Scene 3

AFTER CLIMBING THREE SETS OF STAIRS THE TIRED GANG FINALLY ARRIVES AT "THE MASTER'S" ROOM. IT LOOKS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A SUBMARINE. THERE IS A LARGE CHAIR LOOKING OUT A CIRCULAR WINDOW LARGE ENOUGH FOR SHAGGY TO STREATCH FULL LENGTH ON. THE CHAIR SWIVELS AROUND AND THERE SITS A FIVE FOOT, TWO HUNDRED POUND MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE THE SKIPPER OF A SHIP.

Man: Velma! Cousin Velma!

Velma: Cousin Larry!

LARRY PUSHES HIMSELF UP FROM THE CHAIR AND GIVES VELMA A BEAR HUG.

Larry: So, this must be the Mystery Inc.

Velma: Yes. This is Freddy Jones, Daphne Blake, Norvill Rogers.

Shaggy: Like, just call me Shaggy.

Velma: And Scooby-Doo.

Larry: We're glad you all could come, aren't we, Harley?

Harley: Ecstatic.

Larry: What was that, Har?

Harley: Nothing, master.

NO ONE SPEAKS AS HE SILENTLY LEAVES THE ROOM, BOWING ALMOST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

Freddy: So, how long's he, ahem, been working for you?

Larry: Oh, he's been with me for the last seventeen years.

Velma: But Larry, I don't remember him at all.

Larry: Oh, he's been around. Mostly he's been working for me on me boat.

Daphne: You have a boat? Groovy.

Larry: It's nothing much, just one of those old river boats that I sometimes let people take short cruses along the coast in.

Freddy: You mean those boats with those giant paddles?

Shaggy: And, like, with dinner and a show?

Daphne: All included in the ticket price?

Larry: Why, since you're friends of Velma I see no reason to charge you anything.

Freddy: Thanks a lot, Mr. Lighter. That's very generous.

Larry: Oh, just call me Larry. Well, it looks like the storm seems to be clearing up. Would you like to go down and see it now?

Velma: We'd love to.