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COMMANDS ARE ENCLOSED IN QUOTES AND SHOULD BE TYPED IN EXACTLY AS THEY ARE SEEN.
DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENTS ARE ENCLOSED IN BRACKETS.
COMMENTS ARE PRECEDED BY '=>' OR ENCLOSED IN PARENTHESIS.
SAVING THE GAME FREQUENTLY IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
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=> YOU BEGIN AT THE BAR IN THE BALLROOM OF VERONICA ASHCROFT-WELLMAN'S COUNTRY ESTATE. MICHAEL WELLMAN WILL NOTICE YOU AND WAVE FOR YOU TO JOIN HIM AND HIS WIFE... BE ALERT! THINGS MAY NOT BE AS THEY SEEM!
[W], "EXAMINE VERONICA", "ASK MICHAEL ABOUT OSTMANN", [W,W] (HERE YOU'LL BE ENTANGLED IN A 'CONFUSION' WITH THE BUTLER AND A GUEST. KEEP GOING SOUTH UNTIL YOU ARRIVE AT THE LIBRARY), [W], "UNLOCK FRONT DOOR", [S], "EXAMINE RAIN", "WAIT"
=> AT ABOUT 9:17 OR SO, ALICIA BARRON WILL COME PUFFING UP TO THE FRONT DOOR. HER OVERCOAT IS WET. STRANGE. THE RAIN IS ONLY A LIGHT DRIZZLE...
"ASK ALICIA ABOUT OSTMANN", "ASK ALICIA ABOUT COCHRANE", "ASK ALICIA ABOUT MICHAEL"
=> HOW ODD! ALICIA HAS JUST ARRIVED AND SHE SEEMS TO KNOW WHO IS ATTENDING THE PARTY AND WHAT THEY'RE WEARING..
[N,N,E,E,N,E,E,NE,N,N], "GET BASKET" (IF THERE IS NO BROKEN GLASS IN THE BASKET, WAIT A FEW MOVES AND SMYTHE THE BUTLER WILL PLACE IT THERE), [S,S,SW,W, W,W], "GET WET COAT" (AS ABOVE, IF THE COAT ISN'T HERE, WAIT, AND SMYTHE WILL HANG IT UP), [E,S,W,W,W,W,S,W,N]
=> GOOD LORD! VERONICA HAS BEEN MURDERED! AND WITH YOUR LARIAT! NOW HOW DID THAT GET THERE?
"CALL POLICE", "GET FOLDER", "EXAMINE WASTE BASKET", "LOOK UNDER BODY", "GET BULLET", "PUT BULLET IN BELT", "GET CARD", "GET FAIRY MASK", "READ FOLDER", "LOOK IN FAIRY MASK", "EXAMINE DARK HAIR", "EXAMINE VERONICA'S HAIR"
=> IF YOU CHECK YOUR BELT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A BULLET MISSING.. SOMEONE IS REALLY DETERMINED TO PIN THE BLAME ON YOU! AND WHAT ABOUT THE DARK HAIR FOUND IN VERONICA'S MASK- VERONICA IS BLONDE! THE CARD IS WILLIAM COCHRANE'S. (INCLUDED IN THE "SUSPECT" PACKAGE") THERE IS A NOTE ON THE BACK OF THE CARD WHICH READS: "VERONICA- PLEASE CALL ME ASAP. DON'T DO SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET. -- BILL" HMM.. THE PLOT THICKENS...
"WAIT" (UNTIL MICHAEL, MARSTON, AND COCHRANE ARRIVE), "SHOW FOLDER TO MARSTON", "SHOW FOLDER TO COCHRANE", "ASK MICHAEL ABOUT ALICIA"
=> INTERESTING... OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WANTED TO PREVENT THE SALE. BUT WHO?
(WHEN MICHAEL LEAVES THE ROOM GO,) [N, W], "HIDE BEHIND BMW", "WAIT FOR MICHAEL", "LOOK"
=> AHA! MICHAEL SEEMS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE! BUT WHAT IS IT, YOU SAY? WELL, YOU'LL FIND OUT LATER. RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE TO THE DETECTIVE...
"GET UP", [E,SW], "SHOW WET COAT TO DETECTIVE", "TELL DETECTIVE ABOUT WEATHER", "DETECTIVE, FINGERPRINT GLASS", [S,S,E,E], "HIDE BEHIND CHAIR", "WAIT FOR MICHAEL", "GET UP", "ASK MICHAEL ABOUT VERONICA"
=> HMM.. MICHAEL IS ACTING MORE SUSPICIOUS BY THE MINUTE... YOU'D BETTER FOLLOW HE AND MARSTON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS...
[N,N,N,E,E], "GET PAPER"
=> NOT SO FAST COLONEL! TRYING TO DESTROY EVIDENCE, EH? WELL, YOU'LL BE DEALT WITH IN DUE TIME...
[W,W,S,W,W,W,W,N,N,N,W], "OPEN CHEST", "DROP ALL BUT PAPER AND MASK AND FOLDER AND CARD" (KEEP THE GLASS ANALYSIS TOO IF YOU HAVE IT AT THIS POINT), "GET CROWBAR", "PRY BMW TRUNK", "GET TRUST FOLDER", "EXAMINE TRUST FOLDER", "READ DOCUMENTS", "EXAMINE PAPER"
=> WELL... IT LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL AND MARSTON WEREN'T MANAGING THE ASHCROFT FUNDS VERY WELL... PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T WANT VERONICA TO INTERFERE...
[E,S,S,S,E,E,E,E,N,E,E]
=> AT THIS POINT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS YOU SHOULD TRY ON YOUR OWN. (IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHERE THE CHARACTERS WILL BE, SO I WILL LEAVE THEM UP TO YOU):
- SHOW THE MANILA FOLDER TO OSTMANN
- SHOW THE DARK HAIR TO ALICIA
- COMPARE THE DESCRIPTION OF VERONICA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME TO ALICIA'S DESCRIPTION
- ASK OSTMANN ABOUT MICHAEL
- SHOW THE TRUST FOLDER TO MARSTON
- ASK MARSTON ABOUT VERONICA
- ASK ALICIA ABOUT VERONICA
- ASK ALICIA ABOUT MICHAEL
NOW, YOU SHOULD LOCATE THE DETECTIVE AND RETURN THE GLASS ANALYSIS WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU BY NOW. HE WILL MOST LIKELY BE BY THE FIREPLACE.
"SHOW MANILA FOLDER TO DETECTIVE", "SHOW TRUST FOLDER TO DETECTIVE", "SHOW PAPER TO DETECTIVE", "SHOW CARD TO DETECTIVE", "DETECTIVE, ANALYZE HAIR", "WAIT" (UNTIL THE DETECTIVE HANDS YOU THE ANALYSIS OF THE HAIR FOUND IN THE MASK), [E], "SHOW HAIR ANALYSIS TO ALICIA", [W], "GIVE HAIR ANALYSIS TO DETECTIVE"
=> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A PRETTY TIGHT CASE AGAINST MICHAEL AND ALICIA. YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THE MOTIVE, MEANS, AND OPPORTUNITY, SO ONLY ONE THING REMAINS...
"DETECTIVE, ARREST MICHAEL AND ALICIA"
=> WALA! MICHAEL AND ALICIA ARE CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND LOCKED AWAY. (WHO SAYS THERE'S NO JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD?) AND EVEN CROOKED OLD COLONEL MARSTON GETS NAILED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT...
CONGRATULATIONS! SIT BACK AND ENJOY YOUR WELL-DESERVED PULITZER PRIZE...
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