Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Haiku: Secondary Messenger

[mafief]

Title: Secondary Messenger
Author mafief
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: Four haikus
Content notes: Maybe slash (if you want it to be). Major character death (if you want it to be). Warning: liberal use of scientific terminology.
Summary: Secondary messenger: n. A substance whose release within a cell is promoted by a hormone and that brings about a response by the cell. Examples of secondary messengers are calcium, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), and inositol triphosphate (IP₃)



Adrenaline binds
cAMP starts cascades
The game is afoot

Acetylcholine
Mobilizes calcium spikes
Processing puzzles

Dopamine signals
IP₃ binds to targets
Caresses affirm

Misregulation
Uncontrolled cell division
Stills the Doctor’s hands

Comments

[owl_by_night]

I'm not sure I've seen ever such a wonderful use of story telling by science, and I like it very much despite the rather painful ending implied.

[mafief]

Oh my goodness, thank you. This is such a wonderful comment and seriously made my day.

[smallhobbit]

Extremely clever!

[mafief]

Thank you. :)

But, SmallHobbit, I killed a Watson!!! Well, implied killed a Watson, but still. Arg, feeling slightly bad for doing it (and I know I'm being silly dramatic).

[smallhobbit]

I kill a Watson at least once a year - it's scfrankles who objects ;)

[mafief]

Lol, noted.
Ha! Your icon is wonderful but NOT helping my guilt. :P

[china_shop]

Congratulations -- you've earned a name tag! I've gone back and added it to your previous entries too. :-)

[mafief]

::does happy dance:: Yahoo! :D

[ride_4ever]

This is brill and you did say "major character death if you want it to be". *points to icon*

[mafief]

I'm not entirely sure what brill means, but I'm going to assume it is good.
Haha, true I did say that. He's not dead so Icon!John stops judging me. ;)

[ride_4ever]

Heh, did not want to leave you wondering what I meant. "Brill" is slang for "brilliant". That is a good thing.

[mafief]

Oh good. :) Thanks for clarifying.

[thewhitelily]

This is really really cool. I love it. (Even with the last one.
:P)

[mafief]

I’m ecstatic that you love it, despite the ending. :D
Oh my goodness, I confused my spouse so badly when I was counting syllabus with my fingers. I was a crazy lady that day.

[ride_4ever]

I write a lot of haiku and a lot of tanka, so I am familiar with "drawing attention" for counting syllables on my fingers. *g*

[mafief]

Nice, I'm glad I'm not the only this happens to. ;)

::googles tanka:: I didn't know that existed until now. I'll take to look into those.

[ride_4ever]

The very first fic I ever posted was a story written in fifty stanzas of tanka (because I am poetry-crazy like that).

[mafief]

Wow! That's awesome! :) what fandom was it for or was it an original work?

[ride_4ever]

It was for due South, the fandom of my heart *points to icon*.

[mafief]

Nice. I watched due South years ago and I remember liking it. ,
:::points at icon::: hey them's fightin' words :P ;) (I'm being silly)
But in all seriousness, thanks for reading outside your fandom.

[ride_4ever]

*smiles and points to less aggressive icon*