YOU - "So, You Wanna *party*?"

YOU - "So, you wanna *party*?"

ACELE - "What?" She looks up at you, confused.

YOU - (Say it again louder, she might not have heard you over the wind.) "DO YOU WANT TO PARTY?!"

ACELE - "Yeah, I heard you, but what do you *mean* by 'party'?"

KIM KITSURAGI - "Yes, what *do* you mean?" The lieutenant sounds serious.

YOU - "I mean: we get drinks -- and we also get drugs."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Yeah, man..." The lieutenant suddenly appears to your right with his collar popped *insanely* high.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Got any dope? We need some dope bad." He scratches his nose, then his armpit through the jacket. "I got the *Boogie Street* shakes."

DRAMA - He's really shaking and everything!

YOU - Let the lieutenant do his thing.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Tryin'a score some *dope*, man. Tryin'a score some smack -- you got any?" He hops from one foot to the other.

ACELE - "What's *smack*?"

KIM KITSURAGI - "The *D*, man, gotta hit that D!"

ACELE - "What's... 'the D'?"

YOU - "Kim, she seems legitimately confused. Tell her what this *D* is."

KIM KITSURAGI - "*Diamorphine*, girl. Quit clownin'. We need a hook-up for that D..." He breathes in through his teeth.

ACELE - "Diamorphine? But that hasn't been around for years -- five or more, like, seven years maybe? Everybody just does *hunch* now."

KIM Kitsuragi - "Really? What's that?"

ACELE - "Hunch is like ten times stronger than diamorphine and *waaay* more lethal. I think the name is... B-hydroxy-something."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Okay." The lieutenant stops hopping. "That's... that's real bad. Someone should definitely look into that..."

KIM KITSURAGI - He rolls his collar down to normal human level and pulls out his familiar notebook. "We're from the police, by the way."

ACELE - "Oh, of course." She doesn't look surprised.