Robert crawls into the pub

[Graybeard]

Graybeard, who had indeed been intent on mischief, realises he has been sprung by Mikal. He quickly pockets the 'mickey finn' he had been about to slip into Roberts drink.

But the van .... well ... at least he got away with that undetected !!

[Mikal]

Mikal surveys the pub and the ongoing developing situations....she strongly feels she
should reverse engineer into........(*) (*).....agent peepers for only then can she watch Robert for possible signs of alcohol coma....watch for an opportunity to arise to sway Austin to her table.....and watch Greybeard for his eyes scanning the pub are telling her he definitely was probably up to something in the parking lot...and he must be trying to hide something.....
Mikal overhears...."Austin has become a Reverend"....she observes he is talking nonstop...ponders...is he preaching....smiles

She meets Greybeard's eyes....hmmm he knows that I know....it is anybody's guess where this night will go....


Mikal

[austintorn@aol.com]

The reverend Austin notes and laments that ever since Jesus turned water into wine many have been drinking it like water.

"Drink no evil," he preaches.

[Mikal]

Austin has finally made it to Mikal's table....in the middle of chatting he asks..."did you notice earlier when Robert crawled out of the pub....I thought he went to talk on the big white bowl....but if you notice it was somewhat later he ran back in here looking like he had been in the twilight zone."......What did you make of that??????? Mikal is jolted back to the realization that Greg and Robert were missing together.....hmmm..what was all that about.....



Mikal

[austintorn@aol.com]

Austin gave Mikal a kiss and a hug.

All were soon surprised when Melanie came out of the van carrying a very large poster of the pen that is and told Robert and all that it would look good on the pub wall.

[Mikal]

Mikal is so swayed by Austin's romantic gestures that she temporarily loses balance with the developing mystery and misses the connect between the van...Melanie...and her suspicions that Greybeard had been up to michief earlier in the parking lot.....


smiles Mikal

[austintorn@aol.com]

Austin catches Mikal and she becomes his new laptop. He powers her back on by pressing her belly button.

Mel tacks the picture to the wall and Robert falls over, but at least the pub is not PG 13.

[Mikal]

Mikal being powered back into focus notices Robert's strange reaction....she scours the pub for Greybeard....he has vanished again....she will insist on sitting right here til his return reveals some missing pieces of the puzzle.....



Mikal

[Robert]

Robert runs back into the pub wearing only his underwear. He trips over a sign that someone has posted in the middle of the walkway and is heard mumbling to himself, "My cloths! My cloths! Gotta find my cloths!". Robert is clearly in shock as he crawls on his hands and knees frantically looking for his cloths. MJA notices that Robert is acting a bit unusual and says, "What's wrong Robert?". Robert pauses his search as he recalls the recent past. The last thing he can remember is pressing his magic button as he drank beer after beer. Things got a little fuzzy at one point and the next thing he knew...

...he was in the back of a very strange van. When he woke up in the van he realized he was stripped down to his underwear and tied to the floor of the van by what appeared to be hundreds of lines of thread. There, in the back of the van, he saw a plethora of strange little creatures, no more than 6 inches tall. He could only focus on them individually for a few seconds at a time with extreme difficulty. They were hideous creatures, walked upright and they were poking at him with what seemed to be toothpicks or needles. They also seemed to be laughing at him. In a fit of wild panic Robert remembers inhaling and pushing out with his chest to break free of some of the threads and then was able to break free of the rest by some fancy squirming. He then kicked open the back doors of the van and ran back into the Pub...

Robert opened his mouth to explain all of this and, and, "Woooooooooff, wwuuuph, wuwuuuuoooff". Again, he sounded like a dog. "What is wrong with me?" Robert thinks. Looking back at the Pub's doors he sees a few of the creatures enter the pub. Robert slithers backwards until his back is pressed against the wall, his face contorts into an image of raw terror, he points at the door and screams, "AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeaaaeechhhhhh! There coming to get me! "EEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaachhhhhhhhhhh!".

[MJA]

After asking Robert what was troubling him so, MJA returned to his frost covered glass of ice tea and washed some more dust from his throat. It was Roberts sudden scream that made him spit the tea from his mouth nearly drowning the poor bartender named Dave. After leaving a wink and a siver piece he asked Dave if there is a phone booth near.

At the speed of C MJA was there and back but was different now, he was in a white coat and no one recognized him anymore. Robert had heard of the white coated super hero who was called simply 'Doctor' by all those he had saved, and said: "Doctor, save me, save me." MJA responded that yes he had come to help, and Robert yelled: "step on those little monsters with the toothpics, there everywhere, kill them all before they get me." Then Robert added with a grin: "And while your savin me, be a good hero and get me another drink." MJA said: "Robert, it is not a drink but a shrink that you really need." "Thank you Doctor for saving me," Robert replied and out the door they went. But before the super hero named Doctor left the pub he turned to the tea soaked bartender and said: "I'll be back for you!"

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MJA