At the Honeymoon Suite door

The couch has been set out here in the hall, as well as coffee

tables, lamps, and the TV. Elspeth and Kiva enter the room.

Athena is gone. As Ted stumbles around the furniture in the

hall, he peers in the room and see a transformation. With

most of the furniture removed, candles and incense and flowers

are beginning to form an altar around the fireplace.

But oddest of all is the pink-tinged water swirling in the

Jacuzzi and pouring from the cupid urns. A sprinkle of white

powder on the carpet encircles the hot tub. Elspeth hands

him a tip as he gawks at the circle.

ELSPETH

Flea powder. One of the others is

bringing her cat.

Ted starts away again, perplexed. He turns for one last look

to see Elspeth kneeling before Kiva, who sprawls on the floor.

He shakes his head and leaves.

ELSPETH

You're gonna have to wait in the

other room.

KIVA

Why?

ELSPETH

Because I said so.

KIVA

I'll watch TV.

ELSPETH

You can't watch TV because the noise

will interfere with our ritual.

Kiva looks around the room and spies the TV in the hallway.

She turns to Elspeth with sarcastic concession.

KIVA

Okay... Mommy.

Elspeth bristles as the brat saunters off to the bedroom.

Elspeth enters the sacred circle, stands before the altar,

whips out her sword, and makes a ceremonial gesture pointing

the sword upward, perfectly centered between her breasts.

Kiva, behind Elspeth's back, exits from the bedroom doorway

into the hall and comes back in, lugging the TV into the

honeymoon bedroom.

Elspeth kneels before the altar. Athena enters the room with

the "cleansed" artifact and lays the slab in the center of

the altar upon the heart-shaped pillows as Elspeth lays her

sword next to the rock. The women look upon the union with

tender affection.

ATHENA

Soon -- our goddess will come. I

will go get her negligee.

Athena stands up but her reverie is dispelled as she shrieks!

Loud TV suddenly blasts from the bedroom and Kiva the brat

is trying on the pink negligee over her clothes. Athena takes

the negligee off the irrepressible youth.

ATHENA

What are you doing! Have you no

respect -- who -- who is dis girl?

ELSPETH

Kiva. My friend. Kiva, turn off the

TV! I can't leave her at home --

she's on probation and I gotta keep

an eye on her.

ATHENA

Well, Elspeth, your friend cannot

stay here during the ritual. She may

be one of your kind, but she is not

one of us.

ELSPETH

She stays!! Or I go -- along with my

offering!

The women have a stare-down. Then Athena calls out --

ATHENA

TURN OF THE FUCKING TV, MAN!

KIVA

(in a seductive pout)

Make me...

Elspeth becomes anxious with jealousy. Athena is exasperated

as she firmly demands from Elspeth --

ATHENA

Let's not forget -- I am the High

Fucking Priestess. Deal with dis

girl!

Elspeth defers to Athena with remembered reverence and

respect. She bows apologetic and scurries to the bedroom.

ATHENA

(eyes lifted to heaven,

wearily)

Tell me -- did we have these problems

in Salem? I don't think so...

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