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Sherlock Holmes Behind the Scenes, pt. 4
🕑 Added 2022-12-29 10:15:13 +0000 UTCNot much to say here, except it contains some of the first clues- both to Kathy's original storyline, and the one I eventually wrote. :)
Dialogue:
Holmes, steepling fingers: What was the motive?
Lestrade, consulting notebook: Clearly a robbery. He lived just long enough to say, "A rat..." Clearly a reference to Ballarat, Australia. Oh, he also said something about "gold fields." So it all fits. Robbery for gold.
Lestrade, as Holmes and Watson exchange glances: We really don't need your help on this one, Mr. Holmes--I'm just here to inform you of the Professor's demise. As you and Dr. Watson were the last people to see him alive.
Watson, irritably: Surely, you're not suggesting that we had anything to do with it?
Lestrade, tipping bowler hat: Oh, nothing of the sort, Dr. Watson! I know you gentlemen are above reproach and suspicion...
Lestrade, consulting notebook again: ...although...a witness said that a man answering to your description was seen leaving the laboratory about the time of the murder...
Holmes, scowling: Nonsense. Watson was here all evening. We both were.
Lestrade: Just mentioning a clue, Mr. Holmes. I know your insistence on having all the facts, no matter how inconsequential they may seem...
Lestrade, putting a finger beside his nose, and winking: ...and not to say the witness is the most reliable lady in town, if you get my meaning, Sir. She was the only person out that evening.
Doc.
Comments
FrankHarr
That is deffinately Katy's art style.
Doc Nickel
Luke's still on Tatooine and you're asking how they blew up the Death Star, B. Give it time. :) Kathy has a storyline here, too, and I'm trying not to spoil it.
Doc Nickel
That was kind of what Kathy had in mind- there were a lot of little callbacks that both of us slipped in. :) You'll also see more of that "why" later. :)
Sturzkampf
I was expecting the racoon to be a callout to 'Charles Augustus Milverton'. Lestrade gives Holmes a vague description of the suspect seen fleeing from the murder scene and Holmes jovially remarks that it could be a description of Watson. It was Watson, of course.
When did Blone meet Moriarty? I thought only his 'coon henchman was there... Or was he referring to who(m) the latter worked for?
