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Creative => Story-Telling => Topic started by: Martin Milner on February 10, 2008, 16:12:51
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The February sun shines down on Oswestry Castle; the battlements gleam.
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The daily chores are in full swing...the Justicier having had a particularly busy morning for a Thursday.
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Master Falconer trains the hunting birds, watched by Sir Percival, leader of Blue Watch.
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Mary spins wool into yarn, watched by Marmalade the cat,
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while Louise wrings out the washing. But where are the clothes pegs?
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"Call the plumber" demands the Earl, "the drains are stinking!"
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Bert the plumber arrives within the hour, and knocks on the drawbridge with his plunger.
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Sir Percival greets him. "We're desperate. The smell gets worse every day, and the Earl is furious. He's just had the Chamberlain beheaded."
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Bert interviews some of the castle's residents. Justicier Alf Grundy just glares at him, and he moves swiftly on.
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Josh, an archer on guard in the northeast tower, is more forthcoming. "Up here I gets plenty of fresh air, but every time the wind blows from the southwest it smells like the Devil's Portaloo."
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This is the clue Bert needed, and within a couple of hours he is examining the Garderobe. He gets paid by the hour. Tutting and sucking his teeth, he talks to the Earl.
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"See it's this way, your, er, Earlship. These old outside Garderobes, the lead flashings deteriorate. They can't take the strain, so to speak, and this one's on its last gasp."
"What can be done?" asks the Earl short-temperedly.
"Well see, your, ahem, Earliness, you just can't get the parts anymore. These old ones was fitted in imperial measures, but it's all metric now, your, er, Earldom. I can bodge something temporary-like, but really you need a whole new system fitted, your, eh, Earlitude."
"Speak to Percival, and make it so." says the Earl shortly. His nose is hurting.
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"Well, your Percivalshipness, his nibs says he wants this old system ripped out, and a whole new one installed. It'll be a big job, take a couple of weeks probably, and I'll need a few of my lads along to help lift and shift, and so forth."
"Very well, Bertram, I place the job entirely in your hands. Don't let the Earl down."
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Next Thursday week...*
*Cameo appearance by Black Bart (far left), my Secret Santa klicky from Arizzo!
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Fun story so far. Is this the part where the plumber disappears for three weeks for no obvious reason? ;)
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Brilliant story! :love:
Made me laugh out loud in several places. Especially when the mystery of the missing pegs is solved. ;D
You definitely have a talent for storytelling, Martin. :)
Eagerly awaiting part two.
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We want ...
Part two ... part two ... part two !!! ... :hissyfit: ... :yippee: ... :hissyfit:
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Excellent photos Martin and a good story!
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You can tell it's pure fiction:
the plumber arrivedwithin the hour !!! That never happens in real life.
I love the story though ... when's the next installment?
Bogro
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A great tale so far and, like Sylvia, I laughed out loud a number of times.
Now I'm just killing time 'til the second part. :(
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Thanks for all the kind comments folks! :)
I was kind of finished with the plumbers, at least for now :-\ ;)
I asked Timotheos for some cultural info, and it seems that referring to dodgy plumbers as a bunch of cowboys and pirates is a London thing... :lol: so the punchline fell a bit flat.
I've done some shots for another tale (with a different central character), but it needs a bit more sparkle before I'm happy with it.
I'm limited to photographing at the weekend when I can get good natural light in the room during the day - nothing else is good for sharp focus and for bringing out the colours.
My plan (oh how I love a plan) is to do maybe one a month for as long as I can keep going, but I want a good storyline each time, and that requires time to brew. I'm mentally developing characters and storylines all the time, but need to sit down and work them out properly with photos. A few visual gags are always a plus.
Each story will feature one central klicky, but have others we recognise involved, so the castle starts to come to life as a living, breathing entity.
In May my wife's Grandmother is visiting from the US and Oswestry will have to be packed away temporarily, so I hope to shoot a few stories in advance but not post them all at once. These photos will also help me reassemble the castle the same way when she's gone home again.
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sounds exciting!
as to the punch-line ... ah well - that's what you get with those horrible foreigners ;D
But I wouldn't worry too much - even without the punch hitting me - it still was a great story !!!
Thanks!
Bogro