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[babyfacedassassin]

[Traffic may be delayed today due to an accident on Westminster Bridge. A young man driving a 1930s-era car reportedly "came out of nowhere," lost control of his vehicle on the ice, and somehow veered into oncoming traffic. No one was hurt, but the driver, holding a white dog in his arms, seems a bit disoriented as he explains the situation to the police.]

I'm telling the truth, sir! I know it sounds mad, but I wasn't in London until a moment ago. And it wasn't... snowing.

... No, I have not been drinking!

[SAVE TINTIN PLEASE, HE'S SO CONFUSED.]

((ooc: leaving soon for Christmas Eve stuff but I will tag back after that!!))

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[tyrian]

[A troll girl is pushing forward to see what's going on.]

It's alright, it happens to everyguppy. Well, maybe not so dramatically.

[babyfacedassassin]

[Snowy notices the girl before Tintin does, and wriggles in his arms, sniffing and then snarling.]

Snowy! Boy, what's wrong?

[And then he sees her and... wow what is even that costume. But she's talking directly to him, there's no doubt about that. Snowy takes advantage of his distraction and jumps down to bark at her heels.]

Ufh- Snowy, no! Get back here!

[tyrian]

[Feferi peers down at the dog with interest. She's not dressed for the weather--she's really only just arrived, and before SGRUB she lived underwater. Alternia was never very cold, anyway.]

Hey, is this your lusus?

[babyfacedassassin]

My - what? He's my dog. Snowy, come.

[He claps his hands. Snowy sniffs suspiciously at Feferi a second longer (smells like fish!), but then reluctantly returns to Tintin's side. Tintin crouches to scratch the dog's head reassuringly, but his attention is on the police officer, who's now being distracted by the other driver and the pedestrians gathering to rubberneck at the scene.

He can't explain this, even to himself. He's well aware he sounds like a crazy person - appropriately, since he's starting to feel like one, too. This is no time to get arrested. He's got to figure out what happened.....]

[tyrian]

He's cute!

[Feferi smiles with too-sharp teeth, apparently oblivious to any distress the situation may be causing.]

[babyfacedassassin]

Er - thank you...

[Snowy barks twice, then whines, trying to hide behind Tintin. There's something not right about this girl! The smell, the teeth, there's something just not right... Tintin does not speak Dog, of course, but he does notice those very sharp and realistic-looking chompers up close. Well all right. He's very confused and a bit apprehensive, of course, but more importantly... he's now curious. Isn't it a bit convenient that he crashed his car 200 miles from where he thought he was, then met this strange, inhuman-looking girl just afterwards? There's got to be a connection here. What does it mean?

The officer in charge of the scene has turned his attention on the weird girl, now. "What're you meant to be? Halloween was months ago, clear off, girl, you'll make a scene," etc. And indeed, a small crowd of bystanders is beginning to gather. But Tintin senses a story.]

Look, ah - terribly sorry. Must have been the ice. Let me just telephone for a tow and I'll be on my way. [To Feferi: ] Excuse me, miss, could you show me where there's a phone I can use?

[tyrian]

Shore!

[Feferi is more than happy to lead Tintin away from the police officers--she doesn't want him getting culled or anything like that. It's not until they're out of earshot she speaks up again.]

A what?

[babyfacedassassin]

Thank you.

[Sweet, he wasn't entirely expecting that to work! Snowy tags along as they head down the street. When she asks the question, though, it takes Tintin a second to recall what she's referring to.]

A telephone. I am going to call a tow, I wasn't making that up. But - listen. What exactly are you dressed as?

[tyrian]

Like a laptop?

[She tilts her head.]

I'm not dressed as anything.

[modernholmes]

[A short japanese child approaches the scene calmly.]

Ne, ne! What happened here?

lolol SHERLOCK, MEET SHERLOCK

[babyfacedassassin]

[There's enough bystanders hanging about that Tintin doesn't notice at first, but Snowy immediately gets to barking at this newcomer. Fortunately Tintin keeps a firm hand on him.]

Snowy! Calm down, boy. - [to Conan] - There's been an accident is all. Run along.

I just saw the movie, and spent the entire time thinking these two needed to meet

[modernholmes]

[Conan peers at the scene, ignoring the attempt at deterring him with practiced ease.]

What kind of accident?

they actually call him sherlock in the comic, too, it's amazing

[babyfacedassassin]

What kind - an auto accident, of course! [Crouching down while the cop is briefly occupied with the other motorist...] Where are your parents? You'd best get on back to them, it's slippery out...

Nosy teenage boys with a talent for stumbling across danger for the win

[modernholmes]

There are many kinds of automobile accidents. It is in the details that they differ.

[The child crosses his arms behind his head and glances across the scene.]

My parents aren't here. And neither are the people who take care of me.

hey, hey, he's...... probably a little older than that... maybe............. oh who knows >_>;;

[babyfacedassassin]

[And this one's details? There's a barrier in the median, completely undamaged, so he couldn't possibly have crossed over it. And then with the skid marks, and so forth, it's pretty clear the car just appeared in the middle of the bridge, if you're open to that sort of solution.]

Well, you didn't just appear out of nowhere... [Yes, that's a loaded rhetorical statement.]

...I really can't tell. But Conan here is technically 17?

[modernholmes]

[...Not really. He's more the type to look for rational explanations in everything. But the obvious impossibility of the scene has not escaped him.]

Of course not. [Conan gives him an irritated look revealing his opinion of that comment.] I should be in Japan. A few minutes ago I found myself here through some unknown means.

please ignore the costume >>;;

[ichoosefight]

[ She saw it all go down, and she couldn't do anything to stop it but she can certainly stop an innocent kid from being arrested for drunk driving. ]

Oh, there you are!

[ She'll just be shoving her way into this conversation, thanks. ]

Sorry officer, I've been looking for my brother here. He has blackouts sometimes, and this sort of thing happens. I know, I know, I shouldn't let him out of my sights, but I think the insurance companies can work this mess out.

consider it ignored ;)

[babyfacedassassin]

What-? [After a second, though, he realizes what she's doing.] Oh! Right! There you are, Sis, sorry, I know you said not to take the car, but we were out of bread and since it's not far...

[ichoosefight]

It's alright, you know it isn't your fault. [ She pats him on the back and starts to steer him away. Back to the officer; ]

Our lawyers will be in touch. Don't worry about all this.

[babyfacedassassin]

[All right yeah let's get outta here... Tintin goes along with the mysterious girl, making sure to look kind of derpishly bewildered until they're round the corner. At that point he sets down Snowy, who yaps anxiously and scampers in circles around the two; then offers his hand gratefully.]

Thank you for that, miss... Not sure how I'd have got out of there otherwise. I'm Tintin, by the way, and this is Snowy...

[ichoosefight]

[ She has a very energetic but firm handshake. ]

Steph. I can't believe that idiot didn't see your car come out of nowhere. Where are you from really, Tintin?

[babyfacedassassin]

[So does he - perhaps firmer than one would expect for a guy his size.]

Brussels. And what do you mean, out of nowhere...? [He has his suspicions, but there's something in the way she asked.]

[ichoosefight]

As in, "apparated", "appearified", "poof, you're here".

Not that you would have noticed, being blacked out and all.

[babyfacedassassin]

[He steps back, a tenuous connection beginning to form in his mind.]

This has happened before? People appearing out of nowhere?

[ichoosefight]

Welcome to Wonderland. You made it past the rabbit hole.