Rising to the Challenge

[capt_facepalm]

Title: Rising to the Challenge
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Mr Sherlock Holmes, Dr John Watson, Professor Challenger cameo
Summary: A client visits Baker Street
Warning: (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 14th 2018 prompt: Dinosaur (featuring Professor Challenger)

.oOOo.

Before I had fully answered the door, a bear in man’s clothing pushed into the sitting room. He took one look at the wooden crate situated there.

‘You found my apatosaurus femur!’ he exclaimed, with his native Ayrshire accent. ‘Holmes, you are a genius!’

At this point, he sprang across the room and shook Holmes by the hand, and I do mean that literally. Holmes masked his grimace with a forced smile. ‘My pleasure, Professor Challenger. It was a tricky…’

‘Oh, I care not for the details! Results are all that matter!’ With that, he shouldered the crate and departed.

.oOOo.

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Supplementary Notes: The title is self-referential.

Comments

[gardnerhill]

Professor Challenger - the Lord Flashheart of Doyleworld.

[capt_facepalm]

Poor Holmes wanted to expand on all the details of the case and Professor Challenger just was not having it!
Thanks!

[bwblack]

a bear in man’s clothing pushed into the sitting room An apt description.

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! I TOTALLY stole that line from the 2016 remake of "The Magnificent Seven", and when I looked up Doyle's description of Professor Challenger, I immediately pictured Brian Blessed.

[(Anonymous)]

He needs to do no more:-p
But you will tell the rest of the story, won’t you?
Mrs P

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! I would expound, but I would have to read Doyle's Challenger stories first. (So, no time soon, I suspect.)

[med_cat]

Hee hee, excellent use of the prompt ;)

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! It was, erm... quite... Challenging!

[med_cat]

Hehe, so it was, and you succeeded in rising to the challenge admirably :P

[pompey_01]

LOL! Challenger seems quite in character here, and because of that I'm glad Holmes was able to solve his mystery satisfactorily. No telling what Challenger might have done if he was displeased.

[capt_facepalm]

I picture Brian Blessed as Challenger. (A naturally very loud man and shouty too, if vexed.) Thanks!