Audery
                                                                I like your dress"
Sydney
The Hawaiians call it a Mu MU.
                                                                      Audery
                                                                     Why do you wear it?
Sydney
Because its sexy.
                                                                      Audery
                                                                                   Who are you trying to attract?
Sydney
Everybody!
                                                                           Audery
                                                                                  What type sex do you prefer?
Sydney
Watching!
                                                                             Audery
                                                                                 Your joking?
Sydney
No I'm not.
                                                                          Audery
                                                                                        Would you have sex with me?
Sydney
Is that a proposition?
                                                                          Audery
                                                                                       No I was just wondering if you
                                                                                    could stomach being  next to
                                                                   my  naked body.
Sydney
Its a very attractive scenario.

                                                                        Audery
                                                                            What if I had a penis?
Sydney
That would be most amusing.

Engineer
No! She's  got Sydney going.

Audery
Your not very serious are you?

Sydney
I'm conscientious.
Audery
Lets keep it simple.Are you male or female?

Sydney
Neither, I contain genetic information from each.

Audery
So do I., yet I'm obviously female.

Sydney
Well I prefer to be more subtle.

Audery
What do you think about sexual discrimination against women?

Sydney
In theory I oppose sexual discrimination of any kind,
but pragmatically,there is a time and place for everything.

Audery
When is it correct to discriminate?

Sydney
When you don't trust the person you are with.

Audery
What do you think about sexual discrimination against woman at the highest levels of the CIA

Sydney
When it comes to intellagence operations you cant trust anybody.
Woman have an advantage in collecting information. But when it comes to strategy, unless they are independently wealthy from birth, they realy have no need to know anything concerning strategy.

Audery
That sounds like a male viewpoint.

Sydney
I spend a lot more time with males than I do with females.You see I was born with a golden spoon in my mouth so I had a need to know what the young and old boys were up to.

Audery
Can you name any women who were or are at the highest levels of the intelligence community?

Sydney
That's easy, The Queen of Holland, The Queen of England,
Jasmine Khan and the future Emperess of Japan.

Audery
Are they completly equal with there male peers?

Sydney
No because they have no peers of any sex.
As women they are vulnerable to the male dominated bureacracy of their security agents.

Audery
So how does that justify sexual discrimination,

Sydney
War and business are, out of necessity, highly compartmentalized and
the seperation of male and female elements is legitimate at all but the highest levels.

Audery
How do you know all these things?

Sydney
My father was a 32nd degree Freemason of the Scottish Rite
with a very old and extensive library. I was a curious child and his only heir.
He taught me it's all about power.
You can't expect employers to allow the employees to use proprietory information, learned while on salary to enrich themselves and deprive the employer of  his or her accustomed advantage.

Audery
But I'm  speaking about intelligence services that are funded by the taxpayers.
Therefore the citizens are the employers

Sydney
Governments come and go but the legacies that fund business and governments have existed for over a thousand years. The bureacracy that manages these legacies has a need to maintain an orderly system as the public systems rise and fall according to the health and appetites of the population.

Audery
Have you had a personal experance with discrimination
that effected your piece of mind, job, personal or social life?

Sydney
Of course! That has a lot to do with why I developed my present persona .
My mother was a famous actress and my father was a globetrotting businessman.
I was elegently pampered by the householdstaff who were my chief companions,
I had very little contact with children my own age and when I did it was disasterous.
Males and females alike mocked and shunned me.I determined to make my own personal reality.
It worked well for me and as you know I have become very popular withe both sexes.

Audery
Did you have a role model that helped you shape your character?

Sydney
Well Orson Wells was a very good friend of my mother's and he was an influence.But
the thing that affected me the most was the description in the Book Of Revelations
of Mystery Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth.
I would dress up in one of my mother's ornate robes and pose befor the mirrors
pretending to be absolute ruler of the whole planet earth. Then I would drop the robe and
stand naked befor the mirror saying see who rules over you. This is  the real me.

Sydney
Well, Miss Valentine, now that we  have had our public interview,
perhaps we can make some privite discoveries.

Audery
What could you, who has seen it all, tasted it all, and heard it all expect to discover
without revealing your true biological gender?

Sydney
I might discover a novel opportunity on which to hang my hopes on a new tomorrow?

Audery
And will I have the opportunity to unveil the mystery of Sydney?

Sydney
Probably not. But I can assure you that if you accompany me for a weekend party in Woodstock, you will be satisfied with the experance.

Audery
Woodstock? I wouldn't have expected you to be interested in hippies or Rock and Roll.
Somehow it seems out of step with your cosmopolitan and urban tastes.

Sydney
Well then I have a surprise for you. Do you beleave in ghosts?

Audery
Ghosts!

Sydney
Yes, ghosts, anamated memories of the past which inhabit certain
buildings and neighborhoods.

Audery
I suppose I can accept that.

Sydney
Well, there is a place in Woodstock called the Artists Cemetary and nearby is a wonderful building that is a virtual portal to the past.

I'm thinking about buying it. The owner is hosting a party in the spirit of the 1920s and 30s..
part of the party will be the staging of a seance where spirits that inhabit the building will be
invited to make themselves visable to the guests,

Bowens seance room
Audery
Are you testing my gullability?

Sydney
Perhaps I'm testing my own? But the question is
are you ready for a magical mystery tour with the mysterous Sydney?

Audery
Your wish is my command.