Other Experiments
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The original experiment occurred a long time ago.
Excerpt: The urge simmered. Standing, as Sherlock was, in the middle of the sitting room, the urge heated the air, pushed it against the walls. The crack in the ceiling lengthened, grew a little wider.
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- Part 1 of Other Experiments
- Part 10 of Experiments
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It was the most extraordinary thing to witness the beginning of an experiment and Mike Stamford had done so much more than witness, he’d been the agent of it.
Excerpt: “Would you consider giving a few lectures?” Mike asked over pudding. “The amount of experience you’ve had with trauma couldn’t be gained in five lifetimes here, even in a London A&E. It would help the students tremendously. Give them another perspective.”
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- Part 2 of Other Experiments
- Part 11 of Experiments
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Attempting to duplicate an experiment, without proper notes from the first experiment, is potentially dangerous.
Excerpt: They sat facing one another in front of the cold hearth. Sherlock's violin caterwauled.
Mycroft winced and saw Sherlock take note and smile. "Of course, you wouldn't want to do anything in the usual way, would you?
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- Part 3 of Other Experiments
- Part 12 of Experiments
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Sherlock needed to safeguard his experiment.
Excerpt: "I'd seen Sherlock around this morning, so I knew you wouldn't be on a case. I enjoyed reading Study in Pink, by the way. You always did have a way with words, John. All that practice chatting up, I suppose."
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- Part 13 of Experiments
- Part 4 of Other Experiments
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The experiment in Dartmoor has consequences.
Excerpt: Cheekbones. Not something John normally thought about, unless they were fractured or partially blown away, needing reconstructive surgery if the patient survived. Not until he’d met Sherlock Holmes anyway and spent months noting the pale curve of them.
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- Part 5 of Other Experiments
- Part 1 of Experiments
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You Follow Me Down Other Roads by Saki101
Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
1 Feb 2012
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The experiment at Dartmoor has consequences.
Excerpt: John listened even when Sherlock mumbled, drawn to his voice, rich in undertones, revelations. John always listened, even when he was trying not to.
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- Part 2 of Experiments
- Part 6 of Other Experiments
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The experiment in Dartmoor has consequences.
Excerpt: “That’s finished then,” John said aloud and glanced over to where Sherlock had stretched out on the couch, eyes closed. Sherlock didn’t respond, but that didn’t mean he had succumbed to sleep. John studied the pale profile, the glints of lamplight in the glossy hair, on the folds of the silk dressing gown. Succumb. An interesting word choice. Yeah.
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- Part 3 of Experiments
- Part 7 of Other Experiments
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Sherlock begins to analyse the data from the experiment in Dartmoor.
Excerpt: Sherlock’s eyes swept over the street outside the window as he played, noted the angle of refraction of the traffic lights on the wet pavement, pictured the way John had held himself on the train from Dartmoor, the tension beneath the seemingly relaxed posture. Nothing so simplistic as arms crossed over his chest for what John was feeling.
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- Part 4 of Experiments
- Part 8 of Other Experiments
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The experiment in Dartmoor has consequences.
Excerpt: The pounding of blood filled John’s ears. Sherlock would feel the beat against his palm. “You promised not to experiment on me again, Sherlock,” John said and there was hardly any sound to the air his lips formed.
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- Part 5 of Experiments
- Part 9 of Other Experiments
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Controlling the variables in an experiment isn't easy.
Excerpt: “You don’t remember everything, do you?” Sherlock asked...
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- Part 6 of Experiments
- Part 10 of Other Experiments
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The experimentor is part of the experiment.
Excerpt: Sherlock thought the drug wasn’t out of John’s system and that might explain the lingering vertigo, but John wondered. He’d had enough fears locked away before they ever went to Dartmoor. Chemical enhancement had hardly been necessary.
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- Part 7 of Experiments
- Part 11 of Other Experiments
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The effects of the experiment are still influencing John.
Excerpt: The bedside lamp caught the sheen of perspiration on John’s forehead. There had been less when Moriarty had wrapped him in explosives.
