Scene 1 Flashcards

1
Q

C- My sister’s under 21

K-?

A

That’s never stopped me before!

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T- not so long as i’ve known you… and zita has been companion for most of my adult life!

K-?

A

That is a long time!

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3
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B- You sound disappointed

K-?

A

Actually I think he’s jealous!

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4
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C- Kissy!

K-?

A

Saved by the bell, I’ll get it!

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5
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T- Here let me take your coat, Mr.Denton. I’m Theo Travers.

K-?

A

And i’m Kissy very happy to make your acquaintance I’m sure!

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E- Kirsten when I was a young lady, it was considered unseemly for a girl to speak to a man without being properly introduced.

K-?

A

What good did that do?

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7
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C- Adler there’s no call to be snotty!

K-?

A

Look, while we’re waiting for Lu why don’t we finish that exposé we started a moment ago?

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8
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E- Thank you Kirsten thats very thoughtful of you.

K-?

A

Not really. I guess I’m just as nosey as you are!

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9
Q

C- Well I’m here because- well- I’m Connie Travers, Josiah’s grandniece and- well - I live here!

K-?

A

Same goes for me except I’m Kissy not Connie of course!

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10
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F- Yeah what’s going on around here anyhow?

K-?

A

You may as well know the truth.

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11
Q

C- Well he did in a way…
B- what way?

K-?

A

somebody chopped him up with a meat cleaver into 17 pieces!

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12
Q

F- That’s easy. We belong to the same aerobics class.

K-?

A

How disappointing I was hoping you’d met on a professional basis.

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13
Q

J- Well wait hold it a minute- I can read some of it right off the bat- but other parts will take a little figuring ..

K-?

A

Oh! Perhaps thats why Jerry was invited tonight Uncle Josiah knew we’d need someone to unscramble that mess and …

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14
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A- Wait a moment - someone should write this down!

K-?

A

I will!

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15
Q

Jerry- it means enjoy dabbling in rebuses. see? in re buses!

K-?

A

Got it! But that stuff before that comes before it- what do I put down?

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16
Q

B- well wait maybe that terminology has its own variations. I mean it could also be “rectangle number two a club”!

K-?

A

Or even oblong two!

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17
Q

M- thats a sign indicating therefore I remember it from my geometry classes in high school!

J- Good for you Mauvins!

K-?

A

Got it! What’s next?!

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18
Q

D- What picture are we supposed to look behind?

K-?

A

Thats the only one in the room..

19
Q

F- But whose faces are those in the picture?

A

Well on the left thats Sandra Dee the movie actress…

20
Q

T- A wall safe -
L- Sandra Dee

K-?

A

A paw with a big zit on it!

21
Q

J- Safe!
C- Dee!
B- Paw zit!
K-?

A

Bachs! Safe deposit box!

22
Q

M- On the contrary you mean the way it makes you not feel. Everything goes totally numb.

K-?

A

Not as numb as you’d like it to be, though. I can still feel the drilling a little.

23
Q

E- Well perhaps a tiny bit

K-?

A

Are we taking a dance break or what? Because if we are I want another drink!

24
Q

E- Lets be logical an empty mailbox means there’s no mail ..

K-?

A

Could it refer to a postal holiday?

25
Q

B- Hollow wienies!

K-?

A

Oh come on Buzzy!

26
Q

B- and why is he pushing a teapot away?

K-?

A

A teapot wearing a beret!

27
Q

F- Maybe its a french teapot?

K?

A

Whats french for teapot?

28
Q

F- of course! those are only the last two numbers! that empty mailbox must indicate the numbers that come before them!

K?

A

But how? What do missing letters have to do with numbers?

29
Q

Z- What is that next drawing anyhow?

K-?

A

Seems obvious to me - its a sailor lying in the sun!

30
Q

D- that next ones really puzzling!

K-?

A

The speed limit sign? whats so hard to figure? Zero zero miles per hour- seems simple enough to me!

31
Q

B- but why two diamonds?

K-?

A

Older! the first diamond is just a setup showing a gem thats of recent age, so we’ll know the other one is older!

32
Q

J- Kissy what have you got so far?

K?

A

Not a lot im afraid. Here’s what it says more or less- “My friends please bear with me. I belong to a group whose members enjoy dabbling in rebuses, therefore I have decided to leave my vast fortune to anyone friend relative, or stranger who can decode this message my last will and testament!

33
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D- Jerry’s right. Go ahead Kissy.

K-?

A

Okay but here’s where it starts getting kind of murky “you will find a large sum of perforated hot dogs in a safe deposit box in lucerne, the number of which is first initially the - that empty mailbox of this group plus 8-2. PS you should also know that I have been - that sailor in the sun- by zero zero mph an older gemini in this very house . Kindly see to the usual legalities inherent in such instances. and then his initials after the ps. and thats it.

34
Q

D- is she kidding?

K-?

A

Don’t scoff Dan, Zita has some very unusual gifts.

35
Q

J- You said you’d never met him- and yet Josiah selected you to be here tonight- after he checked out the names of all the detectives in your department. it must be because your name begins with a D! what other reason could there be?

K-?

A

But why send for a detective at all?

36
Q

J- Those letters our initials what are they? Lets see taking them alphabetically..

A

I’d better put them down on paper!

37
Q

J- No no Josiah said first initially! it must be the first name.

K-?

A

Hold on, I’ve nearly got it.. Hows this?! Adler, Buzzy, Connie, Dan, Eloise, Flame.. then there’s no G, H, or I.. the. Jerry myself - Kissy - Lu .. then we skip to Pippi.. then another skip to Theo and we end with Zita!

38
Q

F- Mauvins!
M- yes m’am?

K-?

A

Oh, of course! I meant to stop at his name and ask him, and then I was so busy alphabetizing that I forgot.

39
Q

J- Forgot to ask him what?

K-?

A

His first name of course!

40
Q

C - Mauvins!

K-?

A

He’s been stabbed!

41
Q

C- But why would anybody want to kill Mauvins?

K-?

A

Who could do such a thing!

42
Q

B- Well one thing we all know for sure?

All- ?

A

What?

43
Q

T- Eloise will you relax? Uncle Josiah introduced them, himself! You know how fond he was of puzzles!

E- well yes but -

K-?

A

Don’t be such a party poop auntie! a good puzzle constructer can make a very nice living at it, hi im kissy!