Madame Fatal
Part Four ~ Finale
February 2, 2000
(Episode Two of the NADW Series "Dreams of Ancient Days")
Plot by Alfred C. "Tuna" Snider

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BACKGROUND INFO

Part Three takes place on  January 16, 1995, Kobe, Japan

Sim inspired by the song of the same name by Japanese musical group (two women) called "Frank Chickens"

Madame Fatal, by Frank Chickens

"I am here, Madame Fatal, on the fortieth floor radio tower,
Surrounded by silver machines and cold coiled wire.
I am waiting for you to call me, wearing a pair of headphones,
Like a black sea conch, to absolve all your confessions.

I am here, Madame Fatal, radio wave is my tentacle,
I will reach you, from here to anywhere, underneath the town at night,
These crimes that writhe like strange creatures in the sea.

I am here, Madame Fatal, radio wave is my tentacle,
I am here on the fortieth floor, looking down at the whole world,
I will reach you with my soft, invisible tentacles.

Nobody knows who I am, after work I will change my gear,
Ride my motor bike, taking in a midnight race.
Then, when I am on the starting line, everything will be all right.

Coated riders cut through Shinjuku, women stand and wave on the golden street,
In the windows, old men look shabby, they leave the customers behind.
Those who work outside part so the riders can go through.

Next day one of the maids was found dead in her room.
Nobody knew who came there last, but I knew.
Police didn't want to do much because of my occupation.
So, me and my mates started to move, building on fire gave us a clue.

From the penthouse in the next building, you can catch the sunlight's reflection,
Pressing on the windows of our radio station.
We found him in the lobby in a tropical suit,
About to leave for his resort on a Pacific Island.

I knew his bones, I knew his goals.
Our bikes gave chase but he crashed in the sea,
We didn't push him, he got panicked, beating hearts breaking under the sea.
Find a burden and dial,
Madame Fatal is here,
Madame Fatal is here."

Kobe, Japan, January, 1995

city (1990 pop. 1,477,423), capital of Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. A leading Japanese port, industrial center, and railway hub, it has shipyards, steel mills, vehicle-assembly and food-processing plants, and many factories. Kobe was heavily bombed during WORLD WAR II but has been rebuilt and enlarged. In 1995 an earthquake devastated large sections of the city and killed over 5,000 people. Kobe is a cultural center, with colleges, universities, temples, and shrines.

Background on Kobe Earthquake, January 17, 1995. http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/land/kobe.html

CAST

The Doctor: (DRTUNA) a Timelord in his 10th persona.

Irish the Cat: (IrishTCat) Green, telepathic, shape-shifting cat with an attitude. Has a special relationship with the TARDIS. Japanese people in 1995 love cute cats and are amazed at a green one.

Jacie Hunter: (Jen) Young StiG [space-time gypsy] who has grown up on the run and involved in various and nefarious activities. Is quick with her hands and is very flexible in playing different parts and characters as needed by the situation.

Madame Fatal: (NthDoc/Chris) Radio show host in Kobe, Japan. She has people call up and give their confessions of things they have done or want to do that they are ashamed of. Shame and guilt are very troubling emotions in Japan, and Madame Fatal seems to be able to ease these feelings of those who call her and those who listen. She remains mysterious and relatively anonymous. She is actually a Timelord named Zamona in her last regeneration who has made this spot on the planet Earth her last stop. She is 5'8' tall, thin, long black hair, beautiful features with high cheek bones, looks to be in her early 30's, and has white almost alabaster skin. Simple cosmetic surgery has made her look Japanese. She is extremely fit and loves to wear tight black leather or spandex, but will also wear bright pastels. Loves motorbike riding and racing.

Sweetness Suzuki: (U21/Cody) Friend of Madame Fatal, she also serves as co-host and engineer on the "Midnight Confessions" radio show. She is small but resilient, thin, with very short hair streaked with blue and green. Also
loves motorbikes. Usually wears radical clothing and outfits that turn heads on the street.

Bones Yakuda: (AlxKeegan/David) A jeweler in Kobe. He has been swindling his customers for many years by shaving off small portions of gold from their jewels and switching their gems with fakes. After 15 years of this, he has amassed a large supply of gold and plans to take it and retire to a resort in the South Pacific after staging his own disappearance. He is about 50 and is jittery and nervous, and always worries about what others think of him. He is paranoid about his crime. 5'5" tall, he is stocky and bald-headed. He lives in an apartment house [Gentlemen's Palace] for bachelors who cannot care for themselves, so he has all his meals prepared and his clothes cleaned by the maids in the complex.

Other characters as needed.

END AND FINALE January 16-17, 1995, Kobe, Japan

EARLY BEGINNING

40th Floor Radio Tower: Madame Fatal, Jacie

BACKGROUND As the show begins Madame Fatal introduces Jacie as her guest co-host for the evening. She also announces that she has special messages for those who called her last night and asks them to call back. She uses her vocal suggestion powers to influence those who called last night to call again, hoping to recognize and trap the killer. First, the concerned student calls in and is rewarded by Madame Fatal with a gift of a leather jacket. Madame Fatal then talks to Jacie briefly about how she likes Kobe.

Gentlemen's Palace: Bones Yakuda

BACKGROUND: Bones is inexorably drawn to listen to the radio. He finally turns it on. He hears Madame Fatal's call for last night's callers to call back, and he does so.

