JWP - 16 A character from another British work crops up
Title: Down the Rabbit Hole, continued
Author: tripleransom
Fandom: Ritchie-verse
Word Count: 178
Rating: G
Summary: Hark! What's that up ahead?
A/N 1: For JWP 16 - a character from another British work crops up. See the end note for an explanation if you need it. Follows immediately after my JWP 15 and continues the saga.
Jam
"Well, Watson, you have to admit our situation has improved. We're not tied up any more, we're free of that pitch-dark flooded cellar -"
"Holmes, old boy, now we're wading through a pitch-dark flooded tunnel, going towards an unknown destination. Are we really that much better off?"
"Don't be negative, old cock. Besides, we now have your sword cane and six-"
"Five."
"Fine. Five Vestas. Which gives us almost a minute and a half of light. Plenty to find our way out by."
"If the flooding doesn't get worse."
"Quite. But hark! I think I see something up ahead."
"It's a man. And he has a lantern!"
"Sword cane at the ready, old boy."
"Good Lord!"
"Watson, it's - it's you."
"Jam?"
TBC...
End Note: It occurs to me that some of you may need a word of explanation. I refer you to Kate Beeton's blog,"Hark, A Vagrant"; specifically, "The Case of the Two Watsons" in which regular Watson is replaced by Stupid Watson.
I also recently discovered an animated version here: on Vimeo
Or read on Watsons_woes here
Author: tripleransom
Fandom: Ritchie-verse
Word Count: 178
Rating: G
Summary: Hark! What's that up ahead?
A/N 1: For JWP 16 - a character from another British work crops up. See the end note for an explanation if you need it. Follows immediately after my JWP 15 and continues the saga.
Jam
"Well, Watson, you have to admit our situation has improved. We're not tied up any more, we're free of that pitch-dark flooded cellar -"
"Holmes, old boy, now we're wading through a pitch-dark flooded tunnel, going towards an unknown destination. Are we really that much better off?"
"Don't be negative, old cock. Besides, we now have your sword cane and six-"
"Five."
"Fine. Five Vestas. Which gives us almost a minute and a half of light. Plenty to find our way out by."
"If the flooding doesn't get worse."
"Quite. But hark! I think I see something up ahead."
"It's a man. And he has a lantern!"
"Sword cane at the ready, old boy."
"Good Lord!"
"Watson, it's - it's you."
"Jam?"
TBC...
End Note: It occurs to me that some of you may need a word of explanation. I refer you to Kate Beeton's blog,"Hark, A Vagrant"; specifically, "The Case of the Two Watsons" in which regular Watson is replaced by Stupid Watson.
I also recently discovered an animated version here: on Vimeo
Or read on Watsons_woes here