1. Charles Jerome Fawley III President and CEO, Cockatrice Corp. You have single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture capital firm to a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies, including the Business Engineering Machines (BEM) computer manufacturer. It was a messy takeover, and to smooth things over you've decided to throw a Hallowe'en party. Things went particularly bad for you in the stock market last week, and a $17,000,000 loan you had taken out from the Mob is past due. You've asked for a month extension on the loan, and Vito Bialy, the loan shark, will be at the party, to give you the Mob's reply. You have also invited Cynthia West, a reporter from Fortune magazine who is doing a story on C-atrice's sudden rise to success. Of course, Stephen Jones, your right-hand man, will be at the party. Jones was your first employee seventeen years ago, and you feel that he is your closest friend. Your wife of seventeen years, Shirley Jones Fawley, will be here. You've recently found a high-priced call girl with whom you've fallen in love, and you plan to divorce Shirley to marry Trixie. For obvious reasons, you have not invited Trixie to the party. Incidentally, your financial situation has not been helped by the lavish gifts that you used to bestow upon your wife, and now upon Trixie. (Gifts include fur coats, diamond jewelry, trips to Paris, etc.) This had something to to with your needing a loan and the banks not giving it to you. J. Arthur Random, who founded BEM with the profits from Random Electronics, could not make it, but his good friend and assistant, Dennis Carlyle, is here. (Remember, the idea behind this party is to smooth things over with BEM's management.) There are some other guests tonight, whom your wife has invited and whom you don't know. 2. Shirley Jones Fawley Wife of Charles Jerome Fawley Your husband has single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture capital firm to a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies, and tonight's party is intended to celebrate yet another acquisition, a computer firm called Business Engineering Machines (BEM). Charles (whom you call "Chuckie") has bought you lavish gifts for most of your seventeen-year marriage, but recently he has been ignoring you. You hired Wesson Smith, a private investigator, to tail your husband, and managed to get Mr. Smith on tonight's guest list. Stephen Jones, your husband's right-hand man and one of your closest friends, will be here tonight. Jones was your husband's first employee, from the days when C-atrice was a small office in the middle of nowhere. You feel that you can confide in him. Among the other guests, you know Cynthia West, a reporter from Fortune magazine who has been writing an article about your husband. You also have invited the socialites who make up the bulk of tonight's guests. 3. Trixie "Escort" and Mistress of Charles Jerome Fawley III About seven months ago, your pimp told you that he "got you a good position, if you got good positions." Your "John" turned out to be one of the wealthiest men in the world, Charles Jerome Fawley III (whom you call "Chuckie"). Chuckie plans to divorce his wife, Shirley, and marry you. You're not sure exactly what Chuckie does for a living, but he has bought you all sorts of gifts (fur coats, diamond jewelry, a trip to Paris). You heard through the grapevine that he was throwing a party tonight. Well, you've had enough waiting around. Either he's going to dump his wife or he isn't. So you've decided to crash the party. Wait for the GM's signal, then barge in. 4. Stephen Jones Vice President, Cockatrice Corp. Your boss has single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture capital firm to a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies. The most recent acquisition, Business Engineering Machines (BEM), was rather rough on BEM's management, and tonight's party is intended to smooth over the deal. While you admire Fawley's business acumen, the man's personality rubs everyone the wrong way. That was part of the problem with the BEM takeover, and you're starting to realize that you may not have much longer with C-atrice. Besides, you've done most of the work and he's gotten most of the money and all of the fame. Furthermore, you have discovered that Fawley is cheating on his wife. This really bothers you, because Shirley Jones Fawley is a very nice woman who married the wrong person. You love her and can't bear to see her hurt. She's stood by her husband for the last seventeen years, from the days when it was just him and you working in a back office. You only discovered this yesterday, though, and you haven't had a chance to discuss it with anyone. Once at the party, you will recognize the following people: CYNTHIA WEST, a reporter from Fortune magazine, who is doing an article on Fawley and C-atrice. VITO BIALY, who has lots of closed-door meetings with Fawley. You don't know about what; and you don't want to know. DENNIS CARLYLE, Vice President of BEM Computers. The President of BEM, J. Arthur Random, couldn't be here tonight. (Remember, the idea behind this party is to smooth things over with BEM's management.