Episode 5 - Something's what it seems

Thornton A. Worthman invites his best friends and family on a cruise to the Simaican Isles to celebrate his 100^th million Simoleon! What he doesn’t know is, that some of them think he doesn’t deserve it. One of them is even capable of…   Murder…

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Katja and Bianca's Cabin

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*Bianca wakes up early*
Bianca: “Ugh… I can’t sleep anymore. So much has happened yesterday…”

*Bianca climbs out of her bed*

Bianca: “What time is it anyway? Five fifteen? Hmm, too late to go back. I hope Katja doesn’t notice me lacking my uniform this early… Speaking of Katja, where is she?”

*Bianca checks Katja's bed*
Bianca: “Hmm, not in here… She must still be in the bridge then…”

Bianca: “Wait a minute, why aren’t we moving?”

Bianca: “Oh my God… no… Katja…   I must go to the bridge!”

???: “Hey Bianca, why such a hurry in a morning as early as this?”

Bianca: “No time for coffee breaks, Katja has been killed tonight!”

???: “Shouldn’t you put some proper clothes on before you do so? I thought Katja hated that!”

Bianca: “No time, no time!”

*The killer tackles Bianca*

???: “Not so fast!”

Bianca: “Ouch!! What are you doing?!”

???: “Katja isn’t up there…”

Bianca: “Wh- what do you mean?”

???: “Oh, they’ll see… but first…”

*The killer throws Bianca to the railing*

Bianca: “AI! Fuck! You did it, huh?”

???: “Indeed, I am the killer… Look how pathetic you are, lying there without any way to escape from me…”

Bianca: “Oh yeah? Not unless…”

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*Bianca jumps off the cruiser*
Bianca: “So long, idiota!”

???: “Hmm, not bad… pretty impressive, to be honest…   I guess this one will be for my accomplishes…”

Bianca: “Accomplishes?”

???: “Yes. Mrs. Shark and all of her cute little baby sharks…”

Bianca: “S- sharks?”

*a sinister shark fin pops up out of the water, slowly moving towards Bianca*

???: “Yes, sharks…”

Bianca: “Help!”

???: “Why would I? This will be spectacular…”

*The sharks attack… I'm not going into further details here, for the sake of our lunches*

???: “Bon appétit, mes requins... heheheh…”

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Dean's Cabin

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Janett: “Hmm, Law honey, how are you?”

*No response is heard*

Janett: “Law? Lawrence?”

*Janett realizes again why she’s all alone in bed*

Janett: “Oh my God, no.”
*Janett stars to cry a little*
Janett: “It’s all real business…” 
*Janett starts crying some more*

Janett: “Lawrence, why did it have to be you?” 
*Janett sobbingly gets out of her bed*
Janett: “Janett, stay strong. We’ll all be back on land soon and then our dear killer Diana will learn justice…”

*Janett walks to the bathroom*

Janett: “Okay, it’s eight thirty in the morning. First, I’ll freshen myself up a little. I can’t permit myself to show up with a face messed up by tears. They’ll all think I’m just pathetic…”

*Janett washes her face clean and then adjusts her make-up*
Janett: “Okay. Here we go…” 
*Janett does a mix of a sob and a sigh, gets dressed and then leaves the bedroom*

Janett: “Wait a minute?!”

Janett: “Where are the bodies?! I’m sure I moved them out of my room in here!”

Diana: “The bodies are gone? How do you mean the bodies are gone?”

Janett: “I’m sure I’ve moved the bodies of Lawrence and that dumb vampire out of my room in here! They’re gone!”

Odessa: “The bodies are gone? How? Is Tom Lee’s gone too?”

Vincent: “Tom Lee’s body was moved to the washing room yesterday. I did that with Katja.”

Odessa: “Okay? But what happened here?”

Janett: “I don’t know.”

Diana: “I’m not sure either… But something in my gut says the killer is responsible for this…”

*Odessa and Vincent run away to the bridge*
Odessa: “Okay. Lets report this to Katja right now!”

Vincent: “Wait for me! I’m not that fast!”

Janett: “Hmmm, wait a minute… I think I should go to the library instead…”

Diana: “Not so fast…”

Diana: “What are you going to do in the library then?”

