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Title: The Singing Scheherazade
Length: 221b
Rating: Gen
For: [personal profile] smallhobbit, who has reached 1000 works in AO3! I love nice round numbers!
Summary: Holmes finds Watson at the circus


“I thought I’d find you here,” whispered Holmes as he quickly claimed the vacant space beside me on the bench. “Not the animal cages. Or the clown spectacle. Or the pavilion of oddities.”

“Shh!”

“The Singing Scheherazade, the lady who trills a thousand and one tales,” continued Holmes undeterred.

His gaze, like everyone else’s in the tent, was on the figure warbling on a small centre platform.

“She’s very good,” I whispered.

“I know. I had to queue!”

“She’s on number 552. It’s a sad story of a sad man who’s haunted by eggs.”

“Eggs?”

“Different ways of cooking them. Very moving.”

“I’ll take your word for it.”

“And you missed the ones about the creature from beyond the moon.”

“Indeed?”

“He had many tentacles, like an octopus, and he was in love with a doctor. Bizarre but diverting and heart-warming, and I’ve been told that later there will be a series about a long-suffering landlady whose tenant, a famous detective, persists in driving her to drink and rent hikes by destroying the furnishings with his failed scientific experiments.”

Holmes shifted nervously. “I don’t know if we need to stay for that.”

“The ferret ones are highly amusing. I wanted to attend the finale, but it was sold out.”

Holmes raised his hand, displaying two tickets.

“Oh, Holmes, you’re the best!”

Date: 2021-02-07 05:15 pm (UTC)
smallhobbit: (ferret)
From: [personal profile] smallhobbit
This is absolutely awesome! Thank you very much :D

I love the references to Lucas and Rudybago, also long-suffering Mrs Hudson. I'm sure Watson will enjoy the finale :) Thank you again for making me smile!

Date: 2021-02-07 05:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] smallhobbit
Thank you so much - that's really lovely of you!

Date: 2021-02-09 06:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] scfrankles
This is such a clever and charming way of acknowledging and celebrating Small Hobbit's achievement ^_____^

Very taken with: “She’s on number 552. It’s a sad story of a sad man who’s haunted by eggs.” “Eggs?” “Different ways of cooking them. Very moving.” “I’ll take your word for it.”

and

"...later there will be a series about a long-suffering landlady whose tenant, a famous detective, persists in driving her to drink and rent hikes by destroying the furnishings with his failed scientific experiments.” Holmes shifted nervously. “I don’t know if we need to stay for that.” ^______^

Many congratulations to Small Hobbit! Here's to many more!

Date: 2021-02-11 05:48 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gardnerhill
Mazel Tov on your milestone! The entire menagerie can take a bow.

Date: 2021-02-11 04:19 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gardnerhill
Thanks so much!

Date: 2021-02-14 08:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] debriswoman
This is lovely, and a fitting tribute to a true storyteller:-)

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