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ You will bring with you the enclosed packet, which represents an explosive device. You are seriously considering mudering Fawley. You still have doubts, though... Wait for further instructions. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Cynthia West Star Reporter for Fortune magazine You have been working on an article about Charles Jerome Fawley III, who is hosting tonight's party. Fawley has single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture-capital firm to a muti-billion= dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies, including the Business Engineering Machines (BEM) computer manufacturer. It was a messy takeover, and tonight's party is intended to smooth things over. You're a better reporter than anyone at C-atrice realizes, and you've uncovered some dirt. First of all, Fawley has a mistress, a call girl named Trixie. He has lavished her with expensive gifts (fur coats, diamond jewelry, a trip to Paris...) and the like. Before her he lavished these gifts on his wife of seventeen years, Shirley Jones Fawley. She doesn't know about the mistress. Because of the gifts, and to help finance some recent takeovers, Fawley has turned to Vito Bialy, a loan shark with connections to the Mob. Fawley had a $17,000,000 loan due last Tuesday, but after the stock market collapse, he couldn't have been able to pay. The Vice President of BEM will be at the party. His name is Dennis Carlyle. J. Arthur Random, the President of BEM, could not attend. Stephen Jones is Vice President of C-atrice. He is a decent fellow, not involved in the shady side of C-atrice, and not generally recognized at all. He has been with the company since its founding seventeen years ago, when he was the ONLY employee and C-atrice was a back office in a not-so-hot part of town. Fawley has gotten all of the credit and attention and most of the money, but Jones has done most of the work. You like Jones and feel that he has potential, if he could only leave C-atrice. The thought of his life being wasted by Fawley makes you mad enough to kill.... 6. Vito Bialy Loan Shark Charles Jerome Fawley III has single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture capital firm to a multi-billion= dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies, including the Business Engineering Machines (BEM) computer manufacturer. Fawley took out a $17,000,000 loan from the Mob through you, and now he says he can't pay. Says he wants another month. Something to do with the stock market crashing. You asked your boss and he said no go. $17mil tonight. Fawley has invited you to a party he's throwing to celebrate the takeover. You have to get the money or make a few adjustments to Mr. Fawley's friends. Maybe Fawley himself. You will know the following people at the party: STEPHEN JONES, Fawley's partner. Fawley doesn't want him knowing anything. SHIRLEY JONES FAWLEY, Fawley's wife. Please come armed. 7. Dennis Carlyle Vice President, Business Engineering Machines, Inc. Charles Jerome Fawley III has single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture capital firm to a multi-billion= dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies, including the Business Engineering Machines (BEM) computer manufacturer. BEM was founded three years ago in Cambridge by J. Arthur Random, your close friend. Random had made large profits from his parts firm, Random Electronics, and decided to go into custom-designed computer systems. He asked you to join him and BEM was created. Now C-atrice has taken over BEM in a hostile bid. Tonight's party is supoosed to be a celebration and reconciliation, but there are lots of hard feelings. J. Arthur has confided in you that he plans to leave BEM and has asked you to join him. He refused to come tonight, claiming a previous engagement. You have come to the party to see what Fawley has to say. You will know Stephen Jones, the Vice President of C-atrice and a really nice guy. It's just Fawley that is a bastard. Maybe he could be gotten rid of... Please come armed. 