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.]

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Wednesday Night, after the meeting, I'm sorry for this

[musacal]

[ Nana didn't intend for it to be this way, but the letter is formatted like a singspeak song because I'm extra and can do what I want. ]

Good evening, Phantom

I've meant to write you for a while now good monsieur,
With questions I hope you will be kind enough to humor

First and foremost,
Are you really... that Phantom?
The titular Opera Ghost?
The one from the famous story of French canon?

The others seem to believe you might just be pretending to be him...
But with people like Little Red Riding Hood here, I'm willing to believe you might be the real deal.
And after all, stranger things have happened...

My other question...
The date Claudine says she's from,
That can't possibly be right?
And if it is then what has become
Of my eternal Starlight?

Can I fix it?
Can I still save it?
Please help assuage
My worry about my stage...

Lastly this is not a question but...
There was some left over banana bread from the meeting today. I put some on a plate for you and left it at the box office.
Everyone else was eating it too, so I can assure you I'm not up to anything funny.
I don't know why you've brought us here, or why you're doing any of this.
But my cooking is for everyone and that includes you.
I will continue to leave some out in the kitchen or by the box office each time I make something. I hope you enjoy it.

Sincerely,
The Encore

[ true to her word, there's a plate with two slices of banana bread left by the box office, carefully covered with... idk a cloth or something WHATEVER THERE IS to keep it from drying out too much ]

[inside_yourmind]

[Well, the banana bread does disappear! No one sees anything happen to it; it just sort of isn't there the next time Nana passes through.]

Has my story reached so far?
I find your conversations on the matter intriguing...

As to your show
The eternal Starlight:

You know what you must do
To return to the place you came from
Who can say what has passed?
Perhaps you should act

OG

[At the bottom of the letter, there's a post-script! It looks like it was added after the first part, and possibly in a hurry; it's not quite up to the Phantom's normal freakish standard of penmanship.]

PS: Thank you for the banana bread. About the show - things like that really shouldn't last forever. Don't you think it'll be better to see new things here?

i'm. so sorry that she's like this. (._. )

[musacal]

[ The vague non reply was more or less what she was expecting, but the post script takes her by surprise. It takes her a little while to respond but later in the day (Thursday) she's sent one off. ]

Dear Phantom,

Thank you for your reply.
I'm glad you liked the bread.
I don't want anyone to die,
But I will remember what you said.

As for seeing new things...
I suppose that's what most people would want but
I don't know.

There's pain to be had in the "new"
And safety in what is already known.
People will move on and leave you,
And I don't want to be alone.

[ ... ]

Anyway, I thank you again for the reply and the food for thought.
Speaking of food, I made muffins this time. Both banana and blueberry.
I left some out again. I hope you enjoy those too.

Sincerely,
The Encore

[inside_yourmind]

[The muffins will also disappear in time!]

Mme. Daiba,

It's nothing, I'm sure. Consider what I said about taking action, as well. That's sure to be much more relevant to your current future.

OG