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Shikanoin Heizou ([personal profile] book2thehead) wrote in [community profile] shellphones2025-10-03 08:15 pm

Superstitions Smoocherstitions!

Type: Video
Sender ID: [personal profile] book2thehead (Shikanoin Heizou)
To: General Public
Subject: Drunk Detectives Dunk On Dumb Delusions
Warnings: beware of alcohol, kids

[It's that once in a blue moon time where Heizou makes a public appearance on the network. And it becomes quite clear why once the feed comes on: his face is quite pink and he has a big cheeky grin on his face and a bottle of wine in the hand that isn't holding the camera. So... Yeah, he appears to be drunk.

He also appears to be outside somewhere, despite how late it is. And he is also not alone! Beside him there appears to be one (1) Sherlock Holmes, currently laying down on his seat with his feet up in the air and his head dangling over the edge. He is also attempting to play his violin from this position, for.... some reason. Science? Science.

Either way, the video feed turns on to the sound of Heizou giggling and Sherlock's violin playing. And Heizou trying to figure out what position he needs to be sitting in to send out his Very Important Message. He finds it eventually, with the shellphone angled so that both he and Sherlock are in frame - or at least Sherlock's feet are - and he addresses his invisible audience with an even bigger grin.]


Ah-- Here! Helloooo one and all~! Your friendly local detective agency has decided to take on the mysteeeerious case of.... Sailor superstitions~! That is right my dear rift-jumping fellows, we've even decided to do this one pro bono! That means freeeee~

[There's a moment of fumbling the camera, and once it settles Heizou is holding the camera out at arm's length to reveal where he and Sherlock are: what appears to be a fake boat, crudely built and sitting on land (so to speak) like a playground for children. Did they find this? Did they drunkenly grab chairs and tables and bits of wood to build it themselves? Who knows. But it sure is... vaguely boat-shaped.]

Now as you can see here, the great Mr. Sherlock Holmes and yours truly are currently on board a boat! And as you can also see- [He tilts his head down slightly so that the camera gets a better angle on all his burgundy-colored hair.] -my hair is quite red! But have we run into any bad luck on our voyage? Nooope~! Aaaand POOF! Myth busted!

[At this point Sherlock chimes in drunkenly from off-screen:]

Heizou, did we test all the ways to swirl the alcohol? Did we forget one? [Since obviously up and down is an option-] The taste didn't change at all!

[Someone should... probably stop them. Or maybe join them! Decisions, decisions...]
astudyinviolet: Sherlock with furrowed brows (Eel Hunting)

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[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-04 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sherlock might have been a bit sad about Alfyn leaving, so "scientifically" testing superstitions is a good distraction.

Sherlock is also a lightweight, and he easily hit his limit while testing the odd superstition about swirling wine in a certain direction will make it taste bad.
]

The Petri Family said they took time to bring people good wine, and that man was really insistent about drinking it right, or it'd go bad. We didn't eat it with meat or fish either. Perhaps if we shook it?

[ He's still trying to play the violin upside-down. ]

... but we broke the cork to test the other superstition...
telepathicignorance: (Talk)

Text, UN: 🖕nunya🖕

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-10-04 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Bad luck might not do you in but sailing while drunk sure would.

(How the fuck are they so stupid? They know it's not a real boat, but that actually makes it dumber. They might not drown but they will fall and break something.)
Edited 2025-10-04 13:35 (UTC)
astudyinviolet: Sherlock glancing to the side (Saints and Sinners)

[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-04 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ The violin playing continues to be awkward, but Sherlock doesn't seem to mind. ]

I have not drunk much wine before to provide an accurate comparison to others, but this seems to taste the same as before.

[ He lets the bow dangle from his fingers. The teatime companion walks over, stubby feet tapping on the floor of their landlocked ship. Undisturbed by the silly drunken antics of the detectives, he lightly bonks his head against Sherlock's. Drink something besides water please. Sherlock seems to take no notice. ]

If black cats are supposed to be unlucky, what happens if you are the black cat?
beshackled: (pic#16081886)

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[personal profile] beshackled 2025-10-04 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Although that offers some small insight as to why I've been getting shooed away from the docks these past few days...

