on an impending IC tug-of-war

[seesobserves]

It's not about holding onto hope. Hope is a crutch.

It's about proving a point.

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[womanwhobeatyou]

And proving a point has worked out so well for you in the past, hasn't it, Mr. Holmes?

[seesobserves]

Can think of at least one time it came out in my favour.

[womanwhobeatyou]

Is that what you call Karachi.

[seesobserves]

It's what I call winning. Karachi was something else entirely.

[womanwhobeatyou]

[Smirk.]

Do tell what that something else entirely is, Mr. Holmes.

[madeyoufall]

Stubborn.

[seesobserves]

I've been told it's one of my defining qualities.

[madeyoufall]

Yes... you're very reliable that way.

[seesobserves]

So are you, now that I've got a glimpse of the method to your madness.

[madeyoufall]

Sherlock, Sherlock. Just a glimpse? You're depriving yourself.

[notelegrams]

It's always helplessly endearing when you fixate enough on a source of relative authority to make them your captive audience. Who is it?

[seesobserves]

[Authority - really? But they'll get to that later. Perhaps.]

You don't know them.

[notelegrams]

Ignorance, feigned or otherwise, is the traditional premise of a straightforward question, yes.

[seesobserves]

If you're so interested in the current goings-on of my life, you can come to Bete Noire and get your information the usual way. Best of luck in your career at the Department of Justice.

..and now for your daily dose of BSed assumptions! 1/2

[notelegrams]

...I'll indulge you from a distance, Sherlock Holmes.

'Mycroft Holmes does not know them.' Given your hyperbolic assessment of my resources, you'd only say so if it excluded citizens of the United Kingdom and anyone formally associated with a diplomatic function. Specificity is key. 'Mycroft Holmes doesn't know them,' versus 'Mycroft Holmes doesn't need to know them.' Considering your... unfortunate appropriation of modern chivalry, that casts a doubt on women, children, and the particularly elderly.

Of course, you want to impress him. To... prove a point. That implies an individual with the capacity to follow your probably intricate line of thought in a matter worthy of earning esteem. Someone with... tenure in your sphere of activity, concerning something in your sphere of activity. But back to our original premise: 'Mycroft Holmes hasn't heard of him' - I haven't heard of him. Therefore, a genius of that level has been woefully deprived of international suspicion or recognition. Not a delinquent, and not an authorized representative of lawful enforcement.

Your persistence in his anonymity is more a testimony to your penchant for paranoid ownership than to an actual need to protect him. You have a toy you don't want to share. But why? Your elder brother doesn't break your toys, he only borrows them. You don't fear interest on my part, you do it on his. Since we've excluded 'prestige' as a potential motivation, I'll settle for someone who uses his superior intellectual ability to gain power or information. In either scenario, an obsessive sort.

A young, brilliant male associate of a non-British institution of law with a heavy obsessive streak. You'll understand if I take the precaution of asking for additional information.

[notelegrams]

Theoretical exercises are always so daunting before the first cup of tea.

[myblogwonabafta]

What aren't you telling me, Sherlock?

I mean as pertains to this situation.

[thetruthismine]

Try everything.

[seesobserves]

Yes, thank you, Patrick.

[thetruthismine]

You're welcome. [ :D ]


You should tell him though.

[myblogwonabafta]

Thanks. The question was meant to elicit some sort of information. From him.

ofc not /snrrk

[thetruthismine]

Information which he hasn't shared with you so far, hence you asking, hence you going around in circles.

Why so snippy today? You can't possibly still be angry with me.

[seesobserves]

[Oh, so many things.]

We should talk within the context of the city.

[myblogwonabafta]

I've not exactly been the one keeping things back, Sherlock.

[seesobserves]

Well there's no point in my saying anything here, is there? You won't remember and I'll only wind up having to tell you twice.