DEADLY ORANGE JUICE an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario for 9 players (2 male and 7 female) written by Lily Wang, Jenny Hung, and Grant Wu Written as an assignment in English Conversation One, an English as a Foreign Language course taught for freshmen by Dr. Brian David Phillips in the Department of English at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Fall Semester, 1998. Copyright 1998 by Lily Wang, Jenny Hung, and Grant Wu. Introduction The story takes place in a villa of the county of Lancashire in England. The date is October 10, 1987. You are invited to Dylan and Adela's sixteenth wedding anniversary party. At 7:30 p.m. you drank together - only Adela drank orange juice - then she died. An autopsy revealed that she died of the poisonous juice. All of you are suspects because you all had chances to poison the juice. Please try your best to interrogate your fellow suspects thoroughly and find out who the murderer is, so that you can prove your own innocence. People in the Party Are Dylan Randall: 38, Adela's husband, the host of the party. He is a physician. Rosalie Campbell Randall: 65, Dylan's mother. She lives with her son and daughter-in-law in the villa. She was a nurse before. Hilda Randall: 30, Dylan's sister. She is also Belinda's tutor. Belinda Randall: 16, Adela and Archer's daughter. She is now a senior high school student. Marianne McCallum: 17, Belinda's classmate and best friend. Daisy Barnard: 37, Dylan, Adela, and Clarence' college classmate. She is a physician now. Clarence Gravitz: 38, Dylan, Adela, and Daisy's college classmate. He is now a bacteriologist. Evelyn Dorwin: 40, Adela's sister, also lives with them in the villa. She is a pharmacist. Paula Hayden: 35, Adela's friend. She is immensely wealthy and running a pharmaceutical factory now. Information about the One Who Is Murdered Adela Dorwin Randall: 38, Dylan's wife. She was also a physician. She loved her husband very much. She is one of the daughters of a prosperous merchant, Bradford Dorwin. (The other is Evelyn.) Her father now lives in New Zealand. She lived in the villa with Dylan, Evelyn, Rosalie, Belinda, and Hilda. Rules of the Game You are a suspect in a murder. As a consequence you should make every effort to interrogate your fellow suspects exhaustively, so that you can prove your own innocence. Your purpose in the game is to find out who the murderer is. You must not show any of your Instruction Sheets to others. If questioned directly, you except the murderer must tell the whole truth. Please do remember that only the killer can lie. Characters Dylan Randall Public You studied medicine when you were in college. Handsome, tall, and muscular, you were always surrounded by the passionate pursuers at that time. However, you are constant in love. Amongst all of the beautiful girls who showed their love toward you, you chose Adela as your beloved and never change your mind. Your marriage with Adela right after graduation broke many people's heart. The reason of the marriage was partly because of Adela's pregnancy. Nevertheless, both of your mother, Rosalie, and your sister, Hilda did not agree with the marriage. You are now Adela's husband, and you still love her very much. Clarence and Daisy were your college classmates; you are still in constant telephone contact with them. A physician in a big hospital, you are successful and loved by your patient. Secret You are the murderer. On October 9, Daisy phoned you and told you that Belinda is not your daughter; besides, Adela borrowed a great amount of money from her father for Belinda's " real father." You did not believe in Daisy's word until you saw Belinda's blood group on a paper, which has the consequence of your check-up. Keeping the checkup of her blood group, you knew that she is not your real daughter. You were so angry with Adela that you decided to kill her on your wedding anniversary. On the party, you know she cannot drink wine and always ask the waitress to prepare orange juice, which was already poisoned, for her. When she drank the juice, she died right away. Clarence Gravitz Public You are Adela, Dylan, and Daisy's college classmate. You are handsome and woman-loving. You asked Adela to be your girlfriend in college, but she rejected. After rejecting you, she got engaged with Dylan. You are now a very famous bacteriologist in the world. Because of your fame in scholarly pursuits, you are often invited by universities around the world to make a speech. Secret After Dylan and Adela got married, you regard Dylan as your biggest rival. You try every effort to make him fail, but never succeed. You are Belinda's real father. When you knew that Adela was going to get engaged with Dylan, you planned to hurt her. You and Daisy made her drunk, and then you made her pregnant. She was very angry and sad, but because she loves Dylan so much that she did not tell him the truth. She told him that it was his child. Knowing this fact, you phoned Adela on October 3 and threatened her to give you 50,000,000 N.T. dollars or you will tell Dylan the truth. She promised you to pay the money. Besides, you have two girlfriends now: Paula and Marianne, but they do not know this fact. They both think they are your only lovers. You know that Daisy loves Dylan, and you often encourage her to tell Dylan her love. Belinda Randall Public You are Dylan and Adela's daughter. You are a senior high school student now. Inheriting your parent's good looks, you are the most beautiful girl in your class. You love your grandmother, Rosalie, very much. Secret Two years ago, you accidentally found an undelivered letter thrown in the garbage can. With curiosity, you