Voice Test | Wants to put at sweven or somewhere.

[itsadrugbust]

[One police officer, Detective Inspector, who has been staring at his writer for hours because she's got a hell of a lot of cheek, a lot of spunk, a lot of...god knows what but it can't end well.

And so.]

Bit premature don't you think?

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[highfunctioning_sociopath]

Look, bit of advice: it's easier not to fight them. They do what they want, in spite of us. If they like or hate us especially, they tend to torture us. Best thing to do is keep a low and even profile.

[And that's about as close as Sherlock gets to expressing that he might like Lestrade.]

[itsadrugbust]

In the hope that what, eventually they get bored and move onto something else? I've been watching this bored. That seems to happen quite a bit. You'd think we were all bloody party favors being passed around for New Years.

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

[Sherlock is annoyed. Did he speak a strange language.]

Right, small brain, I shall use little words so that you understand me.

[Now he speaks very rapidly, as if offering the solution to a deduction.]

They like to inflict pain on us. If they like us or hate us, they will inflict more pain than they do on the rest. You want to be good enough to encourage them to play with you, but not so good that they want to torture you.

[itsadrugbust]

[Not strange. He's just in all of the denial for a moment. At the mention of pain infliction, of torture, and his mind jumps to one person and then away from it because.]

Anything else I ought to know?

[What he's thinking: Is there any way out of this. Proper answer. No. But the man can dream.]

I shouldn't be surprised that you have a handle on this already despite the incongruity of the situation. Still a sort of kidnapping isn't it.

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

[Shelock smirks.]

I went willingly. My mun has the same issue with boredom that I do.

[Sort of - no shooting out walls. Sherlock doesn't mention how displeased he was with the idea at first.]

[itsadrugbust]

[His brow furrows. His questions are left unsaid]

And does she have you shooting up zombies or rehabilitating or doing anything along those lines?

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

Nothing like that yet... an abandoned city... that remains abandoned. Quite the mystery there, but apparently they need "more players" before it opens.

And a place where... one reality bleeds into another.

[He shrugs - neither of those seem too bad.]

[itsadrugbust]

[Just kind of staring blankly at that.]

...Gosh, and here I was complaining about a simple trip to the states. Even with the ensuing apparent super powers one reality bleeding into another along with an abandoned city..

[he hesitates] You supposed to give that city a government?

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

Don't be thick. Government is Mycroft's job. No. The city is picking individuals to repopulate it. But I'm going because something happened to the previous inhabitants. I intend to find out what.

[itsadrugbust]

Bet if anyone could figure it out it would be you.

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

I doubt it will be easy to sort. I don't think "The Management" will be terribly forthcoming with information into that mystery.

[itsadrugbust]

[He figures that reminding him of crimes in London would just be-well-what can top an abandoned city?]

...Are you taking John with you?

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

[That question brings a small look of sadness to Sherlock's features, which he covers up by standing straighter.]

I wanted to. But none I've met want to go... It is, of course my biggest worry. I need an assistant.

[No mention of John being his only friend.]

[itsadrugbust]

[Lestrade...didn't see that. But he has ideas. He figures. Maybe. He could be wrong.]

...You're not one to quit. Sure it'll work. Or he'll stay out here and maybe London won't fall into anarchy.

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

London will never fall as long as Mrs. Hudson is around.

[Sherlock sighs.]

I'm not convinced that I want to go anywhere alone...

[itsadrugbust]

My writer's just pointed out a community where you can ask people to kidnap other individuals for the purposes of these ga-

Sherlock are you sure this isn't some.. [queue handwaving] ...Some sort of slavery ring?

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

No.

[He's not sure, he hates not being sure and sighs heavily.]

Unless there is something we can do about it, best not to waste our breath.