trillsabells | Text!Fic: The 15:06 to Totnes

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sherlock

Text!Fic: The 15:06 to Totnes

Am still working on my colossus but this thing refused to be put off any longer. Plus I thought it would be nice to get something up before the Meetup on Saturday so here you go. Just a bit of fun really.

Title: The 15:06 to Totnes
Beta:

jupiter_ash
Rating: PG
Characters: Sherlock, John
Summary: Sherlock has a train to catch but John has to work. This is not acceptable
Notes: This is apparently what happens when I read ACD canon. Case based off Silver Blaze. Totnes is a real place near Dartmoor. Train times given are real. My Beta would like it pointed out that the lack of punctuation in John's texts is intentional and not her fault.

Message received 13:11
Missing racehorse. Need to go to Totnes. Today.
SH

Message sent 13:13
How does a whole racehorse go missing?

Message received 13:13
There is precedent. Even you’ve heard of Shergar.
SH

Message sent 13:14
Is this linked?

Message received 13:15
Don’t be stupid.
SH

Message sent 13:15
You brought it up

Message received 13:16
Train leaves at 15:06. Meet me at Paddington.
SH

Message sent 13:16
You want me to come?

Message received 13:16
Obviously.
SH

Message sent 13:17
Need to be a later train then. Don’t get off till 5

Message received 13:17
Urgent.
SH

Message sent 13:17
The horse will still be missing in a few hours

Message received 13:18
Not if I get there.
SH

Message sent 13:18
Working

Message received 13:18
Boring.
SH

Message sent 13:19
How long are we going to be away so I can tell Sarah I’ll be unavailable for work?

Message received 13:20
Tell her you’re unavailable now.
SH

Message sent 13:20
Come on I can’t leave her in the lurch

Message received 13:20
How is leaving now leaving her more in the lurch than not being there tomorrow?
SH

Message sent 13:21
I’d like to give her warning

Message received 13:22
Warn her you need to be at Paddington by 15:06.
SH

Message sent 13:23
I’m not leaving

Message received 13:23
Packing your gun.
SH

Message sent 13:25
Good. You get the bags and take them up first. I’ll get a later train and meet you there. Text me the hotel address

Message received 13:26
Don’t make me come and get you.
SH

Message sent 13:28
I can get a train at 18:03. Be in Totnes by 21:00

Message received 13:29
On way to surgery.
SH

Message sent 13:30
I’m sure you can cope for a couple of hours on your own

Message received 13:34
Outside Surgery.
SH

Message sent 13:34
Busy

Message received 13:35
In waiting room.
SH

Message sent 13:35
Go away Sherlock I’ll follow later

Message received 13:36
Come out.
SH

Message sent 13:36
No

Message received 13:36
Then let me in.
SH

Message sent 13:37
Busy

Message received 13:37
You haven’t got a patient in there and you haven’t buzzed for a new one.
SH

Message sent 13:38
That’s because if I open the door you’ll try to get in

Message received 13:39
If you’re not working you may as well come to Totnes with me.
SH

Message sent 13:40
I’d be working if you went away

Message received 13:40
But I won’t so you’re not.
SH

Message sent 13:40
Go away Sherlock

Message received 13:41
We’ll miss our train.
SH

Message sent 13:41
No you’ll miss your train. My train doesn’t go till 18:03

Message received 13:42
You can’t out stubborn me, John.
SH

Message sent 13:42
I can try

Message received 13:43
I know you can hear me.
SH

Message sent 13:44
Ignoring you

Message received 13:44
Not possible.
SH

Message sent 13:44
Again, trying

Message received 13:45
John.
SH

Message received 13:45
John.
SH

Message received 13:45
John.
SH

Message received 13:45
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SH

Message received 13:45
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SH

Message received 13:45
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SH

Message received 13:45
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SH

Message received 13:45
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SH

Message received 13:46
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SH

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SH

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SH

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SH

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SH

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SH

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SH

Message received 13:46
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SH

Message received 13:47
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SH

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Message received 13:47
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SH

Message received 13:48
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Message received 13:48
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Message received 13:49
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Message received 13:49
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SH

Message received 13:50
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Message received 13:50
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SH

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SH

Message received 13:50
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SH

Message received 13:50
John.
SH

Message sent 13:50
STOP IT

Message received 13:51
Will stop when you come out.
SH

Message sent 13:52
How did you even do that?