took the letter from the garbage can and read it. The content of the letter is as following: My Dear Dylan: So many years had passed, and you still do not notice my wave-like passion. I can't stand your attitude toward me. I really can't. I love you. I am not your sister. Let ... (The following passage cannot be recognized clearly.) From H.R. On October 3, you heard Adela talking to Clarence from the phone extension. She said, "Please don't tell him Belinda isn't his daughter. I'll give you whatever you want." You were very shocked and thought that your mother is dirty. On October 5, you told Marianne this fact in telephone. You love Marianne very much. (That means you are a lesbian.) You ever tried to touch her, but she stopped you. You did not mind because you think that you can change her. You do not even mind that she is pregnant. Daisy Barnard Public You, Dylan, Clarence and Adela are college classmates. You are now Adela's best friend. You are bright, charming, and beautiful when you were in the college. A physician in the hospital, you are as successful as Dylan is. Secret You fall in love with Dylan since you were in college, but Dylan does not love you. You know he loves Adela, so you try to be familiar with Adela, and thus become Adela's best friend. In fact, you are always seeking for chances to separate Dylan and Adela. When you knew they would get engaged, you and Clarence made Adela drunk. Then she was raped by Clarence, and thus had Clarence's baby. However, Adela did not know that you are also involved in the event. She still believes in you and considers you as her best friend. Therefore, you decided not to tell Dylan the truth. With the coming of their sixteenth wedding anniversary, your hatred toward Adela gets deeper and you changed your mind. You phoned Dylan and told him the truth. Clarence always encourages you to show your love toward Dylan. Nevertheless, you dare not to do so. Hilda Randall Public When you were in college, you majored in French. After graduation, you had ever been to France to study French linguistics; you got the master degree there. Five years ago, you came back from France. You are Dylan's sister. Your relationship with Dylan is good. You are Belinda's tutor now, living with them in Adela's villa. Secret Rosalie adopted you when you were five years old, so you and Dylan do not have blood ties. Dylan never knows the fact. You love him since your childhood, but he always regards you as his sister. You are very unsatisfied with Dylan and Adela's marriage. In order to stay with Dylan, you became Belinda's governess. You had ever tried to tell Dylan how much you love him, but you give up because of your fear of being refused. Living in the villa, you found that Evelyn's behavior is strange. Once you saw her poison the mice, and she laughed hysterically after the mice died painfully. Evelyn's insane laughter made you feel sick and fear. Now you are still a little bit afraid of her. You do not like Adela. You think that she was proud and complacent. Rosalie Campbell Randall Public You are a nurse before, but you quitted the job after you married your husband. You are Dylan's mother. Your husband died in a young age, and after his death your family became very poor. Dylan is the only support in your family. You love your son very much. Now you live with your son and daughter-in-law in the villa. Secret You adopted Hilda when she was five years old, but Dylan does not know this fact. He regards Hilda as his real sister. You are very unsatisfied with Adela, and tried to stop Dylan from marrying her, but in vain. After they got married, you live with them, but Adela did not welcome you. The relationship between you and her is really bad. Though you do not like Adela, you love Belinda very much. On the party, Belinda told you that she is Adela and someone else's daughter, but not Dylan's. You are shocked and furious about Adela. Not knowing why, you found that Hilda likes to talk to Dylan. You think it is a little bit strange, but you cannot tell why. Evelyn Dorwin Public You are Adela's sister. You studied medicine when you were in the university. Though you are not as beautiful as your sister Adela, you are cute and somewhat attractive. You remain single because no men have ever attracted you. Now you live in the villa with Adela and her family. Secret You did not get along well with Adela. You always quarreled with each other because of some trifles. Besides, your father loves Adela more than he loves you. The reason is that Adela is superior to you in every aspect. Your father gives Adela whatever she wants; nevertheless, he gives few to you. Having been unfairly treated, you hate your father and sister. In fact, you are always trying to drive Adela out of the villa, but you cannot. If Adela died, you might get her share of estate of your father. You made up a lot of plans to get rid of her, but you always gave up in the last minute. Sometimes you would make up some poison and use it to poison the mice. You do not know why you like to do so. Paula Hayden Public You are the kind of person who cannot hide your emotion or feeling toward somebody. When you were in college, you studied international trade. Your father was the owner of a big pharmaceutical factory. After he passed away, he gave the company to you. You are an intelligent businesswoman. Under your supervision, the company grows dramatically. You met Adela five years ago via Clarence's introduction. You think she was bright, elegant, and beautiful. Secret You are Clarence's girlfriend, but he does not want others to know. You love him very much and have proposed to him several times, but he always refuses you. It