FATHER AND SON an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario for 10 players (4 male and 6 female) written by Susan Lin, Carol Tseng, and Eunice Wang 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 Susan Lin, Carol Tseng, and Eunice Wang. INTRODUCTION Raymond Babbit, a 55 years old man, died because of poison. Someone killed him. Try to find the killer. CHARACTERS Hera - Edward's mother.45 years old. She is a dress designer,raising her son by herself. Mary Shelley - 45 years old. Hera's intimate friend who knows Hera since they were in high school. She has not got married. She is a well-known writer. Edward - 25 years old. Hera and Raymond's son. Grace Kelly's boy friend. A smart boy. Grace Kelly - 22 years old. Edward's girl friend. A tender and beautiful girl. Charles Mackintosh - 25 years old.Edward's best friend since college.Vickie's boy friend. Vickie - 24 years old. Charles's girl friend. A tender and beautiful girl. Jonathan Swift - The boss of a small company. But his company has been sold to Edward. 38 years old. Ken Black - 52 years old. The boss of a lawyer agency. An open-hearted person. Frances - 40 years old. Raymond's secretary. Demeter - 38 years old. Hera's secretary. Character Descriptions Hera Introduce yourself to others. You are Edward's mother. 45 years old.You are a dress designer, raising your son by yourself. You were Raymond's girl friend when you were in college. And Edward is you and Raymond's son. Edward was born when you were a college student.You left Raymond because you found he is a violent man.And he always concerntrated on getting power. After you left him, he always harasses you because he still loves you. And Raymond harasses not only but also your son. Share your information to others. Raymond always disturbes me and my son,Edward. He wants to destroy Edward. I know Edward hates him very much.They both want to destroy others. Mary has some mental problem since college. Recently,she was very excited. She go to see doctor every week.But she didn't do to see doctor this week. Mary Shelley Introduce yourself to others. You are Hera's best friend since high school..You have not got marrie. You are 45 years old,and you are a well-known writer.You always take care of Hera and Edward. The following fact don't tell others until you are asked. In fact, you are a gay. You love Hera since high school. And you hate Raymond because he always harasses Hera. And you have some mental problem. You often go to see doctor. One day, you went to Raymond's office and had some poison in his tea. Raymond died on next day. Raymond died because of your poison.You are the killer! Share your information to others. I feel Demeter is working for Raymond. I see them talking in a coffee shop twice. And Demeter often call a secret person in the corner. Besides,I know Ben Black's father died because of Raymond's mistake. His father died because of Raymond's drunken driving. Edward Introduce yourself to others. You are Hera's and Raymond's son. 25 years old.Recently, you received a small company.Then,you found the company was in big debt.You can't afford the big debt.So,you went bankrupt.Afterward,you entered a lawyer agency.And your boss appreciated you very much.But your father,Raymond, always keeps you from being a lawyer. And you found your bankrupt is made by Raymond.You hate him very much. the company was in big debt.You can't afford the big debt.So,you went bankrupt.Afterward,you entered a lawyer agency.And your boss appreciated you very much.But your father,Raymond, always keeps you from being a lawyer. And you found your bankrupt is made by Raymond.You hate him very much. You want him perish from the earth. Share your information to others. I find that when a man want to make friends with Mary,she will say that she has a lover. And I found she is a little strange when she looks at Mom. Jonathan told me my bankrupt is due to my father,but my father didn't give Jonathan money.He hates Raymond because he has nothing now. I know he went to my father's office with a bottle of something yesterday. Grace Kelly Introduce yourself to others. 22 years old. You are Edward's girl friend.You are tender and beautiful.You meet Edward in the lawyer agency. You are co-worker. You love Edward very much. Share your information to others. I know that Raymond often gets Edward into trouble,and that Charles and Edward are good friends.But sometimes I feel that when Charles faces Edward,he seems to have something on his conscience. Charles Mackintosh Introduce yourself to others. 25 years old.You are Edward's best friend since college.You have a girl friend called Vickie. You,Edward and Vickie are college classments. The following fact don't tell others until you are asked. Now,you are working for Raymond.You help Raymond to destroy Edward because of Raymond's high returns.You never tell others,including your girl friend. Share your information to others. I know that Ken and Raymond seemed to have some misunderstanding.And I know Edward always tell me that he want his father perish from the world. Vickie Introduce yourself to others. You are Charles Mackintosh's girl friend since college.You are a tender girl.24 years old.You,Charles,and Edward are college classments.You love Charles very much. Clues. Charles's behavior is strange recently.He becomes rich suddenly and often goes out secretly. I ever saw him meet with Raymond.It seems that they make a deal. Jonathan Swift Introduce yourself to others. You were the boss of a small company before.But you have sold your company to Edward.You are 38 years old The following fact don't tell others until you are asked. In fact,you are working for Raymond.You sold a company with big debt to Edward.And let Edward go bankrupt.Raymond told you to do this.But after you successfully let Edward go bankrupt,Raymond didn't give you money.So,you hate Raymond. Clues. I am working for Raymond to let Edward go bankrupt. Yesterday I saw Grace Kelly's car follow Raymond's car. Ken Black Introduce yourself to others. You are the boss of a lawyer agency.You appreciated Edward very much.52 years old. The following fact don't tell others until you are asked. Your father died in prison because of Raymond's mistake.So,you hate Raymond very much. Clues. That night I saw Raymond and Edward Quarrel in the garden. Edward said "Are you my father? Why do you always frustrate me? Can you leave us far away? " Frances Introduce yourself to others. 40 years old.You are Raymond's secretary.You have worked for him for several years.He don't pay you enough salary.But he still strickly blame you if you make some small mistake. Clues. Yesterday I saw Raymond and Edward met and had a serious quarrel.Edward seemed very angry.Afterward,when I and Raymond were going to leave,Edward glared at Raymond. Demeter Introduce yourself to others. 38 years old.You are Hera's secretary.You have worked for Hera for several years.In fact,you are sent to observe Hera and Edward by Raymond in secret. Clues. I feel Mary seems to love Hera. And I didn't see Hera in the office yesterday afternoon