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claire winchester is not your typical superhero (goallbuffyonus) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2010-10-05 11:08:00

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claire winchester, dean winchester, jim moriarty, john watson, sherlock holmes

WHO: Claire Bennet, Dean Winchester, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Jim Moriarty ~~and a partridge in a pear tree~~.
WHAT: There's a dead body in Claire's video store and Sherlock is giddy as a school girl. Is anyone really surprised?
WHEN: Not long after this and this.
WHERE: Colligo Select Video [aka Claire's video store].
RATING: TBD.
STATUS: In Progress.

Between discovering she was pregnant, having a rather intense conversation with Gabriel about said pregnancy, Azazel still skulking around Colligo, and now the dead body in her store, Claire was seriously starting to wonder if fate really was out to get her. Or at the very least if it was conspiring to drive her absolutely insane. Or something. The point was, Claire wasn't very happy currently. Although to her credit she was at least trying to look at this latest situation from a better angle. Which is why she contacted Sherlock. Because if there was anyone in the city who would appreciate a corpse randomly appearing in a locked store, in the middle of the night, in less than fifteen minutes, it was him.

Claire really did know the oddest people.

But odd or not, Sherlock said he'd be there soon. She could only assume he would, of course, bring John with him as well. And with any luck, Dean would manage to beat them both there Because as much as Claire like Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, she was pregnant and freaked out and annoyed and really wanted the man she loved there with her while people traipsed through her store to study a corpse that she didn't even know. Which was odd in its own right, really. Why would someone murder a local man and leave him in her store?

The unanswered question was forgotten, temporarily, at the soft rap of knuckles against the door. Looking up from her paperwork (nevermind that she was still reading the same numbers repeatedly without actually comprehending a single one), Claire slid off her stool and made her way to the door. With the blinds in place she couldn't see who it was from the counter but a quick glance revealed it to be Dean. A twist of the lock and she pulled the door open, reaching over to press a button on the alarm to keep it from sounding.

"Hey baby," she said softly as she locked the door behind him. Her tone was curious flat, a feeling of numbness and general, frustrated acceptance of the situation having replaced her initial annoyance. "Thanks for coming. This is... well, I'd say it's weird but that seems to be the running theme around here, so that's really nothing new."

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crimeconsultant
2010-10-25 03:34 am UTC (link)

Discernible markings on the body? No. There weren't any of those. However there were markings to be found. You simply had to know where to look. So as John began to offer his very professional, very medical, very mundane opinion, Jim rose back to his feet and began to turn slowly in a circle as his gaze darted about the room. Silently, systematically, he began to take inventory.

Bent shelf edging. Scuff marks along the opposite wall. A handful of cracked film covers lying scattered on the floor diagonally from the scuffs. And finally, a section of paint that was nearly rubbed away along the last wall - nearly the entire length of it, in fact. Lips quirking upward and hands resting in the pockets of his suit, Jim moved toward the last clue. He side-stepped around Dean and Claire, head tilting a bit to the side as he drew closer to the markings.

"I think," he spoke slowly, drawing out the words as he glanced over his shoulder at Sherlock. "We're in need of a ladder."

"A ladder?" Claire spoke up, confusion evident on her face. She frowned at Dean and John, then to Sherlock, before looking to Jim.

"Yes," Jim replied with a mild shrug of his shoulders. "However else are we to reach that?" He pointed to the small skylight above them, hands once more returning to his pockets. His body language was casual but his eyes shone brightly with obvious enjoyment at the situation.

"It is the way the body was placed in this room. I imagine it might hold a bit of interest for us."

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reasonbackward
2010-10-25 06:51 am UTC (link)

"Yes," Sherlock said, catching Jim's gaze. He'd noticed all of the things that looked out of place, that, to anyone else, probably would have just seemed to be normal wear and tear on the shop or just the matter of customer clumsiness. But he saw more, a pattern that Jim had clearly picked up on as well. Tightening his scarf around his neck, Sherlock spared a glance back towards John and over at Dean.

"I do believe we are. If you two of you could go and fetch one," Sherlock said, turning his attention back to Jim to catch his attention. A ladder was all well and good for investigating, but the murderer had to have gotten to the roof some other way, outside the shop, and they needed to find that path as well. "I'll be back."

Stepping over the body, Sherlock didn't spare anyone else a glance has he headed towards the back of the store and out the back door, closing it behind him and casting his gaze upwards. The answer was out here somewhere, and he was going to find it.

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