The Charades of Carnage

GRAND FINALE

" You all have gotten so far. It's nice to have some new playmates,, but I'm afraid this date of ours will have to be cut short for the bloodshed of you all. Ms. Dúlon, why don't you explain to them our plan? "

" Yes! You're now in the deepest part of the chambers! We've gotten note of your arrival here a long while ago....by now, you're probably questioning amongst yourselves....since you already know who it is judging by what you've found, I will explain more! " Ms. Dúlon cleared her throat.

" We've been doing this for a total of five years. It was Andre's idea in the beginning. He had his eyes set on two women of the opera. Would you all be interested in knowing who they were?? Because they're here with us. "

None of them answered.

" I will take that as a yes! Madame and Macrabe. Andre, why don't you tell them? "

The pair of twins looked surprised from hearing, but they were urgent for an explanation.

" Well, five years in the past, our opera wasn't doing well...but Alfred had introduced me to you two, since you two had recently showed up as new actresses. At first, I was skeptical, but after some practices, I thought they were so much better than anyone else there, and nothing else mattered. I didn't begin killing because of that though...I began killing because Macrabe had a secret admirer....oh, and Alfred, I killed Carter.. "

" WHAT?! " Alfred suddenly panicked, looking directly at the director.

" I did...? " Macrabe asked. Harriet looked away, but Macrabe saw that. " Harriet....is there something you need to tell me? " He didn't respond to her.

" I got Harriet to watch over you,, but I found out from some rumors that you two were in a relationship...and we simply cannot have such an atrocity for such a rising star, can we? " He asked.

" ......I don't care...there were times where he was genuine to me. He has been nothing but supportive and helpful to me when I needed it most...I love Harriet... "

" You do..? " He turned to her.

" Oh, this moment sickens me. Let's switch to Charon and Hopper. " Andre scoffed. " What about us, hm? " Charon raised an eyebrow, and Hopper looked confused.

" You two are brothers. Charon is my long lost son... " . " I TRIED AVOIDING YOU FOR A LONG TIME! YOU HAD ALWAYS ABUSED ME WHENEVER I GOT SOMETHING WRONG! MOTHER HAD TO HELP ME WITH MY WOUNDS! " Charon looked away.

" Father...is this true? " Hopper seemed a bit surprised by this, but kept his calm. " It is, my son. In fact, I was going to have Ms. Dúlon give you an offer to help us with this extermination. There's still time to change yourself...these people mean nothing to you. I see it in your eyes. You have potential to take my place, and then you can continue on with the legacy. "

" So, what will it be?? You can finally kill that pestering brother of yours. " Ms. Dúlon giggled.

" I.... " He looked back at Charon, who was still turned away. " I...can't... " Hopper mumbled, his tone suddenly changing in the process.

" Why is that, son?? " Andre asked.

" That isn't what I want for the future of this opera. You promised Grandpa that you would take care of the opera responsibly before he passed away. The opera was a place of music and harmony...but you're making it into a region of genocide no individual would want to attend. I thought you were the most reliable one of the place, but I was wrong. " Hopper scoffed.