Bill Johns and several other people attempt to understand the significance of the appearance of a new drug named Morpheus and its use in an experiment with college students as test subjects.
Police Headquarters, Franklin Square - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4:15 PM - Thursday, July 17, 1969 Sergeant Charlie Rawlings sat at his desk. He had just gotten off the radio with Detectives Jim Hendricks and Gus Stoker, who were on their way back after their stakeout went bust. They needed to stop to pick up Bill Johns, the new sergeant, but they would probably be back within half an hour. His shift had ended at 4:00 PM, and only he and Lieutenant John Yeager remained from it, though the next shift had already arrived.
Bill Johns walked back into the office with Detectives Jim Hendricks and Gus Stoker at around a quarter to 5:00 PM. Most of the detectives had gone home for the day, but Lieutenant John Yeager, Sergeant Charlie Rawlings, Detective Harry Sawyer, and Officer Amy Cooper were still present. They were sitting around a cluster of desks talking.
"Glad you guys could join us," said Yeager, motioning them over. "Looks like the gang's all here. So, what have we got?"
Bill dropped the papers he'd picked up from the library on the desk with a resounding 'thump'. 'Got a little light reading to do," he commented drily. He looked around. "Professor Anderson is interested in dreaming and the effect on neural activity..." - he tapped the pile of papers - "...There's probably some clues in here but you'll need someone with medical knowledge to find it."
"I also saw a couple of people who were in the bar the other night. The Brit Braithwaite, and woman in her early 40s - she was talking to the redhead down at Lenny's. They were talking about Anderson being up to something shady and they've obviously sniffing around. They're going to the experiment tomorrow night. They also said something about Anderson having connections." He glanced at Yeagar."I thought about asking them about it but thought I better clear it with you first.
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"Interesting," said Yeager. "What about the doc we met last night, the one who treated Harry? If anyone can decipher these papers, it's him."
"I'll bring them by," said Harry. "I ought to have him examine me again anyway, make sure I'm okay."
"Good thinking. Interesting about the limey and that woman from Lenny's poking around. I had a feeling he was lying about how he was involved. Harry, you'll be in the experiment with them. You might be able to get some information out of them, but be careful not to blow your cover. I'd like to lean on Braithwaite some and sweat it out of him, but we'd have to find him first. If he went to Lenny's once, maybe he'll do it again. We already searched Brian's room at the frat house after we arrested him. Found the gun he told us about and some bullets, along with the rest of his stash of drugs. Nothing else of interest, though. Don't know what we might find if we searched the whole building, but I'll have a word with a judge tomorrow morning. Anyone got any thoughts about where Brian might have gone after he slipped out, or any other suggestions? We've already got a couple more guys watching the frat house, and we've alerted everyone to be on the lookout for him, especially around train and bus stations, the bridges to Jersey, and the airports in case he tries to skip."
"Has he got a girl?" asked Bill, "Someone who might put him up for a couple of days?" He thought about Mary for a moment. Cursing himself for having to bring her into this, he said, "There was a girl there last night - said her name was Mary. Have we got her details?"
"He had a girl," said John Yeager. "She doesn't want anything to do with him any more. Mary Walters is her name."
"Yeah, I remember," said Charlie. "She's a real hot chick."
"She left her contact information. She lives in room 87 in the girls' dorm at Penn. She may not want to see him, but that doesn't mean he won't try to contact her. Doesn't mean he hasn't been seeing someone else on the side, either."
Yeager nodded. "Any volunteers?" he asked. "We'll need two guys working in shifts. I'll understand if you want to call it a day at this point. I can get some guys from the evening and graveyard shifts if nobody else wants it."
Bill held up his hand. "Count me in," he said, "Although I spoke to her yesterday so she's seen me. If you need someone covert, someone else might be better."
Bill felt bad about offering spy on Mary but rationalised it by telling himself that he was making sure she was ok and safe from Brian.
"Thanks, guys," said Yeager. "There's no need to be covert on this one. Let her know you're looking out for her. Might be a good idea to talk to the girl anyway in case she's noticed anything unusual or he's already tried to contact her. I'll have another pair of men relieve you two around midnight. You'll both be pulling a lot of overtime on this one, so you can have tomorrow off if you like."
"As soon as you can get there," said John Yeager. "Brian could already be there for all we know."
"You can take the unmarked car we used earlier," Detective Gus Stoker said to Jim Hendricks. "Brian did make the car, so if he's there he could recognize it. Of course, he also made you, and he's already seen the sergeant."
Bill and Jim went back outside to the parking lot, where they got into Jim's car. They drove across town, over the river, and to the University of Pennsylvania's campus. It didn't take long to find the girls' dorm.
Girls' Dormitory, University of Pennsylvania 5:30 PM - Thursday, July 17, 1969
Jim parked the car outside the girls' dorm, an ivy-coated two story building with a tree-lined walk.
OOC,Where boys are meant to go and where they actually go are often quite different! ;)
"You ready?" said Bill as he climbed out of the car. "Brian Anderson could already be here so keep an eye open." He looked around for a sign indicating where the dorm was that they needed.