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- Part 8 of Experiments
- Part 12 of Other Experiments
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The experiment took a turn Sherlock had not expected.
Excerpt: John had done battle and triumphed. He just didn’t know it yet.
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- Part 13 of Other Experiments
- Part 14 of Experiments
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Side effects of the experiment.
Excerpt: John half closed the door, his hand lingering on the handle. The front door thumped as it shut. He felt the push of air. His steps were quick to the window. He watched Mike cross the road, leaned his forehead against the cool glass. Maybe the fever’s back already. John could feel his heartbeat picking up. I could text him. He’d come back. “Come back,” John murmured. But he wasn’t thinking of Mike.
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- Part 14 of Other Experiments
- Part 15 of Experiments
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Sometimes side effects can be pleasant, sometimes not.
Excerpt: Sherlock swivelled in the desk chair while the computer started up far too slowly. He made a mental note to upgrade Bart's system soon, it really was extremely irritating to have to wait so long just because of the extra security features he had installed. Eventually, he logged into the Yard's network using the chief superintendent’s details, which seemed only fitting, and waited for their database to churn. He considered upgrading their system as well.
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- Part 15 of Other Experiments
- Part 16 of Experiments
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Sherlock had empirical evidence now. John was essential.
Excerpt: John turned in a slow circle, his eyes rising to the twilit windows and shadowy murals of the rotunda, spiralling along the galleries of bookcases, down to the shelves at eye level and the dark wooden tables with their green-shaded reading lamps. He reached out for the nearest table and ran his hand along the polished surface. “I don’t remember it being this beautiful.” John said.
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- Part 16 of Other Experiments
- Part 17 of Experiments
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Coping with The Fall would always have been difficult for John. The Experiment just made it more so.
Excerpt: Sherlock stood framed by the office door. The clock’s chime echoed in the high room. It was quarter past Sagittarius. “The violin would have helped me think,” Sherlock murmured. He looked up at the high galleries. His grandfather had allowed him to practice there if no one was researching. There had been sweets in the bottom drawer of his desk. What’s in the flavouring, Sherlock? Sherlock rarely got the ingredients wrong, as complex and esoteric as they became as he grew.
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- Part 17 of Other Experiments
- Part 18 of Experiments
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John's research leads in unsuspected directions.
Excerpt: The secondary sources fanned about him, reaching across the long table and halfway down on either side. Some piles sprouted bits of paper marking passages or illustrations, other books were open, half on top of one another, their pages reflecting the lamplight.
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- Part 18 of Other Experiments
- Part 19 of Experiments
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John has learned that Bart's holds many secrets and Sherlock may well want John to find out what they are.
Excerpt: John had looked towards the horizon and seen them. He’d mentioned to Sherlock once that he’d always wanted to see the northern lights. They’d twisted towards them through the black air, luminous sheets of pale green light, wondrous, otherwordly, the same colour as Sherlock’s eyes.
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- Part 19 of Other Experiments
- Part 20 of Experiments
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Sherlock has left John a number of mysteries. John is beginning to piece some things together.
Excerpt: Like desert sunlight. Bright slants clearing the horizon, slicing through the dawn chill, not yet drawing blood from pores, peeling skin back from bones. The first pale caress making the heart leap at the renewal of light, the revelation of the enemy cresting the hill.
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- Part 20 of Other Experiments
- Part 21 of Experiments
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John's research for an academic article continues to uncover parts of Sherlock's past, among other things.
Excerpt: No note sounded, no footstep fell. Baker Street was empty, its air flat and sour. John’s eyes narrowed, sweeping in an arc. When his neck would turn no farther, he turned his body to complete the circle. His head spun. The walls leaned closer and their colours faded to sand.
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- Part 21 of Other Experiments
- Part 22 of Experiments
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Night View from the Mind Palace by Saki101
Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
1 Jul 2012
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Sherlock had worked alone for years, but he has become accustomed to working with his blogger.
Excerpt: Sherlock’s hand hung over his keyboard. The archivist's office door was closed; John wasn’t headed for it. Sherlock tapped two keys. The camera in the dome swivelled silently, the infra-red lens opening.
