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[whatsolarsystem]

I can't say I'd be sorry to leave this month's job. [Ugh star mapping.] Still. Unimportant.

Dreadfully quiet in comparison to the usual, isn't it? An anomaly, a broken pattern. Easy to subscribe to the notion of the Drive playing nice this time, albeit a little naive if you bother to glance at the history of the ship.

The Thor is dabbling in

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[yes_mother_hen]

[Holmes has basically dropped out of radar for the past two weeks-- writing isn't exactly conducive to providing an incentive for getting out of his room, and thus he's just been satisfying himself with doing whatever a Sherlock Holmes does in his spare time, in between cases.

But, alas, the Drive-- he'd never admit to it (at least, not yet), but truth be told, he's been feeling morose. No Watson to kick him out of his gloom. A familiar face is nice, at this point in time.]

More data would be required in order to make a sound diagnosis of whether or not the Drive has been...tamed, but it seems rather dormant, for now.

Disappointed, are we?

[video] Threadjack!

[holmes_blogger]

Haven't seen you in a while. Has the writing been keeping you busy?

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[yes_mother_hen]

[At first, he tries to lie by saying yes.]

Y--

[ZAP. Inexplicable zapping. Holmes tries again.]

That sounds about ri--

[Another zap, and Holmes looks around him, trying to figure out what that is. So he rephrases:]

...Among other things.

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[holmes_blogger]

[John just watches this performance with confusion.]

Something wrong?

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[yes_mother_hen]

No. [Zap.] Yes. Mildly. [An aggravated click of the tongue.] And how are you faring, John?

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[holmes_blogger]

I'm fine. [He hasn't experienced anything unusual...yet.]

What's going on?

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[yes_mother_hen]

I haven't the faintest. [That much is true, to some extent.] Just a mild inconvenience.

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[holmes_blogger]

All right. [He can tell something is wrong, but he's not going to press too hard. Not yet anyway.]

By the way, I talked to Sherlock about possibly advertising your availability for consulting, and he agreed.

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[yes_mother_hen]

Is that so? [He's not quite sure what to think about advertising, but he nods in acknowledgment.]

I suppose beggars can't be choosers-- I am blissfully without a case, and furiously in need of one.

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[holmes_blogger]

He wasn't thrilled about it either, at first. I hope it works. I'm almost as bored as the two of you are.

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[yes_mother_hen]

I expect we'll find several individuals filing complaints about disappearances of personal objects and such. Not horribly interesting nor stimulating.

[And, in a moment of impulsive honestly, a la Drive event--]

Though, at the moment, even the pettiest of complaints will drive me out of my mood.

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[holmes_blogger]

Maybe, but if we can turn this into a profitable job, then we won't have to take the ridiculous jobs the ship offers any longer.

[Okay, now he has to ask.]

Is that the real reason you've been locked away in your room?

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[yes_mother_hen]

[Holmes clicks his tongue. Where did that come from? So, of course, he decides to be vague about it.]

I don't understand the question, nor its significa--

[Zap. Okay, this is really getting on Holmes' nerves.]

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[holmes_blogger]

[John has his own methods of observation. Canada]

You said you were in a mood... [That was a very odd reaction though.] Sorry, what just happened there?

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[yes_mother_hen]

If I knew, I would be finding some sort of preventive measure.

[He swats at the air, as if there's something there.]

My statements are prompting phantom pains.

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[holmes_blogger]

What kind of pains?