[text][the adventure of the initial advertisement]

[lostwithoutmyblogger]

Consulting detective services available.

Specialties include solving the apparently unsolveable, chemistry, criminal subcultures & serial killers.

Fees negotiated on sliding scale, will work pro bono

[It takes a second, but he adds]

or for tea & soup.

-SH.

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[snarkypotions]

You should know that I am able to make copies, should you not? And that I'm not in the habit of loaning out my personal books.

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[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

Not even to their subjects? You are touchy.

[Audio]

[snarkypotions]

Are you not touchy about your things, Mr. Holmes? But again, such a thing shouldn't be news to you. So, do we have a deal?

[Audio]

[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

We do. Where shall we meet?

[Audio]

[snarkypotions]

Where are you right now? I can come to you.

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[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

No. I'll meet you outside the clinic.

[Audio]

[snarkypotions]

Very well, say in ten minutes?

[Audio]

[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

Understood.

[Audio] Up for playing it out?

[snarkypotions]

Good.

[offline] definitely!

[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

[Sherlock will be waiting, right on time, lounged against the side of the building with his hands tucked in his pockets and his collar turned up against the wind.]

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[snarkypotions]

_{[Snape arrives at exactly ten minutes, coming from the direction of the lake and clad in his usual black, with his cloak billowing out behind in true Snapian fashion. He pauses to nod silently at Sherlock before gesturing (and discreetly casting Muffliato) for them to continue walking. The clinic, with Riddle inside, is hardly a place he wants to have this conversation.]}

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[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

Professor.

[Holmes greets, with a nod.]

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[snarkypotions]

Mr. Holmes.

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[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

Who are you afraid of in the clinic?

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[snarkypotions]

I don't need others hearing our conversation.

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[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

What could a potions professor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry possibly have to fear?

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[snarkypotions]

Why shouldn't he?

_{[There's the slightest bit of a growl in his voice. Someone didn't appreciate the constant implications of possible cowardice.]}

He is still human is he not?

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[lostwoutmyblogr.livejournal.com]

I suppose so- as much as he would like to lose himself in his books.

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[snarkypotions]

Are books not interesting enough to garner such attention?