Jim decided he would visit his "new friend" in the burlesque again.

*Rocky Racoon plays - then abruptly stops when someone pulls the needle off the record*
"Jim - how are YOU today?" she exclaimed.

Jim shrugged and sat down, again.

-

Hours later the fire had dimmed and most of the "others" had returned to their rooms, the "drunkards" all gone away.

Jim gazed down, thinking again. I need to keep an eye on myself while i;m here. He thought.

The dancer looked over with some concern. "Hey Jim - are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine."

Jim was harboring a secret though - he had a darker side - and he'd had about enough of this bulltrout!

"Look - I came here because I have nowhere else to go in this crazy place. We're gonna talk, let's actually get somewhere."

The dancer gazed at him coquettishly and twirled her fingers. "But of course young man, but of course!"

At this point, James, as he was really known, got really fed up.

-

And now the scene really begins.

James: "Hello there again! I'm glad to see you!"

The dancer, name, Margaret, smiled.

M: Nice to see you too!

but again this led nowhere

-

And now, the real scene.

Jim: "Hi. How are you?"

Margaret: "I am good! Got some good tips today and the bar's about to be closed. But I'll take a seat, seeing as it's you."

She was already weirded out.

Jim glanced over, kind of jingled his cufflinks, and poured himself another whisky - at this point, they were just leaving him the smurfing bottles.

M: "Alright younging, whatcha doon."

J: Came to town because i ran away from a bad place.

M: I know, so you've said. You want this to end up like normal smurfing grown-up dynamics, come back some time and lemme know!

So Jim left, slept, and the next day, he was back again.

-

J: Hi, M!

M: Helloo!

So Jim sat again at his table and pondered why these dynamics were so problematic. Runs away from possible romance, ok. The bar lady seems hot but as usual it's going nowhere - ok.

But -

M: Alright there young man, let's get something straight. You keep coming into my bar - why?

J: Cos I want talk!

M: There's more to it than that, clearly!

J: Well...

And yet another scene of Jim maybe eating another meal with a whole bunch of sausages in some lettuce.

Then

J: Hey now! I thought we were going somehwere with this.


And then it dawned on him-

M: Hold it right theah!

I'm still interested but i figure this won't go anywhere unteel we can rite sum bettah dialog!

t.b.c