A child miseducated is a child lost. [Closed]

[gypsymothdance]

Characters: Jean, age 13, and Sherlock Holmes, age 18
Content: A murder at a theater, investigated by none other than Sherlock Holmes. The trail will lead him to one unusual little girl.
Setting: Melior
Time: Approximately eight years ago, late evening
Warnings: Violence, gore, brainwashing, and other things from Jean's dark past that she would

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[justdeduceit]

A mother, perhaps, would not. However, young Sherlock Holmes had been entirely lost in the music, eyes shut, carried away by the melody, memorizing it, remembering every detail. It was because of this full attention that he had picked up on one dissonant note. His eyes snapped open. That had been a human voice. Beyond that, he could tell little

[gypsymothdance]

Other windows? No, bad idea. That was predictable prey behavior. They would be watching all the windows now, and she would be escaping right into their hands. But her mind kept flicking back to them, and how badly she wanted to escape back into the darkness. It was easy to hide in the open air of the night, where there was alleys and trees and little nooks and crannies, a labyrinth of covers and escape routes. Hiding indoors was a very different story, for there was only a limited, enclosed area to hide in, and so it was only a matter of time before even the weakest of hunters could find what they sought, simply by combing the area until it was found. The only one who could escape straight from the heart of the enemy's nest was a greater hunter. And while there was no one who could rival a Shadow Dragon, the sheer number of enemies around her was enough to make her take heed