we are invariably pleased to welcome tourism

[cross_and_bow]

Sherlock is usually very puncutal. He's only one minute late, but that's still not quite as punctual as usual. Bella peers out the window, not yet allowing herself outright concern.

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[toblameforit]

"I don't know," he says, "I just—Sherry, are you okay?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Not particularly."

[toblameforit]

"Dammit," Tony sighs, and hugs him.

[eversomuchfun]

Hesitantly, Sherlock hugs back.

"Half of the aforementioned dead family," he says, mostly for Golden's benefit.

[luminous_regnant]

"I suspected," Golden murmurs.

[she_sells_seashells]

"This one has a Jarvis at home," Shell Bell says tentatively.

[eversomuchfun]

He hugs Tony a little tighter.

[toblameforit]

"Hey," he says gently, "kinda squishy over here." Then he sighs. "Jarvis too, huh?"

[eversomuchfun]

He un-clings a little. Just a little.

"Jarvis too."

[cross_and_bow]

"Amariah said Jarvis is an AI," says Juliet. "Forgive me if this is rude, but is there any possibility of - copying him and bringing one back to Sunshine with us?"

[she_sells_seashells]

"I don't have big coins but I can do squares, squares can conjure nonmagical objects," pipes up Shell Bell.

[toblameforit]

"...We can ask," says Tony, pulling back some to look at Sherlock's face. "You wanna go ask?"

[eversomuchfun]

For purely psychological reasons, he takes a deep breath.

"Yes."

[toblameforit]

"You'd need somewhere to put him, though," Tony muses. "Do you have a house? I bet you don't have a house. Um, Bell-over-there?" he says, addressing Juliet. "Do you have a house? That we can... extensively remodel?"

[cross_and_bow]

"Sherlock named me Juliet because at one point we had a conversation through my window, I'm sticking with it," says Juliet. "And that one's Golden. I live in Charlie's house, which I don't really expect him to be willing to remodel, but there's a fair number of abandoned buildings in Sunnydale, maybe Shell Bell could conjure up stuff to pawn and I could buy one on the cheap and we can remodel it by magic?"

[toblameforit]

"Sure," he says.

[eversomuchfun]

"I expect that will work," says Sherlock. "Although it might take some time."

[cross_and_bow]

"How much time are you thinking? Not everyone's as comfortable with roughing it as Amariah, so if a lot of that is time spent Sunshine-side it could get awkward," muses Juliet.

[eversomuchfun]

"To buy an abandoned building? I'm not sure, I've never done it before. But I expect it'll be more than a day."

[cross_and_bow]

"Possibly. Although a lot of stuff operates so very sketchily in Sunnydale I wouldn't be astonished if we could get it done faster."

[she_sells_seashells]

"What time is it there now?"

[cross_and_bow]

"Something like ten thirty p.m.," says Juliet.

[toblameforit]

"We could ask Jarvis first, anyway," says Tony.

[luminous_regnant]

"I imagine I'm irrelevant to all these proceedings, but I'm curious to have a look around anyway," says Golden, "am I invited?"

[toblameforit]

"Sure!"