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- Part 22 of Other Experiments
- Part 23 of Experiments
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John's conducting experiments of his own in hopes of finding some answers.
Excerpt: “I don’t have any old samples, but I’ll come up. I was just going to get some coffee, shall I bring you some?” Molly asked.
“Thanks, no sugar. Coffee and blood. Perfect,” John said.
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- Part 24 of Experiments
- Part 23 of Other Experiments
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John's experiments are raising more questions than answers. Mike gets an unexpected text.
Excerpt: Sherlock reeled. He fumbled for his mobile, dropped it on the sodden carpet, followed it down onto his knees, capturing it. The burn was sizzling up his arms, his fingers almost numb as he texted Mike.
Bring John, Lestrade. Sherlock included the name of the new high-rise apartments overlooking Hyde Park, the flat number. Worse than the first time. More exposure, he added.
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- Part 24 of Other Experiments
- Part 25 of Experiments
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The answers keep spawning questions.
Excerpt: Scattered across the months, there had been dreams scented with half-heard words. They had left behind an odd cheer that would last for days, but they had been without form. It had surprised John, that the intense visuality of his nightmares had never lent his dreams a single pale curve. He had yearned to see, had suffered for not seeing.
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- Part 25 of Other Experiments
- Part 26 of Experiments
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There Are Times When the Stars Are Too Close by Saki101
Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
21 Jul 2012
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The experiments continue to proliferate.
Excerpt: Sherlock’s face was nestled in the curve at the base of John’s spine. He could feel the words. Sherlock nodded encouragement, cheekbone bumping along John’s vertebrae, John’s skin cool against his face. John hadn’t been totally wrong about his touch. The fever had risen. Sherlock inhaled the faint hint of smoke.
“It was a couple days before I got shot,” John continued. John had not spoken of this.
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- Part 26 of Other Experiments
- Part 27 of Experiments
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With both Sherlock and John working on the experiment, the answers may come faster.
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Excerpt: “Where have you gone?” The words were a deep murmur by John’s ear. Sherlock’s fingers smoothed down John’s back, under the sheet, adding a slight ripple to the image in the narrow rectangle of glass. John turned his eyes away from it, tilted his head up and pressed his lips to the vibration in the long throat.
“Mind reading?” he whispered back, against the skin, eyes closed.
“I can tell when your focus isn’t on me. Always have done; it doesn’t take mind reading.” Sherlock turned his head, found the image floating in front of the leather-bound books. “Ah,"...
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- Part 27 of Other Experiments
- Part 28 of Experiments
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John and Sherlock share some of their results.
Excerpt: John wondered what it was, because it wasn’t sound. He kept his eye on the corona of light grey in the upper windows as Sherlock approached from behind, his bare feet silent on the mosaic, not a rustle of silk, nor a hint of respiration, to give him away.
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- Part 28 of Other Experiments
- Part 29 of Experiments
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They may have travelled far afield, but the experiment goes with them.
Excerpt: “I thought this was the next stop in our continuing mission to unravel Moriarty’s web,” John said.
There was a snort of laughter as Sherlock opened the jeep's back door. “In a moment, you’re going to appreciate how apt your reference is,” he said and reached in for John.
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- Part 29 of Other Experiments
- Part 30 of Experiments
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Excerpt: “Good evening, Detective Inspector,” Mycroft said, looming at the edge of Greg’s desk.
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- Part 30 of Other Experiments
- Part 31 of Experiments
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Not all experiments can be conducted under laboratory conditions.
Excerpt: Three days late. It wasn’t much. Timelines needed to shift and stretch, wild improvisations often followed meticulous research. Without their personal deadline, three days wouldn’t constitute a deviation worth mentioning.
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- Part 31 of Other Experiments
- Part 32 of Experiments
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Researching the first experiment.
Excerpt: "I hunt for novae to name after you." (from the private correspondence of A. A. Holmes)
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- Part 32 of Other Experiments
- Part 33 of Experiments