Message received 13:52
Are you coming out?
SH

Message sent 13:52
No

Message received 13:53
Fine.
SH

Message sent 13:53
Thank god

Message sent 13:54
So what’s the hotel address?

Message sent 13:56
Sherlock?

Message sent 13:58
You’re still in the surgery I can hear you

Message sent 15:59
What are you doing?

Message sent 14:01
Sherlock?

Message sent 14:02
You can’t make me come out

Message sent 14:04
I can hear shouting what are you doing?

Message received 14:05
I’m solving your patients.
SH

Message sent 14:06
Oh god

Message received 14:06
If I solve them all for you you don’t need to stay till 5.
SH

Message sent 14:07
Why was there shouting?

Message received 14:08
One took offence.
SH

Message sent 14:09
Which one?

Message received 14:09
Mr Hallinson.
SH

Message sent 14:10
He’s huge!

Message received 14:10
I’m aware of that.
SH

Message sent 14:11
He used to be wrestler!

Message received 14:11
I know. He didn’t like it when I told him he used to throw fights.
SH

Message sent 14:12
What?

Message received 14:13
I’m coming in.
SH

Message sent 14:13
No!

Message received 14:14
Sarah is letting me in.
SH

Message sent 14:14
I don’t know how you persuaded her but you’re not coming in

Message received 14:15
I’m a patient.
SH

Message sent 14:15
No you’re not you’re a pain

Message received 14:16
What would it take to make me a patient?
SH

Message sent: 14:17
A real actual injury

Message received 14:17
Define ‘real actual’ injury.
SH

Message sent 14:18
One with blood. Lots and lots of blood.

Message received 14:19
Will approximately 3/5 of a pint do?
SH

Message sent 14:20
What? Are you thinking of giving yourself an injury just to get in?

Message received 14:21
No, Mr Hallinson has already taken care of that.
SH

Message sent 14:23
What?

Message received 14:25
Sarah thinks it might be broken.
SH

Message sent 14:26
Are you kidding?

Message received 14:27
She says I need to go to the hospital for x-rays.
SH

Message sent 14:28
Is this a joke?

Message received 14:29
I’m not sure that’s supposed to stick out like that.
SH

Message sent 14:30
Are you alright?

Message received 14:30
Feel a bit woozy.
SH

Message sent 14:31
Why are you still texting?

Message received 14:32
Because you’re still shut in your room.
SH

Message sent 14:33
Coming out now

Message received 14:33
Hope we don’t miss our train.
SH

Message sent 18:57
No sorry can’t come out tonight am in Totnes. You would not believe the act Sherlock pulled to get me out here.

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So. Much. Lolage.

Sherlock would. He so totally would. OMG

I less-than-three both you and this fic, trillsabells (your name is also too long, for the record). I less-than-three them so hard.

That is all.

Feel free to call me Trills :)

Aww! Less-than-three you right back

LMAO. So very Sherlock. :D

*g* Thanks!

Ahahahaha. ❤

Glad you liked it!

Oh, the million--John messages--brilliant. Sherlock is about 6 years old, isn't he?

Glad you enjoyed it!

LOL!!

*grin*

HA!
Oh, I am so going to do the constant name text to one of my friends. This was delightful!

Sherlock manages one about every 7.5 seconds, can you beat his record?

Glad you liked!

The repeated "John" texts made me think of Big Bang Theory and Sheldon's "Penny *knockknockknock* Penny" ad infinitum, lol.

Oh, I lol'd so hard I snorted my sweet tea. *G* Love the fic!

