Try to gain access to the National Defense Archive
From Create Your Own Story
Scene 4a) Access Archives via Bribe (Post-Colonel scene)
A phone rings. Lights up. Lola and Emily stand on opposite sides of the stage. (Perhaps Lola is somewhere in the audience?) A telephone conversation. Emily: Hello?
Lola: The falcon has landed.
Emily: Excuse me?
Lola: The egg has been laid.
Emily: I’m sorry, I don’t follow...
Lola: I’m trying to be stealthy here, kid would you play along?
Emily: Lola?
Lola: Don’t use names! They could be listening! Call me, The Badger. You’ll be The Weasel.
Emily: Why am I a weasel?
Lola: Not ‘A’ weasel. ‘THE’ Weasel. It’s your code name. You know, weasels eat eggs? Look, do you want the information or not?
Emily: Okay, okay. I’m The Weasel.
Lola: Good. Meet me at the back entrance to the nursing home in 10 minutes. We’ll rendezvous and I’ll tell you what I know.
Emily: Ok. See you in 10.
Projection? Time lapse of clock. Emily approaches the back door and waits. After a moment, we hear Lola, signaling to Emily.
Lola: Caw! Caw! Emily: Lola?
Lola: I’m The Badger, remember?
Emily: Oh, right. So, The Badger, what did you find?
Lola: (Returning the bracelet) Turns out my son doesn’t have a very high security clearance, so I couldn’t get you a name.
Emily: We needed code names for that?
Lola: Can you let me have my fun?
Emily: Sorry.
Lola: Sorry, what?
Emily: Sorry The Badger.
Lola: That’s better. While I couldn’t get you the name of the bracelet’s owner, I can tell you that the numbers don’t exist in the database.
Emily: What do you mean?
Lola: The bracelet is a fake. There was no JMJ Barnes in the air force, at least, not in the women’s division.
Emily: (Disappointed) Oh...back to square one I guess.
Lola: Not so fast, The Weasel. After a little more digging and some stealthy questioning around the nursing home, I discovered there was a Jim Barnes in the military. Local guy. He died in a plane crash during the war. One of the ladies I do needlepoint with said that he had a sister, but I can’t find anything about her anywhere.
Emily: Maybe the bracelet is hers. Thanks Lo - I mean, The Badger.
Lola: One more thing. The bracelet has a little engraved logo on it. It’s very small, I almost didn’t see it at first. It’s kind of like an artist’s signature on her painting. I was wondering where I had seen it before. It’s the signature used by Willy, the local jeweler. He engraves it on all of his custom pieces. I have the same thing on my wedding ring, see? He may know who he made that bracelet for.
Emily: Brilliant! I have to get down there before he closes up for the day!
Lola: Best of luck to you dear! I hope you find what you’re looking for!
