The Sussex Vampire: The Agony of the Leaves

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire
Rating: Gen
Summary: Perhaps the hunt is not over.
Author's Note: ...Mr. Robert Ferguson of Ferguson and Muirhead, tea brokers, of Mincing Lane...

“Well, it wasn’t a vampire after all, Holmes.”
“Preposterous notion, Watson!”
“Tea, gentlemen…”
“Thank you, Mrs. Hudson,” we replied.
“…the tea arrived as a gift from brokers Ferguson & Muirhead,” she added.
We sipped. We grimaced.
“Good Lord, Holmes, this tastes like…!”
“Blood,” he said, frowning. “Perhaps we ought to pay a visit to Mincing Lane.”
“I’ll bring the stakes!”

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Not such a simple case after all.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

I do like there being a twist at the end with the possibility of a genuine vampire dealing, perhaps Muirhead is not all that he seems.

[debriswoman]

Eeep!

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Sorry to desecrate a sacred institution (but Muirhead may have done it first!)!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

“Blood,” he said, frowning. “Perhaps we ought to pay a visit to Mincing Lane.” “I’ll bring the stakes!” ^_______^

I love Watson's practicality and enthusiasm ^_^ And it is a great twist that there is a vampire after all ^^" Inspired idea.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that Zoinks! at the end of a TV episode when it really was a vampire! Thank you!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

And Ferguson laughs in their faces. "Do you know the appalling conditions of tea plantations in India? The brutalities inflicted on the workers and their families by 'decent' white British owners? You're just angry that this time you can TASTE the blood that's in every cup of tea!"

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Very true, sadly.