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anonymous December 20 2011, 07:55:25 UTC
Sherlock is Orpheus, John is Eurydice.

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anonymous December 20 2011, 08:08:30 UTC
WANT! No, no, NEED. Oh man, Sherlock would make the perfect Orpheus; the lyre violin that charms everything around him, and having that big ~temptation~ right at the end.

Might even attempt if bribed with internets and biscuits.

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anonymous December 20 2011, 08:12:45 UTC
Biscuits? I HAVE BISCUITS. I'm baking right now even though it's 3am in my part of the world. BISCUITS WAIT FOR NO (WO)MAN!

Mycroft says you can have the 'world'. Would that suffice?

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anonymous December 20 2011, 08:43:49 UTC
OP is also from the North American east coast, and also recommends that you go to sleep sharpish, as she should be doing right now. (But that you also make her a stack of cookies and possibly a fic fill, because that's how she rolls.)

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RTYI? anonymous December 20 2011, 11:18:49 UTC
Someone made a similar prompt earlier this year and got two fantastic fills that about fit here and here

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Re: RTYI? anonymous December 21 2011, 08:00:56 UTC
Thank you! Awesome.

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Descend 1a/? anonymous December 21 2011, 06:32:20 UTC
Okay the biscuits worked. And I hope you don't mind having another fic to fill the prompt. Also, in refreshing my knowledge of the legend, I learned that one version of Eurydice's name ("Eurudike") translates to "she whose justice extends widely" and that "orphic" is defined as mystic, fascinating, and entrancing. How fitting!

They took him from me.

It was the only thought Sherlock had as he stared out the window. They took John.The ricin had taken three days to kill him, but neither of them knew he had been poisoned until 18 hours before the end. The death itself was five days ago. Sherlock had barely moved since then. People thought he was grieving, that he needed time on his own to come to terms with the loss. But they were wrong. Sherlock wasn’t grieving ( ... )

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anonymous December 21 2011, 06:35:58 UTC
Descend 1b/?The carriage was empty save for a sickeningly ordinary looking man reading a newspaper. “I think you are on the wrong train, my son,” he said without looking up ( ... )

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anonymous December 21 2011, 08:03:24 UTC
Brilliant. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Thank you so much, anon.

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jessamygriffin December 21 2011, 09:29:41 UTC
Oh, tell me he didn't play 'Infernal Gallop!" I would fall off my chair...

Nicely done!

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anonymous December 22 2011, 02:40:36 UTC
Weeelll, I'm not saying he didn't.... ;)

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Descend 2a/? anonymous December 22 2011, 04:49:17 UTC
Hooray for subject lines!They travelled in darkness the whole way, not once passing another platform or emerging aboveground. The lights in the train seemed dimmed, and the man said nothing. Sherlock returned the favour. He was thinking about what was coming next. He’d survived on his wits and cunning before, quite well, but he never had to rely on his art, his soul, as it were. He may have to re-evaluate his plan ( ... )

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Descend 2b/? anonymous December 22 2011, 04:50:24 UTC
“I’m looking for a friend,” he said. “Do you know where I go to ask about him ( ... )

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Re: Descend 2b/? obscuriglobus December 27 2011, 07:05:58 UTC
Wonderful fic :)

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Re: Descend 2b/? anonymous January 3 2012, 07:07:20 UTC
Thank you so much! I'm putting WAAAY too much research into this thing, and it's good to know that it's paying off so well.

And I love Charon as well.

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