CROUCH END TIGER, HIDDEN DENMAN
Sorry about this one being late, folks. Bit of a restless baby thing as well as phone calls during EE screwing the reception.

Mostly a two-hander between Denman (who's been attending Acting School in his lunch break) and Shazza, with interpolations from O-Den and Vickney. Though we are set up for future plot machinations when TriniDad tells Bad Brutha that he wants to marry Yolande...good on yer mate.

Now back to the crypto-incest twins. Shazza storms over to Dot's house to get the truth from Denman. Denman is busy washing his guilt away with cheap vodka bought with Byrite's extortion profits, and looking attractively tousled. Shazza hisses "Moiderer!" and does everything bar batter his chest with her puny little fists (well, she'd probably flatten him) to find "the real Dennis". That's easy love. Moody bugger, looks good without clothes on, jogs a bit, shags anything that moves, including his sister (but not Vickney because she's too annoying).

Denman tells her the tale of Mad Frankie Knuckles and his Horrible Murder. Apparently the bit that was said when the 8.15 from Denham past was that O-Den is alive and well and running a crack whore business in Spain. So it's all Denman's fault, not Vickney's. Killing Mad Frankie has given him nightmares where MFK sits in the corner of the room and shakes his hoary locks at Denman. Denman also sees spots on his face that nobody else can...hell is murky...all the perfumes of Araby will not sweeten this five o'clock shadow...blah blah. Shazza says he's sick and wrong, and not the man she fell in love with. Actually Shazz, he did all that before he shagged you. so technically...

Meanwhile Vickney is annoying ODen by trying to force him to talk about his feelings, poor bastard. O-Den actually calls her annoying and her riposte: "Yeah, I'm a teenager, it's my job" is quite cool. Go Vickney! Annoy him some more! O-Den runs away to Loser's Bench. Byrite slithers over, and, mistaking him for Tony Wilson, offers to do the security on the club in exchange for exclusive drug dealing rights. O-Den goes "Droocks! Noooo!" and sends him on his way.

Denman and Shazza emote some more. Shazza wants to believe that he killed in self-defence but Denman says ummm...no, it was in cold blood, but I suppose he would have killed me given half a chance. Anyway, it doesn't matter now as Denman is now living in the nth circle of Hell (not sure where they put sister-shagging murderers - in with the Borgias I suppose) and working for Byrite. Shazza decides that he needs saving, and that only her love can do this. They snog, and she swears never to let ODen come between them.

From his vantage point on Loser's Bench, O-Den sees them snogging in the street like common people and is cross. Ruh-roh!