Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 12, 2011 13:31:12 GMT
It's possible he laced the sugar then last time he was here--or he brought his own. When he was here, did he make you your tea and coffee or did you?
*all the time he's speaking, he's examining the sugar containers*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 12, 2011 19:53:28 GMT
Well, he didn't make the coffee, because he's completely unable to heat up anything. I made it, but he would've had the opportunity to put something in my coffee.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 12, 2011 22:00:06 GMT
It's possible then that he introduced it into your system via a contact drug such as dimethysulfoxide.
*looks around for any objects that both he and Molly--and Toby-- have touched but not Moriarty*
Is there anything he wouldn't touch? Anywhere?
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 12, 2011 22:08:48 GMT
Uh well Irene's bedroom and well, like I said, he's been everywhere. He didn't touch my make-up, obviously, but why do you need to know what he didn't touch? is confused
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 12, 2011 22:44:05 GMT
Dimethysulfoxide is a chemical which can be applied to anything which absorbs whatever it's mixed with into the bloodstream. Phenylethylamine doesn't work as an oral dosage, not over long periods. The two chemicals in tandem could be very dangerous.
*looks around awkwardly as he really doesn't want to admit to what he's about to say*
I'm feeling a bit peculiar, myself, which supports the idea that it was something he's chemically altered. I've seen it done with money--a terrorist attack where poisons were mixed into a solution of dimethysulfoxide and then mass-distributed. If he coated something with a dimethysulfoxide-phenylethylamine mixture, and we've both handled it, there's a good chance that we've both been dosed which would explain why you're looking rather more attractive to me than usual.
*realizes he's said something he didn't actually want to say*
*awkward pause*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 12, 2011 23:42:28 GMT
blushes doesn't know what to say Uh...well...uh...Sherlock... turns around Well I guess we should get this out of here, right?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 13, 2011 0:46:57 GMT
Yes. But if it is, as I suspect, dimethysulfoxide-distributed, it might not be the sugar. In fact, it wouldn't be. You're quite sure there aren't any objects he refused to handle with his bare hands? Did he ever wash your dishes? Did he use air freshener on your couch? Did he...uh...
*finds himself staring into Molly's eyes and finding them extremely beautiful*
I need to figure this out. This is not normal. This is not right. Even though they are a nice shade of--no, no, stop it.
*breaks eye contact, looks down then around the room*
...did he...dust...or polish your table or clean the flat in any way?
*increases the distance between the two of them, hyperconscious of his body language so as not to send the wrong signals*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 13, 2011 0:51:41 GMT
Well, yeah he didn't like doing the dishes. He was just standing there at the counter and... wallows in memories smiles ...and watched me, while petting Toby. Oh Jim is just the cutest. I don't care what he did. He will be able to explain it.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 13, 2011 1:12:47 GMT
Did he use anything involving a chemical? Cleaners? Soaps? Hand lotions? I don't know, baby wipes? Did he spontaneously spill anything on the couch or table?
*pauses with realization as Toby rubs his leg*
Did he bathe Toby?
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 13, 2011 1:28:52 GMT
Well, Jim doesn't like doing work in the household in general so I decided I would do the cleaning and stuff and yes, he did spill wine on my couch once. That's why I have the pillow over there in the corner of the couch, because you can still see the stain. looks at Toby No, he didn't bath him. He just held him all the time and petted him. He really liked my little Toby.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 13, 2011 1:40:53 GMT
*realizing he sat next to the stain and had run his hand on it*
Do you lay on your couch while watching telly?
Oh, that's clever. Clever Jim. Poetic Jim. Wine as an aphrodisiac taken to a new level. That's how he's done it. He must have mixed the compounds into his wine, then spilled it, knowing how hard it is to get out. Night after night as you lay watching telly, your hand beneath your pillow, your hand brushed it. It absorbed into your skin, but not completely. You touched your table, your pillows, your cat, all the while spreading the dimethysulfoxide and phenylethylamine like a disease, where nothing in this flat was safe. And now I've started feeling the effects. My thoughts are jumbled, my judgement clouded, even my deductive reasoning has been hampered. I've only had minor exposure.
*he locks eyes with her*
I can only wonder what it's done to you.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 13, 2011 9:04:31 GMT
You mean like a love potion? So that sounds like magic and stuff. That’s a surprise! It’s all a bit ‘Harry Potter’. The things he says don't even make sense. He just realizes he loves me and now he needs a stupid excuse, but no matter what Jim did I won't give up on him. For goodness sake he's my boyfriend. He sure will explain it and say something cute. Smiles while thinking Wait did Sherlock want to say that he got stupid, because of this potion thingy? Do you wanna say Jim made me stupid?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 13, 2011 13:14:42 GMT
Love, Molly, love. Simulated artificially-induced love, but the effects are the same. Not stupidity. People can do stupid things for love but that doesn't make them a stupid person. The cabbie responsible for the serial killings, for instance. He did what he did out of both boredom and love. It's causing me trouble because it's a sensation I've never experienced before.
*is obviously angry with himself for not being able to feel in the way he prefers to feel*
What is Harry Potter, exactly? I'm aware of it as a book and film series. No. Don't tell me. Not relevant information.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 13, 2011 19:56:02 GMT
You don't know Harry Potter??? Oh my God, I don't even know what to say. facepalm Well, what will we do against this stuff now?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 13, 2011 21:35:06 GMT
*frowns, deliberately not looking at Molly*
Short of destroying everything, I recommend complete biohazard procedures. And you and I should go into quarantine--there's no telling what else Moriarty may have done when he last visited. Text Irene and tell her what's going on. Then we need to have your flat hypercleaned. UV, antibiotics, chemical removals, that sort of thing. I know people who will do it for free. However, you'll probably have to burn your couch.
*fidgets, working out how to get rid of every contaminant*
*Toby meows sweetly*
*smiles*
And obviously, bathe Toby.
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