Book Of Schemes Excerpt
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Two weeks after Nokrum died of prostate cancer, all of his children were notified and asked to assemble here on this exact date. They received a tour of the estate and were informed of the inheritance provision in their father's will. Nokrum's lawyer, Anthony Murgathol, explained that each of them would have one million dollars wired to their respective checking accounts by the end of the next business day.
Then Murgathol gave them two options.
They could take the money and move on with their lives. In doing so, they would forfeit any future claim to the multi-billion-dollar Nokrum family fortune: corporate holdings, real estate, stocks, et cetera.
Or, with their million dollars, any of the siblings could assemble a team of experts and search the house. Five hundred million dollars' worth of precious stones had been strategically hidden within the mansion. Any sibling who wanted a claim to the inheritance had to personally lead his/her team on a search for the stones – or be ruled ineligible. Each team would then be randomly assigned its own sector to explore. Once inside, they had from sundown to sunrise to conduct the search for the stones.
Murgathol also declared that the house was booby-trapped.
The lawyer explained to the surprised heirs that the late Hugh Nokrum had a knack for inventing "dangerous toys" in his day. These booby traps were all linked to a central data server, which was located somewhere within the estate. The traps would be activated one-by-one and in random sequence. As the night went on, the level of danger would exponentially increase. By dawn, anyone still inside would have – in Murgathol's opinion – absolutely no chance of survival.
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