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May. 29th, 2012 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impulsereader“Now that we’ve untangled that, do you shoot, John? I’ll be gathering a party to go out tomorrow morning.”
“Oh. Well, I don’t usually do it for sport.”
“Come out with us anyway. We’ll be a jolly group and it’s sure to be better than whatever else is on this early. There hasn’t been enough time for resentment to build up yet.”
John glanced at Sherlock who shrugged at him. “I will apparently be rehearsing each morning in the solarium. Unless you’re planning on auditing that activity, suit yourself.”
“Just make sure to give me proper notice for the bit where you tutor the children in something.”
Sherlock laughed. “Yes, all right. You’ll be joining my science tutorial this year; duly noted. Will you also be participating in the lively debate which Mycroft will moderate wherein the gestational voting public of the extended Holmes family discuss transport, energy sources and digital communication as they relate to the future infrastructure of Britain?”
John blinked. “No, probably not,” he allowed.
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As I'm writing this I'm really struck by the fact that John doesn't have family to rely on.
So, per the above, I'm still on the hunt for an (in)appropriate experiment for Sherlock to do with the kiddies. I'm wondering if building rockets and setting them off might be good. I was thinking I wanted it to be like a normal science fair project - but twisted slightly because Sherlock would pick an experiment that he thinks would be useful to the kids. I mean, no one actually needs a baking soda volcano - except the kids don't have much occasion to determine if a substance is blood or not - whoops! I don't know. I was looking at some of the experiments Zack and Hodgins did on Bones, and that's an interesting take too. Sherlock would find it plausible that the kids might one day need to know if a woodchipper could chop up a body. I don't know where this should go.
Right - so it's been pointed out that snobby relatives would turn up their nose at John - at least before he bags all the birds at the shoot - so I need to know a little more about what sort of schooling he would have experienced. Looking into meta and found some really interesting things.
ETA - I think I've determined that the relatives can be disapproving based solely on the fact that John didn't attend a public school - Eton et al? Does that sound right to anyone who's wandered round?
“Oh. Well, I don’t usually do it for sport.”
“Come out with us anyway. We’ll be a jolly group and it’s sure to be better than whatever else is on this early. There hasn’t been enough time for resentment to build up yet.”
John glanced at Sherlock who shrugged at him. “I will apparently be rehearsing each morning in the solarium. Unless you’re planning on auditing that activity, suit yourself.”
“Just make sure to give me proper notice for the bit where you tutor the children in something.”
Sherlock laughed. “Yes, all right. You’ll be joining my science tutorial this year; duly noted. Will you also be participating in the lively debate which Mycroft will moderate wherein the gestational voting public of the extended Holmes family discuss transport, energy sources and digital communication as they relate to the future infrastructure of Britain?”
John blinked. “No, probably not,” he allowed.
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As I'm writing this I'm really struck by the fact that John doesn't have family to rely on.
So, per the above, I'm still on the hunt for an (in)appropriate experiment for Sherlock to do with the kiddies. I'm wondering if building rockets and setting them off might be good. I was thinking I wanted it to be like a normal science fair project - but twisted slightly because Sherlock would pick an experiment that he thinks would be useful to the kids. I mean, no one actually needs a baking soda volcano - except the kids don't have much occasion to determine if a substance is blood or not - whoops! I don't know. I was looking at some of the experiments Zack and Hodgins did on Bones, and that's an interesting take too. Sherlock would find it plausible that the kids might one day need to know if a woodchipper could chop up a body. I don't know where this should go.
Right - so it's been pointed out that snobby relatives would turn up their nose at John - at least before he bags all the birds at the shoot - so I need to know a little more about what sort of schooling he would have experienced. Looking into meta and found some really interesting things.
ETA - I think I've determined that the relatives can be disapproving based solely on the fact that John didn't attend a public school - Eton et al? Does that sound right to anyone who's wandered round?