greatdeduction | PC CATCHALL FOR REX

Oh, not this. I only started drinking this today, my dear fellow.

Any particular occasion?

Oh, yes.

The occasion of a grand mess.

A mess, huh? [ especially one by THIS weirdo's standards?? this has gotta be good ] What kind of mess we talking here?

[ (marie kondo voice) i love mess ]

...One that relates to curses. And one that I don't quite care for.

Dang. That bad, huh?

Almost certainly.

[And a frown.]

...I don't think anyone wants to be the butt of anyone else's joke.

[ can't tell if sholmes is actually this upset, or if he's just a sad drunk

either way, rex doesn't like it. i take it back, he doesn't love mess ]

...alright, well. This? [ gestures up and down at Sholmes and the wine bottle in hand ] This isn't gonna be helping anyone. So maybe let's just...get you to bed?

[ that's what you do with drunk people right?? ]

No, no, I'm fine, my dear boy.

[He pinches the bridge of his nose, lets out a sigh, and then seems to collect himself. Like, still definitely wobbling, but a bit more collected.]

Regardless...the time for such things can be put aside. One needs only look towards the mysteries at hand and put our focus there.

[ looking him over ]

...yeeeaaaaah, you don't exactly look like you're ready to do any solving today.

Oh this? This is nothing. You know, one time I got shot, and I still solved a mystery after the surgery! Haha.

[DON'T JUST ADMIT THIS CASUALLY]

Correctly?

Absolutely, yes!

Well...congrats, I guess. [ if he actually did solve it properly. which, rex isn't sure he did. he's not sure he trusts sholmes to be honest here--or to even truthfully know if he did at all. ]

But seriously? This isn't a good look on you, man. Go...sleep it off or whatever, I don't know.

Thank you, yes. Why, I even snuck out of the hospital to finish the deed and bring the necessary evidence to light. A great detective never rests.

[why is he like this]

Hm. And to which I say...I cannot "sleep it off". Not when there's so much to solve. SO much to do. This is only a...momentary hiccup, yes.

You...do sleep, though. Right? Like, every day?

I do my best! Except for that time where I made the postulation that I couldn't oversleep by not sleeping at all! And that...was a bust.

You mean eventually you just passed out.

Eventually I just passed out, yes!

[DON'T JUST AGREE]

Pfft, well don't sound so proud of it.

I am proud of living every day to my fullest, my dear fellow. Even if it means passing out from the effort of it.

I don't know if I'd be so proud of passing out wherever in the middle of doing something else. Pretty embarrassing, actually, if you ask me.

It builds character! Ahaha! And it shows how hard I put myself into my work.

And it gives everyone else the perfect opportunity to draw embarrassing stuff on your face.

Not if...you're face down! Oho!

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