[He's fairly certain conducting the experiment on a fake boat not even at sea will be judged as not meeting the requirements of a true test... though given their inebriated state he isn't about to encourage boarding an actual boat. They could get sick, or teeter overboard. And as much as his first encounter went sour with one of them, he does not wish the man harm.]

Are you alright?
scooba: (Treehouse)

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[personal profile] scooba 2025-10-04 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
....

Are you two going to be okay?
chatteblanche: (010)

action: open to both drunken fools

[personal profile] chatteblanche 2025-10-04 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lynette watches the video long enough to be able to triangulate their location based on the background, then packs up and heads out. While she appreciates the "work" they're doing to debunk silly superstitions, they are going to need someone to make sure they don't accidentally kill themselves.

She likes Heizou and Sherlock enough to be that someone for them. Not to mention that she would be a terrible sister if she didn't look out for Lyney's boyfriend every once in awhile.

Upon arrival, she doesn't make herself known. Instead, she simply has a seat nearby and watches, waiting for them to notice her. She may or may not want the satisfaction of seeing their drunk asses react to her in surprise. ]
spectacleofphantasmagoria: (Stage fright)

Video

[personal profile] spectacleofphantasmagoria 2025-10-04 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sweet heavens, what is he looking at here. Lyney is positively baffled as he replies.]

Heizou, mon cher, what exactly are you two doing?
telepathicignorance: (Eyeroll)

Text always, even if it's rude

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-10-04 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
You're going to fall off and break something.

Also I'm pretty sure that being a redhead on a fake boat doesn't prove anything other than you don't take the superstition seriously enough to test it for real.
telepathicignorance: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-10-04 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Eltrut is so big that it basically counts as a moving island. It doesn't have the same vulnerabilities that a ship has.
beshackled: (pic#16007228)

[personal profile] beshackled 2025-10-05 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
['He certainly is energetic, this one.']

Alas, I fear I have no vessel of my own or crew to which I associate with here that I might convince to explicitly welcome redheads, unfair and unjust discrimination though it is.

[He shakes his head, demeanor turning a little sullen.]

How does one even come to embrace such a ridiculous superstition?
astudyinviolet: Sherlock in three-fourths profile (The Hand-Me Down)

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[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-05 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
If we are not, then that means we got one of the superstitions to come true, and you can use that information to your benefit.
astudyinviolet: Sherlock deducting with Watson in the bg (â©‘ The Adventure of the Empty Shed)

[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-05 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sherlock is less of a cheery drunk. He will giggle from time to time, but he is just as easily prone to falling into a sadder mood. Luckily, Heizou is keeping the tone light and distracting him.

While the two detectives might have each other's attention, a tea time companion walks over to bump into Lynette's ankle. It has a tiny little pirate captain's hat on and has been trying (and failing) to get the detectives to drink tea (or water). Now it is doing the same to Lynette.

It seems the two have nominated the enchanted teapot to be the captain of their landlocked ship.
]
astudyinviolet: Scruffy Sherlock trying to say he's fine (â©‘ The Adventure of the Weary Soldier)

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[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-05 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
We are doing a MANTA quest and science because Heizou doesn't want me to be sad.

[ Clearly. ]
astudyinviolet: Sherlock with head tilted and looking upwards (The Tale of the Empty House)

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[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-05 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
If was sailing and managed to get drunk while doing so, that would possibly be good luck for me regardless if I survived the journey or not.

[ He is completely serious. ]
astudyinviolet: Sherlock facing forward with arms crossed (Love Death and Cordona)

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[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-05 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
I will be fine. We are here to prove the superstition wrong and that there is not some redheaded league of bad luck causers.

[ Heizou is his best friend in this world, and he is not bad luck. Sherlock has been lucky to know him! ]
telepathicignorance: (Confused)

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[personal profile] telepathicignorance 2025-10-05 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Why's that?
Edited 2025-10-05 02:50 (UTC)
astudyinviolet: Sherlock looking at Jon clasping his shoulder (Splitting the Loot)

[personal profile] astudyinviolet 2025-10-05 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Teason has some tea or water in it. There would be no reason to try and make the detectives drink something if it didn't have anything in it. (But really, the real reason Teason is here is to be the captain of the ship and thus needed to contain some drink to activate the enchantment) ]

Yes. Small and large.

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