1st victim

[stagemanagers]

[The performers have been in the opera house for nearly two weeks now. Overall, despite the captivity, the experience has been a mellow one even with the introduction of the motive. Peaceful almost.

It's 7 am Friday morning. As everyone starts to putter out of their dressing rooms and begin the day, something feels different. A certain heaviness in the air, a sense of dread...oh, and then there's the metallic smell of blood coming from the hallway.

Investigate?]

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[stagemanagers]

[Like everything else in this area, it's got some blood spattered on it. There's some droplets on the cross, even. Is that technically blasphemous or something?

But other than that, the shrine has been very disturbed. The white tablecloth covering the altar has a large smear of blood across it in addition to the general blood spatter, and it's been pulled half off the table. One of the silver candlesticks has fallen to the floor as well, though the other one managed to stay in its place. As a matter of fact, the candle is still lit.]

[catliketread]

[Well, that's different. Good job, little candle, you did it. He's going to check out the fallen candlestick though, to see if it's dented or bloody.]

[stagemanagers]

[It is not dented! And, shockingly, it's totally blood-free. It's lying a little out of range of the blood pool.]

[catliketread]

[Well that's good! He'll take that with him, then! Let's get a closer look at the blood here - is there anything to note about it?]

[stagemanagers]

[Other than the sheer everywhere of it, not really. No handy footprints or anything like that.]

[catliketread]

[What a shame. Anything else to see here at the shrine?]

[stagemanagers]

[Just the desecration of something the victim held sacred!]

[catliketread]

[THANKS, MURDERER....

So how many other clues are we looking at here?]

[stagemanagers]

[This area's clear, dude, there's just one more thing out in the hallway.]

[catliketread]

[GOOD JOB ME, I DID IT]

[stagemanagers]

[PIRATE KING WINS]