A steampunk themed game night goes awry when unexpected guests show
up. It's about to get weird. Oil your gears, fire up your steam
engines, establish your alibis, and let's go!
It's game night at Aggi's house! Tonight's selection - the classic mystery board game Clue (or Cluedo overseas). Attendees were encouraged to show up in Steampunk gear.
The list of players/suspects:
Leo - Mr Green
Aggi - Ms Scarlet
Izzy - Mrs White
Rowan - Col Mustard
Perl Jam - Professor Plum
Jessie - Miss Peacock
Leo: Are we seriously playing this grandma game in tight pants and silly
shirts?
Jessie: No one said we had to do it sober.
Leo: I like the way you think. So who was murdered? Or do we get to
decide that, too?
Rowan: "There's been a murder? How do we know who was killed? We must
avenge them!"
Aggi: "No, no, it's not literal, this is a game! We have to guess the
murderer, the weapon, and the room. It's like we're solving a mystery
when we're not actually there."
Rowan: "But a candlestick? It's a poor choice of weapon. This one is too
small, that one would break, this one is too hard to maintain a grip on.
The knife is the obvious choice."
Izzy: "No, the gun is! You don't have to get up close and personal."
Rowan: "It is loud, and would draw attention. The murderer would
want plenty of time to get away."
Perl: "Well, now we know who's thought the most about how to go about
it."
Rowan: "It was not me! And there is no body in the study. We must keep
searching."
Leo: "Are you sure you want him to play? He's taking this way too
seriously."
Jessie: "Would you rather play DnD with him?"
Leo: "Yeah, OK, whose turn is it?"
Leo: "Nah, nah, nah, you're trying way too hard. You're covering
for the real murderer."
Jessie: "I'm pretty sure musical numbers aren't part of the game."
Izzy: "Where's the instructions? I don't think we can all be the
murderers."
Rowan: "There's still no body. Nor any blood. But where is Perl?"
Aggi: "We've been looking all over the house for you! What - oh.
Uh, hi there? Do you need . . . some help?"
Perl Jam: "Alice brought me my new book on Japanese tie dying, but funny
thing, they misheard me when I ordered it and, well, it looked even more
interesting . . ."
Alice: "I wasn't about to waste an opportunity."
Aggi: "Y'know what? You two have fun. Game night is kind of a bust now
anyway."
Leo: "Any luck?"
Aggi: "I found Perl, but she's, um, a little tied up right now. Do
you want - uh, what are YOU doing?"
Jessie: There's a puddle on the floor, I thought maybe a leak, but
everything looks fine. Except Ozzy is missing."
Aggi: "Ozzy?"
Jessie: "The blue dwarf gourami. I stopped to look when I got
here, and he was here then. Now he's gone!"
Leo: "The other fish probably ate him."
Jessie: "That quick? and without a trace? And with water on
the floor? Someone took him."
Leo: "Maybe Rowan got hungry? Where is he now, anyway? And Izzy?"
Meanwhile . . .
Izzy: "No Perl under the table, no Perl in the corner pocket, no Perl in
the bar shelf, no Perl in the very fascinating collection of weaponry .
. . but the back door's open. The basement door, too. Hmm, outside
or down?"
Izzy: "Aggi always tells us who she's invited to parties. What are they
doing here? Where are they going? What's in the box?"
Perl: "Alice wants to join in - where'd everybody go?"
Rowan: "We are all searching for you, Izzy, and a fish."
Alice: "A fish?"
Perl: "And you think we're hiding in a book?"
Rowan: "I think there is something odd about the shelf. I can hear
sounds behind it, and if I put my hand here, I feel a breeze."
Alice: "Ooh, please be a secret passage!"
Rowan: "Should I attempt to move the shelves?"
Perl: "Wait, let's see if we can find a switch first. No one's
going to want to heave these giant things if they can help it. Oh!
Too easy. A book on cephalopods organized with European history.
Ha! It worked!"
Alice: "OMG this is so cool! I thought it was going to just be a board
game!"
Rowan: "I don't believe Aggi planned this."
Perl: "This is totally something Aggi would plan."
Rowan: "I'm going to go ask her. Wait here."
Alice: " . . . Are we waiting?"
Perl: "Nope!"
Rowan: "Let me see if I understand everyone clearly."
Jessie: "Oh no."
Rowan: "You found Perl with Alice, but then Izzy went missing?"
Aggi: "Correct."
Rowan: "And Izzy is not responding to your messages."
Leo: "She always responds, unless she's in the middle of a race, and
trust me, we'd know if she had a race tonight."
Jessie: "Unless she ran off with the fish."
Leo: "If she was gonna steal something, it wouldn't be a fish. Not from
this house, anyway!"
Rowan: "And now Perl and Alice have vanished again."
Aggi: "Down the secret passage you found, of course. I'm sure they'll be
back up in a minute, It probably just goes from one side of the house to
the other."
Rowan: "'Probably?' The game has secret passages, but you did not plan
actual passages for tonight's game? That means we cannot be certain
about where they go, or what's down there."
Leo: "Uh, Aggi? Look at these names on the security feed. Did you
invite all these people?"
Aggi: "No, I did not!"
Rowan: "I think we must all brave the passage. Together."
Perl: "Someone's coming this way."
Alice: "I see - OMG, quick, hide!"
*two minutes later*
Perl: "Was that . . ."
Alice: "Doctor Monochrome?"
Perl: "She got kicked off the university's advisory board because of
her last paper."
Alice: "Fired from her job, too."
Perl: "The Longevity Foundation published an angry editorial against
her and her work. 'Immoral, illegal, dangerous.'"
Alice: "Looks like she's back at it. I'm gonna go make a few calls. Go
warn your friends!"
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Leo: "Izzy! Are you ok?"
Izzy: "Shh!"
Rowan: "Get back, these people are dangerous. Alice has gone for
help."
Izzy: "Well, unless help gets here in the next minute, it's gonna be too
late. They're . . . they're experimenting on people! Look!"
Aggi: "Anybody got fighting experience? Rowan and I do."
Leo: "I've been in a few fights in my time."
Izzy: "Brown belt in karate! Plus a ray gun!"
Jessie: "Does roller derby count?"
Perl: "I've got three brothers."
Rowan: "Jessie, try to disable to equipment. The rest of us will have to
rely on stealth and speed. Apologies, Aggi, I know this will be
difficult for you."
Aggi: "No one's sneaking onto my property and experimenting on people
without my permission! Let's go!"
Kimmy: "She said she could make me a mermaid for free! I thought she meant
take me shopping!"
Izzy: "Be cautious who you talk to, hun. If it sounds too good to be true,
it probably is."
Leo: "And it's just your second day? You're lucky you weren't turned into
a vampire."
Kimmy: "You mean I could have been a vampire?"
Aggi: "You can be whatever you want. It'll be ok. I'll take you shopping,
right after we figure out what to do with Ozzy there. He won't fit in the
tank anymore."
Rowan: "I have always wanted a pool."
Jessie: "Hey, do you think we could get Dr. Monochrome to turn the rest of
the fish when she gets out of prison?"
Everyone: "No!"
----The End----
Thanks for reading!
Some images edited using Krita, an open source graphics program.
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