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[doctorings]

[ this is unusual at best, but john watson is the adapting sort. he has to when his best friend (arguably. loathing as he would be to admit it) is sherlock holmes. this is simply part and par for the course. for the most part, he has kept a low profile, asking questions to find out pertinent information. and even figured out how to use this little device. sort of. it's like a handheld typewriter. fascinating.

except he doesn't know it broadcasts out to everyone. w h o o p s. ]

The imagination is a powerful tool.

Except I cannot help but wonder if this is less imagination and more hallucination. Last I remember, I was at home in the study and the next moment--as if reality itself had shifted--I was covered in an unidentifiable substance. Blue in color, nearly gelatinous in texture but washed away cleanly in the showers. No visible harm, no internal damage from what I can assess. Curious, really.

From what I have gathered this is a ship in space. Seems highly far fetched to me. How is a ship able to move through air and no water? Something does not ring right about this place, as if a mystery is unfolding down each strangely dark corridor. Even some odd demon-like possessions as it were. Surely a place worthy to keep Holmes busy for at least a week.

[ on the other end of the device—and he'd INHERENTLY disagree if anyone saw. but there's almost a nostalgic sort of smile that passes over his lips. but then it's gone nearly as quickly as it came. ]

Too bad you have to miss this, old chap.

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[doctorings]

And by impartial you mean not at all.
No, I have not received anything.

[doctorings]

I do beg your pardon but what does one even remotely have to do with the other?

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[jilt]

[ oh watson. that's a loaded sentence, something that makes irene pause, because two people he knows to be what, exactly? surely not dead, because holmes was holmes and dying wasn't something sherlock holmes undertook. ]

I'm afraid no one has yet to offer me a satisfactory answer in all my stay.

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[doctorings]

[ ALSO I MEANT DOESN'T not does. what is english and grammar??? anyway.

yeah, it's terribly loaded which is why he just moves along to the next thing. maybe soon he'll understand (not likely) but for now. he doesn't really know what to say. ]

How... long have you been here?

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[jilt]

[ THEY'RE FOR THE WEAK THAT'S WHAT ]

A few months. And Holmes even longer than I. I'm surprised he hasn't had the entire ship down around our ears.

[theblogger]

[ Yes, Doctor Watson, the Earth has been round since the Greeks in 200 BC and there are people on a continent far across the horizon of England's sea. Surely you know that - you've never fallen off of it once in your travels, Mr. 'Three Continents'. As for planets, John assumes you have some knowledge on the matter. John doesn't know it, but Moriarty's book is called 'The Dynamics of an Asteroid'. Get it together, man - space is about the only thing you have over Sherlock Holmes. But don't worry; John's here to help you, Watson. ]

They don't stay in place. They're pulled toward the sun by the sun's
gravity in an almost circular path.That causes the planets to spin.
That's why there's day and night, because the part of the planet
spins to face the sun all the time, and seasons because sometimes
the planet moves different distances from the sun. It's why the sun
seems to move in the sky. But it doesn't move, it's the planet that does.
That's how it was on my planet, anyway. Most things in space slowly
gravitate toward the biggest mass; usually a star - the sun is a star.
I don't know how the ship moves, but probably it uses some sort of
propulsion. Like a machine that makes air by turning? But probably
more like an exploding chemical reaction that knocks us away from
whatever direction we're getting away from. Without that we would
slowly float to the nearest mass.

Sorry, that's a lot to read.

[testgasm]

[hey man when the first watson dunks you in a bathtub, you are going to want to make sure it's not A Thing. total sense.]

Idle curiosity. Making sure it's not a constant across universes.

[audio]

[notmydiagnosis]

It's a pleasure to have another Doctor aboard.

[ Crane feels no need to point out the other's mistake, nor that it's fairly obvious who he is. ]

You're quite a legend.

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[swagneto]

Would you like a therapist?

[goldshirt]

[grinningggg]

I'm Jim Kirk.

[consulting]

Embellishments.
We can deduce fondness, the duration of your friendship.
Exactly how much you two care for each other, etc.
You know my methods. Do you want me to dictate what I've observed?

Welcome aboard.
These are links. You click on them, they take you to another page.
Don't fret. That's supposed to happen.

> (re-l)_frequently_asked_questions.txt
> (sh)_youre_doomed_stop_whining.txt.
> (ariadne)_maps.jpg

SH

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[doctorings]

[ fuck the police!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

Ah, yes, well... [ there's a pause and there might be a tiny teeny laugh. shhhhhhhhhfaksj ] Perhaps he has met his match, then.

