The Needlehole Mysteries [2]

David,sweety, do you mean "mature" numerically, physically OR.....MENTALLY !!
(cos thats me out of ONE of those catergories!)

I am the same mental age as my cat. No she is far more mature and sensible.

Ringo didn’t really know how to interpret that, but he gladly put on the mask, avoided looking in the many mirrors strategically placed around the house and got to work. It was, as Mrs Figg had pointed out, a very physical job.

He soon got the hang of the eels too, although he’d never wrangled eels before. Herring, yes, not eels. Mrs Figg also had other creatures too, crabs, blowfish and nasty, venomous dragon fish (the protection came in handy on several occasions). Ringo’s first day, or night really, went surprisingly well. He had some cock-ups but Mrs Figg chose to brush them off as “beginner’s mistake” and he was releaved.

After working there for some weeks he hit his first bump in the road. He was wrangling a particularly queer octopus in place before the next client when the doorbell rang. His heart sank to somewhere in his ballsack as he saw that it was no other than Eldo walking in. He pulled down his mask, which he had momentarily taken off, and ducked behind the desk. He cursed under his breath. Mrs Figg was somewhere else in the building, he had to face him if he didn't do something quick. The other forumshiren residents who payed Mrs Figg’s house of Eels and Pleasures a visit where thick enough to not recognize him, but Eldo would never fall for a simple mask.

He used his awesome Viking/ninja skills and slipped into the furry office behind. There he almost crashed into Figg! She looked puzzled and a bit too cheerful.
“oh, but mr Herring, what’s the rush, isn’t there a client there?”
“yes. But, uhm, you see I have to erm… it’s eeeeh..”
“it’s okay, I’ll take him, you go and finish up the rooms.” He nodded gratefully and disappeared upstairs. As he cleaned up what he hoped dearly was yogurt he had some time to let his thoughts wander. What on earth was Eldo doing here? This was surely not job related! Not if he was to judge by the look Eldo had when he came in. Ringo had never seen him in anything but his usually white shirt and casual suit and tie, but it looked like Eldo was wearing something from Ringo’s closet. No, this didn’t make sense. And he had promised to not visit Mrs Figg’s again. Ringo wanted to confront him with it, but how? Officially he didn’t work here. No, he had to think carefully about this. Maybe it really was work related, undercover somehow (but how can one really be undercover in such a small community?). Though, when he walked out of the room, as he had finished cleaning it, he heard laughter from one of the doors, and he came to the conclusion this was not work related. It was clearly Mrs Figg’s merry laughter and the male voice was no doubt Eldo’s.
“oh” Mrs Figg’s voice squeeled “What are you doing, dear”
“sorry, Julia, I guess I'm better with lots of tentacles than lots of legs.”

Mrs Figg is a squealer, then?

you noticed you've been mis-quoted?

'He had some cock-ups'

oh dear, I hope it wasnt painful

or too visible.

also, the thread has split, so someone with the power has to fix that shit and the index and so forth

also, the fanfic "Work-A-Hobbit" is now 7485 words..

And someone else likes "tentacles" ELDO !

Norc wrote:you noticed you've been mis-quoted?

I did notice.

Norc wrote:also, the thread has split, so someone with the power has to fix that shit and the index and so forth

also, the fanfic "Work-A-Hobbit" is now 7485 words..

I fixed the broken links and added a link to Work-a-Hobbit Part 11 to the Table of Contents. Once this is over someone should collect all the parts into one post for ease of reading, though.

Now this will be a tough act to follow! I was wondering why Eldo was wearing that, then I laughed at the obvious truth. This is the episode where

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Eldorion wrote:

Norc wrote:also, the thread has split, so someone with the power has to fix that shit and the index and so forth

also, the fanfic "Work-A-Hobbit" is now 7485 words..

I fixed the broken links and added a link to Work-a-Hobbit Part 11 to the Table of Contents. Once this is over someone should collect all the parts into one post for ease of reading, though.

no worries, i've been doing that from the start (that's why i have a word count )

Well, Amarië, it's your turn now, do as you please ^^

puste litt liv i seilskuta

I'm not sure what worries me more. That Amarie came to that conclusion based on the story, or that Norc didn't disagree.

We're on livejournal and tumblr, dear.

Yes, and there's a reason I'm not!

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As long as you read the warnings you can avoid the worst bits. On Livejournal at least, tumblr is nuts and scary.

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Eldorion wrote:I'm not sure what worries me more. That Amarie came to that conclusion based on the story, or that Norc didn't disagree.

i wrote the whole damn thing with metaphors and allegories, you can interpret it in whatever way you like. seriously. the sky is the limit.

Amarië wrote:As long as you read the warnings you can avoid the worst bits. On Livejournal at least, tumblr is nuts and scary.

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tumblr is not that nuts... well... yes it is, ... the warnings on livejournal? I see them as more like... guidlines than actuall warnings.. idk..

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i was brought up with /b so

rotten.com 4lyfe lol



...Don't actually visit that website.

I think that is a warning we all should take seriously.

Yeah seriously

Steer clear of r/spacedicks too

Why am I even bringing these up

what are you bringing up?