THE NEW SWINGTON ESTATE
0225HRS
MARION HORACE
Nothing here Jamie boy. I cannot understand a darn word. It is all
mumbo jumbo to me.
JAMES HORACE
[Stretches his hands in the air]
Me too. If those are demons, it must be a legion out there, each
humming its own dialect.
MARION HORACE
I told you.
JAMES HORACE
Or maybe it is a church sect doing some religious shenanigans.
MARION HORACE
Come on James, you don’t really believe that do you. Besides, alcohol is
involved.They are drunk as a kite.
JAMES HORACE
Where did they get alcohol from? It is not like they got a stopover at the
wines and spirits at Cosgrove Mall or something.
MARION HORACE
I don’t know. Maybe they brewed it. Maybe they brought it with them.
JAMES HORACE
They sure are having fun at our expense.
MARION HORACE
That woman laughing heinously like that. Who does that?
JAMES HORACE
A Basenji dog.
MARION HORACE
A what now?
JAMES HORACE
Basenji dog. It doesn’t bark. It yodels.
MARION HORACE
Of course it does.
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HOOPTE GOBBLEDYGOOK
SARAH DJIMON
Why haven’t they called the police? I mean people are hearing that
madness, right?
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JOHN KNOWS
[wakes up and goes to the living room]
I will have a word with the Council Rep for housing, tomorrow. This is
just the beginning. They will keep disturbing the peace. It is in their
nature. It is impossible to get rid of them once they establish roots.
They are like weeds. We must nip the bud from the start.
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SIMON SENECA
[Looks at his clock by the nightstand]
Did they have to do this on a bloody Monday? Just 1 hour after I have
slept?
* * *
JOE SMOCKER
[Grunts, shifts about and finally lets go the blanket and jumps out of
bed, he finds Lenny already out of bed, his eyes scanning about]
Jesus! What the hell Lenny!
LENNY SMOCKER
[sneers]
Our camper friends at it Joe, I told you they were poison.
JOE SMOCKER
What language is that?
LENNY SMOCKER
I wish I knew mate. You would think they would learn to speak the
lingua franca.
JOE SMOCKER
They are immigrants. Not all of them come from English speaking
countries. They will learn on the job.
LENNY SMOCKER
On the job? What jobs Joe?
JOE SMOCKER
Hell if I know. I suppose there is always something to do. Maybe do the
things we can’t or won’t do.
LENNY SMOCKER
I see you are Minister of Economics and Labour.
That aside I think they are being a nuisance right this moment. They
will continue like this unless someone stops them.
JOE SMOCKER
I don’t like that look in your eyes, Lenny. We’ve just been released on
probation.
LENNY SMOCKER
Who said anything about being caught? We’ll go on stealth mode. Some
James Bond shit.
HOOPTE GOBBLEDYGOOK
JOE SMOCKER
Don’t be ridiculous Lenny. James Bond wouldn’t be caught dead in this
cold night because then he would be ordering hot tea, not a Vesper
Martini. We are staying put. Let the authorities take care of it.
LENNY SMOCKER
[Smiles from the corner of his mouth]
You are damn right the authorities are going to take care of it.
The Smocker Police Department…
JOE SMOCKER
I see you are nuts Lenny.
LENNY SMOCKER
[stands straight and gesticulates]
It is quite simple actually. We pour gasoline, light up a match and be
back in bed before the conflagration.
JOE SMOCKER
The what? Scratch that. Forget about it. It is not happening. If you think
I am going with you to burn up that campsite, you have another thing
coming.
LENNY SMOCKER
I can’t do this without you Joe. We have always dispatched duties
together. Side by side. You and me.
JOE SMOCKER
And look where that has gotten us.
LENNY SMOCKER
Your objections have been well noted. But look here, if you want we can
make it easy. We will use explosives, quick in, quick out.
JOE SMOCKER
Explosives? As in explosives, explosives?
LENNY SMOCKER
Yup. More bang for our buck. Quicker too.
JOE SMOCKER
Jesus!
LENNY SMOCKER
Jesus has nothing to do with it. You in or out?
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