Act Four Scene One
(The Holo Magi, Cusp of Atlantis, first draught)
-See, more of our sex robots have come
back to party. At a loose end, they drink
ethanol and dry hump each other.
See, they're wobbling on their sea-legs,
wait till they get started on you. What's up?
-We've found you in one piece. The ship
is bobbing on the plimsoll line, the bilge
flushed out, the copper solenoid towers
sparking behind the automatic wheelhouse
-Holo Magi, I brought them in to the tuneful $10
sound shape of a dildo half rotated
-Well done, my finicky, faithful spirit.
-We've stashed bondage gear in the lower
decks as a vote of confidence in the Holo Magi's
complete automation of the Stormchaser II.
The whips, chains, cuffs and rubber masks are
all broken in, the safe words mesmerised.
-Nothing left to chance, this time. You shall
be on call, Captain Sex Robot, on every passage.
- Aye, aye, Holo Magi. Party any good? $20
-More humans and much sooner than I expected.
They'll appreciate you, robots, that you can rough
each other up from time to time for no
reason, just like the real thing.
-This is the wildest thing I've seen, they're
walking talking whores and gigolos.
-I assure you, they only take a donation to
cover their cost of maintenance. What do
you think of this one. She's into goth body
modification...the decorative drawstring $30
ring in her neck is a masterstroke, is it
not? Now, be careful, figure: slapper or tease.
-I've witnessed, Frannie, Senor Junior's
later unfettered experiments on the island,
the progress has been rapid. But none is as
mysteriously lovely as sweet you.
-Orb, float this horseshoe magnet and loose
Albinio and his new best friends, the cocaine
smugglers. The two speed boats split up to
beat the coast guard - we've known all along, $40
the whereabouts our feisty Francesca.
[Orb re-enters, prodding in with aggressive
scoots, Albinio brandishing an old thighbone
of the Holo Magi's and the fraternal twins who
are still wearing the early bullet proof
smocks they've filched and carrying uzis
in the pistolwhipping position. They carry
with them old red, green and blue dice,
and a replica of Moses' cane of snakes,
which twirled screwlike, brings them
to animated life.]