[doctorings]

[ shhhhhh. he's just a little stunned okay. everything he ever knew about the world is like completely shaken up. as far as he knew technology like this never existed but yet it does. he'll get it together in time. ]

It was more of a hypothetical sort. Something like when you know what the correct answer is, see it, yet one detail leaves you in a quandary. Much like I recognize gravity, space and ships respectively. Even chemical reactions to a rudimentary degree.

However, it's placing them all together that seems to cause the hiccup from sight to fact.

It's unnecessary to apologize; welcomed, really.

[doctorings]

[ what why would he even do that ]

That seems far too specific for idle curiosity. [ ... ] A constant? You mean to say the other me did that to you?

[audio]

[doctorings]

[ this is ultimately the weirdest thing. all these people knowing who he is before he even says anything. it worries him to a degree. ]

What is your area? [ just polite conversation or whatevs. mostly to cover up the slight... embarrassment?? over the other crap. ] A legend? Hardly.

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[doctorings]

Some days I think it just may help.

[ because someone surely needs to tell him why he keeps turning back to holmes. ]

[doctorings]

[ stap that ]

A pleasure. [ ... ] I, ah, well. You already know who I am so it seems like a moot point to even say it.

[doctorings]

Not necessary. Listening to one of you is more than enough.

[ THERE IS NO FONDNESS SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

Surprisingly enough, I have learned just a few things regarding this little machine. I am not completely inept.

....Thank you.

[theblogger]

[ It's ok, my good man. He's centuries ahead of you, and it still took him a few days to master the functions of this device. You're doing well for yourself. ]

I understand. It's also difficult to decide what's an important
fact and what isn't. But I hope that helps a little.
Do you have any other questions I can help you with?
Keeping in mind a lot of explanation about how or why
we're here is a lot of conjecture.

[consulting]

Actually, Watson I'm relishing in the opportunity.
I want to catalogue differences between you and John.

It's called concern.

SH

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[agile]

Then why is he your partner?

[ she wouldn't be with the warriors three if they were hopeless. or be up in thor's corner when he needs his support party. she's super confused because why would you call someone who is troublesome your partner? ]

i just needed to make their relationship a little less heterosexual okay

[saidhe]

[ Holmes' fingers grip his nose more tightly, and with a small and hardly audible click, he sets it back into place, following Watson into the room as if nothing's happened. Of all the possible outcomes he could have predicted happening upon their reunion, it was probably one of the better ones he'd imagined. Still, the conversation was young. There was plenty of time for the man to hate him. ]

[ He'd had too long to ruminate on the aftermath of his actions back at Reichenbach. They'd festered into something far more terrified than he'd like to admit. ]

Four months now. [ His answer is quiet, and a bit wearier than it means to be, but, oh, it's been a long time. It's been time without a case, it's been time without much of any distraction other than his violin and the other John's attention. Aberdeen as well. He didn't even have his drugs here. As a consequence, it certainly shows. He has to have lost another stone still since Watson's last seen him, and his eyes sink with the sleep he hasn't been getting. ]

Five, the first number. How long is it you have been here?

[ But he finally does take the handkerchief (a peace offering) (and totally allowed in space who gives a fuck) to stifle the blood flow. It sticks attractively out of his nostrils as he makes himself at home on the foot of Watson's bed. ]

[statsraaden]

You're Holmes's Watson, I must assume?

Welcome to space, and by the way your friend is here.

I'm Stats. Nice to meet you.

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[became]

[ let's be fair neal is irene adler with a dick, he's only likeable so long as he isn't screwing you over. (he is, on the other hand, dreadfully likeable when he's set on being likeable, at the very least.) ]

Both Sherlocks may have made an impression or two on the rest of us. [ diplomacy: ain't it a hoot, kids. ] And since I knew there was one half of that particular matched set missing, I took an easy leap.

[doctorings]

[ it takes living alongside sherlock holmes to make a man unnaturally curious about everything. normally, watson wouldn't take to questioning the device (not like this), studying it to learn (though, apparently should have done more as it were to know how to... keep things private. oh well. all in due time. ]

Indeed it does. Every bit of information helps... even if I don't believe it.
No, I'm afraid my queries are ones that either cannot be answered or will just bring up further questions that I may just not want to know the answer. [ i.e. how the hell there are duplicates, why in the name of the queen are they here, and so on. ] Although, perhaps just one—might I be able to find Epsom salt aboard?