01. accidental video.

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[ the feed clicks on, revealing a simple but somewhat furnished room. no disturbance or any obvious struggle can be seen in the frame. in the midst of it all is a man in clothes from the Victorian era, pacing back and forth in deep concentration with nothing but a smoking pipe to accompany him. he seemed to be muttering to himself, audible enough

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[Ever since he was a boy, books had been his means of escape and he devoured every single one he could get his hands on, committing what was inside of them to his memory so he would have something to think on when things got... out of hand. To say that he was surprised at the familiar pattern of speech was an understatement.

Nope, impossible, characters from books did not come to life. Yet he was still staring, quite shocked at his PCD screen.]

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[ oh yes, he knew that stare. the doctor's published works were good in the sense that they brought in clients, yet not to extent that he receives even the absurdly simple cases - he was just the last resort after all, leave the easy work to the scotland yard! still, his popularity was quite growing, something he actually quite enjoyed. ]

One of Dr. Watson's readers, I presume?

[Video]: You said 4th wall mind-breakage was okay, right?

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[Slight quirk of his eyebrow. Oh dear Merlin, it was who he thought it was.]

I suppose one could view it that way, yes...

[ video ] yep. :D will be using some headcanon, though.

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"One could view it that way?" Please, explain.

[ video ] Snape's mind is getting broken right now as well XD

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[Exactly how did one go about explaining to another that he was actually a figment of some writer's imagination?]

Both you and Dr. Watson are characters created from the imagination of a man named Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Like that obviously, when you're Snape.]

[ video ] have moar brain-breakage then , Snape. XD

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[ and holmes frowns. because, well, really, how would you react to something like that? ]
Preposterous. Arthur Conan Doyle is Watson's editor.

[ thank god there was some deranged newspaper that insisted holmes was real. ]

Re: [ video ] brain breakage from both sides XD

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[A frown.]

Was he now?

[ video ] a mystery no one will ever solve? XD

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Yes. Most of the works were published at the Strand, yes?

[ video ] 3am and I'm running on no sleep, should I know what the Strand is?

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[Still frowning.]

The Strand?

[ video ] oh, see below. it's true in real life, too. XD

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The Strand Magazine. Did someone else publish it?

[ video ] there are other publishers as well right? *books aren't at school with me*

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I did not read about you from a magazine.

[ video ] yepyep. :D

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Someone else did publish it, then. Pray tell, which year did you come from?

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1998

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About a century later than my time. There is no surprise, then, that a change in publication took place. Perhaps someone printed it as a book, then?

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Yes they have. Two volumes to be precise.

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Only two? How surprising. I expected several more.