Murder at Chiseley🔪🔪

MURDER AT CHISELEY

In the play are: -

Mr. Pascal 

Mr. Marques Pascal, referred to as only Pascal in the play is a French migrant from Earth to Oxfordshire in Sirlane in planet Willtron. He is the main character of this play who is unmarried and leads a simple life in a small house in Oxenfordshire. It is also known that he works 9 to 5. 

Mr. Saunders 

Mr. Ross Saunders, whom we get to know as Saunders in the play, is a co-employee of Pascal. That's all we know about him. Oh, yes... And he is always straight to the point and sometimes a bit impatient.

Mr. Ratkin 

Juveres Aguero Ratkin, a native of the northern countryside of Sirlane and known as Ratkin throughout the play has the status of being the favourite employee in Pascal's office. By favourite, I mean the boss' favourite, all others are jealous of him, though. He is 21.

Mr. Ruffus 

A mysterious kind of a person, a new employee in the office. He is a resident of Chiseley. He has not given any other information about himself to me. Go and ask him.

The Daily Post 

#1 is its rank as a newspaper 📰 agency in Sirlane. Most people prefer this newspaper agency because of the grand-eloquent language that it uses. People normally love things which are easy to understand (but I don't), but the Sirlanese are not normal people. They are unique and crazy (That's why I like them).💀

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Act I Scene I

Venue: A house on Winston Avenue, Oxenfordshire 

Pascal: Let's see what's for headlines today.

(Pascal starts reading The Daily Post.)

Pascal: Yes...good! Nickeloden FC has won yesterday... Bernard Bridge set to become the new chief minister of Nickeloden... A forecast of a clear weather today... Oh my!! Oh, these murder cases! Poor Mr. Willy, stabbed dead in his residence. I'll read the details later though.

(Pascal folds the paper, keeps on the table) 

(Enter Mr. Saunders)

Saunders: I may seem to be a bit rude to get straight to the the point but you, Mr. Pascal, must report to office tonight at 8 p.m. sharp. Alright?

Pascal: Tea?☕

Saunders: No... for some important work... not tea, obviously. Why would anyone call someone to office at 8 p.m. for having tea?😁😆

Pascal: No... Do you... want...

                                                 (Exit Mr. Saunders)

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Act I Scene II

Venue: Footpath, Birch Lane, Oxenfordshire

Pascal: Wonder what made boss call me at this hour of the evening.

(Enter Ruffus and Mr. Ratkin)

Ratkin: Pascal, you are late. Its 8:10 p.m. and boss is furious. And this is Mr. Ruffus, a new employee. Boss wants you to introduce and explain to him, the new project we are working on so that no time is wasted, and he can get to work immediately. Please be quick.

Pascal: At this late hour?🤨🧐🤨

Ratkin: Yes, we cannot give time for these within working hours. We have already been too slow.

Ruffus: Sorry to interrupt. May we proceed.

Pascal: We ought to.

Ruffus: Then, we'll take your leave, Ratkin and let us enter the office room.

Ratkin: Get going.

Pascal: What a trouble!😒

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Act I Scene III

Venue: The Office-room (Room 219-A)

Pascal: So, Mr. Ruffus, where are you from?

Ruffus: Chiseley.

Pascal: Ah! I heard there has been a murder of some Mr. Wiley there.

Ruffus: Yes, it pains a lot. The stab was hideous. That devilish man!🔪💀👹

Pascal: Wh... What? What do you mean?

Ruffus: Nothing. Where are you from?

Pascal: Here, I have a house on Winston Avenue here, in Oxenfordshire. South of Oxenford Castle.🏰

(Ruffus has a painkiller.)

Pascal: I see you have pain, probably, somewhere. May I enquire, out of curiosity, where?

(Ruffus lowers his tie and collar and shows his chest stained with blood and a stab mark.)

Pascal: You were stabbed!!?!?!!

Ruffus: Yeah, by that bloody devilish man... You see, the police are investigating in Chiseley but I know he's somewhere here.

Pascal (to himself): Just a coincidence, maybe? This man survived the stab. And his name is Ruffus not Wiley. At least that's what I know.

Ruffus: You checked today's headlines?

Pascal: Not in details, though.

Ruffus: Then please do, I have understood the project quite well.

Pascal (Reads aloud): Nickeloden FC beat New Vaskole FC by 2 goals. Jeffrey Johnson named the man of the match...

Ruffus: Yeah, carry on, have read that one. Got to know what they have written about the murder. How much do they know?

Pascal (Trembling): Last Sunday, April 14, a man's dead body was found in a bathtub in a house in Chiseley, stabbed on the chest. The victim, Mr. Ruffus Wiley.........

Ruffus: What happened? Carry on! I want to know how much they know of the procedure of my death.

Pascal: .........

Kuber Nag

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