PC CATCHALL FOR VAN ZIEKS

[greatdeduction]

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week 1, Saturday post-trial

[winebar]

[Wherever Sholmes is, the reapire is finding him.]

I would have you speak to Mr Kaburagi, Sholmes.

[greatdeduction]

[love you accepting reapire into your heart]

Almost certainly. I will. Have you talked with him already?

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[I have given up.]

No. I imagine anything I say to him will fall on deaf ears.

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...?

[He looks at him, a bit baffled.]

And why is that?

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It has become abundantly clear to me that our methods of living are diametrically opposed.

[greatdeduction]

[....huh?]

Your...methods of living? Do explain yourself. I'm afraid I may be about to hear nonsense.

[winebar]

I cannot possibly imagine a single scenario in which I felt it necessary to curse a person I barely know to speak in rhyme.

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...


..............



[He lets out a snort.]

This is what it was about? I was right. Indeed, it is nonsense.

[winebar]

It is merely an example of a larger problem!

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[He just shakes his head, smiling.]

Dear me. How are you ever going to survive if I decide to bring Iris over to see you? She'd destroy you in a moment, based on the fact that you lose your composure so readily over some simple rhymes.

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It is not about the rhymes, Sholmes! It is about making me look like some sort of circus performer in the middle of a murder trial!

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...

I don't know how to tell you this, but..........................well. You already are a circus performer the way you go about things. The rhyming was the icing on the cake.

Not that that is necessarily a bad thing, mind.

[winebar]

....

Are you asking for a duel, Mr Sholmes?
[HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A CLOWN?]

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[A light laugh, like bells.]

Calm down, calm down, now. I'm merely saying it to make a point.

[And a little smile over at him.]

Van Zieks, you do realize why that vampire keeps bothering you, don't you?

[winebar]

I do not. Perhaps because he continues to labor under the misapprehension that I am one of his kind?

[greatdeduction]

No.

It's because the way you act in front of others is so overly rigid to the point where it is comedic. That is why it is very easy to make fun of you. The vampire senses this, and can't help but goad you.

[winebar]

... And what precisely would you have me do? Take things less seriously? That's the last thing this group needs.

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No, that's not what I'm saying.

All I am saying is...lighten up a little bit.

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I do not know how I would go about that even if I wished to.

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Come now, you did when we had those couple of days together. Not that I'm saying that you need another curse on your hands, but...

[A pause, and he smiles.]

You have the capability underneath all that broodiness, you know. It was quite adorable. All you just need to do is unlock it.

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[He turns bright red at this. Adorable??? Hello????]

Have you been cursed anew?? I do not plan to act like that ever again!

[greatdeduction]

[bro you're]

[you're kinda]


[kinda acting like that right now]

[he WILL be merciful and not point that out.]

Oh, heavens, this is why you're in this situation! You're either so rigid that people have fun making you do anything else just to see your reaction, or you jump to the opposite side at a single compliment and collapse from the whole thing, like you've become a little baby bird! You need to find that happy medium, my dear fellow.

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Y-you should know full well why such words coming from you is going to-
[NO!!! Shakes his head. Composes himself.]

I will do no such thing. We've been over this.
[I'm going to repress everything until I die.]

[greatdeduction]

Well, if you want a vampire to keep goading you and people to keep cursing you with silly things for the next several weeks, be my guest. If you don't....

[Hm? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?]

[winebar]

I will simply take the inspectors advice and ignore them from now on.

[HMPH!!!!!!!!!!!]