[Location: El Dorado Police Station] Wanted: A Few Good (Wo)Men

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Lassiter had taken it upon himself to advertise. The police station in El Dorado was seriously lacking, and while Carlton didn't mind being able to run the show, he knew that he'd need help if anything else went wrong. In the wake of the building's collapse, Carlton had set up a crude flier to post around the city. It had been short and sweet:

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The announcement was of mild surprise to Sherlock, but not a certain positive or negative sign. It could be that everyone that worked in the police department ended up being complete idiots. Or, even worse, they could all have the collected IQ of Anderson (as there was a great difference in Sherlock Holmes's mind). He would make his final decision when he saw who had already signed up for the police, and of course, after observing this Detective Lassiter fellow.

Sherlock opened the doors to the station and walked in briskly as if he were the one that was in charge of the operation.

"I'm looking for Detective Lassiter."

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Carlton hadn't had much luck with his attempt at advertising. In fact, he was starting to regret the entire thing. He was actually reaching for his jacket when he heard a voice behind him. Turning, Carlton didn't appear in the best of moods.

"You found him. What can I do for you?"

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"I believe it is more what I could do for your, Detective." Sherlock Holmes said shortly as he folded his hands behind his back.

He had no intention of signing up for the police force. He was a consulting detective. Not an actual one.

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Carlton wasn't sure how he felt about the confidence. It wasn't a bad trait to have, but after the line of mouthy folks he'd seen today, he wasn't sure if he could handle another massive ego.

"And just what is that? What can you do for me?" He folded his arms over his chest, waiting.

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Sherlock Holmes merely held out his hand.

"Sherlock Holmes." he said, as if his name were to explain his point entirely.

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Carlton was silent, very silent.

"Uh huh. And is that supposed to mean something to me?" The name rang a vague bell, but not enough for Lassiter to feel inclined to trust the man any more or less than he already did.

(ooc: avoiding the 4th wall so hard here lol)

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Hm. Well, that wasn't entirely surprising. He merely shrugged and folded his hands again behind his back. Instead he merely looked at the man with an even level, doing his best not to assume the man was an idiot. Most likely he wasn't from the same Earth as he was, as that would be the arrogant thing to assume.

"I'm a consulting detective, should you ever need my services." he said instead.

(ooc: haha it's fine~ ♥ )

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Lassiter knew that every consulting detective wasn't as absolutely ridiculous as Shawn Spencer, but damn it was hard not to let a past experience burn you. And Spencer was one hell of an experience...

"Doubtful." He said, immediately bristling. "But if you ever want to be a real cop, you let me know."

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Sherlock laughed. "Why would I want to be, as you put it, a real cop?"

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"To save lives, maybe? Not just sit around and think about what a killer might do, but to actually - oh I don't know - stop them? Crime doesn't wait for you to consult. And it certainly doesn't buy into any psychic malarkey." Not that anyone had brought up anything about psychics, but now it was on the detective's mind.

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"Oh no, it doesn't, Detective." Sherlock agreed. "Instead the killers wait to do the crime for recognition. I'm not interested in petty crimes. You lot can do that on your own amazingly well because it's simple. No thoughts required for that. I consult on the crimes the police can't figure out because it takes someone outside of the realm of the police force to figure it out. One plus one, Detective, it's not too hard."

Sherlock then glanced him over. "Your partner is a psychic then. Or at least believes he is and you still have a hard time believing it because it just doesn't make sense within the realm of science."