Janett: “Well, that’s none of your business, ma’am…”

Diana: “Okay, I’m finding this very suspicious, Mrs. Dean…”

Janett: “No, you’re the one acting suspicious right now, Jones.”

Diana: “Oh, don’t even think about fooling me, killer.”

Janett: “Heh, can’t you stand it that I know you are the murderer? You can’t, huh.”

Diana: “Oh, shut up. I’m not the killer, but that doesn’t mean I can give you a few black eyes…”

Janett: “Oh, fighting talk. Sus-picious… Maybe the others should know what you just said…” 
*Janett pushes Diana away and goes the same way Odessa and Vincent went*

Diana: “NOT SO FAST!”

Janett: “Whoah!”

Janett: “If you’re gonna kill me, now’s your chance- OW! We’re alone right now, so do what ya want!”

Diana: “Maybe!... But I know you are the one who has killed Thornton, Ayden- Ouch!, Tom Lee… Even your own- AH! Lawrence!”

Janett: “WRAAAH!!!” 
*Janett throws Diana to the wall, then tries to run away. Diana however, recovers quickly and goes for the attack again…*

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Out of the Bridge

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*Odessa made it to the door and peeks through the windows*
Odessa: “Fuck! No! Katja’s gone!

*Vincent puffs and pants towards the bridge*
Vincent: “What?”

Odessa: “Katja’s fucking gone!”

Vincent: “God, no!”

Odessa: “We should tell the others right now!” 
*Odessa runs back, followed by an exhausted Vincent*

Vincent: “Wait for me!”

Diana: “OW!   THAT! WAS! MY! FRICKIN’! NOSE! YOU! BASTARD!”

Janett: “SERVES YOU RIGHT, BITCH!”

Odessa: “Oh my God… this is bad. Very, very bad…”

Odessa: “STOP IT YOU TWO!!!”

*Odessa tries to get the two apart*

Odessa: “AWCH! That was MY shoulder!”

Diana: “Oh, that one was for THAT B*TCH!” 
*Diana hits Janett*

Janett: “Oomph!” 
*Janett punches Diana’s face*

???: “STOP IT! ALL THREE OF YOU!”

Odessa: “ME?!”

Rudolph: “Canis pugna prohiberent! Noli esse in armis sunt canes!”

*the spell throws the three women apart against the walls*

Diana, Odessa & Janett: “Ouch!”

Odessa: “And what have I done?”

Rudolph: “Sorry…” 
*Rudolph starts shaking*
Rudolph: “Wasn’t really paying attention…” 
*Rudolph falls on the floor*

Janett: “Oh dear!”

Diana: “Are you okay?”

Rudolph: “I- I’m fine… 
*Rudolph bursts out in tears*

Odessa: “No, you’re obviously not. What’s it? Tell us…”

Rudolph: “It- it was so scary!”
*Rudolph coughs* 
Rudolph: “I’m really- really afraid of fi- fights…”
*Rudolph sobs, then starts crying*

Diana: “Rudolph, you have been brave. Good job…”

Rudolph: “Th- thank you…”

Janett: “Wait a minute, where’s Vincent gone?”

Odessa: “Hmm, he followed me back here… please God, please let him be okay…”

*Odessa and Janett go up to the deck*

Odessa: “NO! Uncle Vincent!”

Janett: “Oh. That’s unfortunate.”

Odessa: “Please, wake up! … … Wait, he’s breathing?” 
*Odessa checks Vincent's pulse*
Odessa: “Phew, he’s alive…”

Janett: “Oh. That’s fortunate.”

*Odessa rolls Vincent face up*

*Vincent pants heavily*
Vincent: “Ran… too… much…”

Odessa: “Oh, I’m so sorry! Can I do something for you?”

Vincent: “Water…”
*Vincent continues to pant*

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Bedroom Corridor

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Diana: “You know who I think the killer could be?”

Rudolph: “Janett?”

Diana: “Exactly. The only point is, I need proof it’s her. So here’s my deal.” 
*Diana peeks around, to see if nobody’s near*

Diana: “Would you like to form an alliance with me?”

Rudolph: “Alliance? Diana, Diana… This is not No Privacy, this is not Abnormality.”

