A Tail of the Trenches
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Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Major John H. Watson, RAMC
Summary: Comforts of home in the Great War
Warnings: Historical accuracy optional
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 11th writing prompt
March 29, 1917
Field Hospital 15
France (location classified)
It was well past midnight when Major John Watson completed his rounds and retired to his cot behind the canvas flap.
He snuffed out the candle and Morpheus took him back to Baker Street where Mrs Hudson’s ginger tom kept him company on sleepless nights. Such soft fur… curious twitching whiskers… and worm-like tail?
‘GAAAAAH!’
Watson’s scream reverberated throughout the tunnels. Two soldiers burst through the curtain, guns drawn. They laughed as the culprit scampered away.
‘Major! It’s all right! ‘T’was just a little trencher rat!’
‘Blimey! A shriek like that, you’d think it was the Giant Rat of Sumatra!’
capt_facepalm Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Major John H. Watson, RAMC
Summary: Comforts of home in the Great War
Warnings: Historical accuracy optional
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 11th writing prompt
March 29, 1917
Field Hospital 15
France (location classified)
It was well past midnight when Major John Watson completed his rounds and retired to his cot behind the canvas flap.
He snuffed out the candle and Morpheus took him back to Baker Street where Mrs Hudson’s ginger tom kept him company on sleepless nights. Such soft fur… curious twitching whiskers… and worm-like tail?
‘GAAAAAH!’
Watson’s scream reverberated throughout the tunnels. Two soldiers burst through the curtain, guns drawn. They laughed as the culprit scampered away.
‘Major! It’s all right! ‘T’was just a little trencher rat!’
‘Blimey! A shriek like that, you’d think it was the Giant Rat of Sumatra!’
.oOOo.
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Date: 2011-07-11 02:36 pm (UTC)Giggle
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Date: 2011-07-11 09:12 pm (UTC)Thanks for commenting!
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Date: 2011-07-11 03:24 pm (UTC)(And the last line is a brilliant final touch!)
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Date: 2011-07-11 09:14 pm (UTC)(*Thanks!* That line is what turned this from angst to comedy.)
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Date: 2011-07-11 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-11 09:15 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2011-07-11 06:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-11 09:20 pm (UTC)Of course the story of his fright will travel up and down the trenches, growing bigger with each successive telling. Poor Watson!
Thanks for commenting!
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Date: 2011-07-12 02:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-12 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-12 05:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-12 05:35 pm (UTC)RAWRR!
(Immediately, an R.O.U.S. attacks him!)
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Date: 2011-07-15 02:32 am (UTC)Have you read Paul Gilbert's "Giant Rat of Sumatra"? or another version, I've seen at least one other author has written a pastiche on that? ;)
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Date: 2011-07-15 06:19 pm (UTC)(I have heard of the Rat pastiches but have yet to track them down.)
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Date: 2011-07-15 07:46 pm (UTC)Gilbert's "Rat" is pretty good; not read the other Giant Rat pastiches myself, but I've heard some are not bad.
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:58 am (UTC)*keeps reading*
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Date: 2011-12-26 08:05 am (UTC)