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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[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.

[ VIDEO ]

[consulting]

[ He scoffs at that question. ]

I had James Moriarty at gun point, and was about to set off a bomb. Also there were quite a number of snipers pointed in my direction. So yes, waking up on a spaceship was not a result of that outcome I was expecting.

What about you two? Last things before waking up.
Let's see if we find a pattern.

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[Jim frowns; mostly because that's one hell of a situation to be yanked from.]

I'd just welcomed Spock to the bridge before Sulu jumped us into warp.

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[consulting]

It is. I believe some may go as far as to call it a cliffhanger.

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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?

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[of-two.livejournal.com]

I encountered an individual identifying himself as America.
[ HE WANTS SO BADLY TO LOOK UNIMPRESSED. ]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ ... wh— ]

You sure he wasn't just saying he was American?

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[of-two.livejournal.com]

[ this face connor.

does this look like the face of a scientist who would make that error. ]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

Just making sure.

[ This is just another what in a long lines of whats. ]

Did he explain why at all? Like—did he actually identify himself as the actual country, or... just the name?

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[of-two.livejournal.com]

He did not.

Several references were made in regard to the period known as the Cold War in Earth's history, however, much of his communication was irrelevant thought. At first I believed his mental capacities had been damaged upon his removal from stasis, however, he proved to understand traditional Vulcan practices not known to outworlders.

I was, ultimately, convinced of his legitimacy in that regard alone.

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

It's not like I don't believe it's possible, especially after what we've sort of... discovered here, but that's. A little weird.

Well, guess there's Star Trek in his world too. How does it feel to be a universal constant, eh? [ ... though if it actually is America, that would... make sense. So. ]

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

[Jim's listening into this conversation and he snorts.]

Not as weird as you might think.

[just ignore him. he's laughing at the irony of being a universal constant, something he came face to face with when he met the Ambassador.]

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[of-two.livejournal.com]

I am- [ the pause that creeps up on him is most unexpected. his gaze cuts to the side for the beat, and remains there when he speaks again. ] unperturbed by the concept.

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[consulting]

Cult Status?
Like people worship in the name of Holmes?

[ He's trying not to sound smug, but you know... ]

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

Um—what? Nooo. [ Holmes cults... now that's a scary thought. Connor looks like he's about to laugh, but schools it together. ]

No—no, it's sort of like a—a cult status is a bit like an underground appreciation society. Only yours is less underground, because you're so well-known. You actually have a Holmesian deductive method attributed to you, where people try and find out stuff using the kind of reasoning you do. And a group of people who practice that. Maybe. Somewhere.

They're probably rubbish at it.

Anyway, "cult status" is a weird choice of words on my part, but you get the drift.