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[waitedforyears]

[ The video feed clicks on, showing a room, a little dusty and not too large, rows of shelves filled with hats of all sorts along all walls. There's a desk in the middle, and it has Amy Pond pacing diagonally through it. ] Okay, yeah, but we gotta. Promote it somehow, right? Can't have a detective agency without clients, right?

Posters! [ There's a crash from somewhere off screen, before something is flung across the room. ] That's how they did it in the old days, massive posters. With slogans. We need a slogan, something cool.

[ The video doesn't pick up on Amy rolling her eyes, but it's obvious in her tone anyways. ] Posters, Doctor? Really? That's so— no. no. This is the 21st century, yeah? Or like it, at least. We should make a post on the network. [ Pausing just a moment. ] But we need a slogan, yeah. And a name.

What's wrong with posters? [ He sounds wounded, wandering into view, with his fingers curled around his braces, straightening himself up. ] I've always loved a good poster. Of -- what do people have posters of, anyways?

Posters are for teenage girls with crushes on movie stars or little girls who like ponies. Or boys who like cars or naked girls, I s'ppose. We're not gonna do a poster. [ All the frowning ]

[ Abandoning that in favour of tripping forward, crossing his arms over his chest and looking unimpressed. ] But I really wanted a poster. [ A sigh. ] Let's get on with this then.

Yeah, all right. [ Grinning now ] So. Hey City. You've heard, yeah? Detective agency, we need cases. We're— Pond and Smith? Smith and Pond? Detectives, anyhow.

And we are going to solve all your mysteries, big or small, weird and wonderful, strange and spooky. Just leave it to us, honestly, it's what we do.

[ — and the feed clicks off ]



[ Red is the eleventh Doctor, green is Amy and Pond and Smith is now open for business. Give them cases! Lost a fez? Searching for your pet pig? Want to know what your neighbour's cat gets up to at night? Or why there's a crack in your wall? Call them! ]

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[wearafeznow]

I still think we could use a poster, Pond.

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[waitedforyears]

What would it say?

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[wearafeznow]

[ Brightly. ] We solve cases. With only minimal damage.

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[brobeforehos]

[popcorn.gif.]

Detectives, Amy? Sounds exciting. Is this your Doctor?

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[wearafeznow]

I'm not hers. [ A long pause. ] Okay, I am. Hello.

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[brobeforehos]

Of course you are. [Grins.] I've heard all good things about you. Nice bowtie.

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[waitedforyears]

Detectives! [ Beaming. ] Yes. Yes, he is.

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[generated_anomaly]

[Recognizing her dad, Jenny is honestly taken by the whole scene. She watches it wide-eyed and is, in fact, somewhat sad to see it end when the feed clicks off. She wants more! But that doesn't mean she's going to whine about it. Her voice is just going to sound over the device with magnified enthusiasm.]

Oh! You solve mysteries? That's what you do? I never knew that! It's very exciting, I would think... to solve a mystery. What kinds of mysteries have you solved? What does Smith and Pond mean?

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[waitedforyears]

Smith and Pond, that's our names. Well, my name and his codename. Codename Smith.

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[wearafeznow]

It means magic. Move over Sherlock Holmes, Smith and Pond are here, and we're very, very loud.

[ Grin. ] Hello, Jenny.

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[latenightfondue]

[ Howard watches all this with amusement. It's the best thing he's seen since he arrived. ]

The two'a you gonna solve mysterious crimes?

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[waitedforyears]

Mysterious crimes! Criminal mysteries! Other--- stuff. Everything. D'you have a case for us, mister?

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[wearafeznow]

Yes. Also possibly just mysteries. Missing paperclip? We'll find it, we're that committed.

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[ronderotarel]

[Detectives. This is just too good to be true. It's like in a Sherlock Holmes novel.] I have a case for you!

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[waitedforyears]

We're all ears.

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[wearafeznow]

But not really all ears, because that would be kind of weird.

[valentineluke]

Detective agency??!!

'Smith' is who?

[waitedforyears]

Smith is the Doctor, obviously. I'm Pond, Amy Pond. [ Said very much like Bond, James Bond. ]

[wearafeznow]

[ Pointing at himself. ] Moi.

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[leathered]

[ Nine is kinda amused by all this hullabaloo. (Secretly he thinks he's become very silly, in the future, but there's enough of a separation that it doesn't bother him too much.) ]

Like the motto. You should definitely keep it.

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[waitedforyears]

[ You've become less angst-ridden, that's a good thing, Doctor. Says Amy. ]

We will. Yeah, 's good, right?

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[wearafeznow]

What do you reckon about the posters?

[pterosaur]

No, posters probably wouldn't work.

I'm not towing a banner for you, either.

[waitedforyears]

Aw, but you'd look so good doing it. How 'bout you give me another ride and I hold the banner?

[wearafeznow]

Why doesn't anybody like the posters?