DEEP SPACE NINE: "Badda-bing... " - REV. 01/13/99 - ACT ONE      9.

10   CONTINUED:

					NOG
			I'll tell you one thing, if this
			Frankie Eyes hurts Vic in any
			way, he's going to have to answer
			to me.

	ADJUST to include O'Brien, KIRA, and WORF, at their
	posts.

					WORF
			I don't understand how you can
			feel such loyalty to a hologram.

					NOG
			He's not just a hologram, he's my
			friend.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Worf)
			Don't you like Vic?

					WORF
			As a singer, I find him...
			entertaining. But beyond that, I
			neither like him nor dislike him.
			He's a hologram. And therefore,
			does not exist.

	With that, Worf heads for the turbolift.

					KIRA
			He does to me.

10A  ANGLE ON THE TURBOLIFT

	as it arrives with Bashir as its passenger. Bashir
	gets off and Worf takes his place, EXITING. Bashir
	approaches the group.

					BASHIR
			I spoke to Felix. I know what's
			affecting Vic's program. It's a
			jack-in-the-box.

					NOG
			A what?

					O'BRIEN
			A jack-in-the-box. It's a
			children's toy, on Earth. You
			wind it up and a figure jumps out
			and goes "Boo!"