Starts at Post 28 in the Main Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=299863.msg14711276#msg14711276), concurrent with the party at Bernstowe's.<br/><br/><em>1 Mirtul<br/>Late evening<br/>Eye of the Beholder</em><br/><hr/><br/>The theater is quiet, the crowds departed, the cast and crew gone elsewhere to celebrate. Henry moves to the third floor, where he sees the spiral staircase by the dressing room. A relic from the past - not all the backstage has been renovated - it is iron and wood, and squeaks in protest with each step Henry takes.<br/><br/>The staircase ends in a short hallway that leads to an unlocked door. Beyond the door is a room that is part storeroom, part workshop. Smaller props, mostly handheld, appear to be catalogued and stored here, ranging from parasols to fancy scrolls and tomes to faux weapons. The rear of the room contains rows of laden shelves. And at the front, by a row of bay windows, are workbenches for construction and repair.<br/><br/>Curtains are drawn over the windows, only a little light from the street shining through gaps in the curtains. By that dim light, Henry sees he is alone.