TREASURE ISLAND
an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario
written by
Fay Ni, Grace Suang, and Claire Sin
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 Fay Ni, Grace Suang and Claire Sin.




Preface:
       8.6.1976, there is a apparent news in today's newspaper.
The content is :
             Gilbert Jefferson, the owner of treasure island, died at 50
             years old on 8.3.1976. His daughter wants to invite his  
             friends to attend his funeral ceremony on 8.8.1976 on 
             treasure island.
8.7.1976, his friends, including Ronny Williams, Robert Smith, Joyce Smith, Eric Ford and Chris Washington arrived at treasure island. Ten years ago, all of them participated the treasure hunt game on treasure island and Chris' father , Frank, was also the member of the game. But Frank died accidentally at that time.
In the evening on 8.7, Judy went to Robert's room to tell him it's dinner time but no one answered her. So she opened the door and found that Robert has already died.
 
Background:
1. May Jefferson: 17-year-old, the daughter of Gilbert Jefferson. When 
              she was a little girl, her mother was dead of cancer, so
              Gilbert decided to send her to study abroad. When she 
              heard that her father was sick seriously, she came back 
              immediately. After she came home, Gilbert Jefferson 
              died in a month. So she advertised a news inviting
              Jefferson's friend to attend his funeral ceremony.
2. Chris Washington: 13-year-old, Frank Washington's son. He is a 
                 genius and has a bachelor's degree in psychology.
                 His mother divorced with Frank when he was two
                 year old. Therefore, wherever Frank went, Chris 
                 was with him.
3. Joyce Smith: 32-year-old, Robert's wife, a housewife. Their marriage is
            unhappy because Robert always has affairs with other 
            women. Although Joyce wants to go out to work, Robert   
            insisted that she should stay at home and be a good wife.
4. Eric Ford: 35-year-old, Robert's partner. He often complains that he 
          has difficult in communicating with Robert for Robert's 
          attitude toward work is too conservative.
5. Edward Hanks: 61-year-old, the housekeeper, Judy's father. He has
              worked for Jefferson for 30 years. He is a loyal and 

              silent man.
6. Judy hanks: 25-year-old, the maid, unmarried, Edward's daughter, a 
            beautiful, careful, and diligent girl.
7. Ronny Williams: 54-year-old, an old friend of Jefferson. A surgeon. He 
                has a Ph.D. in medical jurisprudence.

Secret: 
May: You are not Jefferson's daughter. You are Frank's son. You killed 
     Jefferson and Robert to take revenge for you father, Frank. 
Chris: Actually, you are not Frank's son. You came here for the 
     mysterious treasure on this island.
Ronny: Robert knew that someone died under your treatment by accident.
Judy: You were a victim of Robert's sexual harassment.
Edward: You knew that Frank was killed by the dead.
Joyce: You have a sexual relationship with Eric. You married to Robert 
      because of his tremendous wealth.
Eric: You borrowed a lot of money from Robert. You are Joyce's lover.

Act 1
May; Tell others that you couldn't find Chris anywhere before dinner on 
     8.7.  
Chris: You are so smart that you find out Robert was killed by knife like 
     scalpel. Tell others your opinion. 
Ronny: On the first night, you heard Joyce and Robert quarreled with 
      each other fiercely.
Judy: When you cleaned up the room, you found a receipt on the desk
     which proved that Eric was in debt with large amount of money.
Edward: You felt extremely angry knowing that your daughter was forced   
       to have sex with Robert. 
Joyce: Robert knew that the abnormal relationship between you and Eric.
Eric: You saw bloodstains on May's clothes.

Act2
May: Tell others that before dinner you saw Eric enter Robert's room and 
     stay there for a long time.
Chris: Tell other people that you came here for the treasure.
Ronny: You heard Edward murmured to himself that he killed Robert 
      with his own hands personally one day.
Judy: You found out that May actually was a man. He disguised himself 
     as a woman.
Edward: Tell other people that Frank was killed by Robert because you 
       were there to see the murder.
Joyce: Robert told you that someone died under Ronny's operation.
Eric: Tell others you think Judy is the most suspect person because
    she is the first one to find the dead body.