Hi type247,
As it happens, the page I was writing as the email came in was ideal, as one of the character gets overheard by the people around and has to calm down a bit.
The bar in question is a real one. It's in Santiago de Compostela, in Praza Feixoó.
There's no way your characters could know, but if they saw the words "PEGGY PHONE ELWOOD" painted on one of the approaches to Santiago from the south (it was on all of them) then Dave and Nikki are the people who did it - one of Jake's nicknames was Peg or Peggy (Jake-> Jake the Peg) and Jake and Dave were nicknamed The Blues Brothers when they played in a band together, hence Elwood. All very cryptic, but there's a reason for it.
Jake, a freelance reporter, had gone missing - Nikki (his sister) got worried and started contacting Jake's friends which is how she met Dave - Jake saw the message on the road, phoned Dave, and arranged this meeting. So this is the first time we see Jake, and the first time Nikki has seen her brother for months - she only knew for sure that he was alive this morning.
So here, minutes old (and not even proofread) is the scene
Dave is being played by someone like Bill Bailey (cynical but still human, unlike Jack Dee), and Nikki by someone like Julia Sawalha - not sure about Jake -a bit crazy because he's a drummer - thinking about it now, Eddie Izzard might be good - someone who laughs in the face of danger, and then runs like hell and hides round the corner.
Ian
PS, another Screnzyer (Wrio) has got a talking rat coming through Santiago on his way to Madrid on the train, but I'll have to see how drunk my lot get before I let one of them slur 'Did you know there's a talking rat over here?'.
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INT. MODUS VIVENDI, SANTIAGO - NIGHT
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Modus Vivendi is a small, dark, smoky dive. There is a long
low bar along the far wall as you walk in. JAKE is at the
bar.
Dave and Nikki are walking in, Nikki is the first to spot Jake,
she goes quickly up to him and throws her arms round him.
NIKKI
You bastard!
With Nikki still clinging to him, Jake still manages to
shake Dave's hand.
JAKE
Hello, Dave.
DAVE
Hello, mate.
Jake manages to extricate himself from Nikki and pushes her
away by the shoulders, but only so he can see her better.
JAKE
Hello, baby sister. What brings you
out here?
NIKKI
Where the fuck have you been? I have
been worried sick.
JAKE
Isn't that a bit of a cliche?
Nikki notices that some people are starting to look round
at her and starts speaking through clenched teeth.
NIKKI
Don't you fucking 'cliche' me!
Where the hell have you been?
JAKE
It's a long story.
NIKKI
Where you'd better get on with
it, then, hadn't you?
The barman has seen Nikki and Dave come in, and approaches
the group.
JAKE
(to Nikki and Dave)
What are you having?
DAVE
Beer.
(Nikki is still fuming
and doesn't answer)
She'll have the same.
Jake glances quickly at Nikki, and then questioningly at Dave,
who just shrugs. Jake turns to the barman.
JAKE
(in very good Spanish)
Three thirds of San Miguel, please,
without glasses.
(to Nikki and Dave)
We'll get a table round the corner
in a minute.
NIKKI
Come on Jake, what's all the bloody
mystery?
JAKE
There's no real mystery, it's just
that I'm doing a story on something
out here, and I've got a bit involved
in it, that's all. I sent you a
postcard.
NIKKI
You send a postcard to Dave to send
to me so I couldn't trace the postmark.
JAKE
Ah! I wondered how you two got together.
Actually you both have some explaining
to do.
(to Nikki)
You're my baby sister, and you're
supposed to trust your big brother.
(To Dave)
And you're supposed to be my mate, I
thought I told you to deny everything.
DAVE
Yeah, well it's your turn now.
She's right in front of you.
You try denying everything and
see how far you get.
The barman arrives with the bottles, and uncaps them.
Jake hands him a note and make a gesture for the barman
to keep the change. Jake hands Dave and Nikki their drinks,
pushes his own empty bottle away, and picked up his fresh
one.
JAKE
Come on then, let's go around the
corner.
The three of them walk to the far end of the bar and
turn into a small area on the left with chairs and tables.
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