VLVL2 (10) Help from the Disabled List & Alchemy, 192

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 12 17:24:23 CST 2003



> > But Takeshi?
> >
> 
> It's a structural device of quest-stories that there has to be a helper.

We have a quest-story? 

With helpers? 

Those wouldn't happen to be Mother's Little Helpers, would they? She
used to run with Frenesi? Spells trouble. Prairie met this lady at
Ralph's place. Ralph is the dude who set DL up and got it on film.
What's he gonna get for that recording? Or is he that obsessed with
getting a recording of DL? What a great addition to his scrap book. 
Takeshi might just fly her ass into a sinking ship. Prairie has got to
be thinking about this shit. I mean, does she really want to know that
bad?  Her eyes keep saying she's scared but she wants it. Who can she
trust? Everyone's got a story that don't add up to much except, "ALL
these mother fuckers lie."

Do we know what Prairie's quest is? Is she on one?  or she a bit like
Tyrone and Dorothy, both on a quest and running for her life? Can she
get to her Mother? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?



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