Alright, my turn to keep the hackey-sack up in the air.
I like what CMKOT seems to have done in forking the chain into a 24-style splitscreen. And blueyedwonder’s contribution was great. So here’s a sequel that I hope keeps up both threads. It’s a bit abbreviated because I didn’t want to split it, but I hope the seams don’t show too badly.
The ashtray is called “Find The Cost Of Freedom”. It has a bald eagle on it. If there’s really such an ashtray, it somehow got wedged in my subconscious.

I thought it was good.

nice!!! i like the idea of the aunt…and i’ve done that on the phone b4…owchh…still, nice. like you said, a litte abbreviated, but still really nice.

Nice addition to the mass. We really have a cast of characters here.