5th Case: [Video]

[yes_mother_hen]

[The Guide turns on, and it's Holmes-- yes, he's no longer in hiding because: a) he's no longer under the effects of the drug, and b) his employer has deemed it necessary to drag the morose detective out of his room to get his damn work done. Obviously, Holmes is not thrilled with this development, but hey, that's life.

The view of the camera shifts

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Action please

[notasinglelady]

[Guess who's making cookies in the meantime :>

But he heard the door, so he went to open it. Wearing an apron and everything]

Of course.

[yes_mother_hen]

[Have a consulting detective with a Santa hat, Kurt. He looks Kurt up and down, and looks somewhat amused (not that he's one to talk).]

Being diligent, are we?

Action - yay /o/

[notasinglelady]

[He is in his 'home', he is allowed to be ridiculous domestic.]

I always. You look very festive today, Mr. Holmes. Can I help you?

Action - \o/ <3

[yes_mother_hen]

My current occupation is to bring a bit of festive cheer to every door.

[So sarcastic.]

A gift for you, Kurt.

Action - ♥ /dead at your icon

[notasinglelady]

Your cheerfulness is really contagious. Have some sarcasm back, but without malice. He looks at the present, confused.] For me? But wha...wait.

[Oh yeah, that's the smell of his cookies getting burned D8!!! He turns and goes to the kitchen in a rush. feel free to come in, Holmes.]

Action - ♥ sherlock santa holmes!

[yes_mother_hen]

[Holmes smells the cookies and makes a soft, amused sound, letting himself in. He puts the bag aside for now, and looks around the room-- it looks like what he expected Kurt's room to look like.]

Action - ♥ it's precious

[notasinglelady]

[Kurt is busy trying to save the cookies, but feel free to look around. The apartment he shares with Wuerzt is clean and with no excessive furniture. There's Christmas decorations all around and, of course, a Christmas tree beautifully decorated.

Action - ♥

[yes_mother_hen]

[Holmes, in his customary fashion, pokes around the room, noting its cleanliness and its minimal furnishings, save for the decorations. He gravitates towards the tree, and absentmindedly runs his fingers over the lights, speaking mostly to himself.]

Quaint.

Action - ♥

[notasinglelady]

[Feel free to investigate, Kurt knew what was coming when he allowed Holmes to get inside the room. He came back with a plate of half burned cookies in his hands.]

HM...oh well, not all is lost. Can I offer you something? A drink? A seat? some nearly burned food?

Action - ♥

[yes_mother_hen]

[He takes a look at the half-burned cookies and raises a brow, but doesn't comment on them. Yet.]

You may offer me a welcome distraction from my 'work'.

[And he motions towards a chair.] May I?

Re: Action - ♥

[notasinglelady]

[Poor poor cookies. He will have to do more later. And don't you dare to complain, this is partially your fault. Holmes.]

Please, be my guest. [He replies. Kurt puts the cookies away, leaving them in the table.] Actually, your presence might be m,roe than just a pleasant coincidence. How good are you at finding people, Mr Holmes?

Action - ♥

[yes_mother_hen]

[Holmes reaches for one of the cookies, and turns it over in his hand-- if he hadn't shown up, yeah, they probably wouldn't have been burned, by the looks of it.]

[And, oh, the prospect of a case, no matter how trivial? Holmes looks up with a degree of intrigue.]

Missing persons? It can prove to be quite simple, depending on the facts.

Action - ♥

[notasinglelady]

[Kurt takes a seat too and crosses his legs.]

[He's going to be disappointed, Kurt knows that already.] A friend of mine is missing, I found her dinosaur pet chewing one of the seats in the theater. I know that people disappear every day but she wasn't supposed to leave if I'm still here. Technically that was impossible.

Action - ♥

[yes_mother_hen]

Hm. So you don't find this an example of our...random yet not entirely infrequent disappearances. [He considers that for a few seconds.] And you say it is 'impossible', because?

Action - ♥

[notasinglelady]

No. You see, she is a nation. More exactly, America. She was here because some or us were from his land..er..from her.

[Kurt waves his hands.] It's hard to explain. But as long as there is one single American in the universe she has to exist, even if her world was gone.

Action - ♥

[yes_mother_hen]

...Ah, yes. In fact, my roommate is 'Canada', so i understand the confusion.

[He still doesn't really get it, either.]

The technicalities of it aside, I can say with a degree of certainty that wormholes do not account for such... rules.