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[video] In which one of the Sherlocks is as cool as motherfucking shit.

[ There's a jostle, and a familiar, fluctuating voice can be heard. ]

Hang on, I think I fucking got it. It's all in my pocket and shit, all up in here. Cozy like a motherfucking rainbow.

[ He laughs, and it's more like a sputtering chortle and--yup, there it is. A tell-tale honk as the gray-skinned troll pulls the device out of wherever it's been--it looks like under a sheet of some sort--and there's a huge clutter of various things strewn around the room. One of which is the mattress that used to make up the bed. ]

Motherfuck, there we go. So hey, world. I've got something pretty motherfucking important to share with you.

[ And, in the corner, a pie tray filled with neon green goo, half eaten. One of his very last pies. And also in the background that's--

Yup. The second Sherlock Holmes. ]

All you motherfuckers, I've come to a realization. This ship. Is, like, a motherfucking case. We need to solve.

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Is that an official term? [ She can tell he's both not happy and not in immediate danger. Thus the trolling can begin. She adopts his method of speaking for a minute - just a little too quickly, just a little more investigative. ] Comparison to other mind-altering substances, then, Holmes?

Yes. Write it down. Also - 'sparkle'.

[ He pauses for a moment, and he presses his index finger into the center of his forehead, pushing it about in a furious manner for a second and then two, as if he can reorganize the contents of his mind accordingly. ]

No exact replica, though a combination therein of opium, and. Red wine.

Duly noted. [ She makes a point of taking out her journal and writing this down. ] Such a unique experience should be duplicated if possible. Examination of its origin and ingredients would be ideal.

Effects will undoubtedly vary from individual to individual, but perhaps my own experience serving as a control.

[ He's still rubbing his finger around - at his brows now - but everything's still muddled. ] He certainly doesn't recommend it.

For the safety of other travelers on this ship. That sopor slime is part of what's keeping him from killing people right now.

[ Holmes laughs, convincingly and raucously. ] Hardly even capable of hurting a fly.

[ His thumbs, however, don't seem to agree, as he texts Rose with a very simple question that Gamzee won't be able to read from across the room. ]

elaborate.

Well done keeping your thumbs in check.

The troll caste system is organized around the color of their blood, which also affects the way their minds. Those higher up on the caste - that is, closer to the color of my own text - are more likely to murder, thus emerging as the rightfully dominant rung of the system.

[ She pauses there. The question remains: has Holmes been in close enough contact with Gamzee, and observing closely enough, to notice the color of his blood? ]

[ It's not, of course, that he hasn't ultimately been attentive enough, it's merely that Gamzee hasn't BLED in front of him. He's none the wiser. ]

possible other indications
no, disregard. "troll" text will likely match blood color in which case.

The prolonging of sopor slimes doses is necessary while we find a way to subdue his eventual mania.

the odds, of course, not being in any particular favor of the substance just so happening to be synthesized on this ship.

but i could take a look
when there's less glow

Well, no, the odds are pretty bad. I believe he arrived on the ship with those pies in his possession, which would limit their import status to that of trolls arriving during the ship's monthly jumps.
But it's worth a try.

considering both rate of ingestion and to be fully determined once duration of effects and halflife realized. i sincerely doubt upwards of several dozen pies would be contained within a single locker.

hence the sinth
synthesizating
this word is difficult and escapes me at current time.

Even that estimate leans optimistic. I believe you're looking for "synthesization".
I'll contact you again when you've had some time to rest.

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