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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[cross_and_bow]

"Does it help?" Juliet asks her Sherlock, softly.

[eversomuchfun]

"A little."

[cross_and_bow]

"That's good, then."

[luminous_regnant]

"How are you planning to explain his disappearance?" Golden asks, afterthoughtlike.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Square can vanish as well as conjure, so there's no question of hiding the body unless you've got an idea for falsifying cause of death," says Shell Bell.

[bitofafiction]

"I will take care of it," the native Sherlock asserts. "Go ahead and vanish him."

[she_sells_seashells]

Vanishment.

[cross_and_bow]

Juliet crosses the room to hold her Sherlock's hand.

[eversomuchfun]

Silently, he hugs her.

[cross_and_bow]

Hugs are always an improvement.

[she_sells_seashells]

"...How's the backup of Jarvis coming?" Shell Bell asks tentatively, after a minute's silence.

[poeticterms]

"Almost complete."

[toblameforit]

"...I'm gonna need a minute, guys," Tony says quietly. "Vampire Sherry, can I borrow you?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Of course."

[cross_and_bow]

Juliet relinquishes her Sherlock.

[eversomuchfun]

He follows Tony out of the room.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Other Sherlock, are you still on the phone?" Shell Bell asks the air.

[bitofafiction]

"Yes I am."

[she_sells_seashells]

"Are the events clear enough or do you want anything explained?"

[bitofafiction]

"A vampire duplicate of me from an alternate universe just killed Obadiah Stane. Tony went off to cry on said duplicate's shoulder. Some number of you were also involved."

[she_sells_seashells]

"I'm Shell Bell and there's also Juliet - she's new, the Sherlock is hers, she's the Slayer in her world - and Golden - she's sort of new but was known, she's a vampire but a different kind," supplies Shell Bell.

[bitofafiction]

"Nice to meet you all," Sherlock says dryly.

[cross_and_bow]

"And Jarvis is copying to disk so I can take him home and install him in my world," Juliet adds, "because him and Tony died, there."

[bitofafiction]

"Ah," says Sherlock.

[cross_and_bow]

"I think you're up to speed now."