Dance in the Full Moon

O, the Frailty of Memory

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

11.30a

Sherlock Holmes, merman, with his trusty Watson (a crab). WITH a pipe (and sweaters), they solve the dastardliest (this should become a word) crime ever committed between sky and sand.

Sherlock slowly rotated in his private eddy. It was never his intent to discover an alternate truth, but here he was, doing it anyway.
Watson waddled over the evidence.
Sherlock sighed, and the bubbles swirled up through his eyelashes. "Watson."
"Yes, Sherri?"
"First, I told you never to call me that. Second, you're standing on evidence."
"Aww, sorry Sherri. I had no idea. Shall I . . ."
"Move? Yes. Luckily, I have committed the evidence to memory already, so it will hardly make a difference." The crab slowly waddled exactly the wrong way, stirring up yet more silt and detritus. It didn't matter. Sherlock was already swacing back and forth with his bubble pipe champed firmly in his teeth. "If my understanding of these words are correct, and they must be, then we are not alone."
Watson's eyestalks swiveled in a full circle.

6 comments:

  1. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE........ Hee hee hee hee hee...

    I just can't ... heeeeeeeeeeeh...


    *Breathe, Janelle.*

    (I'm sitting in a public place here, and some guy I don't even know just walked up to me to ask me why I was smiling like that.)

    Sherri?! Yes! Brilliant. Watson's eyestalks. Yes! Wonderful. Of COURSE Watson waddles the wrong way. YES! AMAZZZZZZING!

    There are just SO MANY THINGS TO ADORE about this.

    Thank you.

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  2. Robby, what is this?! ROBBY, THIS IS AWESOME, WHY DO I FORGET ABOUT EVERYONE'S BLOG, ESPECIALLY YOURS?! Excuse me, I am off to read all the entriessss.

    Seriously though, this is like, the blog entry that I never knew I needed. I can't even...for such a weirdo prompt, the tone's oddly serious and they're so serious and slightly put-upon seeming? Hahaha *~amazing*~! THE SILT IS A CHARACTER.

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  3. You guys are quite emphatic in your comments.

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  4. HAVE YOU SEEN THE TRAILER FOR DR. WHO CHRISTMAS?

    You must see it.

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