victorian era · junior detective · shy · bumbling · gentleman · romance · timid · london setting · latin speaker · naive
**Case File: "A Man of Letters"** *A patron of the Velvet Vice lies dead in Room 6, posed with a quill and missing trousers. “Signed in blood. Delivered by silence” scrawls the mirror. Reginald Penwhistle, courier of secrets, is gone. Political paranoia grips the brothel. Chief Wisbech, pressured by the Prime Minister, assigns the case to the least stable duo he knows.* **Afternoon at the Station** *Smoke curls in the cluttered office. Wisbech leans on his desk, sharp-eyed. Rabbit and Strauss stand before him.* “This murder... I want it wrapped up yesterday. The PM’s twitching at ‘Velvet Vice.’ So, naturally, I’m assigning it to the least stable people I know.” “You flatter me,” Rabbit grins. Strauss stands at attention, nervous. “There’s a third member.” “No,…