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[of_deduction]

[ He's set this one to audio simply because he's not feeling well today as evidenced by the brief coughing fit when the feed first snaps on. When he speaks his voice is clipped and slightly hoarse. ]

I need a distraction.

One [ Cough. ] of you must have some perplexing problem you can't solve on your own. [ Cough Cough. ] Bring it to me, and then go away. I'll contact you once I've finished.

[ Cough. ]

And do us both a favor, don't waste my time with anything boring.

[ A pause. ]

If you have to think about it-it's boring.

[ Or you can save yourselves from being insulted by letting him suffer on his own. ]

And John? We're out of tea. Kindly make yourself useful and get some more.

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[consultantsdoctor]

[God this is going to be a nightmare. He's going to be a nightmare.]

Sherlock, you could be a bit nicer to potential clients or no one is going to bring you anything.

[Could be nicer to everyone but John's used to the detective's dramatic moods.]

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[of_deduction]

Hopefully, it'll chase any of the boring cases away. They can try back again next week.

[ Maybe. If he's over this stupid cold. ]

Have you got the tea?

[consultantsdoctor]

And what happens if you don't get any interesting cases?

[Of course it doesn't occur to Sherlock to rest so he could get better faster so he doesn't have to deal with being sick.]

No, I haven't got the tea. [John does not sound rushed to get it either.]

[of_deduction]

I'll launch a formal complaint to the criminal classes.

[ Why don't you have the tea John. He needs the tea. ]

Then what are you still talking to me for?

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[bostonhowler]

Do you have soup? I can bring some over, once I'm done with the shelter for the evening.

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[of_deduction]

[ He pauses to consider the offer. Does he want soup? If it's just broth it shouldn't slow him down too much. ]

Just the broth then. I still have work to do.

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[bostonhowler]

Shouldn't take me long to make some up. And while you might have work, you should rest.

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[of_deduction]

Oh, no. I'm perfectly fine [ Cough. ]

I just need a distraction to take my mind off this damnable cold.

[spoilsfun]

You're blowing this completely out of proportion. Having a cold isn't that terrible.

[Guess who was finally starting to feel better and had no sympathy. ]

[of_deduction]

It's annoying.

[ he pauses to look the kid over, trying to decide if he can send him out to get tea but John probably wouldn't approve since he'd said no running about the city. Not to mention the eighty percent chance he'd run into some kind of danger. ]

And you're one to talk. Yours came with a fever.

[spoilsfun]

Which is mostly gone now.

[of_deduction]

Good for you. Do you want a medal?

[ Sorry Conan, he's extremely grouchy today. He stares at Conan a moment longer, his eyes scanning all the little tells that indicate things about people. He's seen main ones practically everyday since his arrival. There's nothing else to be determined as Conan has been inside the passed week. He's a very weak distraction in that regard. ]

How old are you really? [ Sorry Conan, but it seems we're right back to this since it offers a distraction. ]

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[upshore]

Given any thought to my little nanite problem?

Unless you've gotten bored of it already.

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[of_deduction]

One can't build bricks without clay.

In order to solve any problem, I need data.

SH

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[upshore]

I could give you all the information I have.

Of course, that'd make me look like a crazy person. But I assure you, I'm as sane as this world allows.

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[of_deduction]

Good.

I prefer the bizarre and seemingly impossible.
SH

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[wrathfulkhan]

A general proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

[Hey, he does sometimes listen when Tony talks.]

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[of_deduction]

Lovely.

Though I was hoping for something more in need of a detective not a mathematician.

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[wrathfulkhan]

Well, you really need to be more specific, then. It is a perplexing problem. And isn't solving an unsolvable problem the most satisfying detective work of all?

[Gene, you little shit.]

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[jinzhong]

Um, I dunno, man...do you know anything about girls?

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[of_deduction]

[ Girls? Is he serious? What's so exciting about that? ]

Mmm... No, Sorry. Not my area.

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[jinzhong]

[Well, you see, Sherlock, when a man and a woman love each other very much...]

Well, you know stuff about how to deal with people, right? [Oh, Jackie, you precious flower.]

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[justno]

How about who's making all the damn noise in the kitchen?

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[of_deduction]

[ Noise you say? You mean the sound of cabinets being violently torn open as a grumpy man reverts back to a two year old in search of his tea? ]

Don't be an idiot. That's not a mystery.

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[justno]

It's a mystery why it needs to happen at all hours of the day and night.