Idea for Shadow of the Hegemon/Sherlock/Stable time loop!Xenocide crossover
*Meanwhile, at the Delphiki residence....*
Mrs. Delphiki: Julian, dear, why don't you watch tv with your brother?
Bean: No I'm calculating the-
Mrs. Delphiki: It's a British show. You love BBC *singsongy voice*
Bean: Only because of their technological accuracies.
Mrs. Delphiki: It's a show called Sherlock. He reminds me of you.
Bean: If Nikolai wants....
Sherlock: Afghanistan or Iraq?
Bean: Obviously Afghanistan, because-
Nikolai: *rolls eyes* Beaaaaaannn....
John: I'm the great Sherlock Holmes! I always work alone because no one can compete with my massive intellect!
Bean: No, he works alone because he could do without a dunce like you announcing the fact that he's investigating to the entire street. Especially since you've got problems with merely breaking into peoples' houses when witness' lives are poised to be taken.
Nikolai: You sure you haven't seen this before?
Bean: If I had, I wouldn't have to watch it now.
Bean: *pacing* He actually had seventeen ways off of the building....
Nikolai: Bean you should get some sleep-
Bean: No. I'm writing an email to Moffat. YOU get some sleep.
Bean: Unless you would like me to publish our hiding location on Demosthenes' column, allow me to do this.
Mrs. Delphiki: Go right ahead.
Bean: I was bluffing, but I could.
Mrs. Delphiki: No more desk for you.
*3 in the morning on his portable desk*
Bean: It's quite obvious what his childhood was like.
Moffat: Really? *Skype screen changes position* What do YOU think?
Bean: *yawns* He grew up on the moors, with Mycroft to learn from, away from other children. The brothers attended preschool with children their ages, but after that, they were only in a grade until they proved full mastery of its subjects. Mycroft went to college to major in politics with a side of literature-
Moffat: Classic or current?
Bean: Classic. He enjoyed playing the old-fashioned antagonist to Sherlock, which was why the affair with Moriarty ticked him off. HE wanted to be the one stringing his younger sibling along.
Moffat: Who prepared this script for you?
Moffat: *pale* You're Sherlock himself.
Bean: No. I'm Strategos. I could act in your show for a fee-
Moffat: Child labor laws.
Moffat: I'll consider it.
Bean: A real-life Sherlock. You know you want me. Think of all the merchandising you can do.
Moffat: Can you affect my manner of speech?
Bean: Why yes, despite my Greek heritage!
Moffat: They will love you. You're hired.
Bean: Good. *ends call* Now back to hunting Achilles.
