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D / 2930 Matre'd enters.
MATRE'D
Excuse me, I didn't mean to be eavesdropping,
but I couldn't help but overhear mention of
drugs.
JUSTIN
Just talking some business, captain.
MATRE'D
I have a drug-problem myself -- it has
something to do with this religious group, I
assume?
JUSTIN
What's your problem?
MATRE'D
I found some drugs on board. Cocaine, I
assume. I only know what I see on television
-- a white powder, looks like what I've seen
about cocaine. I thought maybe one of the
crew was involved but now I think I'm wrong,
if this religious group is mixed up with
drugs, then they may have planted it.
JUSTIN
You have the drugs?
MATRE'D
I gave them to one of the crew, Brad/Brenda.
JUSTIN
That doesn't sound very smart.
MATRE'D
I was testing him, his reaction. He's the
first one I suspected.
JUSTIN
I don't understand why they'd hide drugs on
board.
MATRE'D
I don't either. What do you think? Perhaps
it was one of the crew.
JUSTIN
That would make more sense.
MATRE'D
I guess I was grabbing at straws -- if the
cult was responsible, then my crew is clean.
I'd prefer them to be clean, as you can well
imagine.
SUSANNE
It might be some sort of transfer -- somebody
picking up the drugs from the cult, or
vice-versa, by putting it in a prearranged
spot.
JUSTIN
Where did you find it?
MATRE'D
In the engine room.
JUSTIN
That would implicate the crew.
SUSANNE
Is there public access to the area?
MATRE'D
The door wasn't locked.
SUSANNE
It could still be a pickup.
JUSTIN
Perhaps so.
MATRE'D
I'd like to think it is -- I've never had
problems with the crew before. Not during
duty hours, at any rate. What they do on
their own time isn't really my business.
JUSTIN
Maybe our concerns are related then.
MATRE'D
There's something else -- I recognize two of
the people here, the priestess lady and the
groom, I'm sure they used to work on a
riverboat in New Orleans. I was captain, this
is about ten years ago, and from time to time
these acting troupe would come by, doing a
riverboat melodrama for the tourists, and I'm
pretty sure they were two of the actors. I
never forget a face.
JUSTIN
How is this connected with the drugs?
MATRE'D
Ends up they were suspected of running a drug
ring from the riverboats they toured. The
case never went to court, there was some
technicality that got them off, and of course
they immediately left the area.
Susanne notices that Angelo has moved into the A area.
SUSANNE
Justin, there's Angelo . . . I'll talk to you
later . . .
She hurries into area A. /ex9/ TIME CODE: 31:00
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