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

[dechagny]

A-hah!

[Flipping that switch!]

[aflatouttahell]

[Well guess who just made her way in here alrighty then let's do this]

Other door. Right.

[TIME TO OPEN THAT DOOR!!]

[onthebusagain]

They totally tried. [How awful. What could they even gain from that?]

But we'll never forget.

[trettende]

That's right, we won't.

[ Fuck the Management tbqh ]

They can't just write him off because he was our Narrator. He was way more than that.

[stagemanagers]

[This time, that other door is unlocked.

It opens onto a small bedroom, very plain and undecorated - bare walls, no personal items visible. The only furniture is the bed, a desk with a trash can next to it, and a wardrobe.]

[stagemanagers]

[The light illuminates a very short hallway. There are four doors with gold plaques on them reading Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, and Box 8.

Three of the doors are closed but the door to Box 5 is ajar.]

You... didn't see that. You can't prove anything

[dontfeedplants]

Oh hey, that door's open.

[Brillaint observation there.

He's just going to head to the Box 5 door and look inside.]

[aflatouttahell]

Well, better get searching in here.

[TIME TO RIFLE THROUGH A DESK!!! Everyone's favorite investigatory activity.]

[onthebusagain]

[Heather will search the wardrobe. Any questionably fashion choices in here?]

[catliketread]

[While Seymour's checking that out, the Pirate King is going to try the door to Box 6. Is it locked?]

[trettende]

Wonder whose room this was...

[ Hans will follow Jezebel into the other room, checking the trash first because if someone was trying to get rid of something, that'd be the place, right? ]

[stagemanagers]

[Depends on your opinions. How do you feel about flannel?]

[dieformymusic]

...that works.

Be safe, Seymour.

...everyone.

[He'll test Box 7 in lieu of the other two.]

[stagemanagers]

[It's a beautiful theatre box, decorated in much the same way as the court room. Gold accents, plush red velvet, the works.

But while there's space for at least four chairs there's only one in the box. It's pulled up right to the edge of the box and on the floor next to it is something long wrapped in a blanket.]

[stagemanagers]

[There's an empty bowl and spoon sitting on top of the desk, as well as a lamp. But strangely, rifling through the drawers only reveals a few pencils.

Looks like this room may have been cleaned out too.]

[stagemanagers]

[It is locked. Sorry, PK.]

[stagemanagers]

[Just like box 6, it is locked.]

[stagemanagers]

[The trash is full of balled-up sheets of paper.]

[allicareabout]

[JUST GONNA TAKE A WILD GUESS HERE AND ASSUME THAT BOX EIGHT IS ALSO LOCKED but you know what, no harm in being thorough and checking anyway.]

[pennyless]

[Meanwhile, Billy's going to kneel down in front of the door with the keypad, and rifle through the heavier of his two bags, putting his gloves on, pulling his goggles down over his eyes and pulling out...

A homemade blow torch.

There's a click and a hiss of igniting flame, and then a blade of flame licks out of the end of the nozzle. Sparks fly and the hiss turns to a metallic agonized scream when the flame makes contact with the door to the side of the lock.]

[dechagny]

[COMING RIGHT THE FUCK IN and honing in on that weird long thing. Raoul crouches by it and unwraps it from the blanket.

What horrible thing does he win this time?]

[catliketread]

[WELL THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, he'll head back over to Seymour, then!]

[aflatouttahell]

Desk's empty.

[Well, if it was cleaned out... the only place they ever miss in stories or what have you is under the bed, right? Right? Regardless, she's gonna check there next.]

[onthebusagain]

[Did someone's dad live here???

Anything behind the clothes?]

[stagemanagers]

[Well geez Billy

The screaming continues as the locking mechanism within the door starts to melt. This may take a little while, but it'll definitely work.]