mr holmes i read your conversation with winter it would not have been polite to interrupt but i do not believe i am in my body i am not human and do not have a human blood type here Dr. Watson found my blood type to be listed as type o, adjusted not what it is at home the fact it was altered is the only reason a transfusion was possible
[Ah. The voice function is working. Kid swaps to voice.]
Polite to you.
I did not need to ensure that I consumed enough calories, or had enough hours of sleep at night. I also-- [Wet, violent coughing interrupts him, similar to what Mycroft might have heard when they'd briefly interacted when they'd first met. It takes a few moments for Kid to catch his breath.]
Beyond the the psychological stress the town imposes upon those trapped here?
[He initially suspected that Mycroft was referring to his obsessive behaviors--in an attempt to question or potentially judge him for them, as many often did.] I told you. None.
[Mycroft has no judgement in his tone, he'd dealt with obsessive behaviors (and that of his own) enough for it to not be relevant at the moment, even if other people would say something about it.]
In your original world, did you have abilities beyond what ordinary humans can do?
I am a grim reaper. It should follow that yes, I have abilities that humans do not.
[Fiddling with his hair, there is an audible huff. He isn't grumpy about it at all, why'd you ask?] I am missing senses here. It has taken practice to identify persons via their physical features, for a simple example.
[A long pause. He's rubbing the bridge of his nose. Well okay then. He'd humor him for now.]
Via their physical features. Right, of course, isn't that tedious?
[A sarcastic tone. But honestly? He would have to take Kid at his word, and with the madness he's seen already, it wasn't impossible. He just found it absurd, regardless of reality.]
[He hears that tone, Mycroft. And Kid is usually so polite, but he is also still a teenager. A homesick, grumpy teenager.]
You are in an irradiated post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland in which it is possible for technology to live in our bloodstream and provide medical assistance so that we do not all immediately die of radiation poisoning while several if not all persons suffer hallucinations at the whims of the so-called administrator, and yet you are somehow disbelieving in the incarnation of one of the only universal human experiences? Honestly.
[He has to stop to breathe, but you've maybe touched a sore spot, Mycroft. Maybe.] As for the use of physical features, imagine suddenly losing your intellect and deductive capacity. It is as much a part of your everyday life as my sense of soul perception. Prior to my tenure here, my ability to read soul wavelengths was an exceptional part of my ability to identify people--much like your use of visual cues allows you to extrapolate information about them.
Because you do not understand my world does not mean it has no value and certainly makes it no less true.
[Mumbling:] And as I only have one eye to use anyway, it has just made using physical features harder.
[Kid audibly grumbles, his frustration very clear--as if it hadn't been via his rant a few moments earlier.]
If you do not intent to take my word at face value, then I cannot imagine you will take any information I provide you with as worthwhile.
[He pauses, to balance himself and close his remaining eye in an attempt to still the dizziness.] If you would like additional information, you now know where to contact me.
My reluctance at taking your origins at face value have nothing to do with your current observations. If you have any additional information that would be relevant, now's the time.
[He wants to stay angry, but the dizziness that had earlier irked him returns twofold and he ends up curled with his head pressed against his knees. When he speaks again all of the bluster is gone and his voice is muted, wavering.]
What else would you care to know? [Muffled coughing, and then:] Those who are not human but brought to this world can remain in a physical form similar to their own, but restricted to human abilities. Occasionally, there are some unusual phenomena that remain. The Lines of Sanzu in my hair continuing to resist dye for one example, or the luminescence of Undertaker's eyes for another. These phenomena offer no significant survival advantage, but seem to retain a sense of self for the individuals.
Blood types of nonhuman individuals have also been altered, but have been listed as such. The Administrator told Dr. Watson that my blood type is listed as O negative, "a-d-j" [He pronounces each letter.] He told me that I am not the only one to have had this done.
Is there other information I could provide you with, Mr. Holmes? [H U F F]
[That is interesting. Therefore, these...individuals...would retain something of themselves, despite being in a human form that was not their own.
...he's disturbed that he's actually having this line of thought, he's still skeptical, but it does follow a logical progression and if it can't be ruled out, then he'd have no choice but to accept it, as much as he didn't want to.]
Adjusted? Curious.
That is sufficient, unless you discover new information that would be pertinent. Thank you.
