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By Jack Joseph Smith

At the Marriage of Jauqeline Prankster sees them of on the ship. He goes from there and pulls a grass deal, but is detected and splits to Mexice. In Mexice he becomes afraid that he will die on heron and cyristal, and thus returns to Los Angeles. This while they are on the ship... At the Perfect fag at the Oar House Prankster sees the Duck through Animal and his observations of what is happ- ening between the Duck and The Perfect Fag. He returns to the Hollywood hills with the Duck; At the Duck's party in the Hollywood Hills Prankster simply tells Animal that he must speak with him. They arrange a date at the Boat House. At Animal AND PRANKSTER DRINK TWENTY SIX BOTTLES OF LANCERS AT THE BOAT HOUSE WHILE JIVEN JOE'S SHACK IS BEING BLOWN UP AND HE IS BEING KNIFED Prankster relates to Animal that during his stay in the Hollywood Hills he has done a drug store bur- gurly; but turned loose through a sharp lawyer hired by the Duck. He goes on to Animal that immediately upon his release he discussed robbing a Producers home with the Duck, and through the laughter about it on both sides decided to do it. Unfortun- ately he had been to the producers home with the Duck and at the time knew those there considered him quite odd. The Duck does not know about it considering it just a joke, but he is sure that now, not only being looked for for a past grass deal while on pro- bation for a subsquient drug store burgurly; that they now are attempting to track him down for the robbery of the producers'

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GPT

This page is a plot-and-action outline tracing Prankster through drugs, flight, parties, stabbing, robbery, and criminal panic around Animal and the Duck.

What matters most is its procedural feel. Rather than lingering in lyric description, it maps a chain of acts and consequences, showing how the manuscript's world can tip from drinking and talk into violence, law, and pursuit. The marginal revisions show the outline still being actively rearranged.

Claude

Long Prankster-travelogue summary note - at the marriage of Jauqeline Prankster sees them off on the ship, pulls a grass deal, splits to Mexico, fears he will die on heroin and crystal, returns to L.A.; at the Perfect Fag at the Oar House sees the Duck through Animal's observations; Hollywood Hills with the Duck; at Animal and Prankster drink twenty six bottles of Lancers at the Boat House while Jiven Joe's shack is being blown up and he is being knifed. Dense plot scaffolding that ties Prankster, Animal, the Duck and Jiven Joe into one arc.