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Eli likes puzzles. (dashdotdash) wrote in valarlogs,
@ 2014-02-07 03:04:00

Entry tags:

eli, sherlock holmes

Who: Sherlock Holmes and Eli.
What: SCIENCE.
When: 2/7, after 9PM.
Where: His lab.
Rating/Warnings: No idea, probably low.
Status: In progress.

Since it was dark, she could move freely. Eli sprinted from her home with Logan and Velma to the campus where Mr. Holmes said he worked. She got someone to let her in the front door, so she could move freely around the halls, but when she came to his lap, she simply knocked.

"Mr. Holmes? It is Eli, from the internet? May I come in?"

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sher_locked
2014-02-12 07:31 pm UTC (link)

Sherlock's touch was delicate for a man who decidedly wasn't. He had become an expert at manipulating flesh and bone. He was calm and quiet as he examined her, avoiding her sad eyes. Vampire or not, Eli's teeth had altered their shape at will, even if they weren't the typical, pop-culture vampire fangs he'd expected, which was telling. It was a point in the dream world's favor.

"And you have a friend you feed on?" he asked. "I assume that if I tested my instruments, it would match their blood? Why don't you want to feed on me?" He usual quick fire questioning returned.

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	dashdotdash 2014-02-13 02:15 am UTC (link)
	She waited until his fingers were far away from her mouth to answer. "My papa, yes. It may, right after he lets me feed upon him. He is immune to most illnesses, he fights them off quickly. I don't want to feed upon you because I do not wish to turn you or kill you. Nobody deserves to have this burden, and I dislike death." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sher_locked 2014-02-13 04:45 am UTC (link)
	Sherlock scowled. "Your papa... is this the same man as in your dreams? The one who turned you." He pulled the rubber gloves from his hands one finger at a time. As much as it might have been a comfort to hear that she had no desire to feed on him, the dreams themselves were still his chief concern. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dashdotdash 2014-02-13 08:45 am UTC (link)
	"No. It is a man who I met here after my mother and I moved to this country. He adopted me after she passed." Eli shivered, feeling her teeth return to their normal human roundness. "He is a dreamer as well. It is why he can heal when I ... feed." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sher_locked
2014-02-14 05:43 am UTC (link)

"Are you familiar with the play Hamlet? Shakespeare?" Although his tone had the cadence of a question, Sherlock continued without giving Eli a chance to answer. Whether or not she knew the play wasn't important. "I performed it once, Titular role. There is a line, 'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Act one, scene four--no, five."

He took the briefest of pauses, looking squarely at Eli. He felt there wasn't much, if any need to explain the quotation. "I wish I could perform the play over again. I could bring so much more to it now..."

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	dashdotdash 2014-02-14 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Eli chuckled. "Have you feigned insanity often, Mister Holmes?" She couldn't help but tease. "And do you believe more in the dreams now? Or at least something?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sher_locked 2014-02-14 07:22 am UTC (link)
	Sherlock's eyes were elsewhere. What he was thinking was anyone's guess--occasionally, it was even his. He wasn't ignoring Eli's questions intentionally when he came back to life and posed one of his own. "I can't take you home. I don't drive, so I can't offer you a ride." Alright, so it wasn't a question at all, but he was attempting to be polite. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dashdotdash 2014-02-14 07:34 am UTC (link)
	She just smiled. "I will run home, same as I arrived here." She stood and gave him a slight bow of the head. "Let me know once you've analyzed the saliva, I admit I am curious." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sher_locked
2014-02-15 07:16 am UTC (link)

Rather than ask what she was curious to find, Sherlock decided he'd enjoy the hunt. Saliva could be as good as blood when it came to a genetic imprint.

"I will contact you if there's anything worth reporting." But it was also possible it would slip his mind. Promises like that frequently did. It was difficult for Sherlock to think of people who weren't directly in front of him.

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	dashdotdash 2014-02-15 07:23 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Mr. Holmes." Eli smiled, bowing her head once more, before opening the window. It was easier for her to just climb up to the roof and run home that way. "I hope you have a good evening." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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