Telepathic IC 'Inbox' and Messenger Bird Reception

[greatestdefective]

[Catch-all post for one-on-one messages that need to be delivered directly to Sherlock, either through the amulets or with a messenger bird. Meeting in person is also an option!]

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[letteropener]

Oh, the air duct! Did you think that the murderer might have slipped through it somehow, or committed their crime through it?

[Celestia is getting into this, or at least, enough so to encourage him onwards.]

[greatestdefective]

Ahah, so it seemed! You see, the moment I questioned Mr. Souseki, the truth revealed itself in small gestures. A shifty glance, a twitch of the moustache, an errant pose... There was no doubt about it, he was hiding something. Within his closet, I found it! It was a stowaway, wearing upon his head a priceless crown! A priceless, stolen crown! Mr. Souseki and his accomplice had pilfered this item and fled the country, yet with only one ticket and two of them, hiding away inside a closet for the entire trip had been unavoidable.

Was the priceless crown meant to be returned to its true owner? Certainly, it was! Was it illegal to hide a stowaway aboard a ship? Without question! Those were two crimes that Mr. Souseki was guilty of, explaining his suspicious behavior. It had seemed, then, that he was unrelated to the murder. However, I began to ask myself the following question; if two crimes take place in one cabin and a third crime next door, are they truly unrelated?

[letteropener]

It seems very unlikely -- and of course, there is still the mysterious speckled band to consider, which of course must surely be key to all of this!

[greatestdefective]

Ahah, indeed! I allowed my gaze to search Mr. Souseki's room one more time, hoping to uncover more stray clues. That is when I saw them; a small whistle on the desk and a saucer of milk on the floor. My deductive power moved swift as an arrow. There it was, right before my nose, the identity of the speckled band. I searched the room with my hands and found it, hidden in a suitcase.

It was a snake, its body donning an interesting speckled pattern!

[letteropener]

And it was the killer, having crawled through the vent to bite and poison the poor victim. [Celestia concludes this confidently -- before she pauses, making a thoughtful noise.] Oh, but surely the bite marks on his body would have been distinctive.

[greatestdefective]

[What- bite marks? Oh, uh. What was it about that, again?]

Err, right! Yes! The bite marks were hidden on his finger tip, which is where the blood came from- The blood which he used to write the word "tiara". With that, I made the final connection. You see, the victim must've found out about the stolen crown and mistaken it for a tiara, which was exactly what his dying message alluded to. Mr. Souseki had set his snake upon the victim to silence him, then called it back through the vent with the whistle. He would've gotten away with his crimes too, if it weren't for the Great [meddling] Sherlock Holmes.

And so concludes the tale of the mysterious speckled band!

[letteropener]

The finger tip? What a curious place for a snake to bite -- no wonder you had such difficulty in identifying the murder 'weapon' at first. So you uncovered many crimes in the case of investigating one. That is very impressive!

[greatestdefective]

Why, thank you, Your Highness! Your praise means ever so much to me.

[He takes a flourishing bow, almost causing his hat to fall off his head. He catches it just in time, though. Meanwhile, a bright little rainbow decorates the room, a result of Sherlock's love for being able to show off.]

[letteropener]

Being a detective clearly requires a keen mind and logical insight. I must admit I'd never considered how tricky it could be until this moment.

[greatestdefective]

One cannot truly fathom the challenges of a detective until one follows in a detective's footsteps, I believe. [Which is precisely why he kept spurring Naruhodou to tackle investigations.]

It is a curious world, and yet, at times it is a dreadful one. The truth can be ugly.

[letteropener]

I have not found that to be a universal truth. As a detective, are you not routinely exposed only to the worst? It must be easy it lose sight of the beautiful truths and the wonderful world when you are constantly called upon to see only its darkness.

[greatestdefective]

Not at all. It is true; the darkness is evident and on occasion, it can wear one down. However, the beautiful truths are all around us, even in the simplest of things. Art, food, enticing conversation, friendship... The world shrouded in light serves as a reminder that not all is dark.

[letteropener]

I think the darkness is a reminder of how warm and bright the light can be... oh, but listen to us speaking metaphorically about things that can be taken literally. My sister would be justifiably upset.

[greatestdefective]

Your sister? What reason would she have to be upset?

[letteropener]

Why, she is the Princess of the Night, of course. And the darkness she brings when she raises the moon is very literal and certainly not negative in the slightest!

[greatestdefective]

The, errr, of course. Yes, Princess of the Night. Quite right. [He's talking to a royal pony, so this whole concept sort of fits right in.]

Though, does the act of raising the moon not bring light to darkness?

[letteropener]

Oh, I should explain -- in Equestria, the moon is to the night as the sun is to the day. I am told in human worlds that is different, and that the moon can even be visible during the day on some worlds, but Equestria is not the same. The moon lights the darkness, but it is still dark compared to the day.