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! ))

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TEAM B

[stagemanagers]

[pennyless]

[This morning, Billy is wearing a couple of handmade swag bags with little red and green cadeuceus on them. One of them seems heavier than the other one, so that's the one hanging over his right shoulder. His goggles are perched on top of his head and the other bag has black safety gloves sticking out of it.

And he's gonna beeline straight for that box office door.]

There's a hidden door in the box office.

[trettende]

[ A weird Friday with no immediate sign of murder? Hans was already heading to the Box Office for his morning mope/psyche up. (Yeah he's wearing the jacket again.) He doesn't exactly expect to run into Billy there (sad, not the NPH he was hoping for,) but well, there he is. ]

...That doesn't surprise me. He probably got around backstage through there.

[ Time to have a look inside. ]

[stagemanagers]

[The box office appears to have been completely cleaned out. The Balladeer's instruments are gone, as is everything that was on his desk. Should you check the drawers, you'll find that those are empty too.

But the shelves are still here, Billy, so you should still be good.]

[onthebusagain]

...Wow, it's super spooky all cleared out like this, isn't it? [That's right, Heather's here too, peering into the box office behind them. ]

[pennyless]

[Well this is fucking rude.

Since there's nothing of interest in the room anymore, Billy's going to beeline right for the shelves and open that hidden door.

Is the hallway still the same?]

ROOM #2

[pennyless]

Alright, split up or come with, just... try to stay with somebody.

[Meanwhile he's going to try that first door on the left.

...And he's still got his blow torch so he's not taking no for an answer here.]

[stagemanagers]

[Luckily for everyone's eardrums, the blowtorch isn't needed. The door is unlocked.

This room contains one bunkbed and one single. There's also a wardrobe, but the room is too small to fit any other furniture.]

[pennyless]

[...He remembers the guy who rolled out from underneath the bathroom stall, he's going to check under the beds on his way over to the wardrobe.]

[stagemanagers]

[Nothing under the beds. There are some post-it notes stuck on the nearest post of the bunkbed, though!]

ROOM #3

[aflatouttahell]

[These rooms look a little small for everyone to be up in them, so!]

I'm going to check this one, someone want to come with me?

[onthebusagain]

I'm coming! I hope we don't find anything totally gross.

[aflatouttahell]

Alright! Same here, honestly.

[stagemanagers]

[This room contains two twin beds and a wardrobe.

...also, one of the walls seems to have been plastered with photographs.]

#6!

[pennyless]

[why is Billy the leader here

ALRIGHT! Here goes Billy, opening the door to Room 6 whether it wants to be opened or not. Let me guess. A Morgue?]

[trettende]

[ Sure ok, team villain is heading this way (I'm phone tagging alright, don't judge me) what's behind door number 6? ]

[stagemanagers]

[It's another bedroom! This one is larger than the first two, with its own bathroom attached. There is only one bed, with a nightstand next to it, and a wardrobe.]

[pennyless]

I wonder if this is Bad Santa's room.

[Billy's going to continue his paranoid trend of going and opening the wardrobe to make sure there's nobody (alive or dead) inside it.]

ROOM 4

[onthebusagain]

[ALRIGHT it's all Heather this time.

Meaning she stands infront of the door for too long, giving nervous glances to those behind her, before suddenly flinging the door open.

Please don't let there be anything horrifying inside.]

[aflatouttahell]

[WELL THEY HAVE MADE A GOOD TEAM SO FAR

Jez will follow. Teen Girl Squad, go!]

[stagemanagers]

[OH GOD IT'S A KING-SIZED BED

This bedroom is larger and nicer than the first two were, and has its own attached bath. As mentioned, there is a king-sized bed, with a pretty fancy-looking blue-and-gold bed set. There's a nightstand next to one side, a large wardrobe, and two hook-shaped mounts above the bed. They're empty, but it looks like there should be something there.]

Room 5

[sunshineprincess]

[Seeing as room 6 is being covered by two people Sorry Billy and she doesn't want to get in the way, Anna heads into the room no one else picked. Alone. Please no ghosts.

Team Lone Wanderer is a go.

What will she notice upon entering?

[stagemanagers]

[This bedroom is larger and nicer than the rest - look, it's got its own bathroom attached! There's only one bed, and along with the normal wardrobe it's also got a full-length mirror.

Next to the mirror is a dummy wearing a set of well-polished armor.]

[sunshineprincess]

[Oooooh shiny things! She's gonna go check out the armor. Is it the one she banged her pan against? Or a completely different set?]

AREAS CLEAR

[stagemanagers]