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disney princess will graham ([personal profile] look) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2013-10-28 07:25 am

[ VIDEO ]

Contact.

[ will sounds like he's giving a lecture when he comes on the screen. he's looking directly into the camera — it's easier to make eye contact with a device. ]

That's the key to all this. If you're receiving foreign sensation, you need to track down the person it originated with and make skin-to-skin contact. It'll stop the side-effects, and eventually — hopefully — break the connection. Doesn't have to be more personal than a handshake.

[ a pause, and he glances down, off-camera, visibly discomfited by the fact that the hand not holding his device is in the grip of another. ]

An... extended handshake. Whatever timer this thing is working on, we think letting go resets it.

[ the screen’s upended as sherlock hijacks the device, settling on his face (at an admittedly slightly awkward angle) a moment later. ]

But in the meantime— I’m sure you’ve all noticed that the physical links are current, unlike the memories, and arguably offer us a great deal more control. Passive sensations are the exception, but if I were to hypothetically hit my hand — as our resident neurologist has demonstrated — then Mr. Graham would feel it. [ and by hypothetically he means he's tested it, several times. ]

In the case of mutual sensations, like, say, holding one’s hand, this creates a unique feedback loop; the sensation of their hand in yours, and yours in theirs, et cetera. [ speaking of hand-holding, holding will’s hand is getting in the way of his usual gesturing; the screen's unsteady as a result. ] While I'm reluctant to test the theory with present company — no offense — I imagine this could apply to other neutral or positive sensations. If one were to engage in sexual intimacy with their link partner, for instance, then the moment of—

[ in another blur of abrupt motion, will takes his device back — and also his hand. no offense. ]

Better reset the clock to zero, Mr. Holmes.
i_swear: (The birds in the morning)

you don't want dad-texting back so voice forever

[personal profile] i_swear 2013-10-27 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. [why waste words when you can get to the point, right? also he's currently nursing along a migraine so there's that]
i_swear: (The whippoorwills cry)

[personal profile] i_swear 2013-10-27 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Seeing as how I don't feel like dragging my ass to the clinic so a different pair of strangers can stare at me instead...yeah. I'd say I object. [fatalities happen all the time, anyway.]
i_swear: (Alone and forsaken by fate and by man)

[personal profile] i_swear 2013-10-29 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Let me get this straight: You ain't doctors. [because you're not in the clinic, so that's Joel-logic.] And you want me to sit in your living room so you can watch me bleed out.
endureandsurvive: (and it's here at home)

threadjacks all over this

[personal profile] endureandsurvive 2013-10-27 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
FATAL????????????
i_swear: (She may have forsaken some other like me)

not here

[personal profile] i_swear 2013-10-27 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[SIIIIIIIIGH]
endureandsurvive: (and it's here at home)

[personal profile] endureandsurvive 2013-10-28 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
so if someones really stubborn and doesnt find their link partner to hold their stupid ass hand they might die thats what ur saying

[No, she knows exactly what he's saying. --Well, the neurological part needs some context, but otherwise. She just wants to make a point, Joel.]
endureandsurvive: (windblown buildings)

[personal profile] endureandsurvive 2013-11-01 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[WOW JOEL WOW]

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