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jonathan worth (dierache) wrote in bellumletale,
@ 2010-05-28 23:46:00

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beauty, dr. watson, invisible man, irene adler, moriarty

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Everyone is likely equally exhausted, and by now I'm sure many of you have gone to bed, but I felt like I ought to say this now, for everyone to read at their own discretion.

If you met a man last night going by the name 'Jackson Miller' under my apartment number, he is not who he says he is. His name is Professor James Moriarty. He's ~~I can't believe I'm saying this~~ from the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Please believe me when I say that he's extremely dangerous and you should stay away from him. He's the prototype for the modern super villain. He literally runs all of the crime in London. He is cold, ruthless, will do whatever it takes to get what he wants, and he is more than willing to kill people who get in his way.

I felt like I had to say something so that he didn't have the chance to go undetected again.

That said, ~~[...]~~ I'm not him.

~~needless to say, I'm not going to be in the safe room any time soon~~

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~~I don't~~ ~~I didn't~~

I'm sorry.

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dierache
2010-05-29 05:57 am UTC (link)

To an extent. Right now I'm not sure how much he's actually aware of. I don't think I'll be able to tell you for sure until next month. Who knows? Maybe I'll be lucky and he'll barely remember what's happened. I just don't want to operate under that assumption until I can verify it.

And, for the record, having stated that you might lie, I couldn't be sure that anything you say is definitively the truth.

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	bookshelved 2010-05-29 06:13 am UTC (link)
	I am a fairy tale, sir. We do not lie. You realize, of course, that you're in an impossible situation. You're not alone, but you're also the first person I've heard admit to the sort of conflict you're experiencing. Also, I promise not to lie to you about anything not related to Moriarty, if it helps. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dierache 2010-05-29 06:22 am UTC (link)
	I'll keep that in mind. ~~[...]~~ I realize. I'm also not willing to stay silent about it or pretend it's not happening. I would hope others would do the same, but everyone's always afraid of being treated like a monster, I expect. It's legitimate. It does, actually. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bookshelved 2010-05-29 06:28 am UTC (link)
	I hesitate to say this, but there is a reason you are Moriarty. It isn't coincidence. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dierache 2010-05-29 06:32 am UTC (link)
	I was genuinely hoping no one would tell me that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bookshelved 2010-05-29 06:35 am UTC (link)
	It might not be personality; it might be proximity to others. I may be Beauty because I love the man who is the Beast, and for no other reason. It might be personality, as I suspect is the case with other villains in the building. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1204/905 dierache 2010-05-29 06:38 am UTC (link)
	I knew Eliot when we were at school. We were friends, but, admittedly, things weren't necessarily all roses. I'm a detective. I picked this job to try to help people. It seems like a fierce brand of irony, don't you think? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-29 06:42 am UTC (link)
	And to think, I used to consider irony one of my favorite literary techniques. Jonathan, this building is as dangerous when we are not our tales as when we are. There is cruelty here that is much more dangerous than the man I am talking to at present. I urge you to keep that in mind. Our destinies are not fated, not even for our stories. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-29 06:48 am UTC (link)
	Beauty is a reader, I'm not the least bit surprised. I'll keep that in mind, as you say. Thank you. And your Beast? Is he alright? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-29 06:52 am UTC (link)
	Beauty is a failed writer, which means she is, of course, a reader. Assuming you are referring to me and not my counterpart. [...] My Beast is not- Daniel is- Do you know one another? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-29 06:53 am UTC (link)
	I was referring to you, yes. I don't think you can be a failed writer. You can only have not yet been able to succeed. No, it was purely curiosity. Why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-29 07:10 am UTC (link)
	I think you are too kind, but I shall accept the kindness this once. Curiosity on my side as well. Beauty's Beast is fine. You interchange the names. Why do you do that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-29 07:13 am UTC (link)
	Good. What, Beauty's Beast? I've never met him, and I expect he belongs to you as much as you belong to him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-29 07:19 am UTC (link)
	We aren't the same. You aren't Moriarty, are you? Why should my tale be any different? He does not need to love me, for the Beast to love Beauty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-29 07:25 am UTC (link)
	Of course not. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend. ~~though if you love him and he doesn't love you~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-29 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	You didn't offend. I only meant to point out that we aren't the same in that way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-30 12:34 am UTC (link)
	I understand. I'm starting to regret not meeting more of my neighbors before all of this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-30 12:40 am UTC (link)
	There is time to meet them now. You are still here, and you are still you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-30 12:48 am UTC (link)
	I wish I had as much faith in that as you do. I hope this doesn't come across as a little [...] abrupt, and I'm sure you have your own things to take care of in the wake of last night, but would you let me take you out for coffee some time soon? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-30 12:57 am UTC (link)
	To discuss your tale? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-30 12:58 am UTC (link)
	Sure. And, you know, to have coffee like two normal people not living in a building populated by the best and the brightest of fiction. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-30 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Very well. I'll agree, if you let me put you to work. I'm moving, you see, and my roommate and I will need assistance. In return, I'll provide coffee and something sweet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-30 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Coffee for heavy lifting? I'll take that deal. When do you need help? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 bookshelved 2010-05-30 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Tomorrow morning? She's moving from 206, and I'm moving from R1. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 1204/905 dierache 2010-05-30 01:04 am UTC (link)
	I'll come by yours first and we can work our way down. Sound good? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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