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The Great Mouse Detective.

Willow Pillow

Three Thousand Club
This is a private roleplay between Katerang and Cosmic Changeling. Lurkers are welcome, unfortunately we ran out of popcorn and I broke the popcorn maker...so you must bring your own.
 
"I highly advice against this Ms. Whitman."


"Today is my birthday."


"I know that. I understand that. But it's not too late to reconsider."


"But today is my birthday. It says so on the calender. Right there."


Yes. Clearly today is the day of your birth. You've been on this planet for eighteen years and now are legally in charge of yourself since there is no other family member that can take you under their care...and by some miracle of miracles in the hearing you were deemed sane enough to be in charge of your own medical health and fortune left behind. Yes...I understand. But I still think you are not ready."


"It was not a miracle Mr. Thompson. There were forms and tests. I filled out the forms and passed the tests. I didn't see a miracle."


"It's an expression Piper..."


"I didn't know miracles could make expressions. Do they generally smile?"


The man groaned rubbing the temple of his head. He looked up at the mousy little woman standing in front of him. She was no taller than five feet and legally could be considered a midget. Her blue eyes wide and hair so blonde, yet had never been dyed to be that color, tied in a pony tail as she wore blue scrub like clothes, yellow gloves up to her elbows on her hands. She was eighteen and looked like a tall ten year old. "Alright. But you are expected to go to weekly therapy sessions with your new appointed therapist. One missed appointment and I can bring you back here."


"I know. I want to do this."


"Your bank account information, deed to your home, keys. The taxi will take you to where you need to go."


"Thank you Mr. Thompson. I am ready to live on my own." *She grabs the folder awkwardly, her blue eyes twitching uncomfortably as if she saw something, but she forces the smile as she holds it turning around to walk out.


"One more thing....Do not contact Wyatt! Under any circumstance!"


She doesn't respond to him back as she walks out of St. Anslem's Hospital for the Mentally Disturbed.


--


On Baker street lived a condo-like complex. 52 Baker street would have a door with a mailbox written DANIELS on with black thick letters. Inside was an average condo complex, spiral stairs, kitchen, living room, office, two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. The telephone on the kitchen wall would begin ringing, and when Tara would answer it she would hear a familiar voice she probably didn't want to be familiar.


"I have your boyfriend in custody again, Tara." No introductions, just straight to the point. THe voice was young, female and smooth as velvet. Amy Snow was the youngest appointed chief of Police in the Cascade Ridge, but that didn't stop her from doing her job correctly. She sighed looking up from her desk at all the police officers she was in charge of, most of them older than her and would remind her so. "I know its a wonderful thing he just received is private detective licence. Great. Wonderful. And I thought suggesting joining the academy to become an officer would have him breaking less laws, but that plan didn't work...he needs to stop cutting into police jurisdiction to do whatever he wants. He isn't an officer. The rules do apply to him. And licence or not, if we are on the scene he cannot badger my officers or my witnesses...and he CANNOT touch crime scenes."
 
*Tara sighs and peeks back at the cookies she put in the oven making sure they are almost done so she can run to the police station pretty quick... preferably before his cellmate punches him.* Hello Amy It's always so nice to get your call And I know you don't believe it, and I often question my decision... but James is my husband... So what did he do this time? and please tell me you put him in a cell by himself you know how bad he is with people...
 
"Husbands are meant for leaving, Tara. I've seen you and you can do a hell of a lot better than this schmuck." She sighs, looking at her files. "There was an assault and battery case on Allison Ave, he was caught tampering with evidence as he was 'examining' our crime scene. My two police officers on the scene then tell me he told them to kiss him where the sun don't shine where they kindly asked him to leave." Snow paused. "Alright, I will admit I highly doubt there was a kind exchange of words from my boys with this....but I can't help your schmuck if he constantly tests his limits and my patients."


I'm struggling to hold my own position as it is and it's hard to show authority when you're constantly undermined


"
No, he's not by himself. We caught a prostitution ring so he's with the ladies to keep his face safe from our typical thugs." Grinning "You really have nothing to worry about on the prostitute part."


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Piper got out of the taxi staring at a boarded up complex, an old butcher shop on the first floor. The second, boarded up and deserted, that was her childhood. She stared as the bricks had dried blood, the garbage bags that were windows speckled with blood, dust, grime and more. All she saw was dirt, mess and her heart paced faster as a small anxiety took over. She took a step back trying to breathe and stop her arms from shaking.
 
I'm sorry Amy He... I try to tell him to take me with him and he always sneaks out on me! and there was a reason he use to work with his brother! *Sighs*Yeah the last part sounded like him completely... And I'm sure your very surprised but I have had a lot of different relationships and they were not all diamonds but, With all of his faults James is worth all the trouble he causes... and you put him in a cell with someone didn't you.... ugh! I'll be down as soon as my cookies are out of the oven. I just have to hope the cat won't get into them if I leave them on the counter to cool.
 
