reserved at ataraxion, mid-app.

[beperpetual]

Apply yourself, please. I shudder to think about the damage Holmes can do without me there to smooth things out.

And don't think I don't see what you're planning, when you're putting your heads together and laughing. Mary is not in India with the tigers or Italy with a count, or any other ridiculous scenario he can conjure up. Don't encourage this sort of thing-- you're as bad as he is, the pair of you.

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[mortalize]

Well, I'd say that depends on whether your Holmes was the one getting high with a teenager, or merely the one who was hoping to be able to get high with said teenager.

[widowing]

To himself, or to others?

[legwork]

Ah. You must be Watson, then. Y'know— [ Lestrade makes a gesture with his hand. ] —the other one.

[beperpetual]

To get-- what, exactly? [ what is your modern slang john can't even. oh, and as an afterthought: ] And he isn't mine, strictly speaking.

[ yes. yes he is. ]

[wont]

Is Mary your wife, my lord? Or perhaps a sister, dearly-held? I think I would rather keep the company of a count than of tigers, though I am not bold, ser.

—perhaps your Mary is?

[beperpetual]

You can take your pick, I'm afraid to say.

...He doesn't have a dog with him, does he? [ dear god, don't let poor gladstone have been dragged into this mess. ]

[mortalize]

One of them was consuming drugs with a teenager. It was rather ... embarrassing.

[saidhe]

Oh, do give me at least a little credit. With the tigers? And that physique, no, I'm bound to find something of a far higher verisimilitude.

Perhaps with a marquise, on the side of her eunuch suitor. They're quite happy.

[beperpetual]

[ FOREVER SQUINTY EYES. ]

And you'd be the other Lestrade, then? [ 'other' his foot. they were first, therefore their doubles are the others. so there.

...fit of pique aside, you're a bit taller than the lestrade he expects. the air of a man forced to spend a considerable amount of time with sherlock holmes is the same, however. ]

[beperpetual]

There is no marquise, Holmes. And no eunuch suitor, and I will marry her.

[ IRRITATED FACE. can't you attempt to be happy for him, holmes? and not make up stories about his bloody wife-to-be's supposed future infidelity. ]

[legwork]

That's right, [ Lestrade says, perhaps taking as much issue with being called the 'other' Lestrade. As far as he can tell, the Sherlock Holmes he knows showed up on that big honking ship in the sky first. Which makes him the Lestrade, though Greg keeps that to himself. ]

I've met your Sherlock— he's a handful, isn't he? A tad bit friendlier 'round the edges, but just a tic, really.

[widowing]

So far, he's been relatively harmless. [ aside from fight club, but mentioning that would be in direct violation of rule number one. ]

No, just a violin and a bathrobe.

[saidhe]

[ did you SEE HIS FACE he just wants to touch your cravat in a lingering fashion okay, he can't do that while you're not at home ]

Why, Watson, speaking so surely of an event you haven't even experienced - it's utter insanity. Whereas a man so very attentive and credible as my self is offering you his difficult truths on a veritable platter and you turn them down so eagerly. It's not right, you know.

[beperpetual]

She's my intended. [ he can't help the puff of pride at that, the fond smile. ] And while there are no tigers, I'd assume if there were she'd deal with them handily.

[ so suck it, holmes. ]

hi you get her because they're both british

[fortheglory]

India's quite a place. Wouldn't recommend playing with the tigers, though, unless you've got a taste for danger or a hand with felines.

[beperpetual]

That one was likely mine, then.

[mortalize]

Then I'm not sure how destructive he's capable of being in that state, so you shouldn't worry.

[wont]

[ Alayne smiles at that. ] Then I imagine she is a goodly woman, and strong as well— for your bare yourself with the pride of a true gentleman, yet do not seem vexed with her safety.

Is she a warrior, or a shieldmaiden true? I heard of such women, though have never met the true acquaintance of one.

[beperpetual]

You're a bit younger than I'd expected. [ REPRESSED BRITISH SNARK, WHAT UUUUUUUUP. battle royale for which set is other, rumble is behind the gym after math class. ]

He's brilliant. [ um only john gets to insult sherlock, what. but after a moment. ] And difficult, I'll admit.

lara do not give his bro any ideas kay

[beperpetual]

The author of these particular fantasies has both in spades, I'm afraid.

well look at it this way: if they're wrestling the tigers, then mary won't have to!

[fortheglory]

Really? He sounds quite interesting.

[legwork]

Oh, he's the best. [ Unlike other Lestrade, Greg has no qualms at admitting this, though he does so with a sort of dry sort of irony since Sherlock's brilliance is both his saving grace and his very worst asset, combined. ] That's not even a question, though, isn't it?

But all the details are a little bit off. Makes for a bit of a teaser at first, but— [ He shrugs. ] Expectations don't last very long. Not, when faced with reality.

[beperpetual]

[ holmes, we've spoken about this. the lingering caresses are unsettling and tbqh kind of gay. wait until we're home, god. ]

What's not right is attempting to tell a man his wife-- my wife, Holmes-- has been eaten by some great beast or run off with a marquise.

[saidhe]

[ i know okay after that bishop was giving us funny looks for an entire night but i cannot. help myself when you are so handsome and moustached ]

Or both! The marquise's own personal souvenir, perhaps? A gift gone terribly awry, with the poor woman's mistress devoured in a swift and undue way. Oh! [ and he goes stiff for a moment, dabbing at his eyes with the back of his wrist. ] Oh, Watson, I don't think I could bear to divulge the more indelicate details.

[beperpetual]

Oh, I wouldn't underestimate his capabilities.