Opening Ceremony Details and Murder Scenario

Bottles

There are three relevant port bottles. All three are Presidential Porto; all three are filled with grape juice. They are:

Bottle 618867 (Tawny) -- The Drugged Bottle -- contains a mysterious drug, which should theoretically separate Jeff's spirit from his body, and allow it to be switched with Bob Enfield's. Dig Freedman's plot.
Bottle 910581 (Ruby) -- The Sickening Bottle -- contains a mild poison, which will make the drinker sick after about an hour. Bob Enfield's plot.
Bottle 910584 (Ruby) -- The Deadly Bottle -- contains a fast-acting, deadly poison. Charley Sumner's plot.

The Deadly Bottle

Charley, knowing that there is supposed to be consumption of port during opening ceremonies, puts the deadly bottle in Plymouth, on the side table. (About 6:15)

The Sickening Bottle

Bob Enfield, who has suggested to Jeff that he should drink a toast to the crew or something, to show his gratitude for them, gives this bottle to Keri Reuss to put out on the table in opening ceremonies. She puts it next to the Deadly Bottle. (About 6:20)

The Drugged Bottle

Dig Freedman mailed this Fedex to Jeff, so that it would arrive intact (not trusting the airlines with it). Things screwed up in shipping, so it just arrived Friday afternoon. Jeff made a quick trip to get it, and got sidetracked as soon as he got back, accidentally leaving it in the common area, near registration.

Sharon Tripp, being helpful, sees the port bottle in the common area and decides that it probably belongs to opening ceremonies, where she knows there is supposed to be consumption of port. She moves it into there, next to the other two. (About 6:25)

Scene

Kat White and Jeff have a minor fight just before opening ceremonies start; she is trying to get his help with something relating to the hotel, but he wants to get Opening Ceremonies started, and tells her she'll just have to wait. Only takes a minute, but should be noticeable to those around. Kat storms off and sits down in the audience.

Opening (6:30)

Opening Ceremonies begin. Jeff speaks for a minute. Any nonsense that needs to happen, happens. Jeff calls the crew to come up and join him. He compliments the crew for all of their hard work. Tells Kat to go get the port from the back; Kat goes to the back, and takes the Tawny bottle (the Drugged bottle). She brings it to the front. Jeff pours himself a jigger, raises it on high, toasts the crew, drains it down -- and dies dramatically.

Justin, who is near Jeff, steps forward, shakes him a bit, puts his fingers on Jeff's neck, and announces that he is dead. He calls for someone to go get Bob Enfield; Jeff pops up and runs out. Jeff is replaced by the Jeff Diewald Dead Body Card. Justin tells everyone that they can open their envelopes now, and that they should just go start their games, and let the professionals deal with this.

Afterwards

Stephanie Olmstead-Dean's character sheet says that she got her people to take over the scene, but by that time, all three bottles in the room had gotten mixed up. She has assigned several people to begin looking into it. And so, the confusion begins...

Conclusion Details and Scenario

The game will climax at Any Port in a Storm, at about 1:30am. At this point, the Vortex will open wide, and its shape will be influenced by the ambient beliefs of the people around it. I will call for a volunteer hand-counter or two. Then I will call for everyone to identify which group they primarily identify with. The group that has the most belief will "win", and a reality related to that group will be exposed. This will be one of the following (the details should be vamped at the time):

Wieners: The Wienerverse, filled with hot dogs, and ruled by The Great Sausage. People exist there to worship and consume the hot dogs, which are constantly being replenished by the Mayer Force.
Anti-Wieners: The home plane of Flippitatus, full of spatulas that are sentient and wise beyond compare. "My God -- it's full of spatulas!" The uber-spatula will address the populace, and tell them to follow ways of peace and order.
Those in Black: A portal to a parallel universe where Ancient Lemuria was never destroyed -- a place of harmony, peace, and deep spiritual togetherness. Love, granola, etc.
The Followers of Set: The Home Plane of Set. A place of fire and brimstone, ruled by the Great Serpent himself. He will begin to cross into the Earthly Plane, to conquer and destroy, and place his chosen people as Masters of All Reality.
The High Church of Elvis or the Space Brigade (may be combined): Graceland, the Planet. A world where Elvis stayed on Earth, and Graceland now covers 2/3 of the American continent. Remember a cheesy southern accent while describing this one.
The Luddites: The Garden. A place of peace and harmony, where no evil technology exists, and everyone lives off of the fruit of the land.
The ILF or the Millenium Group (may be combined): A version of Earth which is very much like this one, but where the Vortices are under far better control, and where the Vortex Mechanics can open and control Vortices with ease. Essentially, the world that the ILF pretends is true, where the Vortices are for education and entertainment, instead of being deadly dangerous.
The Space Pirates: The Sulliverse, where people break into song at any time, for no particularly apparent reason, where the bad guys always lose (but always get a great song in before they do), the good guys always win, and pretty much everyone lives happily ever after anyway.
The Toastbusters: Opens on whichever world the largest number of Toastbusters are concentrating on.

Whichever one happens will begin to overwhelm the Earthly plane, and move into it. If enough countervailing desire is applied, or Those in Black use their disruptors, the Vortex will begin to close. Those who want to will have a brief chance to jump to the other side before it closes.