Theatrical Engagements

[katherine_the_great]

Where: Pleasantdale Players
When: Three days after the Founder's Day incident
Who: Katie, OT Quentin, Joseph

Katherine was reasonably hopeful that she'd be able to catch 'Captain Mystery' at the theater in his off hours. While most blushing schoolgirls had need of 'Captain Mystery' for reasons of the flesh, her interest in finding him, or that nice man Joseph she'd met at Founder's Day, was much less carnal and much more pragmatic. She needed someone who could identify a clever ruse or act from a display of honesty, and if anyone would know about putting on masks and hiding your true intentions, it would have to be an actor.

She and Chester were still angry at each other, and as such she came alone; considering what he'd said and done after she brought up the idea of investigating the hospital, she wasn't interested in being on the receiving end of his anger if she presented another idea in front of him that upstaged his need to feel clever. Besides, it was nice to dress up and feel pretty and not think about how bad things were right now.

Now, where to find them...

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[katherine_the_great]

"I don't think things are -that- bad," Katie said, though it was getting harder for her to believe it. "Besides, are Communists even allowed to own their own cars? 'Property is only for the state' and all of that nonsense..."

She climbed in, with a gracious nod to Quentin, and mused, "And less-than-living doesn't necessarily make them Communist, anyhow." Normally, she would be in the spirits for joking, but she was still sore from her dispute with Chester, and the mild jest slipped past.

[quen]

Quen waited until his friends were settled comfortably, then drove toward Chow's. "Now that we're certain it's just us hearing," he said, turning the radio off so they could all hear each other well, "Let's talk."

He inclined his head toward Katie, as much as he was able to while driving. "So who's this mystery fellow you want us to check out? What do we know about him? That'd be a good place to start if you want us to figure out whether he's a liar or not."

[joseph_kendall]

"Even Communists have to get to work," Joseph said with a shrug to Katie. "Although I suspect that any cars they might have might just be 'lent' to them." It was sad that they really only had things like rumors to go on about what actually went on in the Soviet Union, wasn't it?

He looked at Katie when Quen turned the radio off so that he could listen well to what she had to say as well.