Harv and Vera's Mexico Vacation - Page 6

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 11:09 AM

Vera stepped off the plane in Mexico City. She doggedly ignored the corridor of vendors wanting to sell her everything from cheap silver to their sister to her gold watch and moved to customs.

"Hola, senorita! Welcome to Mexico! Business or pleasure?"

"Pleasure," she replied. Well, it wasn't an actual lie. She would derive great pleasure from knocking over the spy network she had come to suspect Hilda Miyatake of running. It was obvious that she was here as a result of the Naval Operations going on in the Sea of Cortez.

Getting her passport stamped, she gathered her bags and went to find a taxi. After fending off the attentions of three men who wanted to get her a cab, a free drink, and all for just "an hour of your time," she finally stood at the curb, hailing a cab. A beat up car, no more or less beat up than the other cabs prowling the airport crossed three lines of traffic and edged out two others as she raised her hand. Survival of the fittest, she thought, as she threw her bag into the trunk.

"Hola, senorita! Where to?"

"Take me to Rick's Cafe Americain, Mexico City, please."

"Certainly, senorita!"

The cab lurched out into traffic and quickly sped up to seventy miles an hour. It caromed off the side of a bus filled to overflowing with chickens and raced down a dusty street, scattering children, chickens and irate business men in its wake. Vera concentrated on the back of the driver's head, trying to not look out at the scenery flashing by.

Eventually, the traffic cleared a bit and she felt safe in looking out.

"Hey! This isn't the way to downtown!" she cried.

"Sorry senorita!" the cabbie replied and gunned the engine.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-09-2009, 11:14 AM

oh noes !!!! vera in danger !!! what does the nefarious "cab-driver" have in store ??? who will thwart his evil plans ???? how will she escape from this hurtling Taxi of Death ????

(i bet the shadow knows...)

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh noes !!!! vera in danger !!! what does the nefarious "cab-driver" have in store ??? who will thwart his evil plans ???? how will she escape from this hurtling Taxi of Death ????

(i bet the shadow knows...)

I am not putting a super hero in this one.

Grumble grumble. Bad enough I gotta figure out how to get the squid in this time....

zelda_pinwheel · 01-09-2009, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I am not putting a super hero in this one.

Grumble grumble. Bad enough I gotta figure out how to get the squid in this time....

no no, i was just idly surmising. nothing to do with the plot, or anything. really.

(yeah ? the squid makes an appearance ? more like cameo, or more like leading role ?)

GeoffC · 01-09-2009, 11:46 AM

squid ?

this story is tailor-made for a sucker or two ....

badgoodDeb · 01-09-2009, 01:35 PM

Hope Vera's cab ride turns out better than the opening scene in this book: The Bone Collector (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver. But it's not sounding good for poor Vera.....

GeoffC · 01-09-2009, 01:37 PM

she's never been the same since she sang over The White Cliffs of Dover....

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 01:56 PM

Heels clicking sharply as he walked down the corridor, the young man quickly went throught the doorway, interrupting the meeting as it was going on.

"Was ist los? I demanded to be left in privacy!" Hilda's voice could have cut through the hull of a battleship.

"Sorry Senora Frau. But I am sure you would want to have this. She has arrived and has been picked up by a cabbie."

"Gotte in himmel! Didn't I leave instructions for us to gather her in?"

The clerk turned pale. ""Yes, senora. But the cabbie was... determined. We are not sure where she has been taken. We have a man on it."

"Who?"

The clerk pushed a folder across the table. Hilda opened it and looked at it. The other occupant of the room looked down and said, "Eeeewwww! What kind of a face is that?"

The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden."

"So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda.

"He's on holiday, apparently."

Patricia · 01-09-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden."

"So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda.

"He's on holiday, apparently."

That would certainly explain why he's left Zelda unrescued in a strange forest. And I'm beginning to wonder whose side Slite is actually on...

zelda_pinwheel · 01-09-2009, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden."

"So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda.

"He's on holiday, apparently."

so THAT's where he's been !!!!

...and he's working with hilda ??? hm. that's an unexpected twist !!!

(you're right patricia, i'm starting to feel worried !)

pshrynk · 01-12-2009, 01:46 PM

Harv sat in the train car and stared out the window. Since regular stops had been added to Adrian's Landing, it was much simpler to get into Panama City. He enjoyed that. What he did not enjoy was the grousing and grumbling coming from the vicinity of his feet.

"Why do I gotta always sit on the floor? This is speciesist, I tell you!"

"It's not my idea, Vivaldi. The Rail Company made the rules."

He pointed at a sign at the far end of the car that read:

All animals (Including dogs, cats, ducks, llamas, pandas (even the type with the funny hardware growing out of their ears), frogs, rats, strange South American rodents, xeno-biological mistakes from Australia, and especially squirrels) will be seated on the floor. And those damned Shiba Inu puppies will be in a crate in the baggage car until they are house trained!