8. Wesson Smith Private Investigator You have been hired by Shirley Jones Fawley to tail her husband, whom she suspects of cheating on her. You were invited to tonight's party to report to her. Charles Jerome Fawley III has single-handedly built up Cockatrice Corp. from a small venture capital firm to a multi-billion= dollar conglomerate. Cockatrice (affectionately known as C-atrice) has swallowed up many smaller companies, including the Business Engineering Machines (BEM) computer manufacturer. He has recently taken up with a high-priced call girl named Trixie, who has loose connections with the Mob. You will tell Mrs. Fawley tonight. You have decided not to mention one other little fact you discovered --- that Mr. Fawley has an overdue $17,000,000 loan out from a loan shark named Vito Bialy. He has very close connections with the Mob. Mrs. Fawley may be in danger of becoming a "warning." Therefore, you are coming to this party armed. You will recognize Stephen Jones, Fawley's right-hand man. You didn't investigate him much, but you know that he's clean. He probably doesn't even know about Fawley's shady dealings. Messages to Chas. J. Fawley III Go to the 230 bathroom within the next few minutes. Take a drink within the next few minutes. That's Trixie. In the events of the next few minutes, please remember that you are utterly and completely broke. Messages to Shirley Fawley Go to the 230 bathroom within the next few minutes. Take a drink within the next few minutes. Messages to Trixie Go to the 230 bathroom within the next few minutes. Then open up the second note for further instructions. Look in the rear stall for further instructions. You hear a beep. Looking in the last stall, you see a box. An LED digit lights: 3 You scream, but you are paralyzed by fear and cannot run. [Your scream signals the GM that you are about to die.] 2 1 BOOM! Please return to your room and await instructions pertaining to your resurrection as a ghost. Happy Hallowe'en! You will now return as the ghost of Trixie. Who killed you? Why? Your soul cannot rest until the mystery has been solved. Maybe put on some ghostly garb and reenter play -- make some statement when you enter, justifying your reappearance. Remember: It's Hallowe'en and the ghosts are out. But at midnight you must disappear -- and you'd like your rest to be peaceful. The murderer MUST be found out before the witching hour! Messages for Stephen Jones: Take a drink in the next few minutes. You realize that the slut who just entered is Fawley's mistress. Suddenly, your doubts are gone. But you realize that Fawley is going to be destroyed by this if it gets out. The best way to ruin Charles Jerome Fawley III is to KILL TRIXIE. Please go to the 230 bathroom in the next few minutes and plant the bomb by taping it in the last stall. When Trixie enters the bathroom, do something that could concievably trigger the bomb by radio control. Congratulations --- YOU are tonight's murderer!!!! Messages for Cynthia West: That's Trixie. Please take a drink in the next few minutes. Please go to the 230 bathroom in the next few minutes. Messages for Vito Bialy: Please take a drink in the next few minutes. Please go to the 230 bathroom in the next few minutes. The girl who just entered is Trixie, a high-priced call girl. One half of her take goes to the Mob. You haven't heard anything about her lately, but maybe she could be used... She obviously has had something with Farley. Blackmail?... You have decided to blackmail Fawley. Please let him know this within the next few minutes. If he says "no" let the GM know and await further instructions. You have decided to kill Fawley's wife. Await further instructions... Messages for Dennis Carlyle: Please go to the 230 bathroom in the next few minutes. Please take a drink in the next few minutes. Please discuss with Fawley the fact that he had better make it worth your while to stay with C-atrice or you and J. Arthur are history. Tell the GM Fawley's response and await further instructions.... Explain the situation with Jones. Suggest that if HE were in charge of C-atrice, things might work out better for all concerned. Suggest that Fawley can be removed somehow. Please notify the GM of the outcome of this conversation. Messages for Wesson Smith: That's Trixie. That's Vito Bialy. Please take a drink within the next few minutes. Please go to the 230 bathroom within the next few minutes. GM's timetable smith reports to mrs. fawley TRIXIE ENTERS mr. fawley goes to bathroom smith takes a drink mr. fawley gets money reminder jones takes a drink mrs. fawley takes a drink bialy decides to blackmail fawley carlyle discuss with fawley... west goes to the bathroom JONES SETS BOMB carlyle talks to jones carlyle goes to bathroom mr. fawley takes a drink carlyle takes a drink west takes a drink mrs. fawley goes to the bathroom bialy has decided to kill fawley's wife bialy takes drink smith goes to bathroom trixie goes to the bathroom (2 notes) TRIXIE DIES