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jonathan worth (dierache) wrote in bellumletale,
@ 2010-05-26 23:25:00

Entry tags:

john seward, moriarty, plot: forums only, sherlock holmes, sultan's daughter

Voice, from 1204
I would like to speak with the person responsible for my incarceration.

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	nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 05:13 am UTC (link)
	[She hesitates, but she has already given her name, and can't hold it in confidence. There is no one to give her introduction, so she must give it herself] I beg your pardon, we haven't been introduced. [It's almost a warning.] I am Miss Thorpe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dierache 2010-05-27 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Jackson Miller. Wonderful to meet you, I'm sure. Locked to 206 Miss Adler. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 05:26 am UTC (link)
	[Smooth though disconcerted.] Professor. This is a surprise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 05:30 am UTC (link)
	[His affect of humble, innocent speech drops, but not all the way. He's still just Professor Moriarty, low-level criminal, after all.] That it is. And what brings you to this miserable place? Or are you just another unfortunate prisoner? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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nightmrholmes
2010-05-27 05:33 am UTC (link)

[Oh, she doesn't want to tell him, but she knows too long of a pause, and he will notice. Professor Moriarty, low-level criminal, is smart and capable and has both Irene's caution and tentative professional courtesy--but not quite trust.]

Mmm. [It's a sound through her lips she makes while thinking, and she does it to distract men, not herself.] My adversary is here.

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	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 05:38 am UTC (link)
	[He perks up at that, but not audibly, though he can be heard shifting in his chair.] Adversary? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 05:50 am UTC (link)
	[Her face is not visible, so she doesn't have to control it, but her voice is the same cultured smoothness. Irene Adler is a star of the opera stage, and if she so chose her voice would sing nightingales down from branches. Right now she uses it to sound utterly calm, even faintly distant, from the topic at hand.] Mr. Sherlock Holmes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 05:53 am UTC (link)
	[He does not sound effected by the name.] A formidable enemy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 05:57 am UTC (link)
	[With intentional lightness.] I played a small trick on him once, and it captures his attention. I enjoy the game. Why are you here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 06:00 am UTC (link)
	I have no desire to be. How captured, exactly, is his attention? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 06:02 am UTC (link)
	[Oh no.] Not so much. He knows I'm here, that's about all, I think. He is distracted by his silly projects. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 06:18 am UTC (link)
	I see. And how much effort would be required to distract him from them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 06:20 am UTC (link)
	[She's unable to hide her caution, not quite reluctance.] Why do you ask, professor? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 06:32 am UTC (link)
	Sherlock Holmes is the most talented private detective in the empire. Is it unusual that my employer should want him investigated before he should have a chance to investigate us? A little leverage, if you please, Irene. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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nightmrholmes
2010-05-27 06:37 am UTC (link)

[A short pause, and she desperately searches for things she can give him that will make him less interested, not more. She knows Moriarty's employer--as she knows of him, thinks of him, is told it is him--is a ruthless man and his presence here (she takes it for granted) puts Holmes in far more danger than he would be alone.]

His friend is here as well. The doctor. [Iris knows that Micah can take care of himself, better than Eliot and better than Watson, and she hangs onto the hope the latter will stay with Holmes where he can.] They are great friends, and it's unlikely you will find better leverage than that.

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	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 06:40 am UTC (link)
	[She sounds too eager to fob him off. He doesn't like it, not even the tiniest bit. So he pushed further, listening closely for her reaction.] Excellent. Then get me something from both of them. You are a woman of some skill. No doubt you can manage it. Even pit them against one another, perhaps. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 06:45 am UTC (link)
	[A brief moment of surprise at this suggestion.] Doctor Watson is married and greatly endeared to his wife. [She did not mention that Mary Watson was not in Bellum Letale.] I do not think Holmes is even of the kind susceptible to the skills you kindly mention. [It is a rather desperate line.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 06:50 am UTC (link)
	[Clearly amused.] As if that has ever been an obstacle for you in the past. [Highly desperate. He takes note.] Perhaps for a normal woman, yes, but you are exceptional, Irene. My employer expects above and beyond the range of skill in such...social combat that the average woman possesses. [His voice takes on a hard, cold, frightening edge.] Get it done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 06:58 am UTC (link)
	[She is chilled, and tries to hide it.] I'm not working at the present. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 06:59 am UTC (link)
	[A pause. The next statement is cold, but amused at the idea he's entertaining.] You've retired? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 07:00 am UTC (link)
	[Almost primly.] On holiday. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 07:02 am UTC (link)
	[Amused, still, but moving into dangerous territory.] Not a long holiday, I trust. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 07:05 am UTC (link)
	[Pushing, trying to find a way out.] As long as I like, I think. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 dierache 2010-05-27 07:07 am UTC (link)
	Within reason, obviously. Everyone deserves a holiday now and again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 206/1204 nightmrholmes 2010-05-27 07:09 am UTC (link)
	I hadn't decided. [She knows the conversation is not going her way.] I was thinking Paris. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)