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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 10, 2011 5:47:00 GMT
Sure why no? I don't have anything to do either. So then how do you start these tests? looks at the equipment
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 10, 2011 13:13:18 GMT
First we should sample the air composition from all around the flat. If there is anything airborne, we may be able to detect it. Then we can have that sent to the lab while we look for mould, open chemical containers that shouldn't be open, and any source of possible ailments.
*doesn't want to tell Molly he's feeling strange because he thinks she might panic*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 10, 2011 16:26:49 GMT
So what should i do now?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 10, 2011 16:40:15 GMT
*holds up pollution detectors, an excited look in his eyes*
Scan away!
*darts to bathroom to start the scan there*
*frowns*
There has to be something. My thoughts have changed too radically. This isn't normal. There has to be.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 10, 2011 17:23:59 GMT
starts to scan turns on 'Wonderful Christmas Time' by Paul McCartney starts singing along while scanning
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 10, 2011 17:35:08 GMT
*smirks at Molly's choice of music*
Nothing in here.
*moves to the kitchen, a slight bounce in his step which is highly uncharacteristic*
Why Christmas music? It's November.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 10, 2011 17:38:27 GMT
Because I like Christmas and I think it's time to start listening to Christmas music. Don't you like Christmas music?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 10, 2011 17:54:16 GMT
*wrinkles nose*
It reminds me of being overwhelmed as a child by throngs of Christmas shoppers.
*flashback to standing in a crowded mall, alone, because he'd been jostled apart from Mycroft who was meant to be keeping an eye on him. He just stood for an hour, a five year old boy all alone in the shopping crowds. After that, his mother had put a leash around his wrist and Mycroft's, making sure they wouldn't get separated.*
Besides, Christmas is dull. Everyone being sickeningly nice to one another, waking up in fuzzy slippers and experimenting with their new toys or gadgets, being forced into conversations with relatives you don't want to talk to, having to compliment the person who made the disgusting puddings, cleaning up wrapping paper and fallen tree leaves. Boring. Mundane. Hateful. I'd give anything for a scarlet Christmas.
*softly, more to himself than anyone*
But, admittedly, I haven't had a Christmas present since I left for Uni.
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 10, 2011 17:57:12 GMT
That's so sad...Why does your brother not give you a Christmas present?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 10, 2011 18:50:12 GMT
*hadn't realized he'd spoken out loud*
What? Oh. He's busy, I'm busy, we never really celebrated Christmas to begin with. We tried it once. I was six. I ended up with pine needles in my trousers. Miserable. Mycroft got a suit and hat that looked like John Steed's ensemble, and I got a voucher for violin lessons. Grandpa Wilfred got blind drunk, Aunt Gina decided that she'd wear a "sexy Santa Claus" suit, Mycroft pointed out to mother that father was cheating on her, and to top it all off, my grandmother knitted me an awful cap! She had Alzheimer's and kept thinking I was a girl. The hat was pink. With kittens. Purple kittens. I gave it to Matilda.
*stops, obviously distressed at the memory, which, let's be honest, is understandable*
*takes a deep breath*
After that, my parents never gave presents again. Mycroft and I did a small exchange--tickets for the opera and things like that. After I went to Uni, I didn't have time to respond to his letters. You know how it goes. People fall out of touch. Or we would have done, if Mycroft hadn't kept showing up on my birthday. When I was studying.
Older brothers can be annoying. Do you have any older siblings?
*looks into Molly's eyes, genuinely interested in the answer, though, for the life of him, can't figure out why*
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 10, 2011 22:24:34 GMT
Is confused by Sherlock’s interest
Yes, I do. I have two younger siblings, one brother and one sister. We don’t see each other on Christmas, unfortunately, because they both live abroad, but we send each other presents. Of course I’d rather spend Christmas with them, but you know how it is, plane tickets during Christmas time aren’t cheap.
puts on a sad smile, then looks away and goes on scanning
then stops and talks towards the wall
That's why I don't understand why you don't appreciate your brother more.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 10, 2011 23:43:44 GMT
*searching through cabinets*
My family was never terrifically emotional. Of course, there's a correlation between high IQ and a harder grasp of emotion. My parents insisted that both Mycroft and I were tested, and when my results came back at only 190, they were highly disappointed. They themselves for some reason hadn't been tested.
Mother tended to leave me alone for hours in my room; father did the same. They rarely talked after that Christmas, even though they didn't split up. Mycroft was the only friend I had after Matilda died, and he was at Uni. It's possible I resent Mycroft slightly for being smarter--
*takes out the sugar packet*
Ah!
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 11, 2011 22:14:10 GMT
I'm sorry if I have to say it that way, but you're strange...I would never be mad at my siblings for being smarter, but that's just how you are I guess... Looks up Did you find anything?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Nov 12, 2011 3:35:29 GMT
Yes. It looks like your sugar might have been dosed with phenylethylamine. Did Jim ever take sugar in his tea or coffee while he was here?
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Post by Molly Hooper on Nov 12, 2011 9:17:13 GMT
He could have, but I'm not sure. I mean he was here quite often, so it wouldn't surprise me if he took some sugar.
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