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[jumpthegun]

Sherlock, he means for sex. He's making fun of you.

[Please, someone shoot him now.]

[pistolproof]

[ John, you are ruining his fun. ]

come now Mate.

[jumpthegun]

[Pick someone apart from his oblivious best friend.]

I'd really rather not, if it's all the same to you.

[Well, he can do innuendo, even if Sherlock can't.]

[pistolproof]

[ Pick a less oblivious best friend.

Jack's pout becomes an immediate grin at the response. Talk like this, especially in public, was not proper from the time he coms from. Luckily for us, Jack has never been one for propriety. ]

No need to Answer so quickly eh? Weve barely even gotten to Know Each Other.

[jumpthegun]

Captain John Watson, Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers. There we are, now we know one another.

[And you know he's military, Mr. Pirate. Former military...]

[pistolproof]

[ Ah. Well, yes. That does put a damper on things. ]

Captain Watson. It be My pleasure.

[ He would absolutely give you a bow if he was there in person but alas. ]

if I didnt any Know better Id Say You have no Inclination to Know me at all. which really isnt Fair Any Way You look at It seeing as You dont even Know My Name.

[ He's hurt. You've hurt his feelings. ]

[jumpthegun]

[Former military who associates with high-functioning sociopath detectives and 1920s London gang lords. At least he's corruptible?]

It's not Sir Francis Drake, is it?

[pistolproof]

[ He'll make a pirate of you yet. ]

Not as Such. the Names Captain Jack Sparrow.

[ He'll leave it at that. Maybe he's military too? ]

[jumpthegun]

[Jack, absolutely nothing about you says military.]

I'll have you ask you to leave my mate there alone, then, Captain Sparrow--man-to-man now we know each other. He's got interests in bodies, yeah. Not the kind you're thinking of, though.

[pistolproof]

[ He could very easily pretend he was military, if you like. ]

be There a Reason He cant Ask Me Hisself?

[jumpthegun]

He's too polite.

[As you can clearly tell by Sherlock's sparkling display of manners in every other conversation here. Also, you could so not pretend at being military, Sparrow.]

[pistolproof]

ah. yes of course.

[ He believes you, really he does.

And he's totally gotten away with pretending to be Lords, members of the clergy and has previously worked in the East India Trading Company. Military wouldn't be too much of a stretch. ]

[jumpthegun]

Look, he's a scientist. You've got those in your own time, right? Men of research. He researches things like bizarre deaths and murders to help make sense of them.

His work is his life. He doesn't do sex or romance.

[howdull]

[Oh.]

Why would he be propositioning me? We've never met.

[jumpthegun]

Because people are strange sometimes.

[And he's not getting into the issue of necrophilia. No.]

[howdull]

Have people stopped assuming we're together? That's inconvenient.

[When people assumed they were boyfriends, nobody propositioned him because he was taken. Or less people did.]

[jumpthegun]

No. That's accurate.

[howdull]

It stopped unwanted interest. What have you changed to make people stop believing it?

[jumpthegun]

Are you serious? Miraculously, people don't tend to think you're with someone when they aren't around.

[And when he's told them you're dead.]

[howdull]

I'm patently around now.

[jumpthegun]

Sherlock, you haven't been around and people see me flirting with women, not men. They know I'm not gay.

[Why is he having to explain this? How is this his life?]

[howdull]

You could be bisexual.

[A pause.]

Whatever the reason, it's inconvenient. I'm not interested in being pursued, John.

[jumpthegun]

Did you ever think that I might be? It sort of takes both of us out of the pool unless you want me to play the philandering boyfriend.

[howdull]

[He nearly chastises John for thinking he's available. This John is, or believes he is, but he can't be allowed to find someone else.

That does bring up an interesting point, though. How have the people here managed to make John forget everything after the Falls? Different time periods is ludicrous; if he accepts that, he has to accept all the other impossible things. Suggestive hypnosis could work.

Wait, he's been silent for too long. At least a full minute as he gets lost in his own thoughts.]

You'll just have to forgo dating. It would be for the best, I've read the poems you write to the objects of your affection, it would be the kindest thing for the world if you never inflicted them on another helpless woman again.

[jumpthegun]

Sherlock, have you ever flirted with another person? Seriously, not for a case or experiment.