meme #007 | classic word association ( murder: employment )

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Word Association is a common word game involving an exchange of words that are associated together. The game is based on the noun phrase word association, meaning "stimulation of an associative pattern by a word" or "the connection and production of other words in response to a given word, done spontaneously as a game, creative technique, or in a psychiatric evaluation." ~ our lord and saviour wikipedia GUIDELINES ① post with your character's name & series. ② include a word of your choice and optionally the definition in the body of your comment. -- visit the random word generator if you need help! ③ other characters will reply with the first word their character associates with the one you chose. ④ continue back and forth until one of you just has to know the story behind an answer. based on this meme and stripped down yep sorry

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[elementarily]

[ He's not in the business of killing. Killing's boring. And ill-advised. But mostly boring. And, one can read a good deal into another when all the unnecessary words are stripped away. ]

Secrets.

[provisions]

Protected.

[ securing secrets is his livelihood; he's become quite good at hiding. ]

[elementarily]

[ One can't argue with that. All in all, Q is prodigiously talented -- but he sees that relentless drive, that desire to show off his brilliance. Understandable when he, too, shares that trait, but a -- ]

Liability.

[provisions]

[ liability: the most vulnerable point in any information chain is always... ]

Human.

[elementarily]

[ and humans, like humanity, are ultimately ]

Disappointing.

[provisions]

[ a slight smile of agreement. though for every rule there is always ]

Exception.

[elementarily]

[ Oh, yes. The rare, shining anomalies, sufficiently brilliant so that they don't bore him, the ones he -- ]

Hunts.

[provisions]

[ hunting is too aggressive for Q; the word makes him think of bond (or sherlock) hurtling down an alley after an assailant. ]

Risk.

[elementarily]

[ It's an addiction, you see. Risk is everything in the games they play -- a drug to escape the tenuous monotony of existence. Without risks, triumphs ring hollow. ]

Intoxicating.

[provisions]

[ Q fairly rolls his eyes at that; cut from the same cloth, these men of justice and action. ]

Reckless.

[elementarily]

[ One gets nowhere by staying neatly within the lines, Q. Men like Bond and Sherlock are necessary, in the grand scheme of things. Men like them get -- ] Results. [ Then again, men like them pay a very high price for it. A worthy trade, no matter the currency. ]

[provisions]

[ results are gained by: ]

Patience.

[elementarily]

[ Results are often obtained from catalysts. Put two chemicals in a beaker, apply heat. Sniveling governesses of recently kidnapped children, holding crucial information, add pressure for expedient extraction (think of the bigger picture: the puzzle meant to be solved).

Patience is a commodity utilised only when necessary. More patience means more time wasted means more -- ]

Corpses.

[provisions]

Avoidable.

[ he must believe that his work diminishes the number of victims of either intentional killing or collateral damage. ]

[elementarily]

[ For all of Sherlock's appreciation of your tech genius, that, Q, is why you sometimes perplex him. Or make it tricky for a stranger to see past your age.

The threat of a higher body count, however, in the grand scheme of catching the murderer is only a -- ]

Distraction.

[ One solves a crime by finding what one needs from victims, not empathising with them. ]