[voice] A stormy question

[justicereigns]

[Hello Luceti, is the nice little ice storm distracting you from post-Valentine's woes? Don't worry, here's a grumpy marine asking questions to painfully reminds you all.]

Seeing as we're all stuck inside -- [Once again, an usually feminine voice from Smoker's journal account.] -- I've got a question for everyone affected by the event.

Are there normally lines you won't cross in relationships that the Malnosso seem to cross for you? Or do they seem to take those into consideration instead? Since they seem to know us pretty well, it begs the question whether they're using our weaknesses, or if it's completely random.

And if anyone needs help out there in the storm, let me know. This weather is good practice.

[ooc: and feel free to threadjump like the dickens. It might be the only time Smoker keeps quieter than not, seeing as he's a girl now.]

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[i_speak_softly]

[Lupin, don't talk grammar at Don. He doesn't get it even when he isn't winter-brained.]

He's in the other room...

[redjacketthief]

I'll ask him later then, Don. [This whole thing is so confusing~]

And Cap'? You found Maurice's works here? That's almost a surprise--it's been a while since I read them myself! [Yup. He never knew his grandfather. The man wasn't much of a family man.] I'll need to go hunt them down~

Why would you want to know about my grandfather anyway? I'm the Best Thief of the Century! [Barely beating his grandfather, and discounting the things he would never be able to beat his grandfather at.

Outwitting Sherlock Holmes, for one. Setting himself up to run the entire French Government for another.]

[justicereigns]

[Arches an eyebrow.] You're competing with the past, brat? Another thing like Straw Hat. Tch.

Don, are you okay? The not-quite hibernation is good, right?

[i_speak_softly]

I'm fine. It's supposed to happen.

[He turns to Lupin again, curiously.] There are books about your grandfather?

[redjacketthief]

So this lethargy thing is normal then? Huh.

Need an electric blanket?

...and yeah, there are. Like the great Sherlock Holmes' friend Dr. Watson wrote down their adventures, my grandfather, the man I'm named after, would ocassionally regale his friend Maurice with stories.

He was the head of the largest criminal organization in France, but he didn't have too many personal friends, I guess. Regardless of the reason, these stories got published one way or another, and granddad always did like publicity...

It's funny though. Apparently my grandfather's adventures are fiction in some places. That probably means that Sherlock Holmes is also fiction...

I can sympathize a little with Luke and Obi-Wan, thinking about all this.

[justicereigns]

Hang on. Sherlock Holmes? I read all those.

I didn't think they were fictional though.

[redjacketthief]

They're not~! He's part of my history~

He is the man I'll never be able to beat, though. One of them

[i_speak_softly]

[Right now, Don doesn't trust his sense of who is or isn't fictional. He just shakes his head at the electric blanket thing.]

[justicereigns]

Why can't you defeat him?

[redjacketthief]

He's been dead for a very long time.

[i_speak_softly]

Are you sure he's still dead?

[This was a recurring problem in Don's life at home.]

[justicereigns]

Actually, Don has a point. Dead people do sort of turn up here.

[redjacketthief]

I think I'd know if he were here. He's not exactly a low profile guy, you know.

And yes. He's very dead at home.

[i_speak_softly]

[Well, that's settled.]

Smoker, you were looking for me?

[justicereigns]

He could still turn up here Lupin.

Yeah, Don. Just wanted to make sure everything's been okay these last two months.

I found Robert earlier so I've been briefed a little. How are you and your brothers holding out in the storm?

[redjacketthief]

Ok yeah, that'll be the day, Cap'! Who next, Bunny and Raffles? Sebastian Moran? Irene Adler? They're all pretty dead, though I'd love to face them one day.

Don and his bro are here in Community House 5, with Robbie and Dellie. We should be pretty good unless the power goes out.

[justicereigns]

I have no idea who they are, but it truly wouldn't surprise me to see Gold Roger show up here.

All right, let me know if you guys need anything.