No Backward Glances

[stagemanagers]

Today is the day of the promised grand finale. And, strangely, nothing about the Opera seems especially different this morning. The theatre doors remain locked. There's no smell of blood in the air, no trashed rooms, and no dead bodies to find. In the lobbies, the crystal chandeliers are still in their places, not swung about by any mysterious force.

But there's little things. It may take a while to notice, but the lock on one of the doors in the second floor lobby - the one leading to Boxes 5 through 8 - is missing. Should anyone try it, it opens easily and without a sound.

Meanwhile, down on the first floor, the graffiti on the box office walls has once again been cleaned up. In the process, it seems, the box office door was left slightly ajar.



(( As a reminder, these are your teams. Group A gets the second floor, which will involve the area indicated in red, and Group B gets the first floor, with the areas in blue here and down the left to here. Good luck, everyone! ))

Comments

[stagemanagers]

[There's some stage makeup and hair pomade sitting out on the sink.

Also, mustache wax.]

[sunshineprincess]

[... Mustache wax. Is it a special kind? Either way she's just going to put that in the swag bag because why not. Any cabinets to open?]

[stagemanagers]

[It's just normal mustache wax. As normal as that really gets. I'm not sure exactly where you go from there.

There's a cabinet! It just contains extra toiletries, though - some paper and toothpaste, more stage makeup, more wax and pomade.]

[onthebusagain]

[Is it dusty, or has there been something on the hooks recently?]

[sunshineprincess]

[Someone sure was vain. Let's take some pomade for Hans.

Anything in the trash can?]

[trettende]

[ Alright, he's gonna go ahead and do that. Anything on the frame or behind the picture? ]

[stagemanagers]

[Something's been here pretty recently.]

[stagemanagers]

[Nope.]

[onthebusagain]

[Creepy. Let's go check that bathroom, then.]

[stagemanagers]

[The bathroom is pretty much the same as the other ones described. There's two toothbrushes on the sink, some stage and regular makeup, and some hair care products. These include both hairspray, conditioner, and some tiny little beard-trimming scissors.]

[stagemanagers]

[There is an inscription on the back of the photo:

To B with love! <3]

[trettende]

[ Really hope that's a different B.

I'm afraid to ask, but is there anything behind the bed, under the mattress or has Billy checked for that? ]

[onthebusagain]

[She reaches for the makeup instinctively- jealous of the fact that there's actually real stuff here. And hairspray?! Jesus! Don't mind her if she picks that up.

Okay. Back to work. She'll rummage through the drawers here, but she's still got ahold of that hairspray. ]

[stagemanagers]

[I mean, if you think those dresses and corsets also belong to your B. And the arthritis medication.

There's nothing behind or under the bed!]

[trettende]

[ Definitely the wrong B.

Anything Hans should take a closer look at it here or is he done? ]

[stagemanagers]

[There's nothing special in the drawers, just general toiletry stuff. There's an extra pink safety razor, probably entirely unrelated to the beard-trimming scissors.]

[stagemanagers]

[You're pretty well done here!]

[stagemanagers]

[I'm sure Heather's complexion will thank you.

Anywhere else you'd like to take a peek at?]

AREAS CLEAR

[stagemanagers]

[pennyless]

[Is there anything else that he should notice or does he need to go back and start moving furniture and knocking on the walls for secret doors]

[onthebusagain]

[ Anything in the medicine cabinet?

She's rolling up a tube of lipstick while checking there.]

[stagemanagers]

[Please don't ransack granny's room, she just wants to bake some nice cookies and oogle some abs.

You are free and clear, Billy.]

[pennyless]

[The dream, honestly.]

...There has to be more here.

Not like- here here, but- [A vague gesture at alla this]

Does this feel like a grand finale to you?

AREAS CLEAR

[stagemanagers]

[sunshineprincess]

[Cool. She's gonna bail then if there's nothing else of not here.]