Piper closes her eyes, lets a breath out and begins counting. On 28 she has moved to the door and unlocks it, the creak is loud, but her eyes are still closed shut. Holding in her breath she steps in trying to be brave. Both fists are scrunched up to her sides as she opens her eyes and sees dried blood on the floor, the counter, splattered on the wall, the broken tile has shoe print marks on it.


Piper gasps in a squeek, feeling light headed as she passes out falling forward. There is no blood, but the place is falling apart.


--


"If he's your diamond. You have a very shitty love life. This is exactly why I stick with just women. He'll be fine. But i swear, he's wearing thin on my patients." Amy clicks the phone leaning back in her seat sighing. James Daniels will no doubt be back here tomorrow morning...and she'll have to do this all over again. "Round and round the mullburry bush...pop goes the weasle" She says aimlessly to herself lost in thought.


 
"So you are a detective," she inces closer to him, running her finger on his chest drawing it down "Can you solve this puzzle for me? I have a hole that needs to be filled, what do you think can fill it? She bites her lips.


James backs up against the bars giving a wane smile, feeling like a trapped animal. Whoever did the surgury to reduce her adams apple, well he can barely see the surgical line. Impeccable work. Probably the same surgeon that gave her those breasts, and if she went that far...down below probably has a very well made vagina but he doesn't want to find out. "Married. Look. Ring. Very nice ring.


She smiles hands now on his shoulders as she kisses the nape of his neck "Wives are meant for leaving...plus I don't see her here, do you?"


"OFFICER SNOW! THIS IS NOT FUNNY!"
 
Tara hangs up the phone and sighs heading back over to The oven to pull out the cookies just in time. She likes making them for the clients, but her favorite part is usually when her husband takes then fresh out of the oven all hot and with the chocolate chips still gooey. She likes his face in that moment when he doesn't catch her watching him and when he does she says she was making sure the poison worked. She moves them to the drying rack and pulls off the oven mitts and apron. She grabs her car keys off the counter and slips on her sweater. Not that she isn't use to this but he had promised to be home by three. She should have known once it hit four that he had been snooping where he didn't belong again. So Tara resolves and heads out the door.


A few minutes later she arrives at the police station.


Walking in she sidles up to the officer at the main desk, "So I heard my stupid husband is here again?
 
"One of these days golden boy won't be protected by the Chief." The man is mid forties, red hair buzzed down with a thick heavy mustache sporting gray hairs. He was a little overweight but nothing overly obese. Officer Nelson pulls out a ledger and hands her a pen. "She even waived the bailing fee for you....how sweet."


--


James skirts away from her only for her to grab his pants by the belt pulling him to her chest, a paper could stick between them for how close they are. "I find detectives dashing. You really are something to look at.'


" married. Trying hard to have a kid. Love my wife. I'm going to ask you to let me-"


She violently kisses him and James is punching hr chest trying to break free. God damn she was strong. She must have been a wrestler when she was a boy or something.
 
"Yeah well my husband is just special" Tara takes the ledger and signs it then hands it back."I going back. Can't stop me because I've been doing this long enough to walk there blindfold... Though I do need someone to open his door... Eh. I'll figure it out." Tara walks towards the back where the cells are and immediately finds her husband being molested by the... Man? Girl? She puts on her most disapproving stare "Uh.... Hey husband. Did you make a new friend?" She crosses her arms.
 
James is trying all his strength to shove her off and its not working. Her earlier work is a hickey on his neck. When tara comes he is still struggling. "TARA! Wait. This is not what it looks like! I swear! Get off me!"


"See to me, it looks like you're getting a free service from a prostitute. What does it look like to you Mrs. Daniels? " Amy is leaning against the wall, walking over when she spotted tara. SHe's playing with the keys. "What did we learn today James?"


--


Piper wakes up frozen in place. Her eyes are wide as blood drips on her face. But she tells herself to breathe. Her body rigid as a board she forced herself to move, her movements jerky at best. "I need to buy cleaning supplies....and carpentry supplies." she nods to herself. (Ooooh Blake should help her fix her home. She might make cupcakes and baked goods instead of a butcher shop in this story. I can't torture her too much)


Piper manages to make it out of her run down apartment complex heading down the street trying to keep her hands close to herself since the world is dirty.


The entire apartment complex is owned by her. It belonged to her mother, the place a two story apartment above a butcher shop. No developers could buy the land since she refused to give up the deeds so while the rest of the city looked new and put together, it stood out like a sore thumb.
 
Tara grins at her husband through the bars. "You know I think we should just leave him in there for another hour. He did make me wait an hour while he was suppose to be home. Didn't you tell me you would be home by three? I made cookies and everything and yet. No. Husband. Instead he was arrested. Again.


