sholmes catchall

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[He's like a five year old in a 34 year old body. This is how he is.]

The...power button. Ah. [Pressing it!] What does this run on? Electricity?

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[ It's cute. Not that Kotetsu doesn't act like a manchild a lot, but big dad energy, too.

For now, the TV is only displaying fuzzy static! ]

Yeah. That might be why the other ones didn't work. That thing on top is an antennae. It normally helps find things that are being broadcast locally, but it doesn't seem to be picking anything up right now.

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Hm.

[Just patting the top of it and then fiddling with the antennae like its a toy.]

So it must pick up what, a signal? How unfortunate. And I was excited to see plays and the like!

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[ He puffs his chest up. ]

I wouldn't have gotten your hopes up so high if it was just that. You see that box there? You can put those tapes into it and you don't need any kind of signal.

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[Now patting all over the box!!]

Ah, do you have any tapes?

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I had to search a few places, but I found some that weren't destroyed.

[ Points at the box on the ground! It's a bunch of random ones.

HE DID THIS FOR YOU, SHOLMES. ]

Take your pick. I don't know what any of them are.

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[Hmmmmm! He'll sort through them, before plucking out what looks to be a faded box to an animated movie.]

[And then he puts it on....top of the box....]

[And looks expectantly at it.]

[Help.]

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[ Oh no. That's cute. ]

You gotta take it outside of the package first, then you put it into the front rectangle. Make sure you're putting it in so that the writing is facing out.

[ He'd do it himself, but he's kind of more of the "try it yourself!" type. More fun that way for both parties. ]

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Hm? Oh. I see.

[He totally has this! And yes, it does take a few tries, but eventually, with some fumbling, he gets the tape out and into the player.]

Ah. Elementary, I see.

[Like he didn't have trouble with it at all.]

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[ Daddy's proud of you, son. ]

Yeah, even kids can figure these things out. Now you just need to press play on there and make sure it's on the right channel. It should start up after.

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[Just doing a >8I from here]

Come now, give me some slack, my good man. [>8///] But very well.

[And he does so! It's probably super bad VHS quality but a cute little animated movie about trains is playing. Sholmes is enraptured.]

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[ He quickly waves his hands. ]

No, no, no. Didn't mean it like that. I meant after they learned, it's a pretty easy thing. New things are hard to use or control. I get that. I've had to deal with that kind of thing before... numerous times.

[ HE WASN'T PATRONIZING, he swears!!! He just phrases things poorly sometimes. But he looks at the screen to see what's playing. ]

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[Sholmes would remark something, but sorry, this is kind of blowing his Victorian Mind right now.]

[He's just like????????]

[????????????????????????????]

[HOW IS ANY OF THIS HAPPENING]

[Also it's probably like bootleg animation studio Thomas the Train Engine.]

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[ This is actually making him pretty happy?? He's always glad when someone enjoys something he's done for them. For now, he's just going to let Sholmes marvel over all of this, half watching what's going on, but also half watching Sholmes himself. ]

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[Yeah, he's really just having a good time. He's sitting in front of the TV, and the way he's staring, you can almost hear all the many cogs of his mind just going a million miles a minute.]

[It's a pretty dumb story about some power of friendship stuff, perfect for little kids, but Sholmes is watching it like a Shakespeare play. Though 1/3 of the way through it, he turns to Kotetsu, sounding impressed.]

You really watch this all the time?

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It isn't all of the time with my busy schedule and it's not usually this kind of thing. These are usually designed for kids. The ones I've watched usually have people acting instead of being animated.

And I usually have popcorn or a beer to go along with it.

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Animated...?

[THIS IS ALL SO NEW TO HIM!!!!!!!]

Yes, this all seems to be a simplistic play with drawings that...move? [And a beat.] Popcorn?

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That's what this kind of film is called. This one is even old looking, so they're actually a lot better looking than this, in some cases. It's pretty impressive the things people can make with technology.

[ And he nods! ]

Popped corn kernels. You heat them up and it tastes great. Good movie food.

[ Thoughtful chin rub. ]

It's a possibility that they'd have that kind of thing around here, if they've got this kind of technology.

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There's food for movies? Does society really, truly, center around this sort of thing? What's next, clothes to go see movies?

[Hmmmm.]

Corn kernels...hm, something to find and try. I certainly would like to.

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That's only if you're going on a date.

[ Well, some people like to dress up nice, that is. ]

Entertainment's pretty important for people.

[ Scratches his cheek in thought. ]

Let me go check the kitchen and see if they've got anything here. If not, I'd be up for an adventure.

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It is, it is...but I never thought it would develop into things such as this. The world is miraculous that way.

[Hm?]

Do you need any help, my dear fellow?

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I'd never be able to come up with stuff like that. I'm more of the type to come up with plans on a whim.

[ He'll shrug. ]

If you want, we could search for some popcorn together and come back and see what other tapes they have to watch.

[ It's been a long time since he'd had a movie night with anyone. ]

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[He stands.]

There's nothing a great detective craves more than a good mystery! And a good adventure. So let us go for it, my dear fellow.

[MOVIE NIGHT TIME WITH THE BOYS]

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Maybe we could find a mystery in the movies.

[ ...The best they'll probably get is like knock off Blues Clues or something, but. ]

We'll worry about what to pick later.

[ A moment pause. ]

Do you know what corn kernels look like?

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Oh, wouldn't that be interesting? Perhaps, perhaps.

[And a nod!]

Indeed, I have. Though I admit, I don't know too many recipes that use them.