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[modernholmes]

 [For three days Sherlock had been keeping Conan up all night.  The short separation of the hallway between their rooms was not enough to block the overly loud noises of the other detective's activities.  Midnight violin practices.  That went on for hours.  Constant experimentation and loud sounds.

Conan HAD HAD ENOUGH.  His mind might have been that of an adult, but his body needed as much sleep as any child.  More, considering he still wasn't completely over his cold.  Since none of his requests for silence had had any effect he would just have to get creative.  

He pulls out his journal and begins to dictate into it in his best exhausted little kid voice.]

Sherlock-niichan is being really, really mean!  He won't let me sleep at all!  I tried asking him to stop making noise, but he just told me to go away.

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[blue_sniper]

[Bucky is impressed. Really impressed.] You are really good at that. You had the whine down perfectly.

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[modernholmes]

I've had lots of practice.

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[blue_sniper]

Obviously. So who is making noise in the room next to you? [He doesn't recognize the name.]

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[modernholmes]

Sherlock Holmes.

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[blue_sniper]

...Who? [Recognition? What's that? Bucky has no idea who this man is.]

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[modernholmes]

The person who was insulting everyone's intelligence over the journals today.

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[blue_sniper]

Oh, yes. I saw that. I decided to not get angry and reply, because everybody reacting was just giving him what he wanted... attention. It's easier to ignore him than to argue with him and make him feel important.

...However. Your idea to get him to stop was amazing. Nobody can resist a child voice like that. [Bucky snickers.]

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[modernholmes]

I know.

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[blue_sniper]

You are an excellent actor. Or you just have a lot of practice.

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[modernholmes]

Mimicry isn't difficult.

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[blue_sniper]

It is if you don't know what you're doing.

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[modernholmes]

Then isn't it lucky that I do?

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[blue_sniper]

...You really don't want anybody to know anything about you, do you? [It's easier to talk to a brick wall, sometimes.]

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[modernholmes]

Some things are better not known.

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[blue_sniper]

...You have a point. But then again, do you like pretending to be something you're not around everybody?

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[modernholmes]

Like has nothing to do with it. I have reasons.

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[blue_sniper]

I know you probably have reasons, but... What are you going to do when you need help with...whatever this is? Or are you so arrogant you don't think you need help? [He's not angry, just...curious. And slightly annoyed.]

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[modernholmes]

I know what my skills are and I know who my potential allies are. [...Which doesn't really answer the question.]

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[blue_sniper]

[Not at all.] I'm going to go out on a limb and say yes. That's only going to get you into more trouble, you know.

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[modernholmes]

It already has.

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[blue_sniper]

Then why do you even do it? [He's sounding more and more like someone Bucky is going to have to watch out of the corner of his eye to make sure that he doesn't get himself in trouble.]

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[modernholmes]

I refuse to allow anyone else to be put at risk.

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[blue_sniper]

And yet you're still putting them in danger by being around them. And they don't even know why.

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[modernholmes]

Less danger than they would be in otherwise. I refuse to give reason for anyone else to become targets.

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[blue_sniper]

...Fine. [Bucky isn't going to argue with him anymore. But he will be watching.]