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[reins]

Well. This seems like something of a thankless task, but given that I haven't the time or inclination to expend the disproportionate effort it would likely take to dissuade you, please do continue.

I only ask you not make a fool of the both of us. If not for your own sake, then for the sake of the security of my invitation to the garden party at Buckingham this year. The conduct of a certain individual I'm loathe to announce but whose name I'm certain you can take a decent guess at has left my welcome dangling on a tentative thread, and while I go about repairing that damage I'd appreciate no external factors lean in to tip the balance out of my favour.

I missed it last year, you see. Korea. You know.

Good luck, then.

Comments

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

[Have Sherlock rolling his eyes.]

Are you still whinging about that? Why don't you go eat some cakes, I'm sure that will cheer you up.

[reins]

Ah, a well directed blow to the diet. That took considerably less provocation than usual. I'll consider it a record, shall I?

[thenewgirl]

I love parties, I could totally be your escort. Except not the cheesy hooker kind, but like the Pretty Woman style.

Well, except for the sex.

[reins]

As kind an offer as that is, I'm not entirely sure Buckingham Palace is the best place for Pretty Woman style anything.

[alldeduction]

Yes, I'm sure she's appropriately awed and humbled by your desperate need for a cocktail party.

[reins]

Please. Garden party. The guests' choice of tipple, in this instance, is hardly relevant.

[superhooper]

Erm. Wh-what about Korea, exactly?

[DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER WHO SHE IS, SHE MET YOU LIKE ONCE ON CHRISTMAS IN A MORGUE AND SHERLOCK WAS THERE and it was a bit awkward because it involved a dead woman on a slab and Sherlock recognized her from her naked body and it's all kind of seared in Molly's memory. But. Probably not yours, hi.]

[reins]

[ perhaps not personally, Molly, but any interest of my brother's is invariably an interest of mine. your name often comes in helpful smoothing away the uneven path left in the wake of his often unlawful forays into a scientific (and somewhat alarmingly recreational) approach to death.

cue frighteningly approachable manner. ]

Ah. [ Korea, was it? did I say Korea? silly me ] Nothing you need concern yourself with, Miss Hooper.

[womanwhobeatyou]

Left wanting, Mr. Holmes?

[reins]

That, Ms. Adler, remains entirely to be seen.

[tobeagod]

It does always seem that one must go about repairing the mistakes of another. It becomes tiring.

[reins]

I don't know. There's a charm to it, sometimes - when you've never any of your own errors to patch up, it pays to have some way to busy one's hands.

[fifthdoctor]

Buckingham is lovely...well, depending on when you go.

[reins]

It can be quite lovely, yes. Personally, I like to avoid dog bathing day.

[unattached]

I'm afraid there's not much you'll be able to do to keep them from making you look the fool sooner or later. Trust me, it's the one thing they're exceptionally good at.

[reins]

Dear me. It sounds as though I need to extend my surveillance efforts.

[ what great laughs have i missed ]

[hadbadays]

Wouldn't it be much more effortless to just say the name?

[ Jussayin'. ]

[reins]

I wouldn't wish to speak it and unwittingly summon him. Unfortunately, it seems I've done so regardless.

[solvescases]

Hm...the ears are singularly curious...

[This version of Sherlock does have a brother Mycroft, though he may have looked different. However, being a Holmes, there is a familial similarity with the shape of the ears that he's noticed.]

[reins]

Not quite as curious as your kindly commenting on them.

[ please don't just mention a man's ears when he's trying to establish the higher ground it's really quite off-putting ]

[moriarty_was_real]

Oh please, you have no one to blame for that little incident but yourself. It takes real talent to mishandle a person that badly, expecially one so childish, predictable, and easily outwitted.

Hm, much like that nasty little business with Korea...

[reins]

Pardon me, but you'll have to specify just exactly who you're referring to. I can think of two people fitting that direct description, and I'm not entirely certain the both of us are currently on the same page.

[ thou shalt not be goaded further by Jim Moriarty i shall not be goaded further by Jim Moriarty ]

i apologise, I LIKE YOUR USERNAME irene is just never to be trusted.

[thedominatrix]

Reins.

That seems to beg the question of whose mouth the bit is in.

HAHAHA no this is perfection, please excuse the ensuing dom-off.

[reins]

I believe the concept behind the thing was "he who holds the reins reigns".

It could be argued then that the saddle is worn by whosoever the British government's power touches. Not that I'm altogether important, of course.

[ even you, Miss Adler, wrecker of well laid plans and she who brought the Holmes so close to their knees, couldn't hope to have a working client base quite as extensive as mine. ]

[logicals]

I'd ask how the diet's going, but we both know the answer: abysmally. You never do well when the sovereign has her scolding hat on.

_{[ let us recall that the reason you exist in that headspace is because my mun enabled yours. ]}

[reins]

I'll thank you to remember that what happens in Buckingham Palace stays in Buckingham Palace. My dietary choices are remaining perfectly adequate, thank you.