820. Six Impossible Things Meme

[faiththatfuelsu]

Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!
~ Lewis Carroll's The White Queen in Through the Looking Glass

Whether it's having a vampire as a babysitter, suddenly finding oneself in the distant past (or future), or falling down a rabbit hole, there are certain things that our muses find impossible.

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Mary Morstan | Sherlock (BBC-Based)

[mmorstan]

1] Mary is a wealthy heiress/socialite, a little spoiled with her father wrapped around her little finger.
2] Mary is a blogger and a companion to her crime solving friend.
3] Mary is being blackmailed to commit crimes in order to find her lost father.
4] Mary is a 1960's secretary.
5] Mary is a plucky con artist.
6] Mary is somehow caught in this getup. (No, really click.)

[riverborntorun]

[Con artist, you say?

Hello, sweetie. Meet your new partner in crime.]

[mmorstan]

[The best partner a girl could ask for! Mary's quite new at this, so she'll follow your lead, River.

This cruise ship is swimming with men to be swindled and she honestly can't be more pleased about it.]

Who first?

[riverborntorun]

He was first. Then that one, and then, ooh, that looker by the bar... [River smiled and waved at one of her (already many) new acquaintances.]

Oh, were you asking which one we're going after for business? [River grinned cheekily at Mary] Well, let's test your instincts for this. What sort of man do you think will be best? And do make an effort to think, sweetie.

[mmorstan]

Oh, River. [She shakes her head, laughing.] I was thinking about that elderly gentleman who has been eyeing me while dining with his wife.

[She could make it work, anyhow. A bit like that Marilyn Monroe movie, she supposes. One of them. Though she doesn't see herself as much of a bombshell. Oh well, work with what you've got.]

[riverborntorun]

[She made a light inhale through her teeth.] Alright, not a bad choice. Fairly good instinct - but look closer at the wife. Holding him a bit tight, isn't she? She feels threatened by all the pretty women around. If we want to take him, she's our biggest obstacle, not him. Men are easily amused if you know what buttons to push. Or open.

[She chuckled before continuing] Now, we could certainly try to separate them: say, you take the wife off for a chat and I swoop in on the mark - but if she gets spooked and comes back for him, that puts a wrinkle in things.

But I think I've got a better idea.

[mmorstan]

I could do well with his wife. Much better than the man, actually. I'll leave that to you. [Mary figures, running through the motions in her head.

Then, she looks to River again, her head canted to the side.] And what is this brilliant plan you've devised?