With McDaid safely ensconced 'on the inside' - even though it may be a very dangerous place to be, the remaining characters deliberate what to do, having received his letter from the American Magician - Will Crowther.
He tells them of strange crates which are to be sent to the show next day. Bearing in mind that they are now aware that the Prime Minister will be there...
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| 'I'm sure McDaid will be fine working undercover...' |
...they deliberate the following plans:
- Plan A- Straight up assault on the house of the Chinese Magician - Ching Lung Soo, with the Lewis gun
- Plan B - Disguising Sinead as Crowther (she rolls a 03) and getting her inside the house
- Plan C - Again, a straight up assault on the house of the Chinese Magician - Ching Lung Soo, with the Lewis gun...um, it's a bit like Plan A
- Plan D - Bearing in mind what the trucks might be carrying, possibly sabotaging them before they can leave the house (preferably when McDaid is not inside - although to be fair...he may be dispensable?)
- Plan E - Another straight up assault on the house of the Chinese Magician - Ching Lung Soo, ...did I mention the Lewis gun? haven't we um..?
- Plan F - Taking out the trucks en route with a planned 'accident' involving (1) a car crash, (2) Sinead's unstable 'devices' ...or, since said devices are beginning to 'weep' dangerously, a combination of both ideas.
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| 'I believe that I can summarise these plans, as a load of these...!' |
Watching the trucks at the back of the Ching Lung Soo's Surbiton townhouse, the characters note that there are two. Crowther informs them that they will be used to move crates to the theatre. Resolving to stop the crates en route, the party adopts 'Plan F'.
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| "Wait! That's your plan to stop me? Really?" |
They spend the day getting a university car for the 'incident' whilst Sinead gathers the components of her 'Crowther disguise'.
They outmaneuver the trucks as they leave, leaving Sinead with her special 'street package' for the second truck...which she lobs successfully into the back and it goes off in the leafy London street, shattering windows, NPCs, cultists, and the local peace,the Professor and McLeoud watch nonchalantly from a sidestreet, ready to slam into the first truck...when...a ghostly apparition of Phillip LeClair appears in the rear seat...on fire...and very briefly...oops!
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| 'You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off...' |
He warns them that:
'...you must help me...get me back from this accursed place...you must get me back...stop the Chinaman...BUT OPEN THE GATE!..OPEN THE GATE! for pity's sake!'
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| ...oooh scary |
They slowly work out, that the crates contain summoning obelisks, and that Ching Luing Soo is using the trapped Phillip as some sort of sacrificial medium to summon the evil Lan Shee entity...which means that Phillip might yet be alive, and somehow they have to interrupt the ritual to get him back? ...I mean that sounds plausible, right???
'Part 3, section 2.3 of Plan F (car whacks truck 1in side on London side-street)'...is therefore not carried out, and the party resolves to attend the Magic Show instead, hoping that somehow, they can save Phillip, and also ensure that the Prime Minister is not swallowed by something large and slimy.
On the way, Sinead and Crowther come up with a new idea for a trick - since she now looks like him - they could pull off a teleport scam!..I mean trick! They plan how it will work.
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| 'Ta Dahhhhhh! Spoilers - this movie is ruined in the next line...' |
Sinead smuggles Crowther in, outlining to the police outside the theatre that he is 'his' twin and obviously part of the trick ...it seems completely plausible.
McLeoud convinces the heavy police presence that he is a special investigator...and the show gets underway.
Ching Lung Soo announces with a special bang of the gong - that 'Tonight's show will be one that you will never, ever forget , Ladies and Gentlemen...'
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| ...real time footage, of the actual gong...no kitchen appliances were harmed in the making of this programme |
A few dodgy magicians present their tricks...and Crowther and his 'twin' go down a storm...proving that teleportation up the corridor from one box to another IS indeed possible...(as Crowther falls through the stage and the disguised Sinead emerges from the box she has been hiding in further up the isle ..GENIUS! - definitely original, honest!). Even the PM claps.
A nervous Karl Weiss and 'the lovely Karla' then take to the stage, strangely not performing the 'vanish' trick that he stole from Leclair...
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| The lovely Karla...and some bloke. |
...but it is almost time for the finale - the great trick of Ching Lung Soo...what could go wrong?
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