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

[solomonjihad]

[...Oh, thank goodness. No blood. Then, perhaps...

Astarte knows where she's going to go, before investigating dead people rooms. Get her book and go to the tea room. There's an apple pie tea she wants to try, after all!]

[stagemanagers]

[The tea room is free and clear so enjoy your tea, Astarte, but where is the book coming from?]

[catliketread]

[Well, if there's no immediate sign of blood... time to head to the kitchen for breakfast!! There's nothing happening on the way there, right?]

[stagemanagers]

[The kitchen is almost just as it was last night, maybe a few dishes in the sink if anyone forgot to clean up after dinner and an open cabinet.]

[dontfeedplants]

[Seymour was actually pretty convinced that someone would take the motive, although whether it was the motive itself or the fact that he's just come to decide that people are going to die every week is unknown even to him.

So he's going to go to the Bakery and possibly peak into the Cold Storage, because honestly, that place was always kind of suspect.]

[stagemanagers]

[The bakery is looking a little peculiar even at first glance. There's a chair pulled out at the one of the tables and another one knocked over.]

[sunshineprincess]

[Anna wants to go check on the plants for Seymour, so she's off to the garden]

[stagemanagers]

[The garden is bright and pretty as ever. Corpse-free!]

[onthebusagain]

[Friday, Funday!! Heather's off to the dance studio for some stretching!]

[stagemanagers]

[WHY IS THE DANCE STUDIO COVERED IN BLOOD- wait no, it's perfectly clean and clear. Get your aerobics on, Heather.]

[allicareabout]

[Okay, look, it's Friday morning and he's already not in the greatest mood because Reasons, but at least the lack of blood is a good thing - if someone messed with the god damn library he's going to have to be very fucking annoyed again, but that's where he's going this morning.]

[stagemanagers]

[The library looks as it usually does, books on shelves, books on tables, books on chairs and the like. But Billy isn't alone in the library this morning.]

[blackstache]

[Oh my goodness, you people are boring. Hook's gonna go check out the prop room, maybe go grab one of those delightful fake heads.]

[stagemanagers]

[The prop room is clear, if down one stunt cow. Let's have a moment of silence.]

[trettende]

[ If no one is bleeding this morning, Hans is going to the chapel this morning because... well, he's not particularly religious but maybe some prayer every now and then would do them all some good. Sure, he'd be in hell by all rights, but. Hope there's nothing weird happening there! ]

[stagemanagers]

[The chapel is looking good! Ya'll still have Jesus, it looks like.]

[dechagny]

[Aw, well isn't this nice. A Friday without immediate signs of murder? Raoul's feeling quite good about things, so let's start the day off right with a shower in the first floor men's bathroom. On the off-chance, is there anything unusual about it this morning?]

[stagemanagers]

[We're not that terrible, dude. Enjoy your shower.]

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.]

[inforapenny]

[Billy's wearing the crimson sweater that he's adopted as his own and he's going to check out the first floor....]

[stagemanagers]

[Where you headed, Billy?]

[catliketread]

[So! Since we still don't have a body announcement, the Pirate King's off to go look for any other bodies that might be lying around. Hopefully there aren't any more! But. Just in case.

He'll start by checking out the workshop, might as well start from top to bottom!]

[stagemanagers]

[The workshop is free and clear, no one beaten to death with wooden boards or anything/]

INVESTIGATION START

[tellthestory]

[From somewhere above, there's a faint sigh.]

Eliza Hamilton and Darla Dimple are dead. You...

[..........]

You know the drill. [And there's a crackle as the Balladeer abruptly cuts the transmission.]

[stagemanagers]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL: 25/25

BAKERY - 5/5
- About time we had some musical chairs
- I'm a little teapot, shattered on the ground
- Wow, classy, guys
- The cookies are dead
- Who let Wario into the bakery, god

COLD STORAGE - 2/2
- YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE COLD OUT
- luckily the ceramic stayed in

KITCHEN - 1/1
- Maybe it was just rats

LIBRARY - 7/7
- Why is everything wet?
- She put up a fight and it was not enough
- At least something in this case smells decent
- What kind of a monster
- FIND THE BLOOD
- gdi patrick swayze go home
- How to Serve Despair

LAUNDRY ROOM - 5/5
- Laundry Day, Warn You For Emetophobia There
- Darla Dimple has not washed away her sins
- That girl is POISOOOOON
- Don't eat poison ivy, kiddos
- What's this stuff?

DARLA'S ROOM - 1/1
- Geez, was she raised in a barn?

ELIZA'S ROOM - 4/4
- Unfinished work
- It would've been quite a quilt
- Mom won't make your bed anymore, kids
- Now we need even more black thread

BAKERY

[stagemanagers]

[dontfeedplants]

[So after... all of that, he's going to quietly slink back to the bakery to continue his investigations. That place seemed kind of weird anyway.

Besides the chairs, is there anything else immediately off about this room?]

COLD STORAGE

[stagemanagers]

[robitussin]

[Ugh.

She comes here to be alone after seeing the body, opening the door - is there anything immediately noticeable?]

KITCHEN

[stagemanagers]

[catliketread]

[Okay, so since the Balladeer gave the announcement that means that there's probably only two people dead. Yikes. But alright, let's investigate, that's better than thinking about it!!

So. The kitchen. That open cabinet is definitely something the Pirate King wants to get a closer look at. The cabinet door doesn't have anything weird or off about it, does it?]

LIBRARY

[stagemanagers]

[allicareabout]

[Why is today like this.

All right. He'd told Winslow that he'd look Eliza over, and that's what he's going to do; he didn't know her as well as a lot of the others, so it's pretty easy to be clinical about it, even if the idea of killing women does not sit well with him in the least.

...He doesn't pity whomever has to check over the kid, because even if she was insane and tried to drown animals she was still a kid. But thinking about that is going to get ugly and he doesn't really want to deal with that right now, so that can all just...go away in favor of looking Eliza over.

We've verified that her shoulder was damp for some reason, and that the body itself is cold; she doesn't seem to have been overly distressed, either, given positioning, but it's always possible that she was moved. So, first and foremost - is there anything that's immediately off about the body? Any noticeable injuries, any defensive wounds, anything implying cause of death?]

LAUNDRY ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[inforapenny]

[Billy is seemingly paralyzed, back flat to the wall, unable to take his eyes off of the dead body in the washing machine.]

DARLA'S ROOM

[stagemanagers]

Re: DARLA'S ROOM

[solomonjihad]

[...Two deaths. Again. This...she barely knew Darla, save that she did terrible things. But, a lot of the people here did terrible things.

Including her, technically. Or maybe not yet, since she can change her mind, right? But--ah, never mind.

After she's recovered from her other self's attempt, after she's finally left the library, she passes by Darla's room, then stops, then quietly goes back to the door. The...dead had clues in their rooms. At least Gabe did. Maybe...

She goes to open the door. Is there anything immediately out of place?]

ELIZA'S ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[solomonjihad]

[...Well, after the thrilling investigation that was Darla's door (note to self, remember the door), she might as well take the chance with Eliza's room.

Anything immediately out of place here?]