A Study in Scarlet: The First of Many

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Canon Story: A Study in Scarlet
Title: The First of Many
Author: impulsereader

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Our first deduction concluded with my explaining my profession in full. Watson could not be blamed, of course. Despite the many clues I had left lying about our rooms and dangling over dinner, deducing that a man is the world’s only anything is hardly child’s play. He chose to observe rather than inquire, that was the crux of the matter.

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[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

I was then unfortunately distracted from my case by the explosion of some sort of alien creature which apparently had been invisibly haunting our new rooms. Watson's well-aimed toss had succeeded in not only making it visible but painting our ceiling with its innards.

He is the most fascinating of men.

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Mrs Hudson, however, would not quite join our shared enthusiasm once it turned out that neither vinegar nor lemon acid would remove the bright blue stain on the wallpaper. I got going in the lab immediately. What fun this evening had turned into! And people said I didn't do well with flatmates.

Comment Mrs Hudson:
The acids may not have worked, but that remarkably expensive bottle of whiskey from your collection did, thank you very much.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Luckily, Holmes spilled the salt just when the alien was in position, and then proceeded to attribute its slaying to that mineral. As usual, I was able to leave the clean-up to others.