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Sherlock Holmes ([personal profile] not_a_hero) wrote in [community profile] entranceway2012-05-19 09:29 am

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[Sherlock Holmes is on the roof with his magnifierkind focusing the sun's rays to set fire to Imps. And trees. He may not be being very careful, really. It all looks the same from up there and the weaponization of a magnifying glass is quite interesting.

He is a mad scientist with a death ray. He really can't help but laugh at that.]
was_a_soldier: (uh-huh...)

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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-23 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
This place? No idea...

I mean, the powers... suit us, to a degree. Though yours are far more powerful, so there's an indication of hierarchy at least between people who have their... pajama outfits and people like me who don't.

[John gnaws on his lower lip thoughtfully, looking out over the checkerboard landscape.]
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-24 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[This feels kind of like that time with the shoes, when Sherlock encouraged John's deductions despite John's inaccuracy.]

I saw a couple of people with similar symbols on my way up so... some kind of title, perhaps? A grouping? Teams, perhaps, like a sport?

Maybe symbols are similar because... there's something that the people that wear them have in common?
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-24 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure, to be honest... Could they have to do with the symbols too?
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
...You already know what's going-- Right, of course.

Why even bother asking me then?
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stares at Sherlock in surprise; not only was he doing this for John's benefit, but he was outwardly admitting it. Normally, these moments, the ones they discussed not too long ago whilst tumbling about on the floor of Sherlock's room, were something that John recognized and cherished privately, unknowing if the other man even realized he was going about something for his partner. John is taken aback by that, as well as his refusal to stop just so that the doctor would have a moment of accomplishment in deduction sometime in the future, that he'd earn Sherlock's praise. His throat feels tight with emotion at that.]

Sherlock...

[John opened and closed his mouth, floundering for a response as Sherlock carried on, deducing smoothly on the meanings behind the symbols and colors. Shaking himself, John finally spoke.]

...A 'Seer of the Mind'...

[His mouth quirks fondly.]

Yeah, that suits you perfectly. Godtier, too. Of course.

[Then his expression wavered.]

So... I'm not on the same level as you because I don't see my 'true worth'...

[He shifted, rolling his shoulders tensely.]

I see...
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[John's face twitches in a small wince, darting his gaze away from the other man. Disappointing Sherlock is almost more painful then admitting his limited self worth.]

Don't bother. It's only significant for this event, right? Nothing more then a few days of walking while everyone else floats about. I can deal with that.
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[John's shoulders draw up defensively.]

Burn? No, wait, Sherlock, in a minute--you're the... Your new mind powers are telling you you're the cause?

[He shifts his weight. He feels like he should protest naming the other man as the cause so bluntly, but he knows... he knows that the downward spiral he'd fallen into after Sherlock died isn't that easy to shake off. But, as he found out, Sherlock had done it /for/ John, and he shouldn't put himself in charge of fixing this result, it wasn't fair...]

...It's not your fault.
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[John follows the blast as best he can with his eyes, twitching as his gaze lands on the crisp Imp in the distance. He's glad he can't smell it from here, no matter how much you chased criminals it was impossible to forget or ignore the smell of flesh burnt by explosion.

He grunts softly in response, but doesn't speak right away, absorbing Sherlock's words. Well, at least Sherlock wasn't attempting to fix him out of guilt.]


...So, what would I have been, if I had become Godtier? Are you able to tell with those new powers?
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...The Knight of Life, huh?

[John smiles hesitantly, testing the title on his tongue. Perhaps it's just because of the event, but it feels right to him.]

That... works.

[He rolls his shoulders, trying to appear casual.]

Too bad, that. I think I look pretty good in green, even if they're rather pajama-like.
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That's okay. I'd hate to be pushed off of something high up because someone thought I'd be able to catch myself midair.

You're trading yours in? But I thought you liked pajama parties, Sherlock; you parade around in your dressing gown all the time.
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-25 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cue one jaw drop and mental keyboard smash here, executed by one Doctor John H. Watson. He has to shake himself out of it, helped along by an explosion off in the distance.]

Yeah, probably.
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[personal profile] was_a_soldier 2012-05-26 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Probably quite uncomfortable, too.

[This is him internally keyboard smashing once more. Even faster, since it'd be with his forehead. The sound of flesh on-- goddammit Sherlock.]

Wonder which you'll miss more first, then, a proper bed or sleeping in the nude? Very kind of you to refrain from doing so while we were stuck camping, would have been quite a sight for our poor tentmate.

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