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

[voice]

[iratus]

[There is an amused chuckle as the wraith concludes his translation. It was incredible the things one could learn while in temporary command of an Earth vessel with its databases at his disposal. He answers in voice because writing with an object like a pen is such a clumsy form of communication. His voice, as it happens, has a strange alien echo to it.]

Is this truly a measure of intelligence for your kind? A laughable demonstration.

As for your question, I could think of more useful ways for you to bring about your own termination. But a single wing amputation is said to be survivable, if not incredibly painful. You won't mind if others wish to watch, will you?

[voice]

[notquiteheartless]

As I've said to others by this point-- this is the first step. A way to establish a sort of baseline. Definitive results cannot be judged from a single attempt of a single method.

[voice]

[iratus]

It does not strike me as efficient to start with your own baseline when it has already been thoroughly established by others. Your kind has always furthered itself by standing on the work of those before you.

[voice]

[notquiteheartless]

I have my ways, others have theirs.

[voice]

[iratus]

I give you credit for boldness. I will wait to see if intelligence accompanies it as well.

[voice]

[notquiteheartless]

I'll try not to disappoint.