004 Voice

[thevictoriandetective]

[The usually confident baritone voice sounds a little...unsure. He's not going to identify himself right away, but he's not actively hiding, either.]

Is there anyone out there who can breathe underwater?

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[infomodder]

Yes.

[v helpful]

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[thevictoriandetective]

Yes...and how exactly?

[Helpful indeed.]

[infomodder]

Gills. The human equivalent of gills, more accurately.

[thevictoriandetective]

Fascinating. Any other aquatic adaptations?

[infomodder]

Aquatic? No.
I keep out of waters too deep or too cold and mind my manners.

[dachizone]

Sure!

I think.

Does something built into a suit that lets me breathe count?

[thevictoriandetective]

No, it doesn't count.

[dachizone]

Oh.

Wait, you don't need one? Am I talking to a fish?

[thevictoriandetective]

Don't be an idiot, I'm not a fish!!!

[That clearly hit a sore spot.]

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[storyseeker]

I was going to come say that I can, but now I'm wondering how common this power if if I'm the third one to show up. Huh. I guess you have a team if you need one.

[thevictoriandetective]

A team? [He scoffs, but he's slightly intrigued.]

Potentially helpful.

What's the nature of your ability? I'm making a list to compare.

[storyseeker]

I can breathe underwater for about an hour before I need to come back to the top, and I can go pretty far down and the pressure doesn't bother me. Comes in handy for my job.

[thevictoriandetective]

How's your eyesight and hearing?

What job is that?

[akito]

Un, yeah.

[thevictoriandetective]

You can? What is the nature of your ability, in exact terms?

[akito]

I don't talk about my abilities in exact terms over the network. An approximation would be that I can have gills if I want to.

[thevictoriandetective]

I see. Well, in that case, what else can you tell me about your aquatic abilities without being specific?

[ret2go]

I can transform into a mermaid. So yeah.

[thevictoriandetective]

Can you breathe underwater with gills, or is it mammalian based, like how dolphins or seals handle breathing?

[ret2go]

You know, I've never really thought about the mechanics of it. It's definitely like I'm breathing, only... in water. But I've never looked to see if I have any gills? I can turn into a crab, too, and I don't even know what's going on there vis-a-vis the gill thing, but it's not a problem either.

[thevictoriandetective]

You...you can turn into a crab, too!?

[acclimatized]

[ john is sitting nearby, scrolling through his communicator and reading through the responses to his post. ]

Huh. Really didn't think there would be that many.

[ he could probably count himself among the numbers if he was willing to try. not bloody likely though. ]

[thevictoriandetective]

[Sherlock would never actually ever try to get John to try it out.

Never...

Ever.

Unless there was some kind of situation like where Sherlock needed to be rescued underwater and--er, oh, what? John was talking. Better pay attention.]

Neither did I. Could come in handy, this list.

[acclimatized]

Yeah. Will's a good bloke, he's just a bit, uh...

[ a word doesn't come to mind. john never quite figured him out. ]

I see your friend has it, too. Funny coincidence, right?

[thevictoriandetective]

Funny coincidence.

[Sherlock looks up over his phone and squints a bit as he tries to deduce if John meant something in particular by what he said or if he was just making 'small talk.']