HAUNTED SHIP an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario written by Nora Teng, Theresa Tseng and Robin Li Written as an assignment in English Conversation One, an English as a Foreign Language course taught for freshmen by Brian David Phillips in the Department of English at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Spring Semester, 1996 - Copyright 1996 by Nora Teng, Theresa Tseng and Robin Li. Introduction: Now,you are on the Hunted Ship which is sailing on the Pacific Ocean. There is a big party and all of you are excited about knowing each other. Before clues(Event One): After the party¡Aall of you are tired out and want to go to bed to take a rest. The next morning,something strange happens¡IThe captain is disappeared¡IEveryone on the ship is talking about this..... Before clues(Event Two): There is still no news about the captain. What is worse is that several days later,a sailer found Eric was dead in the controlling cabin at 6:30 in the morning. There is a poison needle stunned in his right palm. And the radio was destroyed. This sailer quickly went to the first mate's cabin to find the first mate--Michael. However,he did not find him but find a will left by Michael. Turn of due time: First Mate: 22:00-6:00 Second Mate: 6:00-14:00 Third Mate:14:00-22:00 Conversation One, Spring 1996 Eileen: You are 21 years old, young, pretty waitress on this ship. You are fond of travelling so you choose this job to satisfy your ambition. You and Jack fall in love at the first sight. PUBLIC Crystal: You are 28 years old. You are a photographer but your interest in different from others. You like to take photos of mysterious things. You want to take a rest and also to get some materials, so you take the ship. PUBLIC Jack: You are 23 years old. Your performance on this ship is excellent and the captain trust you very much, in other words, you are familiar to everything about the captain. You fall in love with Eileen very much. PUBLIC Venassa: You are 30 years old. You have a honeymoon with your husband on this ship. PUBLIC Jackie: You are 45 years old. You have worked on the ship for many years. Although you don't like the captain and firstmate very much, you stillhave to work for making a living. You have a daughter who you haven't keep in touch for a long time. PUBLIC Anne: You are 18 years old. You are a student who just graduated from senior high school. You want to have a trip with your classmate but sge has something important to do. So you have no choices but go along. PUBLIC ae You have a daughter who you haven't o you choose this job to satis Conversation One, Spring 1996 Eileen: You are the killer. You killed them because they framed your father for causing the serious ship crash three years ago. Your father is the captain of "King of Dragon" which bumped intothe iuxurious yacht "The Blue Ocean" and caused a large sum of deaths. But it wasn,t your father's fault, it was they that made your father take the responsibility. Everyone in " king of Dragon" were all dead except Eric. So Brian and Michael bribed Eric to witnessed that the captain was drunk at that night. However, you know that your father never drinks on the ship. So you want to revenge. SECRET Crystal: You have heard that there is a ship sailing on the sea without controling. This ship is Queen of Elizabeth. You are interestedin it, so you decide to get on this ship. SECRET Jack: In fact, you were also on the ship "The Blue Ocean" during the accident though you are not on the list of sailors. You should keep an watchful eye on the ship but you leave your duty to join the party when the crash happened. You evevn didn't let Eileen know this. SECRET Vanessa: You used to be a police officer and had made mistakes when you investigated the ship crash three years ago. For this reason, you were transferred to a detective. SECRET Jackie: Although you don't like Brian and Michael, you still have to work for making a living. SECRET Anne: Your mother also died in the ship crash three years ago. SECRET Conversation One, Spring 1996 Clue 1 Eileen I was shocked. last night, Caotain called me to serve some dessert for him. I saw he was talking with the chief engineer, but when I returned his cabin, both of them were gone. So I put the dessert on the table. Jack I had no idea about the disappearence of Captain last night. Crystal I know a phantom event on the same sea route several years ago. The ship, Mary, was found sailing without controling. After investegating, there was no sign of being attacked but all the sailers disappeared. I think that the death of Captain os related to ship Mary. It is a phantom event. Vanessa I have heard some sailers say that the first mate and the third mate disagree with the captain because the captain trusts the second mate very much and regard them as garbage. Jackie The only thing I know is that a few days ago, Eric and Michael was blamed by the captain for directing the ship to wrong sea route. Anne I heard some serious quarrels between the captain and the chief engineer when I pass the cabin of the captain last night. Clue 2 Eileen I really flet sorry about the third mate's death. On the other hand, I'm glad that Jack slept late so he wouldn't be killed by the first mate. Jack I felt very sorry that I missed the time of taking turns because the alarm clock was out of order and I slept late. If I had been on duty, i would die. Crystal Poor Eric! Why would you make a mistake in time? And died for this reason. Vanessa You haphazard saw Eileen's handkerchief with a name "Eileen Simth". Tou felt very strange because her full name is "Eileen Phillips". Jackie I found that the third mate is a person who sleeps a lot habitually((c)üºÎ¯g) and he often misses the time of taking turns. Anne When talking with Eileen, you know that her father was a captain. And he died several years ago. Clue 3 Eileen You wish the ship reach the harbor quickly to escape from this nightmare with your sweethart¡XJack.Jack When you wake up, you rushed to the directing led me to serve some dessert for him. I saw he was talking with the cabin and you found Eric died there. You also found that the ship was sailing on the opposite direction.Crystal When you took a picture of the sunrise at 6:00AM this morning. Jackie saw the picture and he said" What a beautiful sunset." According to this,I guess Eric may regard 6:00AM as 6:00PM.Venessa You found one picture from Eileen,it was the captain"KENNY SMITH",who died in the ship crash three years ago.Jackie You heard that Brian and Michael caused the ship crash because of their carelessness three years ago. In the court,they blame thes accident to "Kenny Smith" All the sailers died except Eric but he was bribed by Mechael and no one can retort for Kenny Smith.Anne You suspect that Michael's letter left by suicide may be fake because it is written in Morse Code not in letters. CaptaindisappearancecontrollinginvestigatingsailorsissailorsfeltSmithYousweetheartthis, IEileen, itSMITH", whocourt, theythesesailorsMichael Conversation One, Spring 1996 I knew that I had cancer and death will come to me soon. I want to take revenge on Brian and Jack because they push out me and they want to kick me out of the ship. Therefore I killed the captain first and threw his body into the sea. Then I frame it to Jackie. Afterwards, I set the poisoned needle on the helm. When Jack come to control it at 6:00 tomorrow morning, he will die of it. Then my plan of revenge is fulfilled and I can die in peace. Michael ( It is written in Morse code)