Below it, someone had pancilled in: Of course, this does not, in any way apply to imaginary, invisible, violence prone gibbons, and we would like to politely ask Mr Adrian to refrain from flicking peanut shells at the conductors. Our health insurance premiums are sky-rocketing.

"Well, it doesn't say talking dogs."

"I think that the conductor made his position fairly clear the last time you tried that argument," said Harv.

"He could have at least let the train stop before he threw me off."

"I thought he was doing well to wait for it to slow down for the curve. Besides, what you said about his mother was not only wrong, but improbable."

"Lousy service, any way. They don't even have a radio."

"Look, I agreed to your proposal! Let's just let it go..."

"I just think I should have gotten a bonus time for doing it without actually touching the line."

"Well, I think you should have got nothing and like it for not doing anything at all, but I'm just happy to have ska banned for eternity."

Across the aisle from Harv, two socks sat in their seats and looked smug.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-12-2009, 02:13 PM

i just can't get enough of this lively banter between harv and vr. try to keep him from getting thrown out of the train this time.

badgoodDeb · 01-12-2009, 02:27 PM

And here I started reading, expecting that the floor-level conversation was coming from the socks!!

pshrynk · 01-12-2009, 03:43 PM

Harv stepped off the train in Panama City, Vivaldi grumbling behind him. THe socks jumped off and took off into the city to do whatver it was they did on Saturday nights. He turned toward the downtown, Rick's Cafe Americain, Panama City his destination.

"When the revolution comes, that Rail Company is going to find itself on permanent Walkies!"

"What?"

"Nothing! Nothing! It's a pleasant evening for walking, wouldn't you say? Taking a nice revolution around the city, and so on?"

"You know, I sometimes wonder..."

Harv's thoughts were interrupted mid ponder by the clipped British accent of Lieutentant Colonel Biggles. "Wallbanger, old chap! Good to see you! I was just heading down to Rick's and hoped I might see you there!"

"Oh, dear god!" muttered Vivaldi, "Here it comes..."

"Oo's a goo boy, den, Vivvie? Oo's a goo boy?"

"I guess that would be me. Could we get on with this? I could really use a beer right now."

"You know, Wallbanger, that is one intelligent dog you have there. Why it's almost like he can talk."

"Yeah, and it's almost like you can hear. Amazingly life-like for a petrified head, I must say."

"Shh!" said Harv. "Why was it you were looking for me, Colonel? Got something you need smuggled into Columbia? Or out?"

"Yes, ee's a goo boy, den! No, old chap, I've no need of your particular 'talents' in avoiding official notice this week. Let's walk. We can talk when we get to Rick's.

"Let's go, Vivvie! Let's go! Walkies!"

"Just for that, you're getting the first round!"

badgoodDeb · 01-12-2009, 03:49 PM

At least the Walkies aren't gosh-awful cold, in Panama City. Maybe me & mine will come join you on that walk. It's sposed to get even More Cold here real soon, this week.

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01-09-2009, 11:09 AM	#76
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Vera stepped off the plane in Mexico City. She doggedly ignored the corridor of vendors wanting to sell her everything from cheap silver to their sister to her gold watch and moved to customs. "Hola, senorita! Welcome to Mexico! Business or pleasure?" "Pleasure," she replied. Well, it wasn't an actual lie. She would derive great pleasure from knocking over the spy network she had come to suspect Hilda Miyatake of running. It was obvious that she was here as a result of the Naval Operations going on in the Sea of Cortez. Getting her passport stamped, she gathered her bags and went to find a taxi. After fending off the attentions of three men who wanted to get her a cab, a free drink, and all for just "an hour of your time," she finally stood at the curb, hailing a cab. A beat up car, no more or less beat up than the other cabs prowling the airport crossed three lines of traffic and edged out two others as she raised her hand. Survival of the fittest, she thought, as she threw her bag into the trunk. "Hola, senorita! Where to?" "Take me to Rick's Cafe Americain, Mexico City, please." "Certainly, senorita!" The cab lurched out into traffic and quickly sped up to seventy miles an hour. It caromed off the side of a bus filled to overflowing with chickens and raced down a dusty street, scattering children, chickens and irate business men in its wake. Vera concentrated on the back of the driver's head, trying to not look out at the scenery flashing by. Eventually, the traffic cleared a bit and she felt safe in looking out. "Hey! This isn't the way to downtown!" she cried. "Sorry senorita!" the cabbie replied and gunned the engine.

01-09-2009, 11:14 AM	#77
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh noes !!!! vera in danger !!! what does the nefarious "cab-driver" have in store ??? who will thwart his evil plans ???? how will she escape from this hurtling Taxi of Death ???? (i bet the shadow knows...)