Diana: “I know… this is much more severe, our lives are depending on this. Only with teamwork we can get the killer. So… are you in?”

Rudolph: “… Yes, I’ll go with it.”

*suddenly a doors opens*

Diana: “Oh eh, hi Min Hee.”

Min Hee: “Good mor- wow Diana, you look like you’ve been in a fight!”

Diana: “Oh, it’s nothing. Janett’s got a little mad…”

Min Hee: “Oh-kay?”

Rudolph: “Hmm, Min Hee, could you please start cooking breakfast already? I still have another matter to do…”

Min Hee: “Okay… sure?”

*Min Hee leaves via the stairs*

Diana: “She’s out of hearing us?”

Rudolph: “I think so.”

Diana: “Okay, where were we…”

Min Hee: “Hmm, something fishy’s going on there… Too bad I can’t omit my job…”

Janett: “Where is it… not over here…”

Min Hee: “Can I help you?”

Janett: “Oh, just looking for a book… do you know where something about sailing ships could lie?”

Min Hee: “I’m not really known here… Perhaps you could try looking at the S’s?”

*Janett facepalms*

Janett: “Hmm, I think I got one anyway. ‘Sailing for Dummies’…”

Odessa: “Hey Janett, can I talk to you for a minute?”

Odessa: “Private?”

Janett: “Well… okay, go ahead…”

Min Hee: “Why is everybody acting so mysterious today?”

Janett: “Okay young lady. What do you want to talk about?”

Odessa: “Well. I want to talk about the killer.”

Janett: “Just for the note, you haven’t voted on me yesterday night, have you?”

Odessa: “Oh no, I voted Bianca. I haven’t seen her today yet, by the way… Anyway, it’s really obvious you think Diana is the killer.”

Janett: “Well, she obviously is the killer, but go on. I haven’t got all day, I’ve got a book to read.”

Odessa: “Yes, anyway, I would rather believe she’s the killer than I’d think it’s you, so…”

Janett: “If you want to form an alliance with me against her, then it’s a deal.”

Odessa: “Really? Okay...”

Min Hee: “EEP!!!”

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Front Deck

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Min Hee: “Guys, look over there!”
*Vincent comes in*

Vincent: “What is over there?”

Min Hee: “It’s a, err, a bra.”

*Janett and Odessa come in*

Odessa: “Wut?! A bra?!”

Janett: “Over there… euh, who would wear such a tacky leopard thing?”

*Diana and Rudolph come in*
Diana: “Bianca.”

Vincent: “How do you know?”

Diana: “Easy as pie, Bianca wore that thing before on the morning Thornton’s body was found.”

Min Hee: “Er guys, haven’t you noticed? It’s torn! And the- there’s blood on it!”

*Rudolph sets a few staps backwards*

Odessa: “Eww…”

Janett: “Horrible!”

Diana: “What a brute way to go…”

Vincent: “Huh? Look over there! It’s the captain’s hat!... On a shark fin?!”

Min Hee: “Do you think what I think this is?”

Vincent: “Yup. The bodies have been used as shark snacks…”

*Rudolph feels very sick*
Rudolph: “Gotta go!” 
*Rudolph flees to the toilet*

Diana: “Who would do such a thing?”

Odessa: “The killer of course, yo.”

Diana: “Ugh, the killer of course, yes. But who of us would be awful enough to do this?”

Janett: “First things first, how did Bianca end up in the murderer’s claws?”

*A silence occurs*

Min Hee: “Well… she was awake already far before 6 am.”

Diana: “How do you know?”

Min Hee: “I- I heard her talking about waiting with putting on her uniform, and hoping Katja wouldn’t notice…”

Diana: “O- kay? That’s… awkward…”

Odessa: “Meh. She’s blonde.”

Janett: “Hey, Lawrence’s blonde too!”

Vincent: “So Min Hee, you were awake at the time Bianca was most likely killed, right?”

Min Hee: “Well, I wasn’t asleep for 5 minutes, that is.”

Vincent: “How can we know you were merely not asleep?”

Min Hee: “Er…-”

Odessa: “Wait a minute, what do you mean with that?!”

Diana: “You were definitely up late this morning… and all the other mornings during this cruise.”

