:D2930 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 /h4/ /h7/ ?"Follow Susanne" ?"Stay with men" :"Follow Susanne" Follow Susanne :"Stay with men" Stay with the men