Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 18, 2011 14:59:12 GMT
*types into blog*Research into the effects of sleep deprivation on a subject and how long said subject can remain awake without the aid of stimulants.
Subject name: Sherlock Holmes.
Day one:
No abnormalities expected today as this is, essentially, a normal day. Flatmate does not yet know about the experiment, but it is only a matter of time. This experiment will become invalid if I get a case, because then I'll need stimulants.
Also incidentally testing subject's resistance to nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Thus far, no adverse reaction. *submits*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 18, 2011 15:36:51 GMT
*answers his post*
I do hope your experiment pans out, I do not doubt your perseverance but I worry for your state of mind; you'll get very bored, very quickly.
Up until the stage where your sleep deprivation turns into mass hallucinations. Cannot /wait/ to see that.
Good luck, Sherly. xx
Love, Irene Adler.
*submits, grinning ever so slightly*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Oct 18, 2011 16:41:44 GMT
panics Sherlock that's not healthy. A human body needs sleep.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 18, 2011 17:44:43 GMT
*replies to blog posts*Molly: I know it isn't healthy for the body, but I'm bored and wondering the precise timeline of effects and how I personally react to them. John complains that I don't sleep enough as it is.
Irene: Had not considered the boredom of long nights without sleep or work. Perhaps I shall repair my broken violin bow.
Sherly? Not a diminutive I have been addressed by in the past. *enter*
*folds hands together*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 18, 2011 18:03:23 GMT
Glad to know I have 1) stated something that is (to be honest) completely obvious and 2) gotten you to do something productive in the same post.
On the subject of your broken violin bow: John was involved. No one can endure that amount of torture to the ear drums for any continuing amount of time without rebelling.
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 18, 2011 18:16:20 GMT
*posts*I'd hardly call it torturous, Miss Adler. It is common knowledge that music stimulates cognitive functions. It isn't my fault if John is averse to my improvisations. If he has been the one to ruin the bow-string, then I shall certainly repay him in like kind. *enter*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 18, 2011 18:21:12 GMT
*types*
Don't ruin the man's hearing or possessions, Sherly. Be nice.
*enters, resting head on hands with a satisfied smile*
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 18, 2011 19:04:57 GMT
*typing*I wouldn't harm anything of John's. He'd ask me to buy it. But I did see a prank on a television programme once where a man filed most of the way through his best friend's cane out of retribution...
John does occasionally still use it during long periods of inactivity. I put energy beverages in my tea, he limps with a cane. Side effects of boredom.
Also, Sherly is not a diminutive I particularly enjoy being inflicted with.
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 18, 2011 19:11:53 GMT
*shakes head, smiling and types:*
Tough. It's either Sherly or Locky. If Mycroft can handle Mikey and Crofty, and Jim can handle Jimbo and Jimmy, you can handle yours.
Oh, I do love messing with all the men in my life.
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 18, 2011 19:27:44 GMT
*types*Jimbo? *smirks*Jimbo Moriarty. Going to have to run that by Molly...My name is Sherlock. Kindly refer to me as such.
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 8:38:11 GMT
Sherly Sherlock.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 10:44:17 GMT
*typing*Day two:
Physical symptoms of exhaustion: slight tiredness Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal: decreased heart rate and blood pressure, nicotine cravings, irritability.
Still not terribly affected by lack of sleep--I've gone this long many times before while working, though then I always had my nicotine, and I don't right now, nor have I in the past 24 hours, so it would probably be best if idiots avoided me at the moment unless they have a death wish. This means you, Anderson, though if you do happen to come by, it will be a relief to the world.
Wishing John were back from holiday so I could have a decent conversation with something more intelligent than my new mantle skull. *enter*
*crosses arms huffily*
*texts to John*Where are you? Addict in withdrawal at 221B. You know what this means.
SH Somehow it has only just occurred to me that Irene has implied she knows both my brother and Moriarty. How did I miss that?
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 11:47:23 GMT
*types* The irritability is no new thing, Sherlock. Staying in your flat and allowing stir-craziness to kick in is also not the best thing to do. Take a walk, feed some ducks, deduce things about people that they don't want anyone do know, do something. Oh, and Molly seems to have an extra ticket to spare, that might also help ease the boredom and irritability. All my friends will be there and I don't want Sherlock Holmes to miss out on anything. *submits*
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 13:28:07 GMT
*types*Ducks? You think a man of my intelligence and importance should stoop to feeding ducks like an old senile woman? *posts*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 13:43:40 GMT
*types*
Ducks killed more people than the explosion in Hiroshima. Have some respect.
*submits, laughing at the sheer ridiculousness of her post*
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