"Avoidance of things" for Evilhippo

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From: Keenir.
To: Evilhippo.
Request: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Humour, Hurt/Comfort. Anything you want to write is cool with me, so long as it doesn’t require bending the characterization too far to make it work. I would love to get some minor character fic. Mycroft, Mrs. Hudson, Anderson, Donovan…Make the story’s universe just that little bit

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[keladry_lupin]

LJ cuts are wonderful things.

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sorry; edited.

[evilhippo]

Yay, thank you! I wasn't expecting my gift this soon! ♥ I like what you've done here, working Irene's own scheme into the end of TGG, and Sally definitely would be the one to understand her best. I liked this exchange in particular:

“What sort of a plan is this?” Sally asked. “One with spy craft, secrets and pronouncements?” and heard Adler wince at that last word. “Rube Goldberg, then?”

“Lovecraftian,” Irene said. “Not necessarily any more or less complex, but -”

“But it needs the stars to be right.”

“Exactly. Patience at all times,” she said. “For us both.”

They have a very intriguing rapport, and they make great foils for each other, which I'd never considered before. Now I'm curious as to what it was, exactly, Sally nearly caught Irene for. (-:

[rodlox]

I'm pleased you love it.

originally, I wanted to include a reference to some of Doyle's other stories (in part because I have a collection of his horror & mystery short stories)...but I decided against it.

thank you for the lovely reply.

>Now I'm curious as to what it was, exactly, Sally nearly caught Irene for
I have two theories, and I hope to hear yours as well...
a) Irene was bored (and when smart people get bored, they get sloppy)
b) tax evasion, like Al Capone; or an overdue library book.
c) ?