third investigation

[stagemanagers]

[The Opera House is quiet on Friday, just as it was quiet last Friday. There's no immediate smell of blood the air and most everyone was pretty blase about the motive earlier in the week this might just be a deathless week.

The only way to know for sure is to investigate.]

Comments

DEAD BODY ALERT

[dechagny]

[Once Eliza's body's been found, Raoul had taken heed of Billy's advice and is now moving quickly throughout the opera house, calling to the others as loudly as he can.]

FRIENDS - PLEASE HURRY TO THE LIBRARY! MADAME HAMILTON...MADAME HAMILTON IS DEAD!

[move it guys we have to apprehend a killer of women]

[sunshineprincess]

[RAOUL DIDN'T BILLY F. SAY TO BE GENTLE ABOUT HOW YOU ANNOUNCE THIS?

Anna doesn't really believe it at first till she rushes to the library and-

Oh.

So it's true. She doesn't scream this time. Just... kind of leaves the room quietly.]

[dechagny]

[He really is sorry Anna]

[trettende]

[ Well, shit, Hans was already on his way there but he didn't expect to find this...!! ]

Mrs. Hamilton?!

[ Say it ain't so!! ]

[dechagny]

Indeed - she is there, and cold and gone!

[Go look Hans it's true he's being honest]

[allicareabout]

[you know

he doesn't know what he expected, but it-

...it was this, actually. it was exactly this.]

[dechagny]

[Sorry Billy he's on the fast-track to his Act 2 getting-shit-done and being-fed-up attitude]

[solomonjihad]

[Considering Astarte is right next door, seeing Raoul run is enough to cause her to jump out of her seat. And then--

MADAME HAMILTON IS DEAD.]

No.

[She's still running to the library, nevertheless. Maybe its a mistake--]

[allicareabout]

[It is most definitely not, unfortunately; the library is pretty much the same way Raoul left it, Billy's not trying to move her or anything.

He'll look up when she comes in, though.]

...Astarte.

[Sorry about Raoul's lack of tact, he tried to get the guy to be not himself for five minutes and it didn't exactly work out.]

[1/3]

[solomonjihad]

[Her breath hitches, and she buries her head into her hands. Its true, then. Eliza Hamilton...she--she shakes.

Wait. No.

No, she's slipping--what--no--]

[2/3]

[solomonjihad]

[Someone just has to put in their two cents. There's a mocking smirk as she points at Flynn.]

History is dead
Let us mourn
The empty Trinity,
and the crying orphans-

[3/3]

[solomonjihad]

--NO!

[Anna. Natalie. Heather. Raoul. Seymour. Even Hans. Focus. They need her--

Her eyes roll up and she hits the floor with a thud.]

Ghk--!

[dechagny]

[HE'S SORRY EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE]

[solomonjihad]

[ITS OK REALLY EXCEPT NOT REALLY]

[blackstache]

...The library.

[what the hell, guys. there are books there.]

[dechagny]

Yes, the library, did you hear me?

[blackstache]

Yes, I heard you, boy.

[dieformymusic]

[There really ought to be a better way to do this but no...no...

Not Eliza. She liked his music. Cue a flurry of capes to the library.

Winslow has his regular outfit on because after the thing with Hans he just didn't bother so why bother now when there's death?]

[dechagny]

[Yeah no Raoul's not okay with any of this either]

[allicareabout]

[Oh, god, Winslow, hello - the library is more or less how it was when Raoul left and...that; Billy is staying near the body because let's not tamper with it any, so it's not like he'll completely ignore anyone coming in, either.]

[catliketread]

[...]

Have you seen everyone else while you've been announcing this?

[...IS SHE THE ONLY DEAD PERSON, OR]

[dechagny]

Miss Anna, Hans, Mister Flynn - he was the one who found her - Astarte, Hook, and Winslow, but that is all so far.

[IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER DOUBLE MURDER.........]

[dontfeedplants]

Eliza?!

[Seymour had suspected someone would die today but why Eliza?

He abandons his search in the bakery to go down to the library. But while he is getting used to the idea of death he doesn't get close enough to get a good look at Eliza's body.

She didn't deserve any of this.]

[robitussin]

[She doesn't believe it.

That's the first thought that enters her head; that can't be true, because Eliza told her just last night that she would stay safe, so she has to be alive. Of course, Natalie heads to the library anyways. It doesn't make sense. She's not—

When she sees her body, she freezes in place. She's not moving. She's not breathing. It's real. Natalie doesn't cry, but she seems to deflate slightly, and her voice is quiet when she speaks.]

...What happened to her?

[allicareabout]

[Billy hasn't moved from where he's keeping an eye on her for the time being; he'll look up when Natalie enters the room, though.]

...I'm not sure yet.

[And that's...clinical, really.]

We'll figure it out, though.