is not until the party that you know Clarence also loves Adela, so you become very angry. Even though you are successful in business, you still feel self-inferior because you are not very beautiful. It makes you uncomfortable when you see Clarence talking to Adela. Marianne McCallum Public Although you are not as beautiful as Belinda is, you are popular in the class because of your care and tenderness toward others. You are an optimistic girl; you always cheer up Belinda whenever she is in grief. You are Belinda's classmate and good friend. You are a senior high school student. You have a boyfriend now, and you love him very much. Secret Your boyfriend is Clarence, but he does not want you to reveal this to others. Recently, you found that you have his baby; therefore, you forced him to marry you. On October 5, Belinda phoned you and told you that she is Clarence' daughter. You are shocked and angry. When Belinda talks to you, she touches your back, shoulders, and hands. Originally you did not notice that. However, her touch gets more and more invasive. She even touched your breast. You try to tell her that you do not like her behavior, but she did not answer you. You feel confused and afflicted. Clues Dylan Randall Public On October 3, Adela became very strange after talking to someone on the phone. You asked her what happened, but she did not answer you. On October 6, you heard that Adela quarreled with Rosalie. You felt strange but did not ask them about it. Secret Three days after this, your mother, Rosalie, complained tearfully to you that Adela asked her to move out after your wedding anniversary. You started to feel something is going wrong with Adela, because she is a gentle person. Clarence Gravitz Public Adela is short of money recently. Adela cannot drink wine, so every time she goes to a party, she chooses juice instead. Belinda Randall Public At the party, Rosalie told you that she would move out after today. You know it was your mother who forced her to do so. You feel very angry. Secret You know Marianne is pregnant, and the baby's father is Clarence. She wants you to keep the secret. Daisy Barnard Public At the party, you saw Marianne feel sick, and then you heard Belinda said to her, " Be careful! You're pregnant! " You asked Marianne if her husband is here. She said, " Oh, I'm not married yet, but my boyfriend is here. " You suspect that Clarence is her boyfriend. One day before the anniversary, you saw Evelyn poisoning the mice. You felt strange. You noticed that Hilda also saw the event. Ask Hilda about it. Secret On October 8, Adela phoned you. She was drunk. She cried and told you that Clarence threatened her. He asked a great amount of money, but she was short of money recently. Hilda Randall Public On October 5, you feel that Belinda is absent-minded in class, but you do not know what happened to her. On October 9, you saw Dylan looking at a paper in Belinda's room, and then he walked out of the room dejectedly. You went into the room and saw the paper on the desk. It is about Belinda's checkup. At the party, you heard Adela said to the attendant, " Prepare orange juice for me, you know I cannot drink wine." Secret One day before the anniversary party, you saw Evelyn poisoning the mice again. You really feel horrible. You noticed that another person also saw the event, but you could not recognize the person. Rosalie Campbell Randall Public On October 6, Adela was in a bad mood and quarreled with you. Then she asked you to move out of the villa after their wedding anniversary. Secret At the party, you told Belinda sadly that you would move out. Then she was very angry and told you that she is not Dylan's daughter. You were very angry with Adela, but you feel ashamed of telling others about this. Evelyn Dorwin Public On October7, you found a fax written by your father from New Zealand: "Dear Adela, I have remitted the money you want. Make sure you receive 50,000,000 N.T. Don't worry. Your father. " You think it is a good chance for you to control Adela, so you keep it. Therefore, Adela never received this fax before her death. At the party, you saw Rosalie said something to Belinda sadly, then Belinda shouted: "Why? Because of that woman? Because of the shameless woman? " Secret In fact, you prevented her from getting the money secretly, so she did not get the money. Originally you wanted to threaten her to leave the villa with the money, but she died before you do so. One day before the anniversary party, you found several mice around the house. You could not stop yourself from killing all of them. Therefore, you poison the rats to death at a corner of the villa. Paula Hayden Public On October 1, you proposed to Clarence; however, he refused you again. You asked him furiously why he always refuses you, but he did not give you an answer. At the party, you overheard Adela said to Clarence, " I will give you the money after the party. " You asked Clarence if he falls in love with Adela, but he answered you impatiently, " So what, " which made you really angry. Marianne McCallum Public At the party, you saw an attendant said something to Adela, then she said to Clarence nervously, " I am sorry, I cannot give you the money today. " And Clarence became enraged and shouted, " What? Do you still want your fame?" Secret You felt sick and wanted to throw up through the party, but you decided not to tell Clarence that you have his baby. You wanted him to discover it by himself. But when Belinda said to you, " Be careful! You're pregnant," Daisy heard it. Then she asked you if your husband is here, you told her you have not got married yet, but your boyfriend is here. You did not tell her who he is.