Deduction 1 - [ written ]

[notquiteheartless]

[Sherlock Holmes has been on bedrest for about 48 hours.

However, when his doctor decides to go out for supplies and to see if any of the detective's clothes have shown up (it was either that or let the man get up and see himself, and apparently that was not going to be allowed)... the patient lets himself get up. Not much, just enough to make it into the sitting room.

Which is just as white-washed as the bedroom. Damn it.

Once he can stand to be on his feet for more than ten minutes at a time, those walls are getting painted or papered or something.

He's had time enough to read his Journal and the Guide it contains, and the system itself is straightforward enough. Something like a computer but not quite as efficient. Still, it's something.

It doesn't matter to him that his Journal is in his bedroom and John's is sitting out. It's John's he grabs and a pen nearby that he writes with, unaware of what was broadcast over the journals the previous day.]

I am aware that damage to the wings is ill-advised. However, I am curious: Seeing the distinct disadvantage that they pose, has anyone attempted to surgically remove them? Not ripping or merely cutting-- a proper medical procedure. An amputation. Has it been attempted? If it has, to what end?
SH


[After he's written out all of that, he starts on another project. To some, it may just be evidence of extreme boredom. Others... Well. Others might recognise it.]

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Comments

[written]

[notquiteheartless]

Then I suggest finding another way to occupy yourself, if you find the present goings on boring.

[written]

[selphie_t]

Learning how to do it was boring. Putting it to practical use on the other hand...

[written]

[notquiteheartless]

Yes, of course.

[So many who are so eager to prove themselves clever. Without actually having cleverness to prove.]

[written] - Ruuuuuude :P

[selphie_t]

[Sherlock, try giving them other ways to be clever other than writing in Morse code. Puzzles are much better. :P But have some painfully neat handwriting in comparison to the handwriting from the previous comment.]

And just so you're aware, amputating the wings is the same as having it removed so the effects to the patient would be just as bad as having it ripped off.

[written]

[notquiteheartless]

[Ah, but the really clever ones are the ones who didn't take the bait.]

If you have the documented observations of someone with a medical background, detailing the clinical procedure of such an attempt and its results, I would love to see it.

Or are you simply adding to the "We've never done it, but we're sure it won't work" coalition? They are well-represented.