text + image; an invitation

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Type: Text (with image)
Sender ID: vulturvolans (Alhaitham)
To: Public
Subject: Wedding Invitation
Warnings: 500% Gay. You have been warned.

[This particular image will appear on the network without any prior warning one fine day. One will quickly be able to deduce that it is a photo taken from a collection of similar looking invites nearby.]


[Transcript:
Kaveh & Alhaitham
Invite you to share our joy
June 18th
Latrommi (Ignore the fact that it says Eltrut shhh)]

This is Alhaitham.

Kaveh and I are hosting a celebration as detailed above. RSVP with him if you wish to attend so that we can make the necessary arrangements. You may also do the same with me, but note that I have changed my shellphone ID to the one you currently see.

[...and yeah he's just gonna end it there. Eloquent as always, huh?]

Comments

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

[ Wait. He's getting an invite to a wedding? Sherlock? Or no. He's not. This is just a general public thing. Status quo remains unchanged. ]

I take this to mean that you have figured it out.

text; un: vulturvolans

[indispensable]

Yes.

[Turns out it never was that hard at all. The answer had always been there, right from the start.]

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

I suppose it would be polite to offer some congratulations.

[ And sympathies because whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which Sherlock tries to place above all things lest he bias his judgment. (He fails at that a lot more than he likes.) ]

[indispensable]

They are noted and appreciated.

[It's okay Sherlock feelings are an important part of the human experience! Don't shy away from them! Just don't let it rule over you all the time and you're good.]

[astudyinviolet]

[ Feelings cause trouble and hurt and no feelings would be so much easier for the horrors of what he sees during his detective work and his state of being alone. ]

You're welcome.

text; un: paridisaea

[empyrean_mirror]

Shall we take this as your RSVP?

[there's no escape, Sherry.]

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

[ What? ]

What?

[ What?! ]

You mean to say that I am invited. To a social gathering.

[ What?! ]

Not just a social gathering but a wedding?

[empyrean_mirror]

Why wouldn't you be?

[????]

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

Are you expecting a murder to take place?

[ The last time he was invited to a party was to investigate a murder. Sherlock Holmes does not get invited to social gatherings. ]

sherry why are you like this

[empyrean_mirror]

No? Why would we be expecting a murder at our wedding???

It all started when a man named Arthur Conan Doyal picked up a pen...

[astudyinviolet]

You are inviting Sherlock Holmes. No one invites me anywhere unless there has been some crime, most often a murder.

Thus, you must be expecting at least a crime for I cannot see any other reason why I would be invited.

sobs

[empyrean_mirror]

I am certain Alhaitham will commit several crimes against aesthetic taste because I am letting him pick some of the decorations, but that's hardly the point.

We are asking you as a friend, because we wish to share our joy. Is that not reason enough?

It could have been a pencil or some other writing instrument, also 1/2

[astudyinviolet]

...

2/2

[astudyinviolet]

You consider me a friend? What did I do to have that happen?

[empyrean_mirror]

You have been kind, if frustratingly blunt at times, when you often needn't be. And Alhaitham is fond of you enough to be worried about your habits--that speaks well of your character.

[astudyinviolet]

[ This does not fit any pattern he's seen before. In the whole of his life, it's improbable he'd make two friends within months of each other. That is impossible. ]

My character is what makes people loathe to interact with me unless I can do something for them.

[empyrean_mirror]

Sherlock, I have met far more disagreeable men than you, and I like them fine.

[He's marrying one of them.]

[astudyinviolet]

[ Sherlock doesn't understand. How has he managed to make a friend besides John?! ]

You should know that I have never done well at parties. My brother even stopped trying to make me attend them.

[empyrean_mirror]

If you truly do not wish to go, you could simply say so, Sherlock.

[astudyinviolet]

Are there any customs I should know about in advance so that I may adhere to them?

[ If he can wallflower, then he can manage. And then be there just in case a murder does happen. ]

[empyrean_mirror]

We decided not to try and teach everyone Sumeran traditions, so you just have to bring yourself.

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He's not going to stop until you say 'yes'.

[Just accept your fate, Sherlock.]

[astudyinviolet]

I am beginning to see that.

[ He cannot recommend these actions though. It doesn't make sense! ]

[indispensable]

[A lot of Kaveh doesn't make sense at first. Discovering the 'why' is perhaps one part of the fun for Alhaitham.]

We will not force you if you truly are uninterested, but if your only concern is not being welcome, then know that both of us are never been bothered with your presence.

[Honestly Sherlock is one of the few people who Alhaitham would actually extend that favor to.]

[astudyinviolet]

[ It's that last part the sticks with Sherlock the most because he can count on one hand the number of people who that applies to. He is stunned beyond belief. ]

Is there a dress code to follow?