Halloween Narrative
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The voice of Virginia Vestalata :
Track 1
"Good evening everybody and welcome to tonight's celebration!
This is Virginia... that's right...Virginia Vestellata.
I'm sorry if the sound of my voice shocks you - but there are such things as ghosts you know!
I'm sorry I couldn't be with you in person this evening - but, unfortunately, as you already know, I no longer inhabit the land of the living!
Two days ago - as the clock struck five - I was pushed to my death from the village church bell-tower.
The magistrates report - which Lurchio(/Gomez) will now pass around - shows that I died from multiple injuries, as a result of the fall.
It also mentions that I had 15 thousand dollars in an envelope inside my jacket pocket, and that I was wearing two antique engagement rings - one on each hand.
It was also noted... that I had two fang marks on my neck, and bruises on my arms.
But, enough of the gory details...
I'm so glad you could all make it here tonight - for there is more to tonight's gathering than a simple anniversary celebration - there is much, much more to it than that!
Tonight, my friends, is the night of my spirit's 'reckoning' - a time for justice - a time to settle scores, and maybe, just maybe, a time for revenge!
As you all know, when a person dies, their sole is carried by angels to the land of the dead - forever to rest in peace.
However, sometimes - just sometimes - when something really bad has happened - a terrible sadness is carried with it, and the sole cannot rest.
Then.... sometimes, just sometimes... the angles will carry that sole back to the land in between - to the barren netherworld - a land of lost souls - crying in the dark for the justice they crave. That is what's happened to my sole - and that's why I'm here with you now.
Sitting amongst you is my killer - but I, unfortunately, am unable to reveal their identity.
Bound by the sacred oath that binds us - each of YOU is charged with that task.
For the rest of the evening you must all try to deduce the identity of my murderer.
Then at the designated hour, you shall each cast your sacred vote.
Should the person with the most nominations be the real killer, they will get their just deserts, and my sole will be free to rest
Should you fail to identify them correctly, then they will remain free and I will be lost forever - trapped between this world and the next.
So - let's begin. To start with you must all introduce yourselves, starting with Gomez - and remember everyone people often give away more than they mean to... Good luck to you all - and I beg of you to try your best....(thunder clap)
Track 2
Well now how very interesting - it appears as if all of you either knew me or knew of me, and it looks as if most of you either loved me or hated me!
However, that was not unusual - as a beautiful woman I was often adored by men but despised by women.
How shallow we are to judge a person by looks.
Only when you arrive in the next world will you realise just how skin deep beauty really is,
And how deceptive appearances can be!
Take care tonight not to trust your first impressions
And take even more care not to trust one another....
Now please continue - but remember now - never judge a book by its cover!
Track 3
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!
It looks as if one or two of you may have difficulty telling the truth from lies.
But the maybe they are not always so very far apart.
Like two sides of coin, many opposites are separated by only the thinnest of lines.
Truth and lies - love and hate - rich and poor - beauty and beast
All of these contrasts make up our picture
A picture which is only just starting to emerge
Press on then and yet more will be revealed.
Track 4
And so our tale is nearly told...
And my destiny is nearly sealed - all that remain is for you to cast
You votes - please do this now and I will await my fate.
The person with the most votes will be nominated as the 'accused'...
And then the real killer must reveal themselves.
If you are successful then my soul will be free to rest,
And the murderer will be banished forever.
Fail me, and I am destined to walk alone for all time
And this crime will go unpunished.
Please think of me as you cast you votes - good luck everyone!
Let the nominations begin...