[ the voice coming through is rough, sibilant, and oddly steamy -- literally. literally steamy. as in, it literally sounds like there is steam in the background when Sherlock breathes. ]

If you see an idiot running around with plate armor and a sword yelling about the dragon of the east, don't worry, that's just John having evidently lost his mind.

Would that we could all be so fortunate.

[ there is clattering, like someone is trying to press buttons wildly with a stick (or several sticks), and then a frustrated growl that coincides strangely with the sound of a building shaking, before the transmission ends abruptly. ]