EUDIAL M FOR MURDER:  A BAILESUCOM GAMEby John BilesThe Secret Base of the DeathbustersYou are in an underground laboratory, located under Muugen Gakuen.  There is a computer at your desk, which is covered with papers.  Variousequipment occupies one end of the room which Professor Tomoe uses to make Daimons.  The rest of the Witches Four are lounging around, beingworthless as usual.  Mimette is here.Various other Witches Five are here.>WHO AM I?You are Eudial.  Your favorite color is red.  You have your own car.  Yourquest is to find the Messiah.  Without getting picked off by your associates in the Witches Five.  Without getting killed off by the Sailors.  Without missing your soap operas.  Without being kidnapped by an alien and forced into a weight gain clinic.>LOOK MIMETTEA worthless conniving little slut with a bad costume, who wants to kill you.  And bad hair, too.  And she wears glasses she doesn't need, sometimes.  How tacky.>LOOK DESKYour desk is cluttered with papers, including a Termination Order...foryou?  There's also some pencils, and your Fire-Buster.>TAKE FIRE-BUSTERTaken.>INVENTORYYou are carrying:  Labcoat  Glasses  Sheriff Lobo Fan Club card, member #52  Fire-Buster>GOALYou spot a handy puck.  Taking your Fire-Buster, you swish it across thefloor, past the rest of the Witches 5, who certainly weren't ready forthis move, and into the garbage can.  The crowd, which actually onlyexists inside your mind, goes wild.>WHAT IS MY GOAL?To find the Messiah with the pure heart crystal, and kill him or her.>ISN'T THAT EVIL?Didn't you read the cover of this game before you bought it?>I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ALFRED HITCHCOCK PASTICHE.Yes.  If Hitchcock did Sailor Moon.  While on drugs.>FAINTYou faint.  While you are knocked out, someone picks you up and stands you on your chair, then strings a rope around your neck.  Just as they areabout to kick the chair out from under you, Professor Tomoe walks in.Professor Tomoe says, "Tsk.  Suicide attempt already?">SAY "SOMEONE PUT ME UP HERE"You are unconscious.>WAKE UPEasier said than done.>SHOULDN'T I FALL DOWN IF I'M UNCONSCIOUS?Good point.  You fall off the chair and hang.  You die.>HEY!Alright, that was a bit cheap.  Professor Tomoe cuts you down.  "Now, Eudial, if you're done with the funand games, I'm going to brief you on your next mission.">SAY "ALRIGHT, PROFESSOR."You're still unconscious.>SAVEGame saved.>PINCH SELFYou bothered to save the game just to pinch yourself?>IGNORE PARSER AND PINCH SELFYou wake up.  >SAY "ALRIGHT, PROFESSOR."You say, "Alright, Professor."Mimette glares at you.>GLARE AT MIMETTEShe runs and hides.  Hmm.  She seems to have some rope sticking out of her pocket.Professor Tomoe leads you over to the Daimon Machine.  "This lead is inthe Tomobiki district.  A young man named 'Ataru Moroboshi'."  He showsyou a picture of a rather lecherous looking young man glomping a schoolnurse.  >SAY "ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT PERSON?"You ask, "Are you SURE this is the right person?"He nods confidently.  "100%"  He pulls out a tiger-striped bikini.  "Youwouldn't believe how hard it was to get this."  He walks over to hismachinery and puts the bikini into the machine.  It makes funny noises andan evil spirit bird briefly manifests.  The Daimon egg goes into a specialDaimon Egg Carrying Case, which rolls out of the machine.  >TAKE DAIMON EGG CARRY CASETaken.>GO TO GARAGEYou walk down a short hallway to the garage.Garage of the DeathbustersThis is a fully equipped garage, with a filling station and repair facilities.  Everything you might ever need for your car is here.Eudial's Car is here.Doc Raven is here.>LOOK DOC RAVENYou see a cranky old man with huge white hair, wearing a lab coat over his mechanic's outfit.  The words 'Nobel Prize Winner' are embossed on the back.  He is currently building a motorcycle and ignores you.>LOOK CARYou've got the cool car.  A white hearse with a big star on the hood, it not only drives fast and handles incredibly for a glorified station wagon, you can even drive it underwater and not drown or even get a leak.  And you've got tunnels to allow quick access to just about everywhere.>EXAMINE CAR CAREFULLYThe car is fine.>LOOK BRAKESYou don't have x-ray vision, and the brakes aren't on the outside.>GET UNDER CARYou crawl under the car.>LOOK BRAKESThe car has brakes.>EXAMINE BRAKES CAREFULLYThe car still has brakes.