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]

[notquiteheartless]

If they are "sad," then that is the fault of their own weakness.

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Everyone has different weaknesses and strengths, that doesn't give you the right to exploit them in anyway.

[Voice]

[notquiteheartless]

What else are they for, then?

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Not to be exploited! You should be helping people over come their weakness instead! The world works much better when we help others with their weaknesses because then they'd help us with ours.

[Voice]

[notquiteheartless]

Exploiting them reveals them. Then they can decide for themselves whether to improve or ignore. Quite simple, really. Far more effective than worrying about "helping" someone who doesn't want it.

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Well, I didn't say you have to help them if they don't want it. Not everything has to be fixed. Rem says it's good and okay to be unique, to not always get everything right all the time.

And I bet you could help reveal weaknesses in a much nicer way than being mean and exploiting them, mister.

[Voice]

[notquiteheartless]

I do what's most effective.

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Hurting people's feelings and making them mad at you doesn't seem very effective to me.

[Voice]

[notquiteheartless]

Depends on what one is trying to do.

Re: [Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Well, what were you trying to do by calling people stupid?

[Voice]

[notquiteheartless]

See how intelligent, arrogant, and aggressive they were.

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

But you're calling the people who can't read it stupid, not the people who can. That's not really nice, not everyone might have Morse Code on their worlds. So it seems like just being mean to me.

[Voice]

[notquiteheartless]

And those who can read it and have responded have told me quite a lot about their temperaments.

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Oh... [This Vash isn't as use to fighting against logic as his older self.] I still think you didn't have to be mean.