--


Blake has been back on earth for a while and he still can't get use to the fact there aren't supers anymore! or at least all the supers left are wimps. So his sister degraded him by making him do the shopping... He may have wasted a bottle of bleach so he needs to go buy a new one
 
Pipe managed to make it to the super market without any major freak out. Lie. Someone grazed her on the street and she froze in place let out a small pitch scream for a good minute until she composed herself. But she made it.


Around her waist was a yellow utility like belt that was practically empty. Empty because she could not take cleaning supplies from the hospital. But she did push a button and purrell came out. Squeezing it on the carriage handles she placed it back and started walking down. She tries to calm her breathing since the entire store was filled with dirt and dirty people.


--


"Wait Tara! No. Please. I don't want to be in here!"


"See your wife gave you permission to play." She picks him up throwing him on the make shift prison bed, he manages to squirrel away from her as she tries to pin him, going to the bars "I love you honey....please....please you smell so no no no I'm not ticklish!" Tries to wriggle free again.
 
Blake makes it to the bleach but... there are three different sizes... He also spotted a lot of cleaning supplies that would make his sisters life easier and put those in his carriage as well. But he is stuck in front of the bleach with three different sized bottles.


--


Tara only lasts a few seconds of his begging. Her facade falls and she can't help but say, "Okay okay. Get him out of there before your prostitute molests him. I like being his one and only. It comes with the whole married thing."
 
The first aisle she goes to is paper towels. Where she fills her carriage with them, pledge wipes several mops and more heavy duty Cleaning supplies. Anything you can think of is put in that cart. She stops by the bleach seeing a tall blond man standing there. He's one of the few without blood splattered on hi. But she can see every spec of dirt on him. Her body goes rigid as she stretches her arm out grabbing a chlorox bleach bottle, attaching it to her utility belt to see if it works. Detaching it and putting ten in the carriage. She them tries to grab the biggest bottle of chlorox which is far too heavy to pick up her arms shaking as she tries to do so.


--


Amy sighs but she slips the key in opening opening he gate. The prostitute is still going at it until Amy puts her shoulder on her. "I can make your life hell. Let go of the moron."


"But he's just too much fun!"


"Enough."


The woman groans releasing her grip as James hops out of her grasp running over to Tara sweeping her in her arms. "I'm sorry honey."


"Can you two do this at your house and not here? And James this I'd the last freebie you get. I mean it this time."


"Sure. Yes. Totally. Also the assault and battery is related to your homicide case."


"What? How?"


James already is walking Tara out calling behind "check the shoe marks chief. The shoes!"
 
"Do you need some help?" Blake asks taking the clorox bleach from her before she can answer. "Also I spilled all of my sisters bleach on the floor and need to replace it what size do you think I should grab to say sorry for spilling what you had here's more?"


--


"Bye Amy! I'll see you tomorrow!" Se calls before they leave completely. When the doors close she finally looks at her husband. "James..." Tara says patiently, "You need to be nicer to Amy. She is like my only friend and you are so mean to her. Always getting into trouble. Always breaking things. The only reason she tolerates you is because you occasionally say something that basically solves their cases. and you are very pompous about it!
 
Piper looks up her body stiffening in its bent position with her head craned up to see the man talking to her. She blinks a few times "are you talking to me....don't be weird piper....bleach kills germs....the bigger the bottle the better....that's my favorite kind *points at the chlorox as she tries to stand IP straight. He towers her very small existence.


" mean? How am I mean to her? I practically just handed the case. I know exactly who it is too. Gangs always have calling cards and...she can figure it out. Came close today. Almost had a real client. Almost....but it'll happen. Anyone tell you how amazing you are for being supportive....loving " he's deflecting and redirecting the conversation on purpose to avoid the prostitute and why he keeps ignoring the law. Getting to their car he opens the door for her to get in.
 
Blake puts the bleach in her carriage then takes a big bottle for himself, "Thanks... You seem good at cleaning... Can you tell me if this stuff I picked out is good?" Blake thinks she is kind of weird... but in like a cute way. so he ends up just talking more. "I want to get some nice stiff for my sister. Her husband just likes making messes so I want to make it as easy as possible for her to clean her house."


--


"James... So that woman seemed pretty intent on you in there." She noticed his evasiveness and decided to go strait for the most uncomfortable topic as torture. She climbs in the car smiling teasingly at him.
 
She gulps taking the purrel out of her utility belt and squirting it on her gloved hands as she's rubbing them. "You have the cheap brands....they won't do anything...." She then squirts his handle bar of his carriage going down the aisle and switching brands, putting different equipment. She pulls out a mop handing it to him. "You charge it and it steams floors, works several hard surfaces."


