Pripyat, Day 13 : Sherlock Holmes - The safe house

[youwear_ajacket]

[Holmes had been keeping himself to himself for about 4 days now. He was used to not eating, so that hadn't been a problem. Nor had keeping warm - the apartment he'd been staying in until a few days ago had belonged to a man about his age, and therefore Holmes had taken it upon himself to borrow some winter clothes. On his way to the safe house he'

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[9th_pirate_lord]

[Jack's been making his rounds and looking very much like a yeti in his many furs that he collected from a bulk dry goods store, he grinned when he saw another to talk to. Sure, he's not entirely conventional but a man with a lot of books would have a lot to talk about. Now Jack was curious.]

You can read the chicken scratch?

[Yeah, Russian wasn't an accessible language to learn in his time. It was a blended language then and very hard to learn.]

Head canon FTW XD

[youwear_ajacket]

[Holmes looks up at Jack, his face pinched and pale from the cold. However, as bad as he looks, he doesn't feel too awful]

Yes, I can - although this is hardly the most invigorating thing to occupy my time with, I have no means of getting anymore books.

Woohoo! I love those moments. XD

[9th_pirate_lord]

Ah.

[Jack plops down and looks at the stranger called Holmes.]

Better to use time to learn than to waste and do nothing, eh? How is that you came to learn the language of the Northern reaches?

[He hasn't realized just how small the world has gotten in later times just yet.]

I figure since he's mentally brilliant, he'll know a few languages~

[youwear_ajacket]

[Holmes folds up his paper and turns his attention to another cigarette, pulled from the packet]

I was taught it by my mother, although that's another story for another time

And yes, I quite agree - intelligence is not a privelige, it's a gift, and one should strive to improve the mind where ever possible

[After a pause, he hesitantly holds his hand out]