The Three Students: Offer

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Three Students
Title: Offer
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Author's Note:3STU was published in 1904, the first full year of Holmes' retirement in Sussex. I liked the jovial insults at play here in these telegrams.


YOUR TALE OF THE THREE STUDENTS IS DREADFUL STOP
PERHAPS RETIREMENT IS IN ORDER FOR YOU AS WELL STOP

NOT ALL BATTLES ARE WON STOP
MY NEMESIS THE DEADLINE CANNOT BE TOSSED OVER A WATERFALL STOP

THERE IS ONE WAY TO RELIABLY DEFEAT YOUR NEMESIS STOP
OFFER STILL STANDS STOP
I NEED A DOCTOR FOR ALL THESE STINGS ANYWAY STOP

Comments

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

I was smirking through the first, chuckling at the second, and almost dead at the last line. Oh~ yes, the stings. Not just from bees, dear Sirs.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I'm delighted you laughed. Thank you so much!

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Hilarious! Still laughing!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Thank you! :)

[debriswoman]

The image of the two of them indignantly scuttling to and from post offices has quite cheered me up:-)

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's an awesome image! Glad to hear it made you feel better! :)

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

:) Excellent, and the last line is especially priceless, lol.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! I'm happy it made you laugh. :)

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Awww. Go on, doctor, you know you want to.


P.S. Come on, it's not as bad as The Mazarin Stone.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

The Mazarin Stone is quite awful, I'll give you. But I still think this is worse. It's just so boring! At least something happens in Mazarin, even if it is derivative and nonsensical.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant. Great take on the story - they sound so adorably grumpy with each other.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Ah! That is lovely to hear! Thank you! The idea of them sniping playfully back and forth makes me smile. :)