Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:15:37 +0800 From: Raymond McDowell Subject: INT: The Resort: A Counter-Conspiracy is Hatched Rqy and Xiao snored blissfully in one lounge chair while B.B. Loi explained her problem to Phanny and Woofie in another. "It all seemed like a good idea to begin with. I had to go on this mission to source out the cause for all the Asian economic unrest, and that El Nino thing has been screwing up everybody's vacation plans for months. It also seemed like a nice time to take a little honeymoon. But then Momma decided we wouldn't eat properly if she didn't chaperone us and Xiao got all excited about venturing out on the Information Highway again. Before I knew it I had a full team of mis-matched uncooperative operatives. Then we got lost. Then I accidentally transported myself to that Hillbilly village. Then Momma got misplaced. And then my hubby got ran over by a pig. All this and we weren't any closer to uncovering the conspiracy." "Why are you so sure its a conspiracy?" "What else could it be?" "Um--conicidence?" "In Asia? Never." "Well then, B.B., honey. Maybe you 'n me had better do somethin' about cher so-called team. I think we got just the thing phor you. What iph we gave them a special Resort-style training session?" "Training?" "Sure," growled Woofie. "Get 'em in shape f'r conspiracy uncoverin' an' code desiferin' and all them other secret agent thingies." "Thank you ladies. You have read my mind. That's exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for." "And look," said Phanny pointing off in the direction of a ball of dust against the horizon. "There comes our training ophphicer right now." (For anyone wishing to capture the full impact of this meandering saga, Tink has graciously allotted it some space at his WRITERS Web presentation. Just tune your Web browser to the following URL: http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/road/road.html) Cast: Ms. B.B. Loi: Former Hong Kong pop star, now a secret agent for the HKSAR. Also wife of Rqy. Rqy: Now disguised as a buddhist monk, he is a ne'er do well and a vagabond. In short, a writer. Husband of B.B. Loi. Xiao Da Shing Shing: Cyber-monkey turned hominid. Woofie & Phanney: Co-proprietors of the Resort (along with a nearby brothel)