fourth investigation

[stagemanagers]

[All's quiet on the Opera front this morning. But that's been the case so often on Fridays it wouldn't be too safe to trust it. But hey, there's still not a flood of blood in the first floor hallway again so you've all got that going for you.]

Comments

[dechagny]

[No. You know what? No. Fridays are a lie. Now and forever, Fridays are ruined for Raoul. He will never be able to wish someone a "Happy Friday" because this day is now associated with terrible death.

Will he at least be able to use the toilet in peace before he goes looking around for one of his dead friends?]

[stagemanagers]

[He can but be aware the place reeks of alcohol.]

[dontfeedplants]

[Seymour is just going to head straight towards the Balladeer's office today. Thank goodness there isn't any blood in the hallway, at least.]

[tellthestory]

[Well uh

okay

You gonna knock on the door or just walk right in?]

[trettende]

[ Friday morning more like where will the bodies hit the floor today, eh?? It's a day ending in y so Hans is going to check the bar before going about whatever it is he does in the morning. It's his new favorite place so please don't be dead in there, whoever you are. ]

[stagemanagers]

[The bar is safely corpse-free. Day drink to your heart's content, Hans.]

[solomonjihad]

[Astarte's going to start out today in the kitchen. She'd already finished the beef fudge last night, but she's been thinking, maybe she can make breakfast for everyone! And then everyone can be surprised!

....Surely...surely no one went and did anything, right? There's no blood or anything, no smell of it at least.

...

Please let there not be some nasty surprise in the kitchen.]

[stagemanagers]

[No nasty surprised in plain sight, no. Cook away, Astarte.]

[catliketread]

[Well, since it's dieday, it's time to go check all the rooms to make sure no one's hella dead! The Pirate King will start from the top floor, so the art studio is up first! Anything off in here?]

[stagemanagers]

[No bodies but there are papers scattered all over the floor.]

[robitussin]

[Checking out the tech studio first. Anything out of place there or on the way?]

[stagemanagers]

[All clear in the tech studio.]

[aflatouttahell]

[Jezebel, for her part, is going to the library, because she has a project to work on that I totally didn't forget to follow up on all week!]

[stagemanagers]

[The library is, thank goodness, corpse free this time.]

[onthebusagain]

[Heather is not making the same mistake twice. Anything in the ladies room while she's putting on her makeup?]

[stagemanagers]

[Nope! She can put on her face without concern.]

[sunshineprincess]

[Anna is heading to the chapel first thing this morning to get some ideas on how to arrange bottles for maximum stained glass effect. Anything wrong in here?]

cw: suicide

[stagemanagers]

[Oh, Anna, you are about to have some regrets.

The chapel is a honest to god mess, with things scattered all over the floor and around the benches. On the pulpit, in purplish-rd paint, I REACHED AND FELL has been scrawled on the dark, polished wood. Behind it, hanging limply by the neck, is none other than The Law himself, Javert.

Inspector Javert is dead.]

INVESTIGATION START

[tellthestory]

[The Balladeer punches the intercom right after Anna's scream.]

She's at the chapel. The Inspector's dead inside. Be prepared if you're going in there, it's...

[...whatever it is, apparently just be prepared; he just sighs and hangs up.]

[stagemanagers]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL: 36/36

KITCHEN - 2/2
- That's a waste of perfectly good food right there.
- Astarte has succ-seeded at the kitchen search!

TEA ROOM - 7/7
- It was sitting, but it fell
- And the tea is dark and cold
- As you stare into the cups
- And the weird mashed stuff they hold
- We'll escape now from this wine
- The wine in this bottle
- There is no second chair, there is no more left to fiiiiiiind

CHAPEL - 11/11
- His face is red
- What are those purple parts?
- Never felt so paintless
- He has tasted of SIN
- Drink with me to days gone by
- MEMORYYYYYYY
- Just can't carry a tune
- Its name is Javchair
- yay blasphemy
- This paint is a sin
- He was reaching but he fell

SECOND FLOOR WEST HALLWAY - 2/2
- A light in the darkness
- WHAT A STICKY SITUATION

ART ROOM - 3/3
- Compounding our blasphemy,
- BURN BABY BURN
- I see a black door and I want to paint it purpley-red

JAVERT'S ROOM - 4/4
- Destruction as thorough as that done to Javert's self-esteem
- Dirty dirty bedsheets
- At least he was a classy drinker
- Finally, the source

HIME'S ROOM - 2/2
- Who's been going in here?
- Well, that's rude

FIRST FLOOR MEN'S BATHROOM - 5/5
- Nothing like the smell of booze in the morning
- Even more paint
- Theeeeere's the blood
- You got the Swirly Brush!
- That is not how you wash a paintbrush

KITCHEN

[stagemanagers]

[solomonjihad]

[O k...going back to the kitchen. Both to prepare the pork sausage for the trial by keeping it warm, and seeing if there's anything she foolishly missed to indicate anything amiss.

She owes the Inspector that and more, after all. He was the Law.

So. Let's start with cabinets.]

TEA ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[robitussin]

[Well, here we go.

She enters in and looks around to see if there's anything immediately out of place.]

CHAPEL

[stagemanagers]

cw: hanging, yikes

[trettende]

He... shouldn't stay there.

[ Drunk or not, Hans is a strong, able-bodied guy wearing gloves so he can't just leave Javert there. If anyone wants to help, feel free.

Is there anything Hans would notice while he's undoing the noose around Javert's neck? ]

SECOND FLOOR WEST HALLWAY

[stagemanagers]

[dontfeedplants]

[Okay, now that the chapel is done, he's just going to go wait for the trial to start. However is there anything noticeably off about the hallway?]

ART ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[sunshineprincess]

[Okay. So. Anna is in a safe place. Or so she thinks. Billy said he'd come back for her...

Is there anything immediately out of place?]

JAVERT'S ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[onthebusagain]

[There's bound to be clues here! ...But there's something deeply traumatic about being in a dead guys room, so Heather just awkwardly stands there touching the door knob.]

HIME'S ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[solomonjihad]

[Astarte is going towards Javert's room, but, if there's something off, she'll definitely look into it, no matter where it is.

Is there something off?]

FIRST FLOOR MEN'S BATHROOM

[stagemanagers]

[dechagny]

[God DAMN it. Inspector Javert...the only other countryman Raoul had left. He warned him to take care in this place on their very first day. And at that first meeting...

"It is incredible that you would not remember being hanged."

Fucking. Fuck irony so badly. And after Raoul remembered how he got the mark in the first place.

Really, he should start around the chapel and with the Inspector's body, but the first floor men's bathroom is where he first noticed something was off. Namely, that it smells like hella alcohol in here. Raoul pushes the door open, taking a whiff.

Are we talking drinking alcohol or cleaning alcohol?]