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

[dontfeedplants]

[It takes him a moment to recognize it, since it was awhile ago, but eventually it clicks.]

What is this doing here? Did the Management...?

[Dear god, did the Management seriously steal his present for the Balladeer?]

[stagemanagers]

[Is this a bad time to remind you of the potted succulent also sitting on the desk]

[dontfeedplants]

[Okay fine, he's angry but he's always down for looking at plants. Anything of note about the succulent?]

[stagemanagers]

[It's definitely the same one you gave the Balladeer.

And it has not been sunned or watered recently.]

[dontfeedplants]

[What? But he told the Balladeer-]

... I think the Management has been stealing my gifts to the Balladeer.

[He sounds absolutely livid.]

[dechagny]

[Huh? Raoul puts the lego book down when he hears that.]

You're sure? Then...if they've been stealing what he's been given...

[...Where's the Hamilton ticket and snacks he gave the guy last week]

[stagemanagers]

[Well, they're not on top of the desk...]

[dechagny]

[How about we cross over and look in the desk drawers?]

[stagemanagers]

[The Pirate King has the top drawer, so you can take one of the side drawers.

This one in particular contains a camera.]

[dechagny]

[...Uh...huh. Okay. Gonna...take that out.]

Does anyone happen to know what this is and how it works?

[dontfeedplants]

[Oh hey Seymour recognizes this, kind of!]

I think that's supposed to be a camera... A kind of camera I've never seen before, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

[dechagny]

Like the cameras that watch us?

[If you can help him out even a little that would be awesome]

[dontfeedplants]

Oh no, I mean if you press a button, it will take a snapshot. Or... a still picture of what's going on right now?

[How do you describe technology?]

[dechagny]

Oh - that sort of camera! I know what that is!

[FINALLY, SOMETHING HE UNDERSTANDS! Raoul turns it over in his hands to examine it.]

This device is smaller than I've ever seen for photography...

[dontfeedplants]

Oh, you do know about it!

[Thank goodness he's horrible with explaining future stuff.]

It should also instantly give you a photo if you press that button.

[He points to where he thinks the snap button is.]

mods tell me this won't hurt anyone

[dechagny]

Huh!

[He's found the button! Hm, well, there is definitely one way to find out if the camera has film in it. With a bit of experimenting, Raoul aims the camera at the secret door and presses the button.]

[stagemanagers]

[Sorry, Raoul, there's no film left.]

[dechagny]

Rats.

[Well, might as well bring this, too. If you're rifling through the Management's shit, why not pilfer everything?]

[dontfeedplants]

Positive! I recognize this succulent and this can't be the Balladeer's office!

[Well... there is a small chance that it could be, but he already had an office.]

[dechagny]

What need would he have for an office with an entrance in a box office, when he was always behind the curtains in every trial?