Welcome to the Summer season of AAV Mystery Theater where you get to be part of the show and help solve the mysteries presented to you. This season opens up with a classic tale of espionage, betrayal, low cunning and dementia. May I present for your consideration “The Tale of the Anonymous Annoy-a-Tron”…
The Setting…
Early spring unfolds over a crowded meadow in the far off land of Arizona. Wanderers, travelers, and khaki-clad debutants gather to show off their adventure vehicles and equipment to each other as hawkers and merchants ply their wares to entrance the gathered throng and to gain the coins in these traveler’s wallets. A group of likeminded adventurers gather in a clearing setting themselves apart to renew old ties and to promote a new endeavor that they are all invested in. A camp is set, rigs and gear presented and this little gathering amongst the many settle back for a fun weekend…but devious treachery is brewing in the dark mind of one of this merry crew.
The Crime…
During the weekend, a dark figure slinks and hides in the shadows when the others are out enjoying the gathering. This figure pokes and prods over just a few of the adventurer’s rigs seeking the perfect place to preform his/her’s sabotage. A device is secreted upon two of the vehicles and an insidious one it is. It is small electronic device that serves no purpose but to drive the victim to a state of dementia with a random beep, much like the Tell-tale Heart of Poe’s classic tail. Its insidious name…the Annoy-a-Tron. Dastardly deed done the figure melts into the crowd, an evil chuckle accompanying the villain’s departure. After the gathering the adventurers disperse and depart, and the dreaded beeping starts. Not enough to track down, but enough to scrape the edge of sanity and to befuddle the strands of logic.
The Victims…
Two must pay for the criminal’s misdeeds…The first a mild mannered driver of a 4Runner, a man named Mitch. Here’s a man that spends his days up fitting the vehicles that heroes use to keep the populace safe. What could he have done to draw the ire of the fiend? Does our villain bear a grudge against all that stand for good?
The Second victim is a retired serviceman, a man that has given of himself for the service of his country and its citizens. He is called Tango and though getting up there in years he is an adventurer of some renown. He’d be even more renowned if he actually posted up his trips, but enough has been randomly seen scattered over numerous posts to know that no Overland Rally will be left un-explored by this man. Yet he is a target despite his place as the elder statesman. Does the fiend care not for the elderly?
Mitch finds the foul device after traversing over 500 mile but the clues are sparse. Tango still suffers from this heinous act and falls back on federal connections to track down the culprit.
The Suspects…
Mitch…is he really a victim, or is he deflecting blame by playing one. Here is a man that has intimate knowledge of electronics and their use in vehicles. And he drives a 4Runner in a group of pick-ups, is that the reason or is he just a hapless victim…really?
Dave…a man who has made it his mission to help those that need aid. Could he really lower himself to inflict such trauma on poor Mitch and the elderly? Yet he is a known pot stirrer and instigator of shenanigans. Innocent bystander or foul villain?
Barlowrs…He is the shadow of the group…quiet, mysterious, and reserved. Could he be a raging cauldron of repressed monkey shines and struck out against the more brazen of this gathering. Or is he just a red herring?
Tango…Firm in conviction and quick with the sarcastic remark. Could it be only a case of early onset dementia and that there was never a device placed on his truck at all? The FBI will know for sure.
Lyrpa...Mitch’s better half and a possible co-conspirator. After all she spells her name backwards, who knows what heinous acts she could be capable off.
The Clues…
Scattered in threads here on AAV you’ll find the banter back and forth between the suspects…can you solve the "Case of the Anonymous Annoy-a-Tron" before Tango’s FBI contacts do. Post your best theory here…
The Setting…
Early spring unfolds over a crowded meadow in the far off land of Arizona. Wanderers, travelers, and khaki-clad debutants gather to show off their adventure vehicles and equipment to each other as hawkers and merchants ply their wares to entrance the gathered throng and to gain the coins in these traveler’s wallets. A group of likeminded adventurers gather in a clearing setting themselves apart to renew old ties and to promote a new endeavor that they are all invested in. A camp is set, rigs and gear presented and this little gathering amongst the many settle back for a fun weekend…but devious treachery is brewing in the dark mind of one of this merry crew.
The Crime…
During the weekend, a dark figure slinks and hides in the shadows when the others are out enjoying the gathering. This figure pokes and prods over just a few of the adventurer’s rigs seeking the perfect place to preform his/her’s sabotage. A device is secreted upon two of the vehicles and an insidious one it is. It is small electronic device that serves no purpose but to drive the victim to a state of dementia with a random beep, much like the Tell-tale Heart of Poe’s classic tail. Its insidious name…the Annoy-a-Tron. Dastardly deed done the figure melts into the crowd, an evil chuckle accompanying the villain’s departure. After the gathering the adventurers disperse and depart, and the dreaded beeping starts. Not enough to track down, but enough to scrape the edge of sanity and to befuddle the strands of logic.
The Victims…
Two must pay for the criminal’s misdeeds…The first a mild mannered driver of a 4Runner, a man named Mitch. Here’s a man that spends his days up fitting the vehicles that heroes use to keep the populace safe. What could he have done to draw the ire of the fiend? Does our villain bear a grudge against all that stand for good?
The Second victim is a retired serviceman, a man that has given of himself for the service of his country and its citizens. He is called Tango and though getting up there in years he is an adventurer of some renown. He’d be even more renowned if he actually posted up his trips, but enough has been randomly seen scattered over numerous posts to know that no Overland Rally will be left un-explored by this man. Yet he is a target despite his place as the elder statesman. Does the fiend care not for the elderly?
Mitch finds the foul device after traversing over 500 mile but the clues are sparse. Tango still suffers from this heinous act and falls back on federal connections to track down the culprit.
The Suspects…
Mitch…is he really a victim, or is he deflecting blame by playing one. Here is a man that has intimate knowledge of electronics and their use in vehicles. And he drives a 4Runner in a group of pick-ups, is that the reason or is he just a hapless victim…really?
Dave…a man who has made it his mission to help those that need aid. Could he really lower himself to inflict such trauma on poor Mitch and the elderly? Yet he is a known pot stirrer and instigator of shenanigans. Innocent bystander or foul villain?
Barlowrs…He is the shadow of the group…quiet, mysterious, and reserved. Could he be a raging cauldron of repressed monkey shines and struck out against the more brazen of this gathering. Or is he just a red herring?
Tango…Firm in conviction and quick with the sarcastic remark. Could it be only a case of early onset dementia and that there was never a device placed on his truck at all? The FBI will know for sure.
Lyrpa...Mitch’s better half and a possible co-conspirator. After all she spells her name backwards, who knows what heinous acts she could be capable off.
The Clues…
Scattered in threads here on AAV you’ll find the banter back and forth between the suspects…can you solve the "Case of the Anonymous Annoy-a-Tron" before Tango’s FBI contacts do. Post your best theory here…
