Bringing out the BIG guns now! Excellent, and the asylum was terribly creepy
Holmes and Jones Sr. adventuring through Bali? Do tell
Holmes and Jones Sr. adventuring through Bali? Do tell
Funnily enough, this isn't the first time Yogi has written about Sherlock Holmes trying to foil Fu Manchu's plans:Deus said:now you brought holmes into this. It seems were entering a rough patch now.
seboden said:But won't the Black Naga find them wherever they are? So fleeing to Canada might not help a lot. Or does he/it not yet "know their appearances"?
Ah! Reinforcements have arrived!The Yogi said:‘Yes Sir!’ the uniformed policeman answered. ‘Although I should perhaps mention that he insisted you know him, Sir! Said his name was Sigerson Vernet. Does that mean anything to you?’
‘Sigerson Vernet?’ Nayland Smith looked up suddenly. ‘Tall fellow, long face, big nose, in his eighties?’...
Left alone with the alleged Mr Vernet, Nayland Smith drew closer, smiling broadly. ‘Uncle Sherlock! What are you doing here? Why haven’t you been in touch? What, with you not coming to Watson’s funeral last year, and the house empty, I feared…’
It will buy time. With the advent of airplanes, they can move Fah and the Empress of Japan around faster than Black Naga can pursue them. And, as boehm suggests, they can keep doing this.seboden said:But won't the Black Naga find them wherever they are? So fleeing to Canada might not help a lot. Or does he/it not yet "know their appearances"?
With airplanes and zepellins(if they are still used) they can stay out of reach of the Black Naga. I think it would be much harder to keep Fah and the Empress safe from more conventional threats though since they would have to be moving all the time.Simon_Jester said:With the advent of airplanes, they can move Fah and the Empress of Japan around faster than Black Naga can pursue them. And, as boehm suggests, they can keep doing this.
Well, hopefully they can work out a way to permanently neutralize the threat from Black Naga. The tactic of keeping them moving will only buy time; nothing more. But it will buy time, and that can be an important goal in and of itself.Dinglehoff said:With airplanes and zepellins(if they are still used) they can stay out of reach of the Black Naga. I think it would be much harder to keep Fah and the Empress safe from more conventional threats though since they would have to be moving all the time.
So what are the longer ones?Morpheus506 said:Wow, I have too much free time. However, with that free time, I added up the length of Master Plan and this AAR together and compared it to the lengths of all the other longest AARs, and if the two were combined this would be the 6th longest AAR in all of AARland! Ever!
I found that interesting. Not to mention impressive
(EDIT: Longest in terms of total posts, not necessarily AAR posts. Perhaps I should've said longest AAR thread)
Looking back at them now, I realize that two of the threads probably aren't really even AARs. My fault for being unfamiliar with EUII, I suppose.dublish said:So what are the longer ones?
Morpheus506 said:Looking back at them now, I realize that two of the threads probably aren't really even AARs. My fault for being unfamiliar with EUII, I suppose.
In no particular order:
-Rensselaer's "Fire Warms the Northern Lands"
-Draco Rexus's "For King and Country"
-Warspite's "ITALY RPG/AAR"
-The Free Company Tavern and "OOC" Thread: Book IV
-AARbitrary stuff EUII
Assuming those last two don't technically count as AARs, you could say the Fu Manchu saga is the 4th longest AAR in AARland. Nifty.
With BN on the loose, it couldn't be rougher.Deus said:now you brought holmes into this. It seems were entering a rough patch now.
Will tell, in the upcoming post, which is a kind of retrospection. The narrative time line (with Nayland Smith and the aged Holmes travelling towards London) will be resumed with the post after this one.Jape said:Bringing out the BIG guns now! Excellent, and the asylum was terribly creepy
Holmes and Jones Sr. adventuring through Bali? Do tell
Hehehe... excellent!The_Carbonater said:That asylum could have been picked from a REALLY terrifying horror-movie
Well, at least it will buy some time. And considering the poor focus of BN, it might be a good idea to relocate to less populous areas... to avoid collateral casualties, so to speak.seboden said:Funnily enough, this isn't the first time Yogi has written about Sherlock Holmes trying to foil Fu Manchu's plans:
here, here, here, here and here.
He also tried to bring someone to safety in Canada.
It is the first time in the Fu Manchu AARs though.
But won't the Black Naga find them wherever they are? So fleeing to Canada might not help a lot. Or does he/it not yet "know their appearances"?
That might actually work. The only problem is keeping the Empress hidden from the obiquitous eyes and ears of the Si Fan while shuttling her about across the globe... it's not only BN coming after her!boehm said:maybe he could hide them up in "the sky" - a balloon ...perhaps one of those those barrage balloons over London ...if the last time the Black Naga was really free to explore the world was 1000 years ago perhaps it doesn know enough about "flight" to not be confused by them being "up there" ...
OR ...perhaps get the empress a job as a stewardess ...shutling back and forth across the atlantic ...might throw off his tracking sence somewhat ?!
Actually, I had thought Holmes dead too, until I got some interesting hints and suggestions from Derek Pullem. That lead me to check the "offical" biography by Mr Baring-Gould, which puts Holmes's death in 1957, at the age of 102! At 86, his mind is still sharp, but he's no longer fit for fight, and only a dire emergency like this could pull him out - temporarily - of his well deserved retirement.Simon_Jester said:Ah! Reinforcements have arrived!
I, too, had assumed that Sherlock Holmes was dead by now. This is unexpected good news, for Holmes is to thinking as Master Chiun is to fighting.
Come to think of it, if they can figure out a weapon to fight Black Naga with, Chiun might be the only person in the world who can slay the beast. I mean, Silat is only "a pale reflection" of the glory of Sinanju, a "misguided attempt to apply its wisdom by those who have been brushed by its shadow," right?
At least, that's what Chiun will tell you.
It will buy time. With the advent of airplanes, they can move Fah and the Empress of Japan around faster than Black Naga can pursue them. And, as boehm suggests, they can keep doing this.
There you go!Tskb18 said:Argh. Cliffhanger. i don't often say this (okay, i do too often say this but never you mind that) but there had better be an update!
Somewhat depressing, that, since I began this story before ever hearing of the League. But Holmes's visit will be a short one - he's a guest star, nothing more.elbasto said:This is every day getting to closer to be a remake of the league of extraordinary gentlemen (and Fah Lo Sue).
Quality stuff.
Good point!Dinglehoff said:With airplanes and zepellins(if they are still used) they can stay out of reach of the Black Naga. I think it would be much harder to keep Fah and the Empress safe from more conventional threats though since they would have to be moving all the time.
Hmmm... It would be interesting to know how the bare text of this story compares to others. As for number of updates, I would guesstimate that about 1/3 of my posts in this thread are updates, the rest being discussion. That would net about 115 updates in EOFM alone.Morpheus506 said:...I added up the length of Master Plan and this AAR together and compared it to the lengths of all the other longest AARs, and if the two were combined this would be the 6th longest AAR in all of AARland! Ever!
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But when the impossible has been eliminated, then what remains, however incredible, is the truth.