005 \\ Sherlock Holmes \\ [Video]

[could_be_dangerous]

[The contrast between Sherlock's usual appearance and his current one is sharp. He looks exhausted, the sort of utterly worn out that hides beneath a burning mania. He's disheveled, what little colour had once been in his face now utterly gone, and his eyes are glossy and feverishly bright. Not good, but who is right now?]

I've two words for the lot of you.

[If it weren't for the fact that his camera is strapped to his wrist, this would be where Sherlock grins and spreads his arms, invokes all the drama appropriate for the current situation. Under the circumstances he must settle for a grin that's manic but far from happy, the huff of a laugh, the sound all strained arrogance and guiltily repressed relief.]

Aerosol. Dispersal.

[He bites his lower lip, oh, oh, got it, must be.]

Saying it for years but nobody believes me: nothing new under the sun.

Comments

[could_be_dangerous]

Yes, clearly. Everyone else believes their experiences are real. Entirely possible you're affected but you don't realise.

[plaidsamurai]

What experiences? Is that why everyone is actin' crazy?

[could_be_dangerous]

Hallucinations. Symptoms of paranoia. Very convincing.

[He pauses.]

Those are just my own symptoms. Might be others in other people.

[plaidsamurai]

[He pauses and thinks for a minute, a lot of stuff is suddenly becoming much clearer.]

Huh... that... well, that makes a lot more sense now. Would explain a lot of the crazy that's been going around.

[He may have experienced a flash or two of people who weren't or shouldn't be here, but he'd chalked it up to the beer kicking in. Go figure.]