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92 lines
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;"The opening scene..."
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"The business deal behind you, you wish only to be out of this bleak
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corner of Eastern Europe. The border to the West is now only a few
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hours away at Gola, and from there its a quick flight to Trieste, and then
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back to civilization...|
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The ride is interminable, and it seems you're dozing off again. The wheels of
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the train are ticking like a clock, ticking off the segments of track you're
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passing, and the compartment is rocking you back and forth, back and forth,
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slowly closing your eyelids.|
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Your slumber is cut short as a man staggers into your compartment, panting
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strangely. From his demeanor, you would guess he'd been drinking heavily.
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Before you can dismiss him, though, you notice a dark red spot beneath his
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coat which he grasps tightly. He speaks softly, but hurriedly.|
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\"I've only got a moment, so listen carefully! Since you were reading a copy
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of the International Herald over lunch, I'll assume you're an American. I am
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an agent of our government and I've been sent to pick up <a vital microfilm>
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in Frbz and pass it along to our special agent in Gola. An enemy agent
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spotted me on the train, and I only barely managed to escape.\" He groans
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softly, examining his wound.|
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\"The best I can do now is throw the enemy off the scent, but I need you, your
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country needs you, to carry out my assignment.\" You start to interrupt,
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a thousand questions racing through your mind. \"There's no time! My
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contact in Frbz is <an old man reading a newspaper> and I was to offer
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him a <light>, then say the words <'Fromzi remax uzbuz'>. He was to hand
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over the <film> and I was to take it to our contact in Gola, <a woman in
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white> who was to greet me at the station with the words <'Have you a
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train schedule?'>. Here! Take my briefcase - there are things you might
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find useful inside. And be careful! Our enemies are all around us!\" Before
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you can respond, he checks the corridor and races out."
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;"Problems:
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1) Cleaning off the floor (blood stains will lead the enemy agents to
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you)
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2) Checking out the briefcase and what's in it.
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3) Finding the pass object (other compartments, making them out of
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crude devices, buying it, etc.)
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4) Making the first rendezvous successfully. This will involve getting
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off the train, meeting the correct person, saying the magic words,
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and getting that person to meet you in a shop, w.c., etc. for the
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exchange. >SIT DOWN NEXT TO OLD MAN >OFFER HIM A LIGHT >SAY 'FRNZI
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BRNZI UZBUZ' >OLD MAN, MEET ME AT THE COFFEE SHOP >GIVE ME THE
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MICROFILM
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5) Hiding the MacGuffin during the trip and especially at the border
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when your stuff is searched.
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6) Avoiding the enemy agent(s) and delivering the goods to the contact
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at Gola
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"
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;"Combinations of pass object and action on the part of the contact
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Object Action
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Lighter Pulls out a cigarette
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Cigarette Feels within jacket for something
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Dollar Bill Reaching on ground for something
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;"Ways of getting the pass object:
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1) From another character or that character's compartment (stealing)
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2) Consing up a makeshift equivalent of the object
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3) Buying the object at one of the train stations.
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"
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;"Complications:
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1) The contact might be replaced by someone else (as you have replaced
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the original spy. The code word/object would remain the same, of course.
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There might be some giveaway (like someone with an unlighted cigarette
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in his mouth or searching the ground for something). Showing the pass
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object to the wrong people would arouse the suspicion of an enemy
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agent (guard) at the station.
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2) The pass object might have to be manufactured, rather than obtained
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(stolen).
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