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© 2007 August Adams
About National Darkroast Day
Synopsis: At the turn of the 21st century, the CEO of Darkroast Coffee—America's largest and most popular corporation—launches a major holiday called National Darkroast Day. The holiday is supposed to be a national celebration complete with baristas, festivities, free coffee, and an entertaining Moon Laser Show. Secretly, National Darkroast Day is an evil plot to take over and destroy the entire country. A group of heroes must race against the clock to stop the CEO and save America. In doing so, these heroes unravel a blockbuster secret about Darkroast's CEO and company origins—a secret that makes their battle a death-defying showdown against the ultimate enemy.
Location: Boston, a.k.a "Beantown"
 
Characters:
Victor Black
Founder and CEO of Darkroast Coffee
 
Ted Baxter
Victor's Darkroast Partner and Head of "Advanced Development"
Miriam Baxter
Ted Baxter's Wife and Head of Darkroast Public Relations
 
Billy London
Reporter for the Boston City Spotlight
Guerrero Montana
Coffee Farmer and Mexican Revolutionary
 
Barista Wally
Darkroast Coffee Barista
Barista Nate
Darkroast Coffee Barista
 
The Source
A Mysterious Individual of Extreme Importance
 
The Company: In National Darkroast Day, Darkroast Coffee is America's largest and most popular corporation. Darkroast Coffee has coffee stores in every city and on practically every corner in America. Darkroast serves the best coffee in America and its logo is a black militaristic shield with a coffee bean and two machine guns. Darkroast's motto: "Take one sip of our coffee. We'll command you forever!"  
 
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