[network] @309_W1C_2DZ; video; evening 293 [open]

[howdull]

[The video feed clicks on to the sight of an unfamiliar face sporting a patchy and thin moustache. This face belongs to a boy in his late teens, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, with blond hair and blue eyes. He's wearing, rather incongruously, a Belstaff coat that's much too long for him.

He grins into the camera.

He's been locked up for so long, trapped in a straight jacket, and he plans to make the most of it while Sherlock is the one locked up inside his own mind. He rolls his shoulders luxuriously, getting used to the odd new body.]

Daddy's home, boys and girls, I hope you've not been naughty.

[His grin widens, showing slightly crooked but very white teeth.]

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@jwatson; audio

[jumpthegun]

[It feels like months since he and Sherlock parted now, and John's horrified by what he sees. His voice is cold, dangerous.]

Who the hell are you? And why d'you have Sherlock Holmes' coat?

[howdull]

[He pushes his hand against his chest as if mortally wounded.]

You don't recognise me? I'm hurt, I thought I left a bigger impression than that.

@w.graham; text

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ Oh, now ... this IS interesting. ]

Was Daddy gone for so very long?

[howdull]

More than long enough, but sometimes a good holiday is just what you need to make things fresh again.

@featherydouche; voice

[mrcreamsicles]

[Who the shit is this. Today's weird, time's weird, and maybe he's missed an arrival post with everything else that happens in this town. He doesn't think too hard on it. But after that dream last night, he could use a distraction.]

If you're looking to spank my ass, I ain't got one. Maybe try it when you've got more than dryer lint stuck to your lip.

[howdull]

Is that a promise? Don't tease me, now, a heart can only take so many rejections.

[He knows this one, it's the orange bird teenager. Usually uses text, doesn't he?]

@superbia; voice

[sharktrash]

[ As far as Squalo's concerned, everything about this post is perfectly normal and not noteworthy, except: ]

Santa's shitlist should be the least of your worries. You ever look in a fuckin' mirror?

[ he is Offended by that moustache. ]

[ And naturally, like any proper adult, he will focus on that rather than the cold or the fears or the goddamn feeling that he's been stuck here for way too long. Actually any amount of time here is too damn long. ]

[howdull]

[It's okay, Moriarty is offended by the moustache as well, he likes to look presentable at all times and this is not presentable.]

It's one of the things that this funeral home is sadly lacking. We should put in a suggestion box; the blood-stained basin is all well and good, but how's a corpse supposed to know if his parting is straight without at least one mirror?

@godsend, video

[termineur]

[ Gabriel looks somewhere in between amused and relieved. ]

This is an interesting death loss. Doing okay in there?

private;

[howdull]

[He'd been hoping Gabriel might turn up, he could be someone fun to play with while he has the time. He switches to private and his expression changes to something more serious, more concerned.]

More to the point, are you doing okay in there? Still worried about murdering your friends?

@betterhalf; voice

[darkincrement]

[ After his little dream, and the things attached, he has a lot of mixed feelings. There's something about this guy wearing a teenager's facade that is hitting Master feelings hard. Something about the way he holds himself maybe?

After observing for a bit to get some information, he finally responds ]

I see you found mommy dearest. [ He means Watson. ]

[howdull]

It was only a matter of time, really.

[He gives a little twirl, the oversized Belstaff coat flaring out around him.]

He can never resist me when I'm dressed like this.

@theiceman, video

[holmesice]

[Mycroft's so panicked he hits video by mistake. He looks aghast, drawn and pale.]

What the HELL!?

[howdull]

What is it that's tripping you up, Myc? Is it the username? The body? Or my delightful presence inside it?

[Don't be such a downer, this is brilliant.]

@gravedigger; voice

[harlequinofhate]

But being good is dull.

[howdull]

[He clicks his fingers as if in revelation.]

You know, you're right, why didn't I ever see it before?

@prettypinkflowers; video

[lacecase]

[Sherlock, that's inappropriate. Ginger has a hand over her heart, looking somewhat scandalized but mostly amused. Bless her heart, she has no idea what's going on.]

Daddy? Now, isn't that being a bit naughty, sweetie?

[howdull]

[Aww, isn't she adorable? Moriarty grins a bit more warmly, more charming.]

Maybe I like being punished, hm?

@totheark; text

[0thingsonmymind]

why

[howdull]

You'll have to be more specific, why what? Why do I hope you've not been naughty? Why shouldn't you have been naughty? Why are we all here, existing, on this snow-filled world?

@PetertheGreat, video

[zunesareawesome]

[Considering he's with John, Peter's definitely trying to figure out what's going on here and if he should be worried?]

Uh, my dad's dead. And a planet. You don't look like a planet.

[howdull]

Oh, sweetheart, that's a nice thing to say. Though sometimes my bum does look planet sized in the wrong pair of trousers.

[Yo' Daddy's so fat that he's a planet...]

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

pro-tip, anyone wanting to know who someone is
check the username
apparently draining someone of all their blood and pumping it into a rando corpse puts that person in the new body
with a particularly annoying death price

not really sure it's reversible
we'll find out eventually
and i'm guessing he doesn't actually have any extra memories
so that's a bust

still
add it to the list of weirdass things here
you are not your body
you are little nanomachines swimming around in your blood
fun, huh?

@Mnemosyne; text; cw mental illness just in case

[bookofnope]

Kudos on the delightful new experiment design, but how on earth is someone's death price being someone else? I wasn't aware that Mr. Holmes was suffering from any dissociative disorder.

[Don't worry, Greg old boy, he'll get to the existential terror in a jiffy.]

@ASolomons; audio

[devoutish]

[Alfie almost passes this post by completely - when an edgy teenager is looking for attention, the last thing he's inclined to do is actually give it to them. But out of curiosity, he listens to his threads with Watson and Mycroft, and then gets to House's comment.

Welp.]

You're rather fucking calm, aren't you.

[howdull]

It's way too early to be panicking, I just can't get into that screaming mindset until I've had at least two cups of coffee.

[He sees no reason to be anything but calm and happy, this is an opportunity and he doesn't plan to waste it.]