Episode 16

The Mutual Broadcasting System brings you another episode of Life in Hyperion.

Today's episode: "The Streets of This Town", Part 4

Last week, we ended our first serial and began our second serial. So far, Cy and Joanne concluded their first date, Cy went into work, received an assignment from Mr. Gold, and learned that Conrad is suffering from the flu, causing Phil to take his place. As we begin this week, Cy and Phil ready to go on air...

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Eventually, the end of Barry and Terry's show arrives and Cy and Phil enter the
control room as the duo sign off.
"Well, I hope you'll stay tuned to the Cy & Conrad Show, coming up next." says
Barry.
The closing theme then starts playing as Barry and Terry make their way out of
the studio.
"Hey, Cy. Where's Conrad?" asks Barry.
"He's out this morning. In his place, I have decided to debut Phil here." says Cy.
"I see. What happened, Conrad finally give up?" says Terry.
"Terry, I have much better things to do than listen to you." says Cy.
Cy and Phil then file past Barry and Terry and enter the studio. Cy takes his place
by his mic, with Phil taking Conrad's usual spot.
"Ready, Phil?" asks Cy.
"Ready." says Phil.
The opening theme to the show starts as Cy's mic is opened and Cy speaks, "Good
morning, City of Hyperion. This is the Cy & Conrad Show. This is Cy Scott, and today, my friend Conrad is not here, so in his place is WHYP intern Phil Turner!"
Cy then makes applause sounds by beating his hands on his stomach.
"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen." says Phil.
"Here at WHYP, we radio personalities have our own little intern, who is shared
by all. These interns are to study our methods and learn from us. Let me say, Phil has learned a lot." says Cy.
"Thanks, Cy. That's nice to hear." says Phil.
"Let us begin today's broadcast with some news." says Cy.
"I agree." says Phil.
The hour soon comes and goes. Phil manages to do pretty well as Cy's co-host
and even made his own mark. The show ends with Phil saying, "Tomorrow, your regular
sidekick will be here."
The closing theme plays and Cy and Phil exit the studio.
"Good show today, including Phil." says the engineer.
"Thanks." says Phil.
"Well, time now to study, which means time for the library." says Cy, who then makes his way out of the control room.
"Well, I guess I better help you get ready." says Phil.
"It's just like you to do that. I'm trying to handle this. I didn't ask for it." says Cy.
"Well, maybe Mr. Gold will actually hire someone else to do the show." says Phil.
"I know Mr. Gold and as long as he can use his still-on-the-payroll employees,
he'll never go to the trouble of hiring someone." says Cy.
"If you say so." says Phil.
"Now, let's get to work reading this and figuring out what I will say to our panel."
says Cy.
"Let's do that." says Phil.
That evening, at 8:00 pm, Cy takes the mike in the studio, where sits three people
across from him, including Officer Grace. Phil looks on from the control room.
Cy speaks into the mike in his radio voice, "And now, it's eight o'clock here on WHYP, so that means it's time for our Tuesday night series on the world of the law, the WHYP Law School. As always, we have our panel of law experts, each from different levels of law enforcement.
"We have Judge Gus Sheperd, our lawyer Mike Armstrong, and police officer Grace Baker of the Hyperion Police Department. I'm your guest host this week, Cy Scott. Now, I have a batch of questions here for you, and we'll have some phone calls coming in during the show."
"He's gettting it." says the engineer.
"I think we learned enough." says Phil.
"Now, let's get to our first question, and it's a listener question. 'If you set your
house on fire, would that be considered arson?'." says Cy.
Officer Grace answers first, "Yes, if that was your idea to start it."
"But what if it was a complete accident?" asks Cy.
"Then it wouldn't be arson since there was no intent." says Officer Grace.
"Next question, and this is for the lawyer and the judge. Have you ever used your
legal standing to commit an illegal act?" says Cy.
"I'm not sure I can answer that." says Mike.
"For legal sake, let's use the simplest one." says Cy.
"Well, I have used my authority to pay off parking tickets." says Gus.
"And have you ever been caught?" asks Cy.
"Outside this show?" asks Gus.
"Yes." says Cy.
"Once, one of my clerks caught me pencil-whipping a parking ticket and he blast
me for it." says Gus.
"I hope that clerk ended up working in another county after that." says Cy.
"You're right." says Gus.
"Now, let us move on to a phone question, and we have a light on, so let us press
on." says Cy, who then pushes the active line.
"I have a question for the police officer." says the man on the phone.
"Go on." says Officer Grace.
"Well, let's say someone rapes your daughter and the police do nothing to help
you, is that against the law?" says the man on the phone, who Phil and Officer Grace
figure out is Mr. Shaw.
"Mr. Shaw, I told you, we can't do anything right now." says Officer Grace.
"How did you know it was me?" asks Mr. Shaw.
"Your voice was familiar." says Officer Grace.
"Mr. Shaw, if you don't have a real question... " says Cy.
"That was a real question and I would like an answer." says Mr. Shaw.
"Please answer so we can get rid of him." whispers Cy to Officer Grace.
Officer Grace proceeds to answer Mr. Shaw's question,
"Mr. Shaw, if there is enough evidence to suggest the identity of the man who
raped your daughter, he will be arrested."
"I hope that answers your question, Mr. Shaw." says Cy as he cuts off the call, as
so he can spare the listening audience any further comments from Mr. Shaw.
"What a nutcase. His daughter was raped four weeks ago and they still haven't
caught who did it." says Phil.
"I know it." says the engineer.
Phil watches the rest of the show as Cy shows off his new knowledge of the law.

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Tomorrow, Phil receives an offer of his own, two of them, in fact, and a romance makes a right turn, for the better.

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