[Jeeves & Wooster] Ficlet: Mornington Crescent

[thirstyrobot]

I have not forgotten my challenges! storyfan supplied the idea of a chase scene. I questionably deliver.

There's chasing, all right, but it gets a bit ridiculous and may all go on a bit too long (2400 words WTF). Almost totally gen.

This ain't great, but I need to move on.

Comments

[blackletter]

When the ape of a man came galumphing by, I shouted in the highest register the decidedly manly Wooster pipes could muster, "Stop! Thief!"

Hurrah for Bertie being clever!

It wasn't possible. Jeeves has come up with a dangerous scheme or two in his time, but he'd never go to such lengths just to dispose of a hat. Would he?

*snicker* And Jeeves being cleverer.

[thirstyrobot]

Hehe, I felt possible mortal peril might spur a bit of cleverness. But Jeeves is always cleverer. ;) Thanks for reading!

[storyfan]

"Nobody I'd recently been engaged to had ever mentioned a large and terrible brother, and I rather thought any sister of this johnnie's might simply be a smaller version of him in a frock."

You are the queen of imagery. I could picture the whole marvelous thing. The descriptions of the pursuer were vivid (how could they not be, all that yellow tweed) and funny at the same time.

You should do these challenges more often. You're bally good at them. I didn't even question your period research. I knew you'd done it.

[thirstyrobot]

Thank you, my dear! I sort of had one of those cartoony cops-and-robbers type things going on in my mind. I've still got a couple more challenges to go-- already got an idea for the next one, kind of. It involves (shock!) more research.

[triedunture]

Absolutely brill! I love the idea of Jeeves hiring some young tough to do in a bad hat, or simply telling said tough that said hat-wearer is the one who pinched his sister's bottom or something. :3

And Bertie WAS rather clever! Though he should be by now, what with all the trouble he gets into.

[thirstyrobot]

Why thank you! Uncannily enough, the bottom-pinching (and it was even bottom-pinching) was my initial idea for why Terrible Tweedy was trying to make Wooster-kabobs. But I decided it was best left open to interpretation. ;)

[janeturenne]

Squee! I so did not see that punchline coming. *dies laughing* That is perfect!

Besides telling you how much fun this was, I ought to mention that the voice is exquisite. Your Bertie voice always is, of course, but that's the sort of thing that you won't cudgel me over the head for repeating, I think. I will, however, grab Bertie's lost hat and deposit it on the old bean for cudgel-dampening purposes, just in case XD

[thirstyrobot]

Hee! You might not have seen it coming because I had no idea what it was going to be until about 9/10 of the way through. ;P And no, no cudgelling. Only grins and hugs and thankies. :D

[emeraldreeve]

Wonderful! I love how you write Bertie!

[thirstyrobot]

:D Thank you muchly!