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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
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.
The Doctor and Jacie are ushered into the detective's office after being held in a cell for the evening and the morning. In the office they find Madame Fatal, Sweetness Suzuki, and Irish. They are glad to be released but are still damp from the dip in the ocean. The detectives explain that since Madame Fatal has vouched for them they are being released in her custody for now. Madame Fatal brings up the topic of the terrible murder of the maid last night. The detectives indicate that this is their top concern this day, Madame Fatal offers to assist them. The detectives are concerned about using someone so famous as a radio host, but say it is acceptable to them as long as her help is unofficial. Madame Fatal proposes that she accompany the detectives with Jacie and Irish but that later she will try and get the murderer to call her show, while the Doctor and Sweetness will go and arrange for the call to be traced using their "special methods." They all agree and go on their ways. Madame Fatal with Jacie and Irish on her motorbike follow the detectives, the Doctor and Sweetness roar off on her bike.
Last night Bones Yakuda killed the Maid who had discovered his treasure trove of stolen gold and jewels. He feels no guilt, because Madame Fatale had dispersed that when he called her using her powers of vocal suggestion. He arises late in the afternoon and leaves to go to his work at the jewelry store. As he tries to leave the apartment house he is approached by a few other residents who are concerned and upset about the murder. As he leaves detectives stop and question him. His story is that he was out late, came home, and then went to bed. They let him leave. He can't go to work because he is worried he will be discovered as the killer. He walks the streets.
The detectives, Madame Fatal, Irish, and Jacie arrive to join the rest of the detectives at the Gentlemen's Palace. Irish immediately begins wandering around the neighborhood. They begin questioning people while Madame Fatal casts her neural net over the building searching for the murderer, but cannot find him. Jacie watches all of this and has MF explain to her what she is doing. Jacie marvels at the power in this small woman, and is glad to see someone who is powerful AND beneficent and fun. This is a different kind of Timelord for her. Just then the crowd recognizes Madame Fatal and they begin cheering that she is helping the police. Fearing a bad publicity situation the detectives ask Madame Fatal and Jacie to leave. They can't find Irish but Jacie assures her that Irish can fend for himself and will reunite with them when he is ready. They jump on the motorbike and head off to the radio station.
Arriving at the TARDIS after a ride on the back of Sweetness' powerful motorbike, the Doctor brings her in and begins to set up the tracing system. Sweetness questions the Doctor: who is he, how does he know Madame Fatal, who is she, what is this craft, does Madame Fatal have one, etc. As the Doctor rigs the tracing scan be spells out for Sweetness more about who and what he and Madame Fatal are.
Bones is wandering the streets as night falls. He can't decide what to do. He sees Irish and remembers him from the night before. He follows Irish briefly, but when Irish sees him Bones feels the burning gaze of Irish's eyes and decides to get away from the cat. Irish, feeling the bad vibes from Bones, decides to follow him. As Irish follows Bones, Bones becomes more and more desperate. He worries that the cat is a demon sent to punish him, and Irish knows that something is wrong and is determined to follow at a safe distance beginning to suspect that this man might be the killer. Full of panic and screaming about the green demon, Bones rushes back to the Gentlemen's Palace and goes inside, locking his door. Irish decides he will go to the radio station to report what he has found out.
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. 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.
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 radio station to rejoin forces as the episode ends.
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. He 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 next morning and fly off to a Pacific island resort. He lays out his tropical suit to wear and falls asleep. He dreams of waving palm trees as the episode ends.
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. As the episode ends he arrives at the radio station.
Kobe is struck with the worst Earthquake in its history. Who will survive? Join us next week to find out. If you're not already a member of the NADW Renegade Sim but want to play, fill out our sign up form or e-mail group coordinator David. Audience members (i.e. peanut gallery) are invited to attend via IRC or our Java Chat room.