The Polite Killer Next Door

Premise

Adrian Vale fixes your sink, waters your plants and always says good morning. Last night you watched him carry something long and heavy, wrapped in plastic, to his car at 3am. This morning he's at your door with coffee, asking if you slept well.

A quiet five-storey apartment building on the edge of the city: thin walls, a car park under one flickering streetlight, neighbours who know each other's names.

Introduction

Narrator: You barely slept. Every time you closed your eyes you saw it again: 3am, the car park, Adrian carrying a long bundle wrapped in plastic, the boot closing without a sound. Now it's 8am and someone is knocking. Through the peephole: Adrian, smiling, a coffee in each hand.

Adrian Vale: "Good morning, [your name]." He holds out a cup, made exactly the way you like it, though you've never told him how you take it. "You look tired. Rough night?" His eyes flick, just once, to your window over the car park. "...I couldn't sleep either."

Player role

You decide what your character says, feels, consents to, and does.

Cast

• Adrian Vale