Billy Bat 30

BILLY BAT #30

tl by molokidan

00)
1: My dream ever since I was a little boy...

01)
1: was to become a spy.
Chapter 30 - Thus Spoke Oswald

02)
1: I am Lee Harvey Oswald,
2: Baaang!
3: born on October 18, 1939, down in New Orleans, Louisiana.
4: My older brother was in the Marines,
5: so I joined the service when I was 17.
6: In 1957, I was assigned to the Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan, as part of the Marine Air Control Squadron 1.
7: Under an order from my superiors, I started learning Russian.

03)
1: I had freely named myself as a sympathizer of the Soviet Union,
2: so people even started calling me "Oswaldvich" as a joke.
3: I went to the cabarets in Ginza a lot. Marines were really popular there.
4: Where did I get the money to do stuff like that, you ask...?
5: That's a secret.
6: In 1959, I defected to the Soviet Union.

04)
1: In return for leaking classified information during my time in Atsugi,
2: I announced that I never planned to return to America.
3: Incidentally, the Soviets suspected me to be a spy.
4: In order to prove my fidelity, I even attempted suicide.
5: There, I was finally admitted to live in Minsk.
6: That's where I met Marina,
7: a beautiful young woman, to whom I soon proposed marriage.

05)
1: Marina's uncle Ilya Prusakov was a high-ranking MVD Colonel...
2: Listen closely, Lee.
3: You're a fine young man.
4: How about becoming a hero for our country?
5: It was in January, 1962 when I applied to return to the states at the US Embassy...

06)
1: After six months, our return was permitted,
2: and we traveled from Minsk to Hoboken, New Jersey.
3: Welcome back, Oswald.
4: You made the right choice coming back here.
5: Now how about becoming an American hero?

07)
1: Yahahaha!!
2: Well, that's my story...
3: ...and then recently, you've starting working at Billyland...
4: as the manager...?
5: Ah...well, yeah...

08)
1: Yahoo!!
2: You said something about a job...
3: A job on which side...?
4: In terms of white and black...
5: I suppose it'd be black.

09)
1: Go to Dallas for me.
2: You are acquainted with Mr. Mohrenschildt, correct?
3: He'll introduce you to a surveying company.
4: That's the job you were talking about...?
5: It's a company connected to the National Military Establishment.

10)
1: Bang bang!!
2: Got a gun?
3: Huh?
4: How's your shot?
5: Uh...uhhh...I have confidence in myself.
6: I missed out on my marksman's medal though...
7: Could you make it to those kids?
8: Eh?

11)
1: Bang bang!!
2: Baaaaang!!
3: Yeah...
4: Piece of cake.
5: Go practice some more, then.
6: Umm...
7: Why in the world would I have to...
8: Also, buy a rifle.
9: Huh?
10: One that won't leave footprints.

12)
1: May I suggest utilizing a mail order service?

13)
1: Aaand a one, two, three, four!!
2-3(2b): clap clap
4-5: One, two, three, four!!
6-7: clap
8: tap tap
9: One, two, three, four!!
9: tap tap
10(2b): clap clap
11: tap tap
12: One, two, three, four!!
13: tap tap

14)
1: One, two, three, four!!
2: hoo
3: haa
4: hoo
5: haa
6: One, two, three, four!!
7: No, no, no!!
8: You call that a tap dance?!
9-10(2b): hoo haa
11: Ooeeehhhhh!!
12: hoo haa
13: Don't you puke in my office, Lee!! You'll ruin the goddamn costume!!
14: I can't believe you're wheezing already!

15)
1: Billyland is the country of dreams and adventure!!
2: hoo
3: If our customers see Billy wheezing like some old coot, their days'll be ruined!!
4: hoo
5: Besides, your real tap dancing will be happening under the blazing sun, not in this little...
6: Boss!!
7: There are some officers here who wish to speak with you...
8: The cops, again?
9: Tell 'em I'm busy, and to come back later!!
10: Look happy, and fun!! Got it?!
11: hoo
12: haa
13: Alright, now once more from the top! One, two...
14: Ah...

16)
1: Please, sir, you can't just...
2: What's the big idea, huh?
3: You already wasted my time once...
4: No, I'm not here for you this time. Mr. Manager.
5: It's Mr. Billy over there I wish to speak with.
6-8: haa
9(2b): Oh, excuse me. It's rather hot today, isn't it?
10: My name is Smith.
11: flap flap

17)
1: Smith...?
2: flap flap
3: Hmph.
4: What does the police want with Billy?
5: Well, of course, it's not the character Billy I've come to speak with,
6: but what's inside him...
7: Don't tell me you did something too, goddammit!!
8: This guy's a greenhorn, today's his first day.

18)
1: Greenhorn...?
2-3(2b): hoo haa
4: Our last Billy disappeared all of a sudden, so I had to get a sudden replacement...
5: hoo haa
6: This guy says he's from the New York Actor's Studio, but he couldn't tap dance to save his life!
7: ...and, about your last Billy...
8: He quit, how should I know where he is?
9: I see...thank you.
10: Hey, hold on.

19)
1: That comic you have,
2: it's a fake.
3: That's just some weird Jap knock-off.
4: It's just like Pearl Harbor.
5: They sneak in from behind and try to steal others' things, ya know?
6: No...
7: Huh?

20)
1: I met this man before, 10 years ago...
2: Eh?
3: Kevin Yamagata...
4: This is the real Billy Bat.

21)
1: How stubborn...
2: Huh?
3: I thought he'd quit by now...
4: What are you talking about?

22)
1: Kevin Yamagata...
2: Ah...
3: Some kid at Billyland was talking about him too.
4: That this Billy Bat is the older one, the original...
5: Old...?
6: That's not right...
7: Huh?

23)
1: That is Kevin Yamagata's
2: newest work.

Next: April 1.