustus Dupin? And then what do all of the Dupins change their names to?

Oh god. Oh god oh god. ]

[deductiongeek]

It isn't unheard of. Or he could simply be giving a false name in this situation.

[...Not that Conan could say much about that.]

[nopolicelikeholmes]

That's certainly one explanation.

[ And definitely a simpler one than hers. It has its merits, but ultimately falls apart in the face of the evidence.

It's a fun one to play with, though. ]

But the fictional character doesn't seem to be obscure. This Sherlock must be expecting people to pick up on the reference, right?

[deductiongeek]

Among certain people it would be obvious. [And some people wouldn't notice this at all.]

[nopolicelikeholmes]

But what's the point of using a pseudonym around here? We're effectively cut off from the rest of civilization, so it's not as though anyone could look at his background, and if he were simply paranoid he could have picked something more obscure.

[watsonyourmind]

What sort of mysteries do you investigate? Missing pens and such?

/threadjack

[nopolicelikeholmes]

Or school shootings.

Re: /threadjack

[deductiongeek]

Both. Also locked room murders, kidnappings, and anything else I run into!

[watsonyourmind]

...That sounds like a lot for an elementary-schooler.

[ Shirley doesn't even always get stuff that serious. ]

[deductiongeek]

That's because I assist Uncle and the police! I'm always ending up where these things happen.

[watsonyourmind]

Is that safe?

[deductiongeek]

The police detectives and officers are usually there right away. [Which never stopped him from running after the criminals.

[watsonyourmind]

That's a good thing, at least.

My roommate and I have a detectives club here. Not that we've had many cases.

[deductiongeek]

Eh, really? I was in a detective club at home too! [Not that he'd ever been given a choice about joining it. It was very difficult to say no to Ayumi.]

What kinds of things do you investigate?

[watsonyourmind]

So far there haven't been too many mysteries. We were investigating teapot theft a while back.

[deductiongeek]

Did you solve it?

[watsonyourmind]

There was a light-fingered fairy around who really liked tea.

[deductiongeek]

Fairies aren't real.

[watsonyourmind]

A native, then. They call themselves fairies. Some of them have pointy ears and didn't you see the leprechauns a week ago? Fairies.

[deductiongeek]

I'm not convinced that that was what they were.

[watsonyourmind]

What do you think they are, then? [ Honest curiosity. ]

[deductiongeek]

I don't know. Yet. But there has to be a rational explanation.

[watsonyourmind]

Let me know when you come up with something. I haven't had any luck.

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

There is an over proliferation of detectives here.

[Keldar wrinkles his nose, not fond of detectives or police officers or law enforcement in general.]

[deductiongeek]

You don't like detectives?

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

Not particularly.

[deductiongeek]

Why not?

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

They're too nosy and getting into things that is none of their business. And they act as if it's their right to.

[deductiongeek]

[Well, that was a suspiciously familiar kind of attitude.]

Of course! Its a detective's job to find the truth.

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

[Keldar lies and steals for a living most of the time. The other half of the time he's a not wearing his bardic pin.]

Truth is overrated.

[deductiongeek]

I disagree.

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

It's completely and utterly subjective.

[deductiongeek]

If a truth is subjective, then it isn't the one truth.

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

There isn't any one truth.

[deductiongeek]

Of course there is.

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

Like love? Or apples? Or shoes?

[deductiongeek]

...Are you completely missing the point on purpose?

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

Are you completely obscuring the point?

[deductiongeek]

The point was completely clear.

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

If it was completely clear, do you think I would be asking you these questions?

[deductiongeek]

They're pointless questions.