Jamie bent to pick them up.
‘Have you been doing body bits in Psych this week?’ Lily knew about Jamie’s time management research.
Jamie nodded. ‘Of course. Always like to use research more than once.’
‘Can we use your stalker research as background for tomorrow’s program? Topic. Stalker. Need a couple of experts on line, a lawyer and a psychologist.’ Lily was acting confident.
‘No worries. I’ll find them,’ Jamie winked. ‘And I’ll make a backup tape just in case your guy rings in. And you need proof.’
‘Thanks Jamie. Now, tonight, how can we have a talkback quiz if we’re pre-recording?’ Lily was working out the practicalities.
‘Fake some voices?’ suggested Jamie. ‘I’ll get my Mum to ring in early. What about your jogging brother? I’ve see him around, doing a jogging circuit of the studio block. He should be excellent on the body questions. We wouldn’t even have to give him the answers.’
Lily gave a genuine laugh.
Usually triathlete training totally filled Ben’s life. If it didn’t have muscles, or wasn’t called Anita, he didn’t notice.
‘Is he still there?’ Lily looked out of Bernie’s window which overlooked the carpark. Ben was leaning against the seat, doing push-ups. ‘Ben….’
He looked up and waved. ‘See you Sis. Everything okay? Thought I might as well train here as at the oval.’’
‘Want to come into the studio and answer a few questions on air, Ben?’ invited Lily. ‘About body parts.’
‘Why not? Be up in a minute.’’
The clock on the tiny grey-walled radio studio showed 5 pm. ‘Well, girls and boys , let’s get on with no budget, volunteer voice radio,’ suggested Bernie.
‘D’you know the answers?’ Lily was trying to think of body bits.
‘There’s “eye” and “ear”. What else is a body bit with only three letters?’
‘Toe, arm, leg gum, hip, rib, lip, jaw,’ suggested Ben as he walked
in the studio.
‘You’ll be our quiz champion tonight… er today,’ said Jamie enthusiastically. ‘Just hang around.’
‘What about “bum”?’ asked Ben with a wink at Lily as he sat at the table near the second mike.
‘Not allowed on air.’ Jamie slipped in the promo cart for another program.
Lily glanced across at Jamie who was wearing odd socks, as usual, but on air you could be naked and no-one would know. Just as long as the voice sounded in control. Despite the Stalker outside, Lily felt part of a team. Temporarily the fear waves were receding.
Ben was in the studio. Bernie would back her, Jamie-the-Brainy was on the research trail, and she still had one more day with the Red Peril. The hour’s pre-record meant she would be out of the studio before the Stalker even expected her to arrive. And tomorrow night’s program, she’d tackle the program on ‘stalking’.
‘Okay Brains Trust. Let’s start.’
The station’s weekly program guide was published…with presenter’s names… and panel operators. Easy tracking. Well, she’d use that clue too.
13
Operation Tiger Lily
‘Let’s go, Tiger Lily.’ Jamie winked. ‘Don’t roar into your mike, please!’
Grrr mouthed Lily silently, and she moved the mike. She put on the ear-phones. The running sheet was in front of her, with the intros marked. The ‘Stalker’ topic had been advertised all day, so HE must have seen it, and be listening. Their pre-record last night had been very successful, they’d even had fun on-air and Ben had escorted Lily home while the music played on into the night. This Saturday ‘graveyard’ shift special was NOT pre-recorded, because they were trying to attract the Stalker.
The red studio lights were ON. And they were going to ‘take on’ the Stalker with Operation Tiger Lily. Lily could see her reflection in the glass wall, but she was too busy to look more than once. There was a
‘Have you been doing body bits in Psych this week?’ Lily knew about Jamie’s time management research.
Jamie nodded. ‘Of course. Always like to use research more than once.’
‘Can we use your stalker research as background for tomorrow’s program? Topic. Stalker. Need a couple of experts on line, a lawyer and a psychologist.’ Lily was acting confident.
‘No worries. I’ll find them,’ Jamie winked. ‘And I’ll make a backup tape just in case your guy rings in. And you need proof.’
‘Thanks Jamie. Now, tonight, how can we have a talkback quiz if we’re pre-recording?’ Lily was working out the practicalities.
‘Fake some voices?’ suggested Jamie. ‘I’ll get my Mum to ring in early. What about your jogging brother? I’ve see him around, doing a jogging circuit of the studio block. He should be excellent on the body questions. We wouldn’t even have to give him the answers.’
Lily gave a genuine laugh.
Usually triathlete training totally filled Ben’s life. If it didn’t have muscles, or wasn’t called Anita, he didn’t notice.
‘Is he still there?’ Lily looked out of Bernie’s window which overlooked the carpark. Ben was leaning against the seat, doing push-ups. ‘Ben….’
He looked up and waved. ‘See you Sis. Everything okay? Thought I might as well train here as at the oval.’’
‘Want to come into the studio and answer a few questions on air, Ben?’ invited Lily. ‘About body parts.’
‘Why not? Be up in a minute.’’
The clock on the tiny grey-walled radio studio showed 5 pm. ‘Well, girls and boys , let’s get on with no budget, volunteer voice radio,’ suggested Bernie.
‘D’you know the answers?’ Lily was trying to think of body bits.
‘There’s “eye” and “ear”. What else is a body bit with only three letters?’
‘Toe, arm, leg gum, hip, rib, lip, jaw,’ suggested Ben as he walked
in the studio.
‘You’ll be our quiz champion tonight… er today,’ said Jamie enthusiastically. ‘Just hang around.’
‘What about “bum”?’ asked Ben with a wink at Lily as he sat at the table near the second mike.
‘Not allowed on air.’ Jamie slipped in the promo cart for another program.
Lily glanced across at Jamie who was wearing odd socks, as usual, but on air you could be naked and no-one would know. Just as long as the voice sounded in control. Despite the Stalker outside, Lily felt part of a team. Temporarily the fear waves were receding.
Ben was in the studio. Bernie would back her, Jamie-the-Brainy was on the research trail, and she still had one more day with the Red Peril. The hour’s pre-record meant she would be out of the studio before the Stalker even expected her to arrive. And tomorrow night’s program, she’d tackle the program on ‘stalking’.
‘Okay Brains Trust. Let’s start.’
The station’s weekly program guide was published…with presenter’s names… and panel operators. Easy tracking. Well, she’d use that clue too.
13
Operation Tiger Lily
‘Let’s go, Tiger Lily.’ Jamie winked. ‘Don’t roar into your mike, please!’
Grrr mouthed Lily silently, and she moved the mike. She put on the ear-phones. The running sheet was in front of her, with the intros marked. The ‘Stalker’ topic had been advertised all day, so HE must have seen it, and be listening. Their pre-record last night had been very successful, they’d even had fun on-air and Ben had escorted Lily home while the music played on into the night. This Saturday ‘graveyard’ shift special was NOT pre-recorded, because they were trying to attract the Stalker.
The red studio lights were ON. And they were going to ‘take on’ the Stalker with Operation Tiger Lily. Lily could see her reflection in the glass wall, but she was too busy to look more than once. There was a
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