Work in Progress, Discworld fic "Recursive Herbology"

[jack]

It's annoying, after playing around with Saldini II for ages, I wrote 5000 words of this last night. I think it's because:

(1) PTerry's characters are better than mine, so easier to write with.
(2) Aiming for something short quickly written means I can just get on with it without pressure to make it *right*, which works better.

Basic plot: a mysterious and cryptic murder of the professer of Recursive Herbology[1] in the unseen university sends Ridcully to Vimes for help, where he interrupts a thieves guild protection expiry riot. ∃ female wizard.

If you want to see, there's a link here: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~jv233/fic/recursiveherbology005a.htm

I'm afraid: (1) I don't know if I'll finish it, so I decided to share what I had. If you like finsihed things, please ignore it. (2) It's in MSWord html. Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to do it properly.

PS. It's compeltely unrelated to the last story http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~jv233/fic/graveyardshift_beta_1.php, but that's probably better, so it might be best to read it first.

Update: fixed dodgy html

Comments

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Good call on the pussy thing, really! My father uses that word, insisting it doesn't have sexual connotations, and then I have to slap him on the head and shout 'Duh!'. Well, I don't actually slap him, but you know what I mean.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

No, actually, I'm afraid I don't know what you mean. I mean, I know you don't literally hit him, but uses it in what context? What?

And good call? I didn't plan it, the mer-lion thing just came to me, and then it seemed too obvious a joke to be able to pass up. I tried to make it obvious without saying it, it true PTerry style, but don't think it worked at all...

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

As a 'fucking idiot', but he keeps insisting that it comes from 'pussy-cat'. Which, maybe it does, sort of, but that's not the association I make when I hear it.

TBH, I didn't get the pussy joke thing, but it seems obvious in retrospect...