#eltonverse

"Not right now, you're not.  Right now you're a roadie, just like me -- except you're also writing songs.  So apparently, you fancy yourself a songwriter."

He gestures at her.  "Oi, and I suppose most roadies wear that get up and carry a gun?  Nice undercover work."

She puts up her gun and turns to face him.  "Well.  It's doesn't say 'police,' does it?  Anyway, don't change the subject."  

"What's wrong with my song, then?"

"Are you expecting to woo Ms. Hooper with it?"

He crosses his arms.  "I -- no!"

Sally rolls her eyes.  "Of course you are.  Right, let's have a look, then.  I get this first part:  Blue jean baby, London lady, seamstress for the band --"

"-- nothing out of the ordinary there.  Nothing interesting, even."

"Hey!"

"Well, you're just stating her cover story.  It's accurate, at least, I suppose.  Then comes the next line: Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand -- right, I'll grant you that one gown of hers does look a bit like a dancer's frock.  Sand, though?"

"When we were down on the Thames, looking at that corpse the other week.  She took some samples to analyze."

"She wasn't dancing then."

"Artistic license."

Sally sighs and holds up her hands in mock surrender.  "Fine.  Here's where you lose me, though: And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand.  What on earth?"

Silence.

"It rhymed."

"Is it sexual?  Is it hallucinatory?  Seriously, Greg -- what is this rubbish?"

Silence again.

"It's not done yet."

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Thanks again to significanceofmoths for photos!

Sherlock just stares at him for a long moment.

Finally: "Don't forget the shoes."

"What?!" John exclaims. "No.  Sherlock.  Just.  No.  This is --"

"All the nice girls like a music man.  Especially a tall one.  It's been proven empirically on three continents."

"I... Just this once, you hear me?"

"As long as it takes, John.  We must take down Glamiarty."

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Much thanks to significanceofmoths for help with the photos, and shinysherlock, @queersherlockian, marsdaydream, and all the others who contributed to the original conversation/fateful mishearing that led to the Eltonverse! <3