#TimeTravelingGhost EP 9: Post 93: 1912, Titanic Part 2 of 2

#Wss366 Hamlet #TimeTravelAuthors 04/23. Do your characters test time travel?

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“Look over there,” Emily said, pointing across the room to a man in a slightly rumpled ship’s uniform.

“Yeah?” I replied, not sure of the significance.

"I think he's a ghost. See how everyone is ignoring him? Good heavens! That person just passed right through him.”

Sure enough, as he stepped away from the wall and headed toward the band, no one paid him any attention, not even when they brushed into him.

“Another ghost,” I thought. “So, there’s something to learn on the Titanic.”

I sat and watched as he reached his destination: a woman in a gauzy pink satin dress. The deep rose bodice complemented her complexion. She smiled and nodded as he approached. Despite the distance, I could see her speaking excitedly, eyes sparkling. This garnered a few stares that they both ignored.

“She can see him,” I said.

“Uh-huh. Perhaps she is a spirit, like you.”

The man offered his arm, and they walked back across the floor to an exit leading to the promenade deck, where they stood and talked.

I could tell at a glance that she didn’t belong in first class. She displayed too much uncultured enthusiasm for the band’s performance. Her unrefined gait caused her floor-length skirt to swish “unbecomingly.” I hoped I didn’t stick out as badly.

“Shall we join them?” I asked. “We might learn something.”

“Wait! Look!”

A steward had joined them and was talking to the woman, while the man hung back and watched.

“Behind the steward,” Emily said. “In the shadows.”

I looked past them to the silhouette of a rabbit in the passage beyond.

“I don’t think that it’s with them. It’s observing,” Emily continued.

“Why?”

“To see if they’re a threat? To assassinate them if they’re going to cause trouble, like Miss Dubois.”

“Should we warn them?”

“It doesn’t seem to be threatening them, but if the rabbit spots you, we’ll be in a real jam. Let’s just get out of here.”

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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 9: Post 93: 1912, Titanic Part 1 of 2

#Wss366 Hamlet #TimeTravelAuthors 04/23. Do your characters test time travel?

The reception area was at the foot of the grand staircase. Since the dining room was closed, people stood about or sat in small groups, socializing and listening to the ship’s band. Polite applause broke out after each number: refined, but not tastelessly enthusiastic.

I found two wicker seats where Emily and I could talk quietly. I sipped my second cocktail, brought from the café, and listened to the soft jazz. It was music for genteel society, not for enthusiasts. I couldn’t picture Sidney Bechet or Bunny Berigan playing here, let alone Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald.

Nearby, a couple discussed a production of Hamlet they had seen in London. They went on to debate whether Sir Francis Bacon had written it, which drew a quiet scoff from me.

“You know we could see #Hamlet at the Globe and meet the real playwright,” Emily said. “While we check if a simpler conditional would work.”

I nodded and said, “#Shakespeare at the original theater would indeed be interesting, but let’s stick to our plan.”

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