THE GAME IS NOW: Intercepted Message #1

Calling all of The Network! A message has been intercepted between Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock Holmes! Will you listen in?

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INTERCEPTED MH // SH TRANSMISSION

Static.

MH: *sigh* Finally. I take it you're still abroad?

SH: Oh, come on, you know the answer to that.

MH: Certain cells of The Network have gone rather... quiet. They're not with you, by any chance?

SH: No. I've not been hiding them. This is not an international game of 'sardines'.

MH: *sigh*. Concerning. I don't suppose you, er, fancy returning--?

SH: No, not really(!)

MH: Oh well, I thought not. Well then, you've driven me to it. We are simply short of minds: no amount of quiet recruitment can compensate for our sheer dearth of numbers - we shall have to recruit... publicly.

SH: Recruit... real people?

MH: Real people.

SH: Mycroft, you know you can't trust them - they're into all sorts of... strange things. High-protein yoghurts, taking photographs of food, voting.

MH: Yes, but at least they're replaceable.

SH: There's so many of them!

MH: More and more every day. Horrifying. We can't stop them spawning - believe me, we've tried.

SH: Well, good luck. With them. Sweden sends its regards.

MH: It does!?

SH: No, not really.

Static.

SIGNAL LOST