Streets of Kobe: Irish, cats of Kobe

BACKGROUND [Irish can finish this scene as he wishes and get to the radio station]
As Irish is scampering towards the radio station he meets some domestic animals on the city streets. He meets a group of cats which seem to be headed out of the city. He asks them why and they say that they can sense a huge ground shaking (or whatever it is in cat) and are trying to escape the city. Irish confirms his suspicion of the same thing.  The cats marvel at his color and sleek beauty, and several female cats seem very interested in Irish, but Irish is modest and must continue on his way and the cats must leave the city. They call for Irish to save himself and not to worry about the humans, but Irish is not afraid of an earthquake but does dread a tsunami -- all that cold salt water. Irish arrives at the radio station. He joins them indicating that he has made contact with the killer.

BEGINNING

40th Floor Radio Tower: Madame Fatal, Jacie

Then, Bones Yakuda calls in, and Madame Fatal recognizes him as the killer from the tremor in his voice, which is not noticeable to anyone else. She signals the Doctor to trace the call.  Bones says that he has seen a green demon who has been tormenting him. Madame Fatal and Jacie nod to each other, realizing that Irish has been on the job. She tries to comfort Bones while keeping him on the line. She tells Bones that he will be safe and not to worry (knowing that this will make him easier to capture). She gives him a tropical suit, but he says he already has one, so she offers him a leather jacket as well, which he accepts. Her next caller tells her that he has been having terrible dreams about an earthquake. Madame Fatal calms him and tells him that even if there is a quake worrying won't help, and suggests he change his reading habits. During the commercial break Jacie is shocked when Madame Fatal hangs her head and sheds a brief tear.  Madame Fatal confides to Jacie that her sadness comes from her knowledge of Kobe's future. Before Jacie can ask more about it the commercial break is over and Madame Fatal returns to her old self, answering the next call from a guilty wife who has been cheating on her husband with the grocery delivery boy. Irish arrives at the station after his cat adventures to tell them he has found the killer and waves at them through the glass window of the studio. Another episode of "Midnight Confessions with Madame Fatal" comes to an end. Madam Fatal and Jacie join Irish and roar off to Gentlemen's palace.

In the TARDIS: Doctor, Sweetness Suzuki

The broadcast begins and the Doctor monitors the calls with no results. Sweetness begins to understand. She begins to ask if Madame Fatal knows her future, and whether it can be revealed. Just then they get the signal from Madame Fatal that this is the caller, and they trace Bones right to his apartment in the Gentlemen's Palace. They jump on Sweetness' motorbike and roar off towards the Gentlemen's palace.

Gentlemen's Palace: Bones Yakuda

Yakuda keeps seeing the green cat demon and the buildings shaking. Madame Fatal is able to comfort him. After his call to her, he feels much better, and decides to leave Kobe with his treasure the early the next morning and fly off to a Pacific island resort. He lays out his tropical suit to wear and packs. He dreams of waving palm trees as he heads to the lobby.

MIDDLE

Gentlemen's Palace and then Chase Through the City: All characters

Everyone arrives at the apartment building at the same time - roaring in on motorbikes - just as Bones is leaving the lobby in his tropical suit and a suitcase full of jewels. Madame Fatal jumps off her bike and confronts him as "the one who killed the maid." Bones loses his composure and jumps in a Toyota mini-van (I mean really mini) and races off. Madame Fatal-Jacie, Sweetness-Doctor race off following him on the motorbikes. They ride alongside him telling him to pull over. He panics and loses control, almost knocking Madame Fatal and Jacie off the bike. Bones tries to get away, and Bones turns down a street that ends up being a pier leading into the bay, and then loses control and the min-van goes off the pier and into the ocean. The motorbikes pull up at watch the bubbles. Madame Fatal announces that Bones is dead, and seems to regret that, blames it on his panic.

ENDING

AT THE TARDIS: Doctor, Jacie, Irish, Madame Fatal, Sweetness Suzuki

The motorbikes roar up to the TARDIS parked on a side street and everyone dismounts. Madame Fatal indicates that it is time for them to go. The Doctor asks how they performed, and what grade would Madame Fatal give them for their health. She smiles and gives them all an A, except for Irish who gets an A+ for finding Bones first. The Doctor then asks, if they did so well, won't she tell them what they want to know? What happened to Lora? What does Zamona know? The Doctor seems very serious. Madame Fatal smiles, grabs the Doctor's lapels, and gives him a kiss. During the kiss she initiates the Timelord information sharing function (like Doctor's #2 & #3 do in THE THREE DOCTORS) which transfers her memories of the event to the Doctor. She breaks the kiss and the Doctor stumbles back, stunned by the knowledge, muttering to himself. Madame Fatal then says goodbye to Jacie and Irish, as does Sweetness. The Doctor stumbles to the door of the TARDIS, and then turns and asks Zamona if she will stay in Kobe. She smiles and says that all things come to an end, and that she is not afraid to stay in her new home and help it however she can. Sweetness is confused by this, but knows it is related to Madame Fatal's true identity. The Doctor nods, waves, and then enters the TARDIS. Jacie and Irish finish their good-byes and go into the TARDIS. As the TARDIS vanishes, Sweetness asks Madame Fatal, "Who are you, really?" Madame Fatal smiles, then holds her finger to her lips for silence and then whispers, "Who are any of us, really?". Madame Fatal says they need to hurry back to her apartment to prepare for the day's events. They roar off on their motorcycles as the episode ends.

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