IC-Chapter 1-Oh You Pretty Things(Kathleen Scott/Barney)

[Mr Zombie killer]

Kathleen sighed and said, "When are the others going to get here?"

[Mr. Handy]

"It'll be a while," said Maxine. "I don't know how long they're going to spend down at police headquarters, but it's a good twenty minutes or more drive away whenever they finish. Er, I mean: Woof."

OOC,It is going to take a some time for the other thread to wrap up, but I'll try to get things moving there. Some of the players don't post very often, however. In the meantime, you can talk to [b]Maxine[/b].

[Mr Zombie killer]

Kathy walked over and undid Maxine from the chain. "Okay you can be human again. So tell me a story. About anything."

[Mr. Handy]

"Thanks," said Maxine, standing back up. "Anything, huh? Okay, I got one. Did I ever tell you about when my father was blacklisted? He had joined the Communist Party back in the 1930s, when I was growing up. He wasn't a member for long; he was still experimenting with different philosophies back then, but he was still what you'd call a fellow traveler, and he was always very active in his union. He had a good job with DuPont until that right-wing fanatic Joe McCarthy hauled him before the House Un-American Activities Committee. When he wouldn't name names, he lost his job and couldn't find another decent one for years."

[Mr Zombie killer]

"That Hoover bastard. Has not done anything good for this country since locking up Machine Gun Kelly!"

[Mr. Handy]

"Yeah, tell me about it," said Maxine. "The old goat's been around forever, too. He's been in charge of the FBI for over forty years! Presidents come and go, but Hoover is forever. Well, he's bound to die sooner or later."

[Mr Zombie killer]

"the only good thing bout him is he is gay like you and me!"

[Mr. Handy]

"I've heard those rumors too," said Max. "I'm not sure if they're true, but I hope they are. Can you imagine if we actually had proof? We could blackmail that fascist pig and make him do anything!"

[Mr Zombie killer]

"Yeah and end up Public Enemy #1 and 2!"

[Mr. Handy]

"A girl can dream, can't she?" said Max with a shrug.

[Mr Zombie killer]

Kathy sighed and took a smoke from her pack.

[Mr. Handy]

After Kathleen finished smoking her cigarette, a familiar VW minibus came down the street and parked nearby. Moonchild, Daisy, and Barney got out and walked over.

[Mr Zombie killer]

Kathleen smiled and said, "well the party can now begin. Daisy get your sweet little ass over here so I can give you a good spanking for taking your time."

[Mr. Handy]

"Me?" said Daisy. "It wasn't my fault. Moonchild and I didn't even go inside, and he was driving."

"I drove fast enough," said Moonchild. "But, yeah, I didn't go in either. Barney will have to fill us in on what went down with Mary and the cops." He looked at Barney expectantly.

[Mr Zombie killer]

Kathy sighed and said, "Your no fun you darn square. Lets go in. I have some beer in the fridge."

[Mr. Handy]

"A beer would sure hit the spot," said Maxine. "Let's go." She followed Kathleen inside. Barney, Moonchild, and Daisy followed too.

Maxine went over to the fridge and pulled out a six-pack. "Okay, Barney," she said as she distributed one beer to everyone, leaving one to spare. "Spill it. What went down?"

[mikc]

"Well," begins Barney, looking around the table at the assembled group, "it was all pretty heavy, as you can imagine. Plod were on their home turf and being pretty uncool about things.
The way I see it is, Brian's up to his neck in it; they're going to bang him up for a long time.
I mean, I tried to help - blagged my way through as an agent interested in his talents, but he was too dumb or too much in shock to play along. I split before the fuzz got on my case, too.
There were these scientists there, too, who seemed pretty worried about the ´Morpheus` gear he was carrying - it's not illegal, but probably dangerous."

Barney pauses a moment.

"Thing is, he's up for attempted murder, possession with intent to deal, assaulting a cop ... I mean, he'd better have access to some pretty good lawyers, or he's going down for life. And as for Mary - well, she disowned Brian pretty well as soon as she got the chance. Last I saw her, she was getting all pally with some cop.
Heavy scene, man," he finishes.

[Mr Zombie killer]

"So what we going to do? I can get some bombs and we could go bomb them back to the stoneage...or is that too much for a peacenik like you Daisy to take? Hey girl we are going to be talking adult talk in here, why not go into the next room. I have some "toys" there for babies to play with."

[Mr. Handy]

Daisy frowned. "Bombs?!" she said. "I hope that's a joke, but even if it is, it's not funny."

"If I wanted to blow things up, I'd go to Nam," said Moonchild. "We believe in peace, man. War is not healthy for children and other living things."

"I believe we already worked out a plan," said Maxine. "Kathy and I were going to go see Dr. Anderson in the morning and try to get in on the experiment, then find out what we can. It's only open to Penn students, so we're the only ones who can do it. The rest of you might be able to help do some snooping on the outside and find out what the deal is. Barney, you said you think Morpheus is dangerous? What did they say about it?"

[Mr Zombie killer]

Kathy said, "Yeah you believe in peace and watch the Nazis take over. Thats ok. Those of use who know that only in war can you get peace will rule the world one day while you and your kids will be bums living in Seattle drinking coffee."