Following is the set up for the Twilight Murder Mystery. Each Round has an introduction, then characters can present their information. There are secrets, and facts they want to keep hidden, which will be revealed in the second part of each round. Ask questions! Compare answers. Everyone has secrets to hide, but some are worse than others. Sometimes secrets can kill...
The sun is setting beyond the misty hills of a vineyard in Washington State's rainforest, and you find yourselves standing in the front hall of the main house on Volturi Vineyards.
You are each here to see Esme Cullen, a recent widow who, due to hard times, is looking to sell the home that she and her husband, Carlisle Cullen, purchased from the Volturi Family several years ago.
We are all joined together in the Cullen's elaborate sitting room. Esme, however, is not present. The strangers around you are looking at you with interest. You help yourself to a glass of wine from the hall table and introduce yourself.
Dr. Alice Brandon
Although you do not consider yourself a close friend to Esme, you are on polite speaking and nodding as you pass terms, you do live next door to Volturi Vineyards. You bought your land almost two years ago. Your property was part of the original Volturi Vineyard, but was split some time ago when a new, larger main house was built.
You are a psychiatrist, a doctor, and you lived in Los Angeles for many years, bringing mental peace to some very famous people. Of course, you have a strict policy against name-dropping. (You will not talk about that guy from that movie, no matter what secrets about him you know!) While most of your patients droned on and on about their boring problems, you daydreamed about murder and mayhem. In between solving the problems of the rich and famous, you wrote. Soon you completed a mystery novel that sold very well, it was just few books away from the top ten best seller list! It allowed you to move to Washington and focus on writing a sequel.
Your spouse, Mike, owns an online camping supply store, and is currently overseas on a buying trip, but that does not stop you from socializing. You enjoy your new found fame, and often host parties for society's cream of the crop. There is plenty of society to be found in Forks, if you look hard enough. In fact, you came to Esme's house today to ask if you could use some of her land for extra valet parking for your party next week.
Edward Masen
You work on property helping with the vineyard and doing odd jobs as needed. Little is known of your past, and you like to keep it that way.
A year ago you were a drifter with no ambition. While hitchhiking to Mexico you camped out for the night in a barn on the Volturi Vineyard, not thinking you would be found before you could disappear on your journey. Esme found you the next morning on her regular walk around the property, but rather than kick you out, she took a liking to you and allowed you to stay if you agreed to work for your keep. You have been there ever since.
Encouraged and financed by Esme, you have even returned to college, having dropped out of Dartmouth College – in New Hampshire – as a freshman. You seem to have really turned your life around. You work days and spend nights in school or at the library, where you have become good friends with Bella Swan, the librarian.
Life was really looking promising… until Carlisle died. Now that the vineyard is going under, you are worried that you will have to drop out of college again, and who knows what you will do for a living, or where you'll end up.
Bella Swan
You are Esme Cullen's best friend. Esme often volunteered at the local library where, for the last few years, you have been the head, and only librarian. You are unmarried, but have several nieces and nephews on which you dote as much as you do your dog, Jacob.
Not only are you the town's librarian, but you are its historian, and biggest gossip, rivaled only by Jessica Stanley. It is almost impossible to keep a secret in a town like Forks, and you are proud of the fact that you know everything about everybody. You love books, mysteries and romance, and have read novels from Agatha Christie to Stephenie Meyer. Sometimes you might pick up Stephen King or Dean Koontz, but only if the mood is right, and the weather is suitable.
Today you dropped by Volturi Vineyards to visit Esme and savor a nice cup of tea. Maybe a glass of the ice wine they are famous for. You are sad that Esme is selling the vineyard, and you are going to miss her terribly when she moves back to the East Coast.
Jasper Whitlock
You have come from New York to Washington on business. Business is your life and your smart phone is a permanent fixture in your hand. As a land development consultant, your firm has been hired by the state of Washington to find an inexpensive tract of land to develop into a low cost housing project.
When you are not working, which is a rare occurrence, you enjoy bars and socializing. You are young and energetic and quite charismatic. The ladies tend to fawn over you, and it's not just because of the millions of dollars you make every year in land and property development. If you can pull off this job for the state of Washington, you may even become a partner in your firm.
Unfortunately, there is a miniscule budget with which to acquire and develop the land. It was almost a dream come true to find the Volturi Vineyard available under the current market value. Esme's misfortune is a happy chance for you. You hoped that she would see that your mission was for a good cause and give you an even better deal. You have poured on the charm in an effort to win her over.
You arrived today without an appointment, having seen the real estate listing in the newspaper and rushing right over.
You have spent much of the day surveying the property, and have sketched out a map of the area.
Emmett Hale
You grew up in the same town as Esme, and went to high school together. It was through her that you met her sister, Rosalie. You and Rosalie fell instantly in love, and eloped as soon as she turned 18. You currently work, are overworked actually, as a stock broker in Manhattan. You and Rosalie have decided to take a vacation to get away from your hectic schedules, and the hustle of the city. Hopefully this trip will make you fall in love all over again, and renew your marriage.
For the last week you've been traveling around the country in your brand new RV. You arrived in Forks yesterday, and came straight to Volturi Vineyards to visit your sister-in-law.
In your spare time you are an amateur ornithologist. You almost never go out without your binoculars, and look forward to looking around the area for interesting birds, or bears. But mostly birds.
Rosalie Hale
You are one year younger than your sister, Esme. As a child you adored each other and were the best of friends. As she grew older and discovered boys, the two of you drifted apart.
When Esme married Carlisle Cullen and moved across the country to Washington, you lost touch completely. After graduating from high school you immediately married your high school sweetheart, Emmett, and remained in New Jersey.
Currently you have a part time job at the makeup counter in a mall department store. You are addicted to daytime soap operas and constantly watch talk shows. Your claim to fame is that you once appeared on Maury in the episode entitled "What I Would Do For A Buck!" It is still the talk amongst all of your friends, and you tell everyone about your episode.
You and Emmett have been on vacation, traveling around the country in your new RV. A few days ago you arrived at Volturi Vineyards. You hope that this opportunity will help build a better relationship with your sister.
Next up: Secrets
What secrets do each have? Who has something they need to keep private? The characters will reveal more in the next chapter!
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