[ The answer will be shockingly stupid, or maybe that won't be shocking whatsoever. ]
The way the blood from the head was so contained makes me wonder if it was wrapped in something to keep it from dripping. Do you think the acid would pull a fresh stain from a cloth?
Yes, one possibility. It makes me wonder if we should not be searching the personal effects of the Troupe, although that could similarly be a waste. Who would keep something so suspect, after all?
Even if the blood could be fully drawn out, a cloak or other clothes would still be wet.
[Since people also have remained in the clothes they slept in unless expicitly changed, she's also been generally keeping an eye on that, though she doubts anyone would be so sloppy.]
It's a long way from the top of this tower to the crypts, but there would have been plenty of time.
[Her finger rims the cup, creating a delicate crystalline sound, much different from the bells that ring to wake them and artificially change the hour.]
And I wonder... if that's not exactly what Father and the rest of his audience are asking now.
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The way the blood from the head was so contained makes me wonder if it was wrapped in something to keep it from dripping. Do you think the acid would pull a fresh stain from a cloth?
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It's surely one possibility. The blood hadn't carbonized, so there was still some in the basin, and nothing solidified save what already was.
[So we will be ruling out sulfuric acid in a few hours here.]
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Yes, one possibility. It makes me wonder if we should not be searching the personal effects of the Troupe, although that could similarly be a waste. Who would keep something so suspect, after all?
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[Since people also have remained in the clothes they slept in unless expicitly changed, she's also been generally keeping an eye on that, though she doubts anyone would be so sloppy.]
It's a long way from the top of this tower to the crypts, but there would have been plenty of time.
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[Of course the farce runs on a schedule. Why wouldn't it?]
Time is not on our side.
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[ Mm, but he'll set to sipping his own tea latte now that they've had this chat. ]
I wonder... [ He muses aloud as he does. ] How well will all of our actors manage this mysterious trial coming up?
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And I wonder... if that's not exactly what Father and the rest of his audience are asking now.