Voice Testing, ohgod

[canenotneeded]

...You really have no idea what you're getting yourself into, do you? I mean, you realize there are two of them to deal with?






Oh, don't look so gleeful. I--


No! No, it is not "double the fun"...! Lord help me, I'm surrounded by lunatics...

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[consultingsociopath]

[Why are they talking about his home life? He does not approve of this.]

Brief. And it was a large house, anyway.

[Subject change! Childhoods are dull, anyway.]

You won't have to deal with him much.

[canenotneeded]

[And he'll not press. Avoiding a mood is always a top priority]

I don't deal with him overly much as it is, really.

[consultingsociopath]

[Somewhat Smart man, John Watson.]

I would suggest you endeavour to keep it that way, but the decision is hardly in your hands.

[Look how peeved by this he is. Mycroft's always stealing his things.]

[canenotneeded]

If you can find a way to keep him at bay, I'm all ears, mate.

[Stop pouting, Mycroft isn't really stealing anything. Borrowing briefly, maybe.]

[consultingsociopath]

You could keep a bowl of sweets on your desk.

[Stealing, borrowing, same difference. Mycroft has his own toys, and it's not fair to take Sherlock's just because his is better.]

[canenotneeded]

My luck, he'd find a way to ship me to Antartica for it.

[There is no logical reason why that should actually be a compliment, but...]

[consultingsociopath]

I doubt he'd give you the credit of coming up with the idea-- but then again, it was mine.

[It's an enormous compliment, Sherlock wouldn't bother to lay claim to most people. Most toys. Whichever.]

[canenotneeded]

He'd ship the both of us off, then. Anyway, I think I'll leave the taunts to his waistline to you.

[People. Person. He prefers the term person, Sherlock]

[consultingsociopath]

No, no, not taunts, you have to be more subtle than that-- I can get away with it, anyone else would find themselves in... Well, Antarctica would be one of the better options. No; you simply leave them there, then he can't resist the temptation, then later on he hates himself for it. It'll condition him to subconsciously avoid you in future.

[But he's not laying claim to a person. Obviously. It's more the role they represent. Enormous difference.]

[canenotneeded]

[Amused John is very amused]

And if I try it and it doesn't work, what then, hm? Upgrade to Jaffa cakes and licorice sticks?

[Is John really going to have to give you a lesson why it's not all right to refer to other individuals as 'toys'?]

[consultingsociopath]

A bit obvious, but potentially. Food scents might be better.

[...It might be wise at some point, yes.]

[canenotneeded]

You aren't allowed to infuse my office with food scents.

[He'll put it on his To-Do list]

[consultingsociopath]

I'm sure you'll hardly be affected.

[canenotneeded]

No, Sherlock.

[consultingsociopath]

Then you're going to have to find your own way of dealing with him.

I'd suggest sabotaging the umbrella but you'd never get close enough.

[canenotneeded]

I don't need the wrath of the entire British government coming down on me over an umbrella, thanks.

I'll find a way to manage him. I mean, I've survived you this long, haven't I? Anything is possible.

[consultingsociopath]

Yes, but now I owe him a favour. Which means he'll insist on collecting.


We'll be seeing a lot more of him in the future, I think.

[canenotneeded]

You'd know better than anyone.




A bowl of sweets might not be such a bad idea, now that I think about it.

[consultingsociopath]

M&Ms. But you didn't hear it from me.

[canenotneeded]

Oh, of course not. That would take out all the fun.

[consultingsociopath]

Might be a bit of a different sort of fun, but Mycroft and I bored of playing games with each other years ago.

The big ones, anyway.

[canenotneeded]

No, now you've just moved on to power battles.

[consultingsociopath]

If he didn't insist on trying to run my life the way he runs everything else, we wouldn't need to. He could get on the business of running the Commonwealth without worrying that I'm going to trip him up at any minute.

[Totally a lie, but whatever.]

[canenotneeded]

[This face? This face means he doesn't believe a word of that Mr. Sherlock Holmes]

Right. Of course. Because you don't get a kick out of making trouble for him, or anything.

[consultingsociopath]

[GDI, John.]

Sometimes in the natural course of my investigations, events occur which might inconvenience him slightly. That's not my fault.