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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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[goldshirt]

[oh hello what's this, Jim is grinning when his face appears.]

Oh he isn't missing it. Neither of them are. Pretty sure, at least.

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[doctorings]

[ this thing is talking to him. this thing is talking to him and there is a face on it.

what in the name of queen victoria's petticoat is going on here??????? some sort of witchcraft?!!??!?!!?!!? ]

witchcraft video;

[doctorings]

I beg your pardon? Neither of them?

[ wow he does not like the implications of that statement, son. ]

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[cons]

[ well one Sherlock already has his Watson, that that must mean; ]

Is your name Dr. Watson?

[ DEDUCTION, BITCHES. ]

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[doctorings]

[ ... ]

Yes, it is.

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[starked]

[ tony stark being a dick and doing an okay imitation of holmes in five, four, three, two


...one. ]

I was bored after 3 days, Watson.

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[doctorings]

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No. This simply cannot be.

voice; locked 10% aberdeen's been teaching him HA

[saidhe]

You've a time and place, in what's been recently revealed to be several universes.

This is not one of them.

VOICE

[consulting]

Tony, how rude of of you to impersonate Sherlock Holmes. [ A scoff. ]

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[agile]

[ fuck it. sif has figured out how to switch from video to text, so she will do that. pressing some buttons, this might take a while. ]

Holmes? A friend of yours?

[ does everyone come in here when a friend of theirs is here, too? ]

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[saidhe]

your language always was too flowery.

1/a billion idk i'll let you know

[doctorings]

[ of all the gin joints in all the univer—

no wait, that's not how this starts. ]

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[jilt]

[ oh watson, you're about as subtle as a trainwreck. ]

So the good doctor makes his appearance. I had been wondering what was keeping you.

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[doctorings]

[ he didn't even mean to do anything this time. calm down. you're supposed to be dead too. what the actual living fuck is going on here? ]

My sanity had been keeping me, but apparently that has decided to take a vacation.

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[became]

[ so this is-- assumedly-- the other john. maybe this one won't hate him. ]

We actually have two of those, if you're in the market.

[ neal. ]

video

[doctorings]

[ sorry neal. he already hates you. ]

Not even remotely.

[audio]

[testgasm]

Oh my God, there are two of you.

[audio]

[doctorings]

[ he's looking around himself, btw ]

No, there is only one of me.

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[adlered]

[ LET'S PROVIDE SOME CONTRAST HERE. because wouldn't you know it, irene has this overwhelming desire to figure out if this john's reaction would be the same as...hers. so do apologize my good man, but irene doesn't have a thing on and give not a single fuck. ]

Yes, ships in space are always odd. No air in space to move the ships and yet they carry on floating through space without a care in the world. Yours is the less attractive one, not in mind, but in looks. Like he's been on the streets.

Doctor Watson, is it?

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[doctorings]

[ HAVE YOU NO DECENCY??????? lady get some clothes on and be proper omg. his brows shoot up and he's visibly surprised for a moment then just... sort of... looks off to the side. ]

He's not mine. [ ...that shouldn't have been the first thing he said. bollocks. ] I'm sure he would prefer to live on the streets if it's all the same.

[ there's only a short pause. ] Yes. And you are? [ a beat. ] You do realize you have no clothes on, don't you?

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[hummerdoc]

Welcome to space. You've probably been introduced to the fact there are two Holmes on board, as well as one who looks like Holmes, and another Watson.

Call it a intersection of the multiverse.

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[doctorings]

More or less, yes. [ except the look-a-like. doesn't really know that yet. only the sound-a-like... ]

Ah. [ he laughs because that's sort of clever and the only real good explanation so far ] So, there are people from other... worlds then. Unbelievable.

[ Not actually here yet, stay posted ]

[theblogger]

[ It's been a long time since John's had anything to read that was halfway close to poetic. He's tried; there's been a library to explore and time on his hands during shifts in the medbay occasionally, but a lot of the joy has been sucked out of literature these days. He certainly isn't expecting it from the communicator, and especially not after the jump. He's expecting fear and misery.

And he's right, to an extent. There's something more ruminating about the message, however. Dignified? Not angry, at least not in an overt way. Possibly Sherlock would have had something more to say of the person writing it, but so far as John can tell, they're not from a time that has realized the potential of space travel.

'A mystery is unfolding down each strangely dark corridor' indeed. Oh, stranger, you don't know the half of it yet... ]

[ Still not here ]

[theblogger]

[ ...'Surely a place worthy to keep Holmes busy for at least a week.'

Holmes.

Of course his eye catches upon the name, just as his ear had when it was spoken to him by a scruffy, battered man with the ragged edges of a meathook's departure still evident in his chest. The name 'Holmes' has become associated with this sort of man, but it's been a developed thing. It's possible that whoever it is could mean Sherlock, but the way it's typed implies a sense of intimacy, and there are only two possible people who John knows capable of the expression... And he's never been given over to the thought of Lestrade being a secret romantic -- or without the rudimentary knowledge of how things float in space, for that matter. ]

[consulting]

Afghanistan or Iraq?

SH

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[doctorings]

[ sh. alright. it doesn't take a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist to figure this out. ]

And you must be the other one.

[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.

[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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[swagneto]

Would you like a therapist?

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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. ]

[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.

[doctorings]

I'd rather not be claimed that way, but I suppose I must for differentiating purposes. [ how dreadfully annoying ]

Yes, thank you, I have been made aware multiple times that he's here. [ which is still hard to believe btw ]

Stats, is it? I'm— [ er... ] Well, I suppose it seems pointless to say who I am at this point. [ moving o n... . . ] Nice to meet you as well.

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[unparental]

It looks like everybody else covered the two Sherlocks thing, so I'll just say... welcome to space, I'm Jenna, it's nice to meet you, sorry about about the kidnapping.

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[doctorings]

More than enough, yes. [ there's a slight pause ] John Watson. ...Considering it's highly unlikely for a kidnapper to apologize for doing it, I assume you aren't the cause...?