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I was wondering what we could use them for? Have they been used by us? In the right way?

If they have not, then I really don't get it. We are in trouble. We need help, we've got all sorts of stuff going on. And we could use assistance. And here, we have an opportunity to call for aid from the two most brilliant fictional detectives, and we have not taken it yet.

I am not sure what the use of their e-mail adresses in this ARG is. And maybe we have indeed solved something with their help, through their website already. But we should put them on the major cases, and solve this together.

I think that in the future we'll need their help with a specific task. We'll know what it is when it happens. So far, though we have mysteries, I don't think any of them are worth persuading Poirot or Holmes to travel a significant distance to solve. I think the email addresses are like an emergency exit. Its purpose is to be there when it's needed, rather than to be used regularly.

Regarding things they could be helpful for - maybe we could ask them about the Cabal? Although that could get them wrapped up with the Cabal and I'd rather not put the detectives in any kind ofg danger...

Scarab wrote:Regarding things they could be helpful for - maybe we could ask them about the Cabal? Although that could get them wrapped up with the Cabal and I'd rather not put the detectives in any kind ofg danger...

I had not even thought of that >.< (getting them in trouble I mean, not asking about the Cabal)
But if we just mail them the information we have (which may be a lot) then they might be able to come up with something... Or at least tell us what kind of info we need.
Have they been mailed about Cinderella or is she not really important right now?

I think someone left comments on their blogs about Cinderella. So far they haven't reported any leads.

narrativedilettante wrote:I think that in the future we'll need their help with a specific task. We'll know what it is when it happens. So far, though we have mysteries, I don't think any of them are worth persuading Poirot or Holmes to travel a significant distance to solve. I think the email addresses are like an emergency exit. Its purpose is to be there when it's needed, rather than to be used regularly.

Could we just use e-mail to send them information we have and let them tell us what we need to find out?

narrativedilettante wrote:I think someone left comments on their blogs about Cinderella. So far they haven't reported any leads.

It may be a bad idea to put Holmes on that case, since last time I checked, he didn't know he was fictional yet. Has Poirot reacted to those comments at all, by the way?

RotavatoR wrote:It may be a bad idea to put Holmes on that case, since last time I checked, he didn't know he was fictional yet. Has Poirot reacted to those comments at all, by the way?

Holmes was the first to understand that he's fictional, or rather, that he's in a reality where he is regarded as fictional. And the comments have already been made, no good trying to take them back now. As far as I know the detectives haven't paid any attention.

narrativedilettante wrote:

RotavatoR wrote:It may be a bad idea to put Holmes on that case, since last time I checked, he didn't know he was fictional yet. Has Poirot reacted to those comments at all, by the way?

Holmes was the first to understand that he's fictional, or rather, that he's in a reality where he is regarded as fictional. And the comments have already been made, no good trying to take them back now. As far as I know the detectives haven't paid any attention.

That was me. Both of them understand that in this reality they are fictional, or regarded as such. It didn't seem to bother Holmes at all, really. I guess he just thinks like me and figured that even if he was 'fictional' it didn't really matter because within his own world he has free will. Poirot seemed a little upset about it, but I explained the implications and how they weren't really that bad and since then he hasn't had much trouble with it.

There should be nothing wrong with asking them to keep an eye out for fictional characters in their vicinity since both know of all of our actions. NY city is huge, so it's not like there was much chance of them seeing Cindy anyhow. I said as much when I gave them the information. It didn't really require a response from them at all, so they probably just read it and then went back to what they were doing.

In any case, I believe I shall warn Holmes that we might have a lead on his former employer's current location and that he is very dangerous, just so Holmes knows not to trust him if he shows up again. Perhaps I will say that when he next blogs.

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