Hope everyone has a great weekend. I will announce rules/roles Monday morning. In the meantime, get ready for:
MURDER ON THE POLAR EXPRESS
Prologue:
Dawn was breaking in Eastern Washington. Most of the small town of Chewelah, population of about 2,600, was still asleep, but a young boy was trudging through the snow to retrieve the morning paper for his dad. He glanced at the headline, “
Delays in shipping will anger Christmas shoppers!” but didn’t seem to care. Christmas was a dumb holiday anyway, and as long as there was plenty to eat and the carolers kept to themselves, he was quite content staying at home playing his video games.
Before he opened the door to go inside, the boy heard the train whistle. At first he didn’t see it through the thick fog, but soon the Pere Marquette 1225 came into view. As it slowed to a stop, the boy stood awe-struck at the conductor standing outside one of the cars. “What’s your name boy?”, said a tall, thin man with glasses and a mustache. “Audi”, said the boy. “What’s a train doing here and why does it look so old-fashioned?” “This is the Polar Express. We usually pick up kids like you on Christmas Eve, but we’re in a crisis and we need to get supplies delivered to the North Pole so the elves will be able to make gifts in time for Christmas! We’re on our way, but first we need to stop by Seattle. If you come with us, we’ll provide you with extra gifts for your family. Whaddya say?”
Audi gave the conductor a blank stare, then replied, “No. Christmas is stupid.” “Suit yourself!”, and conductor started to close the door.
“WAIT!”, cried a girl running through the snow. “I want to help. I want go!” said
@JayKay PE . “Great!”, said the conductor. “Just be warned though, there are rumors some of the passengers want to hijack the train and use whatever cargo we get to sell on the black market. Be careful and don’t trust anyone. ALL ABOARD! WE’RE OFF TO SEATTLE.” The train started heading West.