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[consultcriminal]

[Private to Sherlock]

[What's the point of trying to hide now? Watson went and done messed things up. Jim paces for a moment and then slams a book down on the table in front of the camera with the cover facing the screen. It's a copy of some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock stories. Jim's face is on the screen next, and he's calm, but not at all happy.]

What. Is this? Does your dear, dear blogger think he's funny? Certainly not. [He throws the book across the room casually and folds his hands on the table again.]

And I thought we were friends, Sherlock. You failed to mention this to me? Is that what a friend does?

Nooooo. Certainly not. You broke my heart. [Fake sniffle.]

[Private to Nygma]

[He's calmed down considerably by this point, but he's still very cold.]

You had my file all along. [Smirk.] You needed only to look harder, obviously.

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

{His who? Blogger sounds all too much like an insult.}

We have never been friends on this or any other plane of existence, Mr. Moriarty.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

You could hurt my feelings, Sherlock.

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

With truth?

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

Your dear pet's version of it.

Did you know about this?

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

{Cold, so very cold.} I have no pet.

{A pause, regaining composition.}

I scarcely see how I could be aware of Watson's publications.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

[Snort.]

Dont play dumb. You knew. Even if you are an imposter...you knew.

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

{Holmes rolls his eyes.} Have you never learned of sarcasm? There is simply no way in which I could have not known of their existence, as I hear about them daily and frequently have them thrust at me in some form of bizarre congratulations.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

It is not the time for that.

You knew what he said happened.

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[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

I hardly need to know what he said, for I was the one who put so many of those events in motion. He was not present, and wrote his account as he knew it to be. There is and was not an obligation for me to inform you of his works.

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[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

[ Shuffling paper noises. ]

I don't like assuming.

Have you noticed the discrepancies?

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

Of course, Batman.

This doesn't concern you.

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[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

I'm your warden. Everything you do concerns me.

Consider this.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

This doesn't concern you.

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[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

[ Talks right over you. ]

Are you angry because Mr. Holmes doesn't tell you about this?

Or that you're no longer special?

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

[No response.]

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[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

Last question, and I'll leave you be.

How does it feel to be entertainment, Jim?

[ And he cuts the connection. ]

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[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

Oops. Hidden message?

I shall need another. It was disposed of recently.

[Beat.]

Or are you referring to a product outside of it?

I hope you've not been in my personal library, Jim. That is my private place.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

I've not been anywhere near you.

But, while you never had my exact file, you had a passable rendition of it.

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[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

I see.

Does it really much matter? Who you are isn't a colossal mystery. I'm more interested in what you'll do to preserve the secret.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

But it's not a secret any longer.

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[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

It is to most here.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

Not after Sherlock's little confession. [Dramatic sigh.]

Even in that form, he's rather insufferable.

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[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

You're not even going to get rid of the books?

Such a defeatist attitude.

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[consultcriminal.livejournal.com]

Despite my earlier protests, I quite enjoy them.

Besides, that man still isn't me. I am no professor.

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[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

You would be the modern rendition of Professor James Moriarty. Same man, different title, similar criminal techniques. The difference is in the personality. You're much more--

Well.

Flamboyant.

Anyone with brains can figure out who you are and what you've done. Is it really so safe to leave them be?