Edinburgh Afternoon - September Reader-Prompt Fic #3

[monkeybard]

Here's my final reader-supplied prompt fic for September. I'll be asking for more on Oct. 1. No guarantee that I'll do all of them like I did this month, but don't let that stop you posting if you have a prompt you want to share. :-D

Edinburgh Afternoon
September Reader-Prompt Fic #3

Author: MonkeyBard
Universe: BBC-Sherlock
Rating: G
Warning: Silliness
Word count: 100 (Look, everyone! It's a drabble!)
Summary: Logic prevails on a murder case
Prompt: a trip to the zoo
Author's Note: Unbeta'd.
Thanks to spacemutineer


"You're sure it's safe to let them march about like this?"

"They do it every day."

"We can't let them near the public. One of them may have killed the keeper!"

"Don't be stupid. It was her lover who murdered her and placed her here to mislead the police. It's pathetically obvious to anyone with a brain."

"Hmpf. I still don't like the look of that one."

"Ridiculous. Aside from his honoured standing as Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard, there is no way Nils Olav could have killed her."

"Why not?"

"Simple, my dear John. Penguins haven't opposable thumbs."

Comments

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, it's the little marching penguin! That is adorable! What a fantastic choice of subject -- thank you very much for filling this prompt in such a terrifically fun way! *all smiles*

[monkeybard]

In fact, it is this marching penguin! :-D Edinburgh Zoo does a penguin march every day and I got to see it a few years ago. Sir Nils Olav made a point of being the last one around the loop and back into the enclosure. He's a penguin who knows how to work a crowd. LOL! I posted my own pic of him over here.

As soon as I saw your prompt, this is where my mind went. I love penguins and I love the penguin exhibit at the Edinburgh Zoo. So glad you got a kick out of the drabble!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I recognized him! The name is pretty distinctive, especially when it applies to a penguin! This is just adorable. Thanks so much for filling my prompt!

As for your own for September for me... I have an idea (and I think you'd like it), but disappointingly I haven't been able to get it rolling. I'll keep tinkering -- I want to fill that for you!

[monkeybard]

You're so welcome! I'm very glad you like what I came up with!

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for my prompt--whenever you manage to get to it. :-)