Dramatis Personae
Harry - an innkeeper with expansion plans and several immediate problems
Sukot - an Egyptian offended by Harry's treatment of
Beelzebub - who was a crocodile but is now a fashion item retained by
Freyja - a Swedish goddess with style
Gabi - a bemused explorer stuck up the Nile
Rafe - an archangel starting to make waves in the modern world
Michael - who has one of his better periods
Quetzalcoatl - who suffers as a result
Wirakoche, an Incan god who joins
Jin, a Cambodia god, to meet Harry for a nice cup of coffee
Scene 1: The Bar
Harry is checking his emails and sipping his morning coffee
"Gabi, where's Gabi .. I want him now"
"Sire, he's still up the Nile"
"oh ... look go and see Freyja"
"I think we need Beezie back, preferably intact"
"and if she refuses?"
"we'll arrange for an accident to affect one of them"
Scene 2: Our IT person is still reading
slowly he is understanding the forces that have shaped the modern world
Scene 3: The Cabinet Office
(the discerning reader will remember a secret conversation was about to take place at the end of the last post)
"and, ... look check the door's locked"
"its about 'Senor Harold' ... I know we've done well from his 'guidance', but I think he wants to replace us"
"I think we have to strike now"
the door slides open, the hinges squeal, the temperature falls
"oh, Senor Harold, how good of you to join us ... we were just about to approve this decree"
"ummh ... fluffy, you know what to do"
"no, no, Senor Harold you misunderstand ... look we'll pass this as well"
As Harry leaves the building, he glances at the wall
Scene 4: The Bar
A particularly special coffee is being roasted to welcome Wirakoche and Jin
"ah so glad you could join us ... come in .... come in"