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Post by Molly Hooper on Oct 23, 2011 17:44:07 GMT
Well, your body's just able to stop with one thing. So you either need to start sleeping or start using your nicotine patches again and I would recommend sleeping.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 23, 2011 17:57:45 GMT
The whole point of the experiment is to observe the effect of sleep deprivation on the moral centres of the brain--how long will it take to develop psychotic tendencies, particularly. When the brain loses sleep, very interesting neurochemical processes begin to slow down. When that happens, the most gentle and kind of people can snap. Like that man over at that table, murdering his wife with his wine-glass.
*he gestures to an empty table*
*blinks*
Or is that another hallucination? Hard to tell. Not the point. It could be a valuable technique in determining the line between insanity and just plain murderous. At what point does a sane man lose it? At what point does the brain start dreaming while conscious? Why are my feet cold?
*screws up his face in concentration*
Oh. They're gone now. That's good--would have hated being an accessory to m--
*clenches jaw*
Murder. God, I need stimulatives. You don't have any in your handbag, do you, Irene? No, don't answer that, it would invalidate my challenge. Uh, experiment.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 23, 2011 18:10:30 GMT
*looks at him with a raised eyebrow. Opens mouth to speak but waiter arrives with Sherlock's food*
Ah. That ought to help considerably. Eat up.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Oct 23, 2011 18:17:59 GMT
just stares at Sherlock How can he be so ignorant? You really should take my advice more serious. I'm a doctor, maybe I work with dead people, but I'm still a doctor.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 23, 2011 18:27:29 GMT
*points at Molly with fork*
Seriously. Not serious. And believe it or not, I am taking your advice to heart when I agreed to continue my experiment under medical supervision in the hospital. Since John's not home and his medical capabilities extend more to the living than the dead.
*eats food with gusto, eyes darting to all the tables and examining each carefully*
This is the best salmon I've had since I was in Seattle six years ago.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 23, 2011 18:33:42 GMT
*soft chuckle*
I'm glad you like it. And if you don't stop waving that fork around I will give you a spoon and force you to eat salmon with it. You're going to take someone's eye out.
And correcting people's grammar doesn't make you look smart. It's just annoying.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Oct 23, 2011 18:46:03 GMT
Just ignores him being rude. I didn't take you to the hospital, because you need fresh air. It should make your headache go away. So how's your head? Is it better?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 23, 2011 18:55:48 GMT
Headache? Yes, better. Still quite a bit of nausea, though.
*bite, stares at nothing*
I'm actually somewhat concerned about John. He's not answering my texts. Last time someone didn't answer my texts, it's because they were best in a dressed vomb. Vessed in a best domb. Dressed in a vest bomb.
*sighs, shuts eyes, and slowly recites*
To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life long lock, awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block. A big black block. A short sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.
*clears throat, shakes head as if "Yes. I did it right." and then takes another bite, hands still shaking*
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 23, 2011 19:19:00 GMT
Sherlock...
*leans forwards, concerned and puts her hands on his to steady them. Doesn't care that Sherlock will most likely go on about 'physical contact with a woman'*
I understand that this experiment is important to you, but this is not healthy. If you want to go through with this, then consider this: You are Sherlock Holmes and right now you are vulnerable. If Jim came in here right now with the intention of killing you, he will succeed and you know it.
You are going through nicotine withdrawal and you haven't slept in days. This is not just stupid and reckless, this is dangerous. If you want to test sleep deprivation, then for God's sake, get someone else to do it. Because right now your mind is almost deteriorating and that is just a bloody shame considering it is the most intelligent, precise, balanced mind I have ever come across.
Don't do this for me. Or for Molly. Do it for your own sake.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Oct 23, 2011 19:24:02 GMT
nods She's completely right. When you're finished with your salmon we'll bring you to your flat and you should sleep.
And the thing with John: You know he turned his phone off on purpose. He doesn't want to be interrupted while he's on his vacation.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 23, 2011 19:41:58 GMT
*nose twitches*
How touching.
Interesting to know someone actually cares. I wonder why.
The experiment hasn't concluded yet. The main reason I was conducting it at home in the first place was so that Moriarty wouldn't be tempted to get involved. I'm not stupid. I have actually thought this out.
*stands up*
Ah...where's the lavatory? Sudden wave of extre--
*shuts mouth firmly, sits back down hard*
Not sure which was worse, the nausea or the dizziness...
Matilda?
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 23, 2011 19:47:28 GMT
Sherlock.
*sternly*
Don't make me anesthetize you. Or chloroform you, for that matter.
You know I will.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Oct 23, 2011 19:52:53 GMT
Irene should do that. He's like a stubborn child. just stares from one to another, doesn't want to ruin the moment
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 23, 2011 20:01:17 GMT
*stares at floor for another few seconds*
Matilda's dead, remember? Yes, I think you probably will. I hope you have the decorum to wait until after we leave, at which point I shall be perfectly content to continue my experiment in hospital. Look! I'm already in my pajamas!
*flaps coat and dressing gown to demonstrate*
*shivers, looking quite a bit feverish*
*wraps coat back around himself*
Bit cold today.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 23, 2011 20:07:05 GMT
*runs hands over face then looks at Sherlock with complete and utter concern*
*whispers*
Sherlock.... Please...
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