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@Kid, text, afternoon 251
i read your conversation with winter
it would not have been polite to interrupt
but i do not believe i am in my body
i am not human and do not have a human blood type
here Dr. Watson found my blood type to be listed as type o, adjusted
not what it is at home
the fact it was altered is the only reason a transfusion was possible
@theiceman, permavoice
You should have jumped in, she's a computer, you needn't worry about being polite to an object, even one that can speak.
What differences are there between your original self, and who you are now, besides the blood type?
Text --> voice
Polite to you.
I did not need to ensure that I consumed enough calories, or had enough hours of sleep at night. I also-- [Wet, violent coughing interrupts him, similar to what Mycroft might have heard when they'd briefly interacted when they'd first met. It takes a few moments for Kid to catch his breath.]
--I would not experience illness like this.
no subject
[That's very interesting indeed. It was a pity his illness had returned.]
Any mental changes?
no subject
None.
no subject
Are you sure?
no subject
[He initially suspected that Mycroft was referring to his obsessive behaviors--in an attempt to question or potentially judge him for them, as many often did.] I told you. None.
no subject
[Mycroft has no judgement in his tone, he'd dealt with obsessive behaviors (and that of his own) enough for it to not be relevant at the moment, even if other people would say something about it.]
In your original world, did you have abilities beyond what ordinary humans can do?
no subject
[Fiddling with his hair, there is an audible huff. He isn't grumpy about it at all, why'd you ask?] I am missing senses here. It has taken practice to identify persons via their physical features, for a simple example.
no subject
[A long pause. He's rubbing the bridge of his nose. Well okay then. He'd humor him for now.]
Via their physical features. Right, of course, isn't that tedious?
[A sarcastic tone. But honestly? He would have to take Kid at his word, and with the madness he's seen already, it wasn't impossible. He just found it absurd, regardless of reality.]
no subject
You are in an irradiated post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland in which it is possible for technology to live in our bloodstream and provide medical assistance so that we do not all immediately die of radiation poisoning while several if not all persons suffer hallucinations at the whims of the so-called administrator, and yet you are somehow disbelieving in the incarnation of one of the only universal human experiences? Honestly.
[He has to stop to breathe, but you've maybe touched a sore spot, Mycroft. Maybe.] As for the use of physical features, imagine suddenly losing your intellect and deductive capacity. It is as much a part of your everyday life as my sense of soul perception. Prior to my tenure here, my ability to read soul wavelengths was an exceptional part of my ability to identify people--much like your use of visual cues allows you to extrapolate information about them.
Because you do not understand my world does not mean it has no value and certainly makes it no less true.
[Mumbling:] And as I only have one eye to use anyway, it has just made using physical features harder.
no subject
Well then. He doubted it would be well-received if he commented that, one particular reality or not, it was still ridiculous.]
...I see.
[He draws the words out, in tone that suggested while, understandable, he actually didn't quite see.]
no subject
If you do not intent to take my word at face value, then I cannot imagine you will take any information I provide you with as worthwhile.
[He pauses, to balance himself and close his remaining eye in an attempt to still the dizziness.] If you would like additional information, you now know where to contact me.
no subject
[He sounds equally irritated.]
no subject
What else would you care to know? [Muffled coughing, and then:] Those who are not human but brought to this world can remain in a physical form similar to their own, but restricted to human abilities. Occasionally, there are some unusual phenomena that remain. The Lines of Sanzu in my hair continuing to resist dye for one example, or the luminescence of Undertaker's eyes for another. These phenomena offer no significant survival advantage, but seem to retain a sense of self for the individuals.
Blood types of nonhuman individuals have also been altered, but have been listed as such. The Administrator told Dr. Watson that my blood type is listed as O negative, "a-d-j" [He pronounces each letter.] He told me that I am not the only one to have had this done.
Is there other information I could provide you with, Mr. Holmes? [H U F F]
no subject
...he's disturbed that he's actually having this line of thought, he's still skeptical, but it does follow a logical progression and if it can't be ruled out, then he'd have no choice but to accept it, as much as he didn't want to.]
Adjusted? Curious.
That is sufficient, unless you discover new information that would be pertinent. Thank you.
no subject
Kid coughs.]
Yes. Adjusted. Dr. Watson will have more information on that modification.
Please share whatever information you find as well, Mr. Holmes. I have noticed that nothing here is truthfully irrelevant.
[YEAH he is hanging up now.]