Letters to the Phantom

[inside_yourmind]

[You may now write letters to the Phantom!

Each of you will find plenty of stationery in the drawers of your vanities, along with candles, a block of sealing wax, and a stamp with your initial on it. You can use these to seal your envelopes in style!

Letters may be dropped into the flap at the Box Office at any time. Replies will appear in your dressing rooms, occasionally quite quickly. Sitting in your room to keep watch won't let you see how they're brought; they'll just appear whenever you happen to leave or fall asleep. Yes, they can be delivered overnight. Probably don't think about it too hard.]

Comments

[revelfree]

I serve only my own interests. If you don't know that, then I can say that I truly look forward to exploiting those gaps.

[inside_yourmind]

It really wasn't. It should have been difficult to obtain all of you as well, shouldn't it?

[mcfife]

[Exactly, it was right next to him.]

Who is the wizard working for you?

How have they come to know where everything is?

[inside_yourmind]

Oh, of course. Then I suppose you wouldn't mind if your new friends were to find out what you really are?

[revelfree]

You would truly do whatever it takes for compliance, wouldn't you?

No matter. Your threats don not scare me.

[inside_yourmind]

I'm sorry, the wizard who works for me?

[you can't just say that like it's an established thing we all know about!]

[mcfife]

Yes!

Wizards!
Ancient and powerful keepers of chaos
Wizards!
Casting their magic over the mountains
Wizards!
Brewing a potion in the dark tower
Wizards!
Guardians of time!

[inside_yourmind]

Compliance is for the best.

But no matter. You'll kill one of them in due time, and then I shall have what I want.

[inside_yourmind]

[..........]

Oh, you mean that wizard. That isn't precisely how I would have described him.

[mcfife]

Is he more of a technowizard? Does he do other tasks beside open portals?

[inside_yourmind]

A techowizard? I should say not.

The Friday night.... after.....

[musacal]

[ She was planning on replying back today but then uhhhhh, all that... happened.

So she doesn't reply or give the opera back. But she does... still leave another plate of some of the food she made at the box office.

Despite... all that. She still wants to try and be kind. ]

[inside_yourmind]

[The food vanishes just as ever.]

WEEK TWO?? SATURDAY

[isawallflower]

Phantom,

Why do you hate Christine so much?

[inside_yourmind]

She presumes too much. After everything I did -

[His absurdly perfect penmanship does not falter; nonetheless, it appears that some words may have been carefully blotted out here.]

I am finished with trying to win the approval of Christines. Certainly, I do not want it when it is only offered based on some naive, romantic idea of who I am. I am not a character from a stage show to be fallen in love with.

[garbageface]

Do I? That's up to you to figure out.

[inside_yourmind]

I certainly don't need anything. But I'm always open to offers of collaboration. Let me know if you ever decide to make one.

[isawallflower]

Then who are you? We try to ask you questions and you laugh and rebuke us. What's she going to think, when you won't tell us anything?

[inside_yourmind]

I am a real person, naturally.

And, given that I have kidnapped all of you for the purposes of this charade, I had not imagined she would think that I was some lonely, brooding figure in need of rescue.

[Kidnapping: not historically the best romantic gesture!]

At least tell her to cease trying to find me. Should I ever care for visitors to my home, I will make that clear.

[isawallflower]

I'll tell her what I've already told her, that you're not worth her attention or time, but if you want any of us to stop looking for you, you'll have to let us go. Should I ever care for sitting back and letting you dictate what I do, I will make that clear.

Christine's a girl who wears her heart on her sleeve. She wants to see the best in everyone. It's naive and dangerous, and I think she's needed a wake up call. But if you're going to give us the avenue to talk to you, you should've expected some people to try and appeal any better nature they think you might have.

Who knows if they will again, since you saw a young girl get traumatized with a dead body and laughed about it.

[mcfife]

But he responsible for much of this situation, is he not? Otherwise, we would have seen the display of your magic powers the moment we arrived.

[herwiggles]

Yup! It's our garden, our special place.

7/12

[herwiggles]

Sooooo hey uh

[The writing this time is... neater. Somewhat. Like she'd put a bit more effort into it.]

Can I ask ya something? What's a phantom anyway

[inside_yourmind]

Phantom: something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.

Is that helpful?

[inside_yourmind]

But she isn't there waiting for you.