Sheldon's "Penny *knockknockknock* Penny" ad infinitum
Yes! Yes!!:D

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My cheeks hurt from grinning at this. Poor John! And poor cruelly ignored co-dependant Sherlock! *snickersnort*

Poor Sherlock indeed! How dare John ignore him so! It was practically asking for it...

Very clever and hilarious - I especially liked 'how does a whole racehorse go missing?' and Sherlock 'solving' patients.

I debated a lot about what Sherlock would call it, I thought about him 'deducing patients' but I think Sherlock would prefer solving.

Glad you liked!

Poor John trying to be the texting voice of reason! That was hilarious.

Thanks! Happy you liked!

* snort * I may have just woken my husband up, with the laughing, and he's upstairs... :D

Dear the0neru's husband,

Sorry

yours,

Trillsabells

This is so, so brilliant! I loved it! The more I was scrolling down the incessant "John." messages, the more I was chuckling, until I was really laughing out loud by the last one. Great stuff. And all of it is so THEM!

Hee! Thanks! Copy and Paste was definitely my friend when I was writing those Johns. And then I did a silly thing and decided to change the timings so I had to change ALL of them. Then I did it again.
And again
And again
And... well the timings changed a lot.

But if it made you laugh out loud it was definitely worth it!

this fic has made me downright gleeful! love sherlock's mad texting skills. :)

Gleeful is good. I like gleeful!

And Sherlock dfinitely has mad texting skills :)

ROFLMAO!

JOHN.
SH

JOHN.
SH

JOHN.
SH

... ... ....

That totally cracked me up. *ggg*

He's like a 5 year old toddler and would totally do that.

NICELY DONE!

THANKYOU!

Of COURSE Sherlock would do that and of course he can! Am glad you liked!

I was really laughing at the repeated "John" messages and the time stamp. LOL!

Hee! Glad you liked! I worked very hard on those timestamps...

Oh, too funny. Love the final message!

Glad you liked! Of course they went to Totnes in the end. Sherlock's got to find that racehorse...

This was brilliant!

Thanks!

LOLOLOL :D

I laughed my ass off through the whole list of John texts, and kept up a steady chuckle the whole way. "Solving" patients and the fake injury were genius :P

Well what else would Sherlock call it? Actually I debated using 'deducing patients' for a while but I think I made the right call with 'solving'.

Making people laugh was the aim, glad it worked so well with you!

l m a o

Oh Sherlock, can't go anywhere without your blogger.

Those messages are too funny!

Go all the way to dartmoor without his blogger? Inconcievable!

Glad you liked!

Oh, the awesomeness.
I wanted to laugh out loud so badly, but I had to be very careful not to wake up my family... Not sure I managed *coughs* *giggles*

A lot of readers seem to be waking their families. I'm not sure my being responsible for sleeplessness up and dwn the country is a good thing...

Then again people are laughing which is ALWAYS a good thing.

So Thankyou!

Haha, sooooooooo funny :D Thanks for posting!

Glad you liked! Thanks for commenting!

I dearly love text!fic and this one is hilarious! poor John...

Hi! You're going to be at the meetup tomorrow, aren't you?

*waves*

Can't wait!

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5 solid minutes of Sherlock texting John. You win the internet.

I would like to thank the academy for awarding me this internet. A lot of people made it possible. I'd like to thank my mum, my lawyer, my agent, my beta, my computer, my TV..............

That was rather good :)

Am I converting you to fanfiction?
Or just entertaining you in your insomnia?

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An entire text fic between Sherlock and John? Please know that you have thoroughly just made my night. *internet hug*

I'd be so thrilled if you wrote another of these.

Am happy to have made your night but... well... I don't know about another one. This one pretty much popped into my head fully formed when I read Silver Blaze (for centuries people have been reading that story and simply thinking 'what a great story'. I read it and instantly think 'what would Sherlock do if he had this case and needed to dash off to dartmoor but John had to work'. My mind is a weird place) so I'd have to wait for that to happen again.

*internet hug back*

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