17-02-2020, 02:22 AM
She took a long drag as she took that in. Dave, the extra, was in costume, Tad wasn't. But he got it worse... from older generations. People who might have memories of the general he resembled so strongly that looking at the two photos herself now, Helena could mistake them for the same person if one hadn't been taken in the 1940s and the other wasn't a present-day actor's headshot. Could Arturo Lopez have been in that mob? If he hadn't been, how would he have reacted if he'd lived to see the film and saw what appeared to be Werner Schell still alive and executing his Count and Contessa again on the big screen?
"We may need to talk later, Tad." Helena informed him, reaching the end of her cigarette. There was no ash tray, so she grabbed a can from a wastebasket to put it out in. "So, I want you to only remember that I came by to discuss that incident." She commanded before shifting to a pleasant conversational tone. "That's not the kind of reception we like people to receive in San Finzione, Tad. You might have seen the director's Policia detail; they were on the job in the Caverns earlier. I'll arrange protection for you as well. We still want you to be able to experience our lovely country, but there's just too much going on around this film to take chances."
"Thank you, Contessa." He answered. "I've heard how beautiful this place is, but I've been afraid to go out and look around."
"Well, that won't be a worry now." She said with a smile as she stood up. "We'll let you get back to your game; they'll be here in a couple hours."
With that, Helena left the trailer. Mander looked at the game Tad had been playing before exiting.
"War." He told Tad. "War never changes."
With that, he closed the door and they left him to it.
Tad went back to exploring the wasteland.
Helen and Mander walked back to Bessie.
"Well, there's no lying to you." Mander told her. "If he's related to Schell, his dad's never told him."
"But you saw the photos, you saw him; he definitely is." Helen responded. "Dad's the one to talk to, but that's going to be a trip to States and we're closing the net on Dietz right now. Dad doesn't know we're on to him yet and I get the feeling he's not a big part of this. I'll have Caldwell-Pierce put a couple agents on him anyway."
"So, the picture'll come out, old-timers who were alive back then see Tad Chase in a Nazi costume doing Nazi shit and go 'That guy looks too much like the real Werner Schell to be a coincidence! He must've faked his death and survived the war!' They'd be ignored at first, but enough of 'em say the same and somebody'll take it seriously and look into it. But even if he lived, Schell's gotta be dead by now. If he ain't, he's gotta be a hundred years old!"
"I was raised by a man who lived to be over a hundred; it can be done. And if Schell was dead, that wouldn't be reason enough to kill Eliot. LeGrasse was right: The motive needed a motive, and we've just found it. Dietz was trying to shut the movie down, but he couldn't let Tad Chase come to harm. That's the motive of a grandparent or great-grandparent! And there'd be no point going to all this to cover up for a Nazi who evaded justice, died a free man, and beat the entire world years ago. The only reason to do it is that Werner Schell is still fucking alive and Dietz is protecting him!"
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"We may need to talk later, Tad." Helena informed him, reaching the end of her cigarette. There was no ash tray, so she grabbed a can from a wastebasket to put it out in. "So, I want you to only remember that I came by to discuss that incident." She commanded before shifting to a pleasant conversational tone. "That's not the kind of reception we like people to receive in San Finzione, Tad. You might have seen the director's Policia detail; they were on the job in the Caverns earlier. I'll arrange protection for you as well. We still want you to be able to experience our lovely country, but there's just too much going on around this film to take chances."
"Thank you, Contessa." He answered. "I've heard how beautiful this place is, but I've been afraid to go out and look around."
"Well, that won't be a worry now." She said with a smile as she stood up. "We'll let you get back to your game; they'll be here in a couple hours."
With that, Helena left the trailer. Mander looked at the game Tad had been playing before exiting.
"War." He told Tad. "War never changes."
With that, he closed the door and they left him to it.
Tad went back to exploring the wasteland.
Helen and Mander walked back to Bessie.
"Well, there's no lying to you." Mander told her. "If he's related to Schell, his dad's never told him."
"But you saw the photos, you saw him; he definitely is." Helen responded. "Dad's the one to talk to, but that's going to be a trip to States and we're closing the net on Dietz right now. Dad doesn't know we're on to him yet and I get the feeling he's not a big part of this. I'll have Caldwell-Pierce put a couple agents on him anyway."
"So, the picture'll come out, old-timers who were alive back then see Tad Chase in a Nazi costume doing Nazi shit and go 'That guy looks too much like the real Werner Schell to be a coincidence! He must've faked his death and survived the war!' They'd be ignored at first, but enough of 'em say the same and somebody'll take it seriously and look into it. But even if he lived, Schell's gotta be dead by now. If he ain't, he's gotta be a hundred years old!"
"I was raised by a man who lived to be over a hundred; it can be done. And if Schell was dead, that wouldn't be reason enough to kill Eliot. LeGrasse was right: The motive needed a motive, and we've just found it. Dietz was trying to shut the movie down, but he couldn't let Tad Chase come to harm. That's the motive of a grandparent or great-grandparent! And there'd be no point going to all this to cover up for a Nazi who evaded justice, died a free man, and beat the entire world years ago. The only reason to do it is that Werner Schell is still fucking alive and Dietz is protecting him!"
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