Odessa: “Min Hee’s not the killer! She’s the definition of innocence!”

Janett: “Not everybody’s as innocent as they seem, Miss Wolff. Coughcough, Diana Jones, cough.”

Min Hee: “But I’m not-”

Diana: “Well, but you’re still a suspect. Everybody here’s a suspect! Who’s the killer?! Me. Vincent. Min Hee. All possible solutions to the question. Odessa could be the killer, Janett could be the killer I heard what you just said, Janett, and I KNOW you are the killer. And hey, we haven’t seen the actual bodies of Bianca and Katja, they could’ve faked their deaths and hide out somewhere! Or even more unlikely, Rudolph could be the killer.”

Vincent: “Wait a minute, where is Rudolph?”

*Silence ensues again*

Janett: “You know what, all these tries to make other people look suspicious suck, it’s clear to me who of you the killer is, and now I’m going back to finish my book.”

Diana: “Wait a minute, you’re suspect number 1, you cannot leave!”

Odessa: “Diana, let her go.”

Diana: “No, she’s the-.”

Odessa: “She’s not the killer.”

Diana: “I beg you pardon? She is t-.”

Odessa: “Fuck up and listen to ME for once! Janett would be too obvious! That’s why she isn’t!”

Diana: “Oh, you suddenly pick her side, huh! Secretly conspiring against me, huh!”

Odessa: “Nope, Bianca could still be alive after all… But that doesn’t mean you aren’t annoying the crap outta me! Since you came home with dad, I hated you! You are so obviously a shitty gold digger! Well, if you excuse me…”

Odessa: “I must improve my surroundings by not being around you.”
*Odessa pushes Diana away*
Odessa: “Good Day!”

Diana: “Ugh…”

Diana: “That kid… If she actually would be my daughter, I would’ve sent her to the first the best boarding school linea recta! GOOD RIDDANCE!!!”

Odessa: *from afar* “I heard that all, moronic mix-up! It's a good thing that you never married dad after all!”

Diana: “ARGGHHH…”

Min Hee: “Er, I’m going to the kitchen, like I was supposed to do…” 
*Min Hee leaves quickly*

Vincent: “Well, the whole discussion’s gone… Bye!” 
*Vincent leaves too*

Diana: “Wait, don’t leave me here!” 
*Diana sighs stressfully*
Diana: “Okay, Zen… Zen… Zen……

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Fitness… Fitness… Fitness…” 
*Diana leaves*

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The Victim

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It's all heating on board of the Luxury's Lap. Alliances against other suspects are being made, people are getting shut out of those, people are losing their self-control... The mess sure is growing, even at moments when the killer did not strike! Speaking of killing strikes, it's time for a new victim to be made... Who will it be? Diana? Janett? Min Hee? Odessa? Rudolph? Vincent?

Should we see it?

*One hour later…*

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Vincent: “I have no single clue on whoever the killer could be… So many clues… So many misfitting details… Maybe Diana’s right, maybe somebody’s faking their own death after all… Please, I really could use some help, I must know it…”

???: *squeaky voice* “I can help you!”

Vincent: “Who? Who’s there?”

???: “Me, the Friendly Briendly Novel Spirit!”

Vincent: “Okay, I either lost my last tiny bit of sanity, or this is the-”

*The bookcase is pushed towards Vincent*

Vincent: “KILLER!!”

*The bookcase topples over Vincent*

Vincent: “HELP!!!”

???: *squeaky Novel Spirit voice* “Oopsy daisy, I’m a little bittle clumsy too, teeheehee…”

Vincent: “BWARH!!!”

*The bookcase squishes Vincent. He is dead*

???: “Oops, that was way too noisy. Better get outta here now” 
*The killer flees*

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Our killed Jetsetters for this episode: Bianca and Vincent. Despite both of them receiving votes during the Cruisal Council a while ago, both of them were the killer’s targets for this episode. Everything’s coming close to an end, though, since out of the foreboding amount of 13 people who’ve entered the cruise, only 5 are still alive… Some of them will still die, that’s one thing that’s definitely sure. Some of them surviving is likely the case too, but if so, can they live on with the memories of the massacre haunting them forever? Or will they be driven insane by this situation from hell? And above all:

WHO IS THE MURDERER?