sholmes catchall

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[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

You have my ear, Mr. Kotetsu. And my other ear. And my eyes. Show me!

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[ he gives a big thumbs up! and starts to lead him right to the house. ]

It took a few tries, but I finally found something that works.

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Ah, and is it showing plays on it, like you said before? I find it fascinating that such things could be broadcasted so easily. And I thought my cinematograph was advanced enough!

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They don't have anything live going on right now. Assuming it's because of the state of this place, but they have some things on tape. It can be a surprise for both of us.

[ honestly, he didn't look around at what the options were, but they'll find something interesting. probably.

he jerks his head down a street, indicating that's the way to go. ]

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....Tape? And what is that?

[SO MANY NEW THINGS TO DISCOVER]

[Anyways, he's happily following along.]

By the by, are you feeling any better from your little dust attack?

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It has things recorded on it. Movies or shows. [ Thinks a moment. ] Movies are stories that are contained to short lengths, but shows are more ongoing and have multiple parts to them.

[ But he nods about the question. ]

Yeah, I'm fine. It was just a little hard to breathe when I was in there.

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Multiple parts....ah. Not unlike the chapters of a book.

[He smiles at that.]

Take some deep breathes, my man. [And a pat on the shoulder.] We can't lose you yet, especially to such paltry circumstances.

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Exactly like that.

[ But who really reads these days. ]

A little dust won't kill me.

[ But look! A house...!! And he holds his hand out to indicate this is the place. ]

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Ah, what a find you've gotten, Mr. Kotetsu.

[He's already running forward!]

Come now, you really must make haste! You're as slow as a turtle, my man!

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[ Honestly, he's so amused at how excited Sholmes is about all this. Like a little kid on Christmas. ]

I'm coming, I'm coming.

[ In true dad fashion, he's taking his time. But! He gets there. ]

I couldn't find the remote, but you see these buttons here? The red is the power button.

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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?