[MaC] Revelations?

Brenda McCartney windeaglebjm at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 5 23:28:04 EST 2005


--- Jonathan Katalenic <jjkatalenic at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- "Jvstin(Mindspring)" <jvstin at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > on 1/5/2005 6:51 PM Tara Kunkel said the following:
> > > At 07:40 PM 1/5/2005, you wrote:
> > > 
> > >>>>> "I don't know," admitted Esme.  "I don't ...
> > think so.  She thought 
> > >>>>> ... if
> > >>>>> she told Marty ... he might do something.  She
> > didn't even tell him 
> > >>>>> that he
> > >>>>> was an officer.  And she wouldn't tell me any
> > more in case Marty 
> > >>>>> got it out
> > >>>>> of me."
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "So, this officer would have reason to kill
> > her, to keep his name
> > >>>> clear," Michael commented. "And reason to want
> > Fitzroy dead, as a Nazi
> > >>>> and the man who facilitated the murder of his
> > child."
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "Convenient."
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "So, an officer here?" Michael shakes his head.
> > "Who all does that
> > >>>> leave?" He ticks off the suspects on his
> > fingers. "Myself, of course.
> > >>>> Phillip, Warren. I suppose for completeness,
> > you Skeffers."
> > 
> > "Indeed," said Oswald gravely.  "Although I can't
> > aspire to your track 
> > record, old boy.
> > 
> > "It may not be a British serviceman, remember.  I
> > wonder if any of the 
> > civilians here have seen service with other forces."
> > 
> > James gave a nod at this, it was known to the
> > residents of the building 
> > that he had been in the Polish army before the
> > country had been overrun 
> > by the Nazis and Soviets both.
> > 
> > "And we shouldn't forget - the father of Nola's baby
> > may very well not 
> > be the one who killed - although he would, perhaps,
> > have a powerful 
> > motive for attempting to kill Fitzroy."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> "But why would Miss Diamond even tell you she
> > was sleepin' with an
> > >>> officer?" Marjorie asked Esme.  "I thought you
> > just said she asked
> > >>> you for the card for a friend?"
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "She said her friend was sleeping with an
> > officer," Esme explained.  
> > >> "So ... when I realised it was her, I thought
> > that the rest was 
> > >> probably true - the officer, and Marty
> > threatening to destroy the 
> > >> girl's career."
> > > 
> > > 
> > > "Or perhaps suggesting an officer was her way of
> > trying to further 
> > > protect the father," Braham mused aloud. "Perhaps
> > it was not an officer 
> > > at all. And perhaps Fitzroy somehow found out who
> > it was. That could 
> > > mean just about any man in this room could be
> > guilty."

Cyril cocked a dubious eyebrow over his spectacles.

> > 
> > "Bringing us back to the beginning." James put in,
> > somewhat glumly. 
> > "Not like one of those mystery novels, is this now?"
> > His tone was not 
> > mocking, but recognizing of the bind they were all
> > in.
> 
> "Yes- we're back at the very beginning," Nicola said
> in a harsher tone of voice than had come from her all
> night. She rose and began counting points off on her
> fingers. "We have NO idea who killed Nola," index
> finger, "NO idea who poisoned Fitzroy," middle finger,
> "the authorities are on their way, probably not in
> time to save him," ring finger, "and every single
> person in this room had the opportunity to kill at
> least one of them! We're all going to the gallows!"
> She counted off her pinky finger and ran a hand
> through her hair in frustration.
> 
> "I need a cigarette," she muttered to herself, opening
> her purse. She pulled out a small shopping bag and
> went to stuff it back inside, then stopped and stared
> at it for a moment. Her brow furrowed, as if she were
> deep in thought. Suddenly, her face contorted and she
> looked around the room. "But who...?" she asked
> herself. No- no, she wasn't sure yet... but...

"There is one other thing..." Cyril ventured from his corner of the
room.  He reached into his pocket and pulled something small and
metallic out of it.  "Does anyone recognize this?"  He holds a single
earring in his palm.

[OOC: Mel, help!  I forgot the description and I can't seem to find the
right email message!]



		
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