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William Sherlock Scott Holmes ([personal profile] thevictoriandetective) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-01-03 08:50 am

[OPEN] Sher-meleon

Who: Sherlock and you!
What: In which Sherlock gets turned into a chameleon for running away.
Where: Here and there
When: D33-D39



A. I'm not anyone's pet! (Sherlock's and Gon's Trailer)

There was a very colorful, small lizard sitting angrily on top of a table in the trailer. How could a chameleon be sitting angrily?

Yet somehow, it was.

Sherlock was not happy, and that was putting it lightly.

It had taken him an age to even get over here. Slow, methodical climbing and steps. For a man as impatient as he, it was nothing less than sheer agony. Not to mention the horror he was slowly trying to and failing to get over. He tried to run away from the Carnival, yes, but this-this in return for...this was impossible, improbable, and yet it happened. He wasn't even the least bit human save for his mind. And even that was filled with weird instincts.

He was a lizard. He thought he was upset before about his scales but this was a million, billion times worse. He was just this small little thing with weird eyes and a weird tail and--oh no.

Before he could stop himself his tongue shot out and snatched a fly out of midair. It crunched in his mouth a millisecond later. Worst of all, it tasted great to him.

AAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHH--

B. Lunchtime

There was a small greenish, red, and yellow chameleon slowly changing colors and sitting on top of a ladle next to the food for everyone.

Just staring, occasionally looking with one independent eye, then another. Every so often his tongue would shoot out and grab a fly.

He really liked flies okay?

C. I'm a man, blast it!

It was painstaking, but he did it. It literally took him several hours and a nap. But he did it. A pen in his mouth and a piece of paper. He began dragging the paper through the Carnival, wishing to show it to anyone who met him.

The note said:

I am Sherlock Holmes. I am not an ordinary chameleon. Please help.

PS. Do not pet me. I will bite.

D. Wildcard! Feel free to start any situation!
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[personal profile] mylastchance 2017-01-05 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
That's just... Well, it's just strange. A chameleon holding a note about a chameleon. Was he supposed to believe the chameleon had actually written this?

"Why would anyone pet a chameleon?" Lauren asks, leaning over to look from the note to the reptile. A small rat in poked it's nose out of his pocket and squeaked, he simply shook his head.

"It's fun to put furry things, they're soft."
Edited 2017-01-05 01:07 (UTC)
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[personal profile] mylastchance 2017-01-09 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Lauren of course can't hear the chameleons thoughts. What he can do, however, is speak with animals. He murmurs a few words, an incantation, and though Sherlock could understand him before, now Lauren is actually expecting the chameleon to understand him and answer.

"Do you know why you have a note?"

The rat squeaks again, and Lauren looks briefly annoyed.

"I'm not asking you Stella, I'm asking the chameleon."

Jeez, what a noisy know-it-all she was.
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[personal profile] mylastchance 2017-01-11 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Lauren frowns, the part about everyone being idiots was kind of off-putting, but anyone would be cranky if they were hungry.

"I mean, I can probably get some food for you from the kitchen."

That didn't really have anything to do with the note though.

[personal profile] mylastchance 2017-01-17 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
None of this really answered why he had a note.

"So, how are you not an ordinary chameleon?"