"I smell the lovely batch of cookies on you. Double chocolate chips? With m and ms?" James starts the car continuing to ignore her on that topic. His Hickey is large.
 
"Really? I didn't know mops did that..." Blake follows her dutifully taking both their carriages as they move he pulls them by the end instead of pushing them though. She seems to be particular about them and he doesn't want to push her buttons. He is actually use to people who have particulars since his sister use to have a lot especially about sleep. "So I was right and you do know a lot about cleaning. But I was wondering since you've been so helpful... Is there anything I can help you with since you helped me?"


--


"Of corse I always make them the way you like them. Not that you are getting any because I only give people who are on time treats." Still a bit miffed so she presses again. "You seem to have a rather large hickey there and she seemed to be enjoying herself."


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"Steam cleaning rug cleaners are my favorite...." Piper takes the purrel again rubbing it in her glove latex. "I....well I havrnt been home or in this city for....*she counts out loud doing the math " thirteen years. Yes thirteen is right. I don't know where a hardware store is...I have a lot to fix up at home. Can you help me find one?


"But I'm sure a foot rub gets paid on cookies. Hot bubble bath." He ignores the hickey voting with uncomfortable mess. "I loooooove you honey"
 
"Sure! I can do that." Blake is trying his best to be friendly and helpful. Tara might have told him to do that. "But you should hire a contractor at least so you know whatever you do you are doing it right... But um. Let's go buy all this and I can show you a place. There is a home depo at the edge of the city or there is a general hardware store in the center a family owned joint or something... Your pick!"


--


Tara shakes her head at him. "Oh no. Not tonight husband. You get no cookies. I know how many I made too so if you eat one I'll start making gingersnaps instead. No more chocolate m&ms"


A dream is a wish your heart makes -Cinderella
 
(I passed out on you)


"You're very nice. My name is Piper." Piper let out. She realized they had been talking and exchanging help but she has no idea who this man was. "I like family stores....but I need to fix my entire home.....home depot would have more....I think I need to go to home depot. Is it OK if I bring my supplies home before you show me?"


Piper pulls out her hand sanitizer offering to share with this new stranger.


"Jokes on you. I like gingersnaps. Not my favorite but I still like them." James pokes her nose as they pull up their condominium on Baker street. He leans back in the seat letting out a sigh, "I really thought cases would just come as soon as I got my license....maybe i should join hr police academy.....work my way to homicide detective there......guess my little day dream of you being my Watson and living a detective nior is a wash."
 
" I'm Blake. It's nice to meet you Piper." He sees her holding The hand sanitizer and holds out his hand for her. "That sounds like a plan to me. I'll even help you carry the stuff you get if you would like. " He feels sort of bad because he saw her trying to pick up the big bottle and just knows she will need help.


Tara Rolls her eyes. She knew it wouldn't work like that and has been doing the flier, newspaper ad, and website thing since he got his license. But her silly husband is impatient so he creeps on the police cases. So she leans in and kisses his cheek. "You don't have to do that. You are new so let word get around that you are a private eye. We started this life together so you can do whatever you want with it. As long as it's with me and I like being your Watson... So stay a private detective for now. And let me be by your side. I like making you cookies anyway."
 
"What I need is a real case. And its not like my only client is going to have one practically gift wrapped.....he's just going to have me get another cat out of a tree. Though I do love Doyle, we are not keeping another one.


Frikken Blake. He actually got stuck himself trying to get that cat down and I refused to have the fire department involved. After all that hassle to find out he was a stray. But James named him Doyle in memory of the creator of Sherlock.


He puts one arm around his wife as they still sit in the car pulling her in. " well Watson, how about you and I head up the bedroom and solve the mystery of what happened to your clothes" hr kisses her hard and quick his finger under her chin holding it. He ends it just as fast sliding out of the car and shutting the door on her...but then he runs to the other side opening the passenger seat.


--


Blake had witnessed piper wipe down the interior of his car thoroughly along with every product before it went in the car. She actually tempted to clean the outside of the car but controlled herself. Sitting and keeping herself together she told him the directions until they were at the run down apartment complex that looked like not a soul lived there for years. "This is my home. I need to work on it. Will home depot have everything I need?" She turned to him asking with such ignorant innocence that she was literally living in a condemned place.
 
"I hate it when you do that!" Tara tries to chase after him out the drivers side... Only to get a door practically slammed in her face. "James!" She glares at him as he walks around the car then opens her door. "You do know that I still have my Clothes right? They haven't disappeared." She doesn't get up from he seat. She is being obstinate.


--


Blake texted Tara saying he would be home late that night as Piper wiped down his car interior. He found it a little strange she had to wipe down the whole thing to be satisfied but he just shrugs People might just be really weird in the future. "Are.... You sure that you live here Piper? Aren't you a clean f- um... Don't you like cleaning? This place looks run down.
 

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