Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:32:30 -0500 From: Phanny Subject: INT: Island: Troops to the Seance Colin is singing to anyone who'll listen.... "The island troops are gathered here off to a fateful trip ..... a 3-hour tour, a 3-hour tour....." At the phoot of the mountain, the island guests are gathered, illustrious writers and adventurers all: Phanny Vinnie, the pigtail macaque Tom Sawyer Rodney Coates with various unknown voyagers Maryanne Stahl (or is that MaryAnne and the Skipper?) Daisy Mae Omar the tent maker Jester Darquester Robyn Harris and her twin sister, Alyson Oglum Petard Boomp Roz the Zor Sigmund le Fraud Judy Ray Dustin Klein Goofy Colin Principe, the singer Others appear at the edges of the group. Everyone is anxious to go to the seance at the haunted house. Some carry candles, others phlashlights. Suddenly there is a great phlurry of sand phlying and phigures tumble out of a transporter in a heap. "BALLS!!! Yer was gonna go without me, yer bleedin scumbags!!!! Hah! I has brought the seance QUEEN fer yers..... against her will.... but she knows how to git alla bits tergether soz yers knows wot to make of the seance thingy...." Phleas arise and circle, then settle back into the scruffy phur of Wolfesse Elle. "I has brung yers MOMMA WONG!!!" Applause resounds through the coconut palms and wafts away, toward the haunted house. Rqy and Xiao are right behind Momma Wong. A beautiful, shy creature peeks out from behind Rqy.... exquisite and delicate... with a soft smile. She is BBGP, Rqy's latest wife.... and Momma Wong is her mother, straight phrom Hong Kong. Colin leads the way up the winding path to the haunted house.