01-09-2009, 11:46 AM	#80
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	squid ? this story is tailor-made for a sucker or two ....

01-09-2009, 01:35 PM	#81
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Hope Vera's cab ride turns out better than the opening scene in this book: The Bone Collector (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver. But it's not sounding good for poor Vera.....

01-09-2009, 01:37 PM	#82
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	she's never been the same since she sang over The White Cliffs of Dover....

01-09-2009, 01:56 PM	#83
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Heels clicking sharply as he walked down the corridor, the young man quickly went throught the doorway, interrupting the meeting as it was going on. "Was ist los? I demanded to be left in privacy!" Hilda's voice could have cut through the hull of a battleship. "Sorry Senora Frau. But I am sure you would want to have this. She has arrived and has been picked up by a cabbie." "Gotte in himmel! Didn't I leave instructions for us to gather her in?" The clerk turned pale. ""Yes, senora. But the cabbie was... determined. We are not sure where she has been taken. We have a man on it." "Who?" The clerk pushed a folder across the table. Hilda opened it and looked at it. The other occupant of the room looked down and said, "Eeeewwww! What kind of a face is that?" The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden." "So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda. "He's on holiday, apparently."

01-12-2009, 01:46 PM	#86
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Harv sat in the train car and stared out the window. Since regular stops had been added to Adrian's Landing, it was much simpler to get into Panama City. He enjoyed that. What he did not enjoy was the grousing and grumbling coming from the vicinity of his feet. "Why do I gotta always sit on the floor? This is speciesist, I tell you!" "It's not my idea, Vivaldi. The Rail Company made the rules." He pointed at a sign at the far end of the car that read: All animals (Including dogs, cats, ducks, llamas, pandas (even the type with the funny hardware growing out of their ears), frogs, rats, strange South American rodents, xeno-biological mistakes from Australia, and especially squirrels) will be seated on the floor. And those damned Shiba Inu puppies will be in a crate in the baggage car until they are house trained! Below it, someone had pancilled in: Of course, this does not, in any way apply to imaginary, invisible, violence prone gibbons, and we would like to politely ask Mr Adrian to refrain from flicking peanut shells at the conductors. Our health insurance premiums are sky-rocketing. "Well, it doesn't say talking dogs." "I think that the conductor made his position fairly clear the last time you tried that argument," said Harv. "He could have at least let the train stop before he threw me off." "I thought he was doing well to wait for it to slow down for the curve. Besides, what you said about his mother was not only wrong, but improbable." "Lousy service, any way. They don't even have a radio." "Look, I agreed to your proposal! Let's just let it go..." "I just think I should have gotten a bonus time for doing it without actually touching the line." "Well, I think you should have got nothing and like it for not doing anything at all, but I'm just happy to have ska banned for eternity." Across the aisle from Harv, two socks sat in their seats and looked smug.

01-12-2009, 02:13 PM	#87
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i just can't get enough of this lively banter between harv and vr. try to keep him from getting thrown out of the train this time.

01-12-2009, 02:27 PM	#88
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	And here I started reading, expecting that the floor-level conversation was coming from the socks!!

01-12-2009, 03:43 PM	#89
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Harv stepped off the train in Panama City, Vivaldi grumbling behind him. THe socks jumped off and took off into the city to do whatver it was they did on Saturday nights. He turned toward the downtown, Rick's Cafe Americain, Panama City his destination. "When the revolution comes, that Rail Company is going to find itself on permanent Walkies!" "What?" "Nothing! Nothing! It's a pleasant evening for walking, wouldn't you say? Taking a nice revolution around the city, and so on?" "You know, I sometimes wonder..." Harv's thoughts were interrupted mid ponder by the clipped British accent of Lieutentant Colonel Biggles. "Wallbanger, old chap! Good to see you! I was just heading down to Rick's and hoped I might see you there!" "Oh, dear god!" muttered Vivaldi, "Here it comes..." "Oo's a goo boy, den, Vivvie? Oo's a goo boy?" "I guess that would be me. Could we get on with this? I could really use a beer right now." "You know, Wallbanger, that is one intelligent dog you have there. Why it's almost like he can talk." "Yeah, and it's almost like you can hear. Amazingly life-like for a petrified head, I must say." "Shh!" said Harv. "Why was it you were looking for me, Colonel? Got something you need smuggled into Columbia? Or out?" "Yes, ee's a goo boy, den! No, old chap, I've no need of your particular 'talents' in avoiding official notice this week. Let's walk. We can talk when we get to Rick's. "Let's go, Vivvie! Let's go! Walkies!" "Just for that, you're getting the first round!"

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01-12-2009, 03:49 PM	#90
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	At least the Walkies aren't gosh-awful cold, in Panama City. Maybe me & mine will come join you on that walk. It's sposed to get even More Cold here real soon, this week.