The Charades of Carnage

CHAPTER THREE

Madame and Macrabe were walking up to the stage, the cleaners had left by now, and that's when Ms. Dúlon waved them over to her side of the stage.

" Oh, ladies!! Come over here! " Ms. Dúlon acted as if she didn't break the relationship between Cupideous and Bambi.

She had no sort of malicious intent, she just felt like sparking up a conversation. Pretty odd for a woman like her, isn't it?

But not to worry, the twins would find out about the incident when Roosevelt came to the stage to give Ms. Dúlon a piece of her mind.

Madame and Macrabe looked over. " Hm..she never usually invites us over.. " Madame mumbled as she walked over to the woman, Macrabe nodded, but they didn't think much of it.

" Ms. Dúlon? " Madame asked. " Oh, I just wanted to have a little discussion with you girls about the play. I've noticed how more individuals keep going missing...odd, isn't it? "

Ms. Dúlon was acting like she had no say in these murders. She was acting as if she had nothing to do with it, and that was the main scheme she used to get everyone off of each other's backs.

" Oh yes, definitely. " Madame nodded. " Do you have any suspects yet? " She asked. " I believe it's the Opera Ghost...that burden is always up to no good, wouldn't you agree?? "

" Yes, I do...but,, it's odd because the Opera Ghost usually only hangs his victims and drops their bodies by the railings...but it's more than that. It's dismemberment, heads being blown off and the walls being covered in blood, and being stabbed... " Macrabe shuddered, her tone get nervous.

" Hm,, that's right...but maybe he got bored of the standard strangling, so he switched to more brutal tactics! That's the only reason why everyone dies more brutally! I heard one time, that he gutted someone, and blood was everywhere! " Ms. Dúlon said.

" Yes,, I heard that too. " Madame nodded, looking out into the audience. The chairs were empty, but the opera was full of actors coming by and talking.

Roosevelt came in from the right side of the stage, where the other three were. She grabbed Ms. Dúlon and slapped her across the face.

Ms. Dúlon gasped, before standing straight, rubbing her cheek. She looked offended.

" YOU HOMEWRECKER! " Roosevelt yelled. Everyone else looked over, and stopped whatever they were doing.

" What are you even talking about?! Can't you see I was having a conversation with my friends?? " Ms. Dúlon said in an offended tone.

" Bambi told me you and Cupideous were kissing when she came to the fountain! " Roosevelt yelled. Some of the actors began whispering amongst themselves, some gasped, and some just left the opera out of the awkwardness of the situation currently going on.

" Oh please, I would never do such a thing! She's just crazy! She's just spreading lies about me because she hates me. " Ms. Dúlon scoffed, but she only got slapped again.

" BAMBI LITERALLY CAME RUNNING IN THE OPERA. SHE WAS CRYING. SHE SAW YOU DO IT! " Roosevelt screamed.

At this point, a good handful of actors were watching this all unfold.