>LOOK FOR SABOTAGEYou don't really think we'd rip off the anime, would you?>OF COURSE YOU WOULD.Look, Mimette has not sabotaged your brakes.>I THINK YOU'RE LYING.Get in the car and drive already!   Mimete has other plans to kill you!>I THINK YOU'RE JUST MAD BECAUSE I FIGURED OUT YOUR TRICKHave it your way.  Whatever.  You caught me.  Now, let's get on with this!>SAY "DOC RAVEN, FIX CAR PLEASE"Doc Raven fixes the brake line.  "I can't believe you wear these things out so fast.  Anyway, have fun.  I should have your new Motoyouma ready soon.">SAY "DOC RAVEN, WHAT IS MOTOYOUMA?""It's a motorcycle that transforms into a heavily armed youma when needed.  But I really need some Crystal Chips if I'm ever going to finish it.">INVENTORYYou are carrying:  Labcoat  Glasses  Sheriff Lobo Fan Club card, member #52  Fire-Buster  Daimon Egg Carry Case>SAY "WHERE CAN I BUY CRYSTAL CHIPS?""No clue.  Now go out there and kick some butt and leave an old man to his work."  He goes back to tinkering.>CHECK BRAKE LINEDoc Raven fixed it.>CHECK IT ANYWAY.It's fixed.>GET IN CARInside Eudial's CarYou sit in the front seat of your car.  You have a combined eight-track/CD player/Radio, a cupholder, and plush cheap leather seats.  And lots of room for the daimon case in the back.>DRIVE TO TOMOBIKIHmm.  The car doesn't seem to be moving.>I KNEW IT WAS SABOTAGED!  LOOK FOR SABOTAGE.Nothing inside the front seat is sabotaged.  Unless you count the eight-track player as a psychological attack.  But you're the one who asked Doc Raven to install it.>GET OUT OF CARYou get out of the car.Garage of the DeathbustersThis is a fully equipped garage, with a filling station and repair facilities.  Everything you might ever need for your car is here.Eudial's Car is here.Doc Raven is here.>SAY "DOC RAVEN, CAR DOES NOT WORK"Doc Raven says, "You can't start your car without your keys, Eudial.">SAY "WHERE ARE KEYS?"Doc Raven says, "I think you normally hide them under the driver's seat.">SAY "THAT'S NOT A VERY SMART THING TO DO."Doc Raven says, "And working for an evil mastermind is?">GET IN CARInside Eudial's CarYou sit in the front seat of your car.  You have a combined eight-track/CD player/Radio, a cupholder, and plush cheap leather seats.  And lots of room for the daimon case in the back.>REACH UNDER SEAT.You pull out Eudial's Keys.>DRIVE TO TOMOBIKIYou put the car into first, then second, then third by the time you get out the doors and down the ramp into the tunnel complex.  You roar along through metal tunnels, and after a while, you come out a door and down a staircase into...Moroboshi Living RoomThis is a fairly standard Japanese living room with sliding doors to what passes for a backyard, stairs up to the upper part of the house, a door to the kitchen, and a short hallway to the front door.  The floor is covered with mats.Your car is currently destroying the mats.Mr. Moroboshi is here.Cherry is here.>SAVEGame saved.>SAY "WHERE IS ATARU MOROBOSHI?"Cherry claps his hands together and says, "I foresee your doom.  The omens in your face are very bad.  And I thought Ataru had bad luck."Your car keeps going, and you crash through the front wall.Takahashi StreetThis is a fairly typical street in a residental neighborhood full of skinny two-story houses with tiny yards fenced in by wooden fences or stone walls.  It runs east and west with the Moroboshi House on the north side of it.>PARK CARYou park Eudial's Car.>GO INSIDEYou're already inside your car.>GO INSIDE HOUSEYou rev the engine, turn, and drive through the front wall again.Moroboshi Living RoomThis is a fairly standard Japanese living room with sliding doors to what passes for a backyard, stairs up to the upper part of the house, a door to the kitchen, and a short hallway to the front door.  The floor is covered with mats.Your car is currently destroying the mats.Mr. Moroboshi is here.He is hiding behind his newspaper.Cherry is here.>SAY "WHERE IS ATARU MOROBOSHI?"You ask, "Where is Ataru Moroboshi?"Your car keeps going, crashing down the hallway into the kitchen.>INVENTORYYou are carrying:  Labcoat  Glasses  Sheriff Lobo Fan Club card, member #52  Fire-Buster  Daimon Egg Carry Case  Eudial's Keys*******************Ura poses another situation:  open door.  "You open the door.  You die.End ofgame." pull out flame buster mk II "You can't do that." Point flame bustermk II at computer screen.  "Did I said die?  I meant sigh.  Sorry."