Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 16:14:21 -0500 From: Phanny Subject: INT: Omar's Mutilation Dustin and the rest of the card sharks sat in stunned silence (very unusual phor Dustin..) as CathyB screamed at Omar, mangled his hand, and marched off with her gun. Dwayne, the bartender and brother of the owner, went outside to speak to CathyB. Xiao jumped down from the ceiling lights, where he had been giving Dustin signals regarding the card game, and ambled over to Omar, who was by now alternately screaming and cursing, hopping around, and flailing one arm. "That's one tough customer!" Xiao says, inspecting the hand whilst being bounced up and down and all around. The Bassett hound trots over to Oglum P. Boomp slumped in the corner and retrieves the bottle that has fallen from his hand while he snores. The hound offers it to Xiao and Omar. "Cripes! Wot is that bloody noise alla bout in here?!" Woofie skids round the corner and into the doorway. "It better be summat life threatening, yer scum bags! Youse interrupted my tucker in the trash cans out back!! And was some decent vittles in there .... high bloody time!!!" Woof's pups came tumbling into her and each other, wide eyed. "Get this monkey offa me!!!" screeched Omar. "Now calm down, Omar", says Phanny. "Some of youse phellers come hold Omar down whilst I pluck out this glass..." "Aaaayyyeeeee!!!" yells Omar. "Aw shaddap, you big lug! You wanna be maimed phor life?" Someone in a dusky corner of the tavern snickers uncontrollably, taking in the scene and scribbling away.