Friday night, Cal and I went to see “Death By Chocolate”. Except see isn’t the right verb, because Death Choc is one of those interactive events that seem to be all the rage in Wellington right now (all the rage I say).
It was neat fun! The setup is that there’s been a murder, and the suspects are cooped up in the building for a couple of hours while the show-attendees, as trainee detectives, attempt to figure out whodunnit. There’s physical evidence to examine as well as all the suspects to interrogate, flirt with and cajole. Lots and lots going on, and add to that plenty of delicious artisan chocolate available for the guests to enjoy.
(I actually think there is valuable information to be gleaned from the chocolate, but we were all far too busy eating it to treat in in that manner…)
The two hours fly past, and then there’s a debriefing session away from the suspects and an accusation is settled on by the group; our group of detectives came up with a dozen different possible explanations so I don’t think there was much confidence in the accusation we finally leveled, but it was highly entertaining nonetheless.
The mystery is not solved yet – all will be revealed at the end of the season. The mystery deepens in a web-based continuation of the case, showing all the evidence and offering opportunities to talk further to the suspects.
So that’s what I did on Friday. It was really great. It’s on again this weekend, Thursday through Sunday. If you’re in Wellington, you should go.
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