15 Characters: Round 6 Results

[john_amend_all]

So, my fifteen characters were:

1. Liz Shaw (Doctor Who)
2. Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park, Austen)
3. Elita (Knightmare)
4. Astrid Ferrier (Doctor Who)
5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond)
6. Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races)
7. Helen Sherwood (The Face of the Abbot, L T Meade and Robert Eustace)
8. Inspector Bucket (Bleak House, Dickens)
9. Lord Percy Percy (Blackadder)
10. Isobel

Comments

[daibhid_c]

Brilliant stuff! I'm glad my one involved characters I'm familiar with, although I did enjoy the ones where I wasn't as well.

[john_amend_all]

Yes, rolling the dice and coming up with characters you've never heard of is one of the minor downsides to this meme.

[lost_spook]

Heh! And Liz and Mary Crawford treasure-hunting together is oddly appealing... :-)

[john_amend_all]

Now that you mention it...

"That's the steeple." Liz tapped a symbol on the map. "And that's the stable clock. So if I draw the line they both lie on..."
She placed her ruler on the map in the appropriate alignment, and drew a line along its edge.
"That suggests somewhere here," she said, tapping where the line intersected another. "Badgwick Copse."
Mary leaned over the map. "How awkward."
"Why do you say that?"
"Badgwick Copse was always part of Everingham Park, but it now belongs to our neighbour. It was sold in my grandfather's time - to pay off gaming debts, I believe."
"I can see that could be a problem." Liz set her ruler and pencil down. "We'll have to ask for permission, won't we? And give the landowner a share of whatever we find."
"My dear Miss Shaw, I admire your honest nature." Mary favoured her with an amused smile. "But I do not share it. I shall consider Badgwick Copse to be still a part of the Everingham estate, and see no reason whatsoever to involve Sir Percy - who, in any case, is presently in London."
"You're

[lost_spook]

Ha, that's brilliant! :-)