TEXT | SHERLOCK | CASE OO1

[consulting]

BORED!
Give me work. Give me problems.
My mind rebels against this stagnation.
Give me a puzzle. Or mystery.
Either will do.
Just. Give. Me. Something. To. Solve. Tranquility.
I need the mental stimulation before I result
to drinking the liquid from the grav pouches.

SH.


[ You get another text really shortly after the last one. ]


I would kill everyone of you for a cigarette. SH

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ u n s u r e ]

never seen it? it's a really cool show. the main character's name is jim kirk. well, james t. kirk. he goes by jim. thought it was funny you were named the same thing.

[ The Earth nerd minority: Connor is in it. ]

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ DS;LGHASFL;GKHDF;AL ]

either this is a really elaborate prank or the anomaly that brought us here is a huge fan of science fiction
please say this isn't a prank


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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[it would be funnier if it was B|]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ he just needs a minute here.

to return to his roots.

and geek the hell out. ]

i'm going to take you at your word, since spock down there is probably the actual spock
and completely ignoring the fact that you are, in fact, james tiberius kirk and that is spock and you're both here at the same time
this means that whatever brought us here actually does have pan-dimensional reach or multiverse capabilities -- not to mention it's possible that i'm also part of a fictional universe -- and there's got to be some sort of pattern. somewhere.

i just need to find it.

[ what is his life even ]

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[huh, he hadn't considered that. if he was, in fact, fictional somewhere, then there was the possibility that anyone here was fictional. he'd spoken to a John Watson, and Watson was a fictional character. and, in fact, right up there, there's a Sherlock Holmes. and therefore, it was feasible that this was the very pattern they'd been looking for in a group with nothing in common.

oh snap (http://i43.tinypic.com/2yltsf7.jpg).]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ oh snap is damn right (http://i.imgur.com/8WnCG.gif) ]

sorry, got a bit carried away there. i'm just excited.

but i'd really like to take a look at this data. i'd need to compile it all first, though; get a folder going, find some similarities.

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

didn't say anything about telling them, did i?
we can definitely keep this between
well, between whoever's seen this.

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[which, he's assuming, is science and theory. folds. similarities. etc.]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ HE ASSUMES CORRECTLY. ]

On it.

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[congratulations, you've just graduated to Honorary Crew Member.]

/THREADJACK

[consulting]

And the ball has rolled. Fascinating.
Do carry forth with this theory.
Your evidences are supported by your claims.

SH

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

i'm carrying, i'm carrying
that's my hypothesis, at any rate -- i need more information before i can start theorizing further.

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[consulting]

Are you just familiar with those two names?
can you identify anyone else fictional?
I'm assuming this is all directly related to pop culture.


Pop culture + Space.
God. I should have read up.
Knowledge that could have been put to use now.

SH

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ ...

Welp. Now that he knows you're Sherlock Holmes. ]

yep. i haven't looked too hard at the inhabitants of the ship here -- and not all of it's pop culture, btw, but since star trek's so influential it's sort of reached a huge cult status. so a lot of people know who they are.

there are people who can teach you this kind of space + pop culture stuff...

[ ahem. ]

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[consulting]

[ His fingers are a bit numb from all the texting; he appears to be moving towards the Kitchens ]

My brain is a massive hard drive; if you will.

[ He points a finger at his temple. ]

There is an empty folder in it's recycling bin labeled 'Space' and next to it is a folder labeled, 'Pop Culture'. I've had to highlight over both folders and right click 'Restore to Original Location' due to your theory.

[ A sigh. ]

Now are we under the presumption that everyone is a fictional character? Is there a cause and effect as to why, the two mentioned prior are more notable then others?


[ Hands pressed against each other. HE IS IN THINKING MODE. ]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ AND IT'S VIDEO TIME oh hello, dark curly-haired man who... well, okay then, not an incarnation of Holmes Connor's familiar with (yet), but the texting should have given it away. Modern version? Maybe that BBC thing he'd seen previews for before... this... happened?

Sherlock Holmes just used a computer analogy.

Heh.

Connor's smiling, still terribly enthused with these turn of events, but his expression becomes slightly more contemplative as he begins to explain. ]

Since I know four of five people in this conversation come from fictional sources in my universe, yeah, I'm definitely operating under that assumption. Considering the multiverse theory, it's really not that hard to wrap your head around—especially considering what my team and I have been working with on a daily basis for the past couple of years. [ Which is to say: anomalies in space and time, but he'll get to that later. ] I guess the first thing we'll need to do here is figure out who else has recognized you, Watson, Kirk, or Spock, and if anyone recognizes me. And if I recognize anyone else.

I mean, if there's fictionalized versions of you in universes with fictional characters that I recognize, there's... all sorts of permutations...

[ METACEPTION?!?!? ]

What I'm trying to say is—there's got to be a pattern in here somewhere, but even if this all ends up being totally irrelevant, at least we'll have proved that nearly everything can exist at the same time, in different forms, in all kinds of different universes.

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[consulting]

[ He watched Connor's movements intently. Analyzing, deducing as much as he could. This is why he preferred to text. His eyes moved to each movement; each curl of the mouth. Paying attention to the way Connor worded. Listening intently. Though Spock may have provided the Drake theory and Chase presented him with riddles, this was the kind of stimulation he needed. ]

Should explain why there's that hint of recognition whenever my name pops up. Here I was, under the presumptions that John's blog gained a level of notoriety in the blogosphere. Interesting that you've chosen to not neglect the possibility of being fictitious as well.

For the sake of clarity, let's go under the assumptions that the universe we were currently pulled towards was not our own. Perhaps one separate altogether from any of the ships inhabitants; save for the two under the ships' control. Unless, there is something either of them are not telling us. Assuming that there is a force so powerful as to be able to humanize and pull things from their original dimension; one whose dimensions could exist as a work of fiction - meaning there is probably a source.

Sorry.

Rambling. I'm not sure I'm going to come to a goal just yet.

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

Humanize? [ Oh, right—he'd seen John's post earlier, didn't think much of it other than that's pretty weird. ]

Don't think there is a goal, since it just got incredibly meta from where we're both standing. [ He looks up, thinking. ] And yeah, a lot of people know you, definitely. You're sort of famous. [ He is trading ideas with Sherlock Holmes this is awesome. ]

What we're seeing here is... [ pauses, gathers his thoughts ] yep, basically what you said, a convergence of universes which might all be fictional. Not sure on the actually percentages but it's more than half these people who's not heard of where the crew's from. Maybe their jump drive sort of reached out, I suppose, to anyone who was available at the time. Though I'd hate to know what 'available' means, since I don't think any of us planned for this...

What were doing right before you came here?

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[of-two.livejournal.com]

If I may interject- [ that's as close to manners as he gets. subtle social nuances. riiiiight over his head ]

Perhaps we may more readily identify commonalities if we first examine similarities between the individuals familiar with our fictional identities.

[ that's. that's kindof a question. if you squint. ]

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[hope you didn't think you'd gotten rid of this guy.]

Everyone I've talked to so far has been from the 21st Century.

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[of-two.livejournal.com]

Caucasian as well.
We have been identified as characters from a televised program, and by Connor's descriptor, I exist in multiple incarnations.

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ Connor nods. ] Good idea.

Nobody's pointed me out yet, but I don't know if I'm... popular enough, or anything, like you four. Cult status. We know your universes exist as fiction in mine, but I'm not sure if the opposite is true—so you'll probably have to include me in your comparisons.

Who else knows who you are?