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Title: Bait-and-Switch
Author: [info]capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, his doppleganger, and a gang
Summary: Someone is in disguise
Warnings: (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 5th 2016 prompt: False Moustache

.oOOo.

Sherlock Holmes’ luck had run out. Pursued by thugs he had taken a wrong turning and was cornered. Even an experienced fighter could not stand against three attackers. It was over in an instant. Their victim groaned as his pockets were searched and his muffler torn the away from his face.

‘You idiots! That’s not Holmes. This guy has a moustache!’

It’s gotta be fake, boss. I followed him all the way from Baker Street. It’s his hat. And his coat!’

‘Well, it’s not Holmes. I don’t know who this geezer is but he is in a world of trouble.’

.oOOo.

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Date: 2016-07-06 12:30 am (UTC)

Date: 2016-07-08 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
I'm sure he will be fine. (Probably)
Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-06 02:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com
Oh no!! That does not bode well for Watson!

Date: 2016-07-08 11:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Especially if they try to pull of his false moustache...
Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-06 03:33 am (UTC)
thewhitelily: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thewhitelily
Everyone else is saying 'oh no', but all I can think is 'the trap is about to be sprung!!!'

"Ahem. Good evening, gentlemen. I believe you were looking for me?"

Date: 2016-07-08 11:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Yes! That is what I was thinking, alas 100 words was not enough.
Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-06 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pompey01.livejournal.com
Oh dear. D:
Sounds like Watson's luck has run out too.

Date: 2016-07-08 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Yes, it does appear that way...
Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-06 05:10 am (UTC)
methylviolet10b: (pistol packing pair)
From: [personal profile] methylviolet10b
Yikes! I hope Watson has a trick or two up his sleeves - or a Holmes nearby!

Date: 2016-07-08 10:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Trick up his sleeve, no; Webbley in his secret pocket, yes (and also Holmes is nearby)! Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-08 10:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
False moustache is not false and it was less of a "Holmes is in disguise" as it was a "Holmes disguise". Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-11 06:26 am (UTC)
hagstrom: (Default)
From: [personal profile] hagstrom
I'm slightly sorry for those men now...

Date: 2016-07-19 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Don't feel TOO sorry for them... they earned it!
Thanks!

Date: 2016-07-14 07:32 pm (UTC)
med_cat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] med_cat
Oh dear...perhaps a later prompt would allow this arc to be continued; I'd like to hear more about the preceding and/or the following events.

Date: 2016-07-19 07:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Perhaps... or it could be woven into a future fic. For now, I'll set it loose in the plot bunny pasture.
Thanks!
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