Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 19:47:17 +0800 From: Raymond McDowell Subject: INT: On the Road at The Resort "One-Two-Three-Six, One-Two-Three-Seven, Only nine hundred an' ninety three to go. 'Ere Magrill. You take over whilst I see about me mates, Phanners and B.B. Loi." Bruce Magrill took the bullhorn from in front of Wolfesse Elle's snout and started yelling into it while doing one armed jumping jacks. "One-Two-Three-Eight, Who do we appreciate. One-Two-Three-Nine, The Weather in Oz is Always Fine. One-Two-Three-Ten, Never marry immediate kin......" The security guard's voice trailed off as Woofie trotted several hundred meters to where Phanny and B.B. Loi had repostioned themselves to avoid the noise. "Oi think we gort it. Them layabouts is bein' sweated and conditioned right proper. They'll be ready to dodge bullets an' kick arse 'fore youse knows it." "I hope so," said B.B. Loi. "I would feel terribly guilty if somebody got hurt on this mission." "An' jus' wot mission is that, B.B. Loi?" "Uh--well, it's classified as top secret and confidential, but just between us girls I'm supposed to find out whose behind the conspiracy to undermine the Asian economies and the El Nino weather pattern. We know somebody set a butterfly a'flutter somewhere, but we don't know who or why." "Hmm," mused Woofie. "Lemme set me mind to it. Mebbee Oi can come up with sump'in. Oi've gort contacts all over the world y'know." "Well, iph you're gonna get involved I'd better help too," said Phanny. "Somebody's gotta keep stuph organized while you go 'round creatin' havoc all over the place." "Great!" said B.B. Loi. "I'm beginning to feel better already. Maybe we can get to the bottom of this after all." As a full moon rose over the Resort, pale rays of hope lit the upturned face of B.B. Loi. Woofie ran off to the nearest laptop computer with a modem. And Phanners started piecing together a framework scenario for the next investigative step. Meanwhile, down by the waterline, Bruce Magrill was trying to figure out what rhymed with the number sixty and Rqy and Xiao were standing still and flapping their arms in time to Bruce's jumps. (To be continued) Komrade Rqy of the HKSAR http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/bbgpted/index.html (For anyone wishing to follow this meandering saga from the beginning, Tink has graciously allotted it some space at the WRITERS segment of his 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: A well known 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. Husband of B.B. Loi. Xiao Da Shing Shing: Cyber-monkey turned hominid. Wolfesse Elle: Drill Instructor and Mythical Tasmanian. Phanney: Co-proprietor of The Resort with Woofie. Also Rqy's cyber-sis.