US-dialect: Damsel in the Darkness

A road-adventure to bring together dad-daughter with a 'spice' involving a mystery-man/adventurer with a 'detective' proportion.

A Homeland road-adventure inspired (very loosely!) by the fun American movie Excess Baggage (Benicio Del Toro). 

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Danica felt neglected by her wealthy industrialist father in the post-9/11 era, focused solely on his capitalist race ambitions for great commerce structure despite this new age threat of street-traffic terrorism and conscious woes regarding piracy and underground danger!

EMIT (Danica's father): I want to fund your joyride trip to the Grand Canyon.

DANICA: You neglect me and shower me with money-gifts, dad, but alright!

EMIT: Hey, I'm your 'fave' movie-star, no?
DANICA: I'm a graduate (Dartmouth) now and not just a princess of yours, dad.

EMIT: I know, I know, but I want you to live the American Dream, Danica (ha).

Danica hit the road in her brand new vintage Camarro her dad bought her and took with her a cool set of Richie-Rich comics and headed to the Grand-Canyon for her post-grad road-journey across the great American Homeland, and her king-fortune daddy (Emit) had financed the entire voyage, and she remained (nevertheless) somewhat mature and self-reflective/conscious of how she'd find her own 'shine' in this commercial Homeland of fortune-driven life and storytelling (wow).

AMLAN SATAN: I wouldn't expect to find an American princess at this toy-store.

DANICA: You work in this toy-store...and wear sunglasses/mask, Mr. Satan?
AMLAN SATAN: I'm a young man, relatively, compared to you, Danica (Coronavirus).

DANICA: Well, your 'Coronavirus-mask' makes you look like a rascal, Satan.

AMLAN SATAN: Call me Amlan, Danica; I want to drive you to Arizona (now).

DANICA: Why?
AMLAN SATAN: You want your dad's 'attention' (no?); we'll draw attention for you!

DANICA: What...like some road-trip adventure-tale for social-media (for dad)?
AMLAN SATAN: You need this...and it'll make you 'popular' with cyber-friends!

DANICA: Alright (I guess!).

Amlan/Danica headed out from the toy-store Danica found 'Mr. Satan' in and en-route to Arizona (Grand Canyon), Amlan Satan surprised the living 'hell' out of the young 'American Homeland princess' (Danica) by walking into a diamond-store and walking out with gems from the store, having made a 'swap' he told her was linked to a blood-diamond intelligence-journal (cyber) for some Interpol-relation examination tied to gem-insurance/transfer securities concerning modern merchants.

AMLAN SATAN: This was part of your adventure, though this part's secret!

DANICA: Hey...you're some kind of James Bond or Robin Hood, eh?
AMLAN SATAN: No way, I work undercover; I'm a devout Catholic.

DANICA: I'm getting goosebumps; where this leads I read in some pulp-novel.

AMLAN SATAN: Hey...I'm your ideal Evil Knievel, Danica; we're to Arizona (still).

DANICA: Cool...my girlfriends on social-media will think this a 'photo' dream.

AMLAN SATAN: You should say that to your father (Emit) princess.

DANICA: I saw this 'subject' in some American road-hype film (I think!).

Amlan Satan ended up unmasking himself to kiss Danica when they got to Arizona and made her promise not to share his special diamond-work heroics and advised her to share the road-photos on social-media for her father (Emit) to peruse too.

AMLAN: What'd you learn from all this, princess?
DANICA: Well...certainly, there's a 'magic' for discovery of personality, Satan.

AMLAN: Excellence; maybe we'll find each other (someday!) on social-media (ha).

EMIT (Danica's dad): I got you this Peanuts-media chess-set, darling daughter.

DANICA: This is awesome, Emit!
EMIT: So...when do I get to see your road-adventure photos, Danica?
DANICA: I'm sharing stuff (currency) on social-media with girlfriends (first!).

EMIT: I don't know what you want me to say, but I'm eager to be part of your world.

DANICA: You will be...with the adventure-story I've to share with you (about American experience, Emit).

EMIT: Excellence; you'll love the Peanuts-chess set (then); dream on, Danica.

DANICA: I will...now...now, that I've been given a 'DNA-injection' from a toy-man.

"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone" (John Maynard Keynes).

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)