THE DESIRES ON CAMPUS an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario for 9 players (3 male and 6 female) written by Mandy Wang, Vicky Lu, Irma Chang, and Ellen Lia 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 Mandy Wang, Vicky Lu, Irma Chang, and Ellen Lia. Introduction St. Clark is a famous high school, but recently has a rumor that there are illegal a testpaper and drug trading on campus. This morning, a dead body was found in the Drama Club of the school. The dead was a girl, called Linda. The police came to look into this case and found some people may relate to this murder. You are one of those who the police want to investigate. Now, in case you are mistaken as the murder. Try your best to help find the real killer, or you may be viewed as the killer! Hurry up! Your time is running out. Characters Linda: A 16-year-old sophomore of the high school. She was one member of the Drama Club, and became the leading actress of coming new play. She was dead and was found in the Drama Club this morning. Michael: A 40-year-old handsome teacher. He is Tina's husband, and has a son called Bill. Jade: A 35-year-old female teacher. She teaches English in the school, and many students like her very much. Tina: The governor of the school dormitory. She is 35 years old. Bill is her son, and Michael is her husband. Bill: A 17-year-old student in the 3rd grade. Michael and Tina are his parents and Maggie is his girl friend. He studies at the same junior high school with Linda. Maggie: A 17-year-old student. She studies in the 3rd grade. She is an experienced member of the Drama Club, and she is Bill's girlfriend. Andy: One of Linda's classmates. He and Linda were junior high school classmates. He and Linda get along well with Jade. Helen: One of Linda's classmates. She adores Jade very much. Betty: One of Linda's classmates. Everyone knows that she likes Andy. Amy: One of Linda's classmates. She is a jealous girl. She does not allow anyone to win her, especially in grades. Character Descriptions Michael You must reveal: You are 40 years old, and you are a teacher in St. Clark. Your wife is Tina, who is the school dormitory governor, and you have a son, Bill, who also studies in this school. Although you are not young any more, you are still very charming. You know that Maggie, the girlfriend of your son, is very unsatisfied with Linda because Linda will be the leading actress of the coming new play. You even saw that Maggie laughed when she heard Linda was dead. You should not disclose until asked: You had the sexual relationship with Linda. Linda loved you and hoped to be with you forever, but you were tired of her; you decided to leave her. Yesterday you called Linda to go to the Drama Club to end the relationship with her. When you arrived, she was not there. Jade You must reveal: You are 35 years old, teaching English in the school. You are a beautiful, lovely teacher. Many students like you very much. Yesterday you saw Michael enter the Drama Club after school. Ask him about this. Moreover, you know Bill sells testpaper, and you feel uneasy about Helen. She is a hard-studying student, who admires you, but every time when she stares at you, you can feel something strange projected from her eyes. You should not disclose until asked: You threaten Linda to go on selling drug because you know the shameful sexual relationship between Linda and Michael. Andy is also the one who sells drugs for you. Yesterday Andy told you that Linda wouldn't sell drugs for you any more and wanted to tell the police the truth, so you argued with Linda about this. Tina You must reveal: You are the governor of the school dormitory. You are 35 years old. Your husband is Michael, who teaches in St. Clark, and your son is Bill, who also studies in St. Clark. You know Michael have the affair with Linda. You feel sad and angry. You try to gain your husband's heart back by all kinds of ideas and ways, but it seems useless. You still love your husband very much and think that Linda causes all the faults. Yesterday morning you overheard on the phone that Michael wanted Linda to meet with him after school. Ask Michael about this. When you cleaned the dormitory last week, you found Helen's notebook left on the table in the chatting room. There are many photos of Jade in it and romantic poems are written beside the photos. You were very shocked and worried. Tell others about this and ask them to help Helen become normal with you. Bill You must reveal: You study in the 3rd grade in St. Clark. You are 17-year-old, handsome boy. Linda and you studied at the same junior high school. You are the son of Michael and Tina. Meggie is your girlfriend. You two have been lovers since the 1st grade. You often go to the Drama Club and spend the time with Maggie. Your Secret (you may LIE if asked): You are the killer! Linda used to be your girlfriend in junior high school, but she broke up with you. You were very angry because you never failed to make a girl become yours. When Linda entered St. Clark, you thought that Linda wanted to be with you, but you were wrong-- Linda fell in love with your father. Your mother and father often quarreled with each about this. You became to dislike your family, because you knew your father was a playboy and your mom was too soft. They had an unhappy marriage and didn't care about you at all. You always thought it was Linda that broke your family. You killed Linda in the Drama Club yesterday. You sell testpapers to students to earn money for yourself, because pubs and KTV are the places you often go to idle around, so a lot of money is needed. Amy is one of the students who bought the testpaper from you. Maggie You must reveal: You study in the 3rd grade in St. Clark. You are 17 years old, and you are Bill's girlfriend. You are smart and beautiful. You are an experienced member of the Drama Club, but you can't play the leading actress in the new play, (According to the rule of the club, only the experienced girl can play the leading actress.), because everyone in the club thought that Linda was better than you in performing. Thus, Linda became the leading actress of the new play. You were angry at this and hated her very much. You felt happy to know that Linda was dead, because now you have the chance to become the leading actress, but you have to pretend that you are sorry for her death. You know Linda and Andy sell drugs to others. Try to find the reason why they want to do this. Andy You must reveal: You are 16 years old. You are Linda's classmate. You are handsome, gentle, and popular with girls. You always boast how rich your family is and spend money too generously. You know Betty likes you very much, but you don't at all. You know Linda's secret-the sexual relationship between Michael and Linda, because once you saw them make love in Michael's office after school. You should not disclose until asked: You are a drug trader working for Jade. You do this because you need money. You were afraid to be put into jail because Linda wanted to tell the police everything, so you discussed with Jade about this, and asked Jade to solve this problem. Helen You must reveal: You are a 16-year-old, slinky girl. You are one of Linda's classmates. Yesterday morning, you heard Linda and Jade argue. You heard Jade say, "If you don't continue, I'll reveal everything!" You know that Amy was jealous of Linda, because Linda did everything better than Amy. You should not disclose until asked: You love Jade very much. You are homosexual. You envy Linda because she and Jade seem to be very close. Every time when you saw Jade and Linda talk to each other, you will be very jealous, angry, and sometimes curse Linda. You are very happy to hear about the death of Linda, because you think that Jade will be yours. You have a notebook, in which many photos of Jade are pasted, and you write lots of lyric poems beside the photos. Betty You must reveal: You are Linda's classmate. You are 16 years old, and you like Andy very much. You know that Amy was jealous of Linda, because Linda did everything better than Amy. Yesterday you saw Helen stare at Linda angrily when Jade called Linda to walk with her after school and you heard her murmur, "Oh, Linda...ugly, stupid... I hate you!" You should ask her about this. You should not disclose until asked: You are addicted to drugs and buy lots of drugs from Andy and Linda. You don't reveal this to others because you like Andy and don't want him to be put into jail. When you knew that Linda wanted to tell everything to the police, you were afraid that she would expose that you and Andy were involved in drugs. Amy You must reveal: You are a hard-studying classmate of Linda, but always can't win her on everything, so you don't like Linda. You were very jealous of her, and happy about her death, but you have to pretend that you are sorry for her death. Yesterday when you pass the Drama Club, you saw Bill enter the room. You should ask him about this. You notice that Bill often goes to pubs or KTV alone and spends a great deal of money there. You should not disclose until asked: You buy the testpapers from Bill, because you want to win Linda in grades.