Is it possible it could have been covered by Faize's body, or behind it? Just because you didn't see it doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't there.

Besides, that's way too risky a ploy to try to make. Faize never goes to the schoolhouse, not for weeks. Just laying there... what, covered in fake blood? [????] for who knows how long hoping that only one or two people might wander by? What if it had been a whole group?

There's too many variables to take into account. Faize is really smart. I'm not just saying that because he's my friend, he's right in his profile -- "genius level intellect." I find it hard to believe he couldn't come up with a better plan than just using himself as bait.