week 5

[stagemanagers]

[That was...an absolute shitshow. More beloved friends are dead in a mess of a trial that's left Angus half the man he was, Riley in a free fall and the Phantom...somehow still standing despite taking two stabs to the torso.

When you wake on Sunday, you'll find that you've recovered another one of those memories - or had another dream, if you still wanna be in denial about it. The door blocking the stairwell on the second floor has been unsealed. You can now venture up to the third floor! You have so much space now, it's just a shame it's all come at the cost of eight lives.

But despite the tragedy you have made progress! The trip into the Phantom's lair yielded some hints to the past of the Opera House, your house manager's apparently grim hobby and the possibility of an ally outside the Opera House. Who knows what this week will bring?]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday


(( Welcome to Week 5! Please remember to submit your AC and your memory regains, as well as your coins! You can also still contact the Phantom. ))

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[heathencall]

Christine --

[Sorry to interrupt your singing but. He's going to nudge her.]

Look.

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Christine turns her head just as she's finishing singing, and her voice falters.]

O-Oh...

[There's no need to let her in, then. Christine untangles from Mephisto's embrace and falls to her knees, looking around the heart. It could just be a symbol, a message, but... maybe there's something else she wants to tell them?]

[stagemanagers]

[It should also be noted they look kind of like they were made by footprints...and the shape is much bigger than Riley's feet.

But other than that it's just a simple, cute heart.]

[madgiganticfeelings]

This doesn't... look like Riley.

[One of the adults, maybe? Christine frowns softly before calling out:]

Sigyn? King Richard? ...Angus?

[stagemanagers]

[When Christine says "King Richard", she'll feel her hair ruffle gently despite there being no wind.]

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Wow, Christine sure is doing a lot of crying today. But she steels herself enough to curtsy.]

Y-Your Majesty. If you have anything you need to tell us, we're listening.

[stagemanagers]

[There is no change.]

[heathencall]

[Christine is doing the investigating on the ground but....

What happens if he waves his hand in the air over the heart?]

[stagemanagers]

[It feels slightly colder!]

[heathencall]

[Gotta pay the troll toll. To get into this ghost hole.

yeah he's jumping into the heart.]

[stagemanagers]

[It feels a few degrees colder in the heart but it fades quickly.]

[heathencall]

[Disappointing.]

Something is changing, Christine.

[madgiganticfeelings]

I-I think so too. Something must have made it easier for them to talk to us. Or they feel stronger about communicating with us. I'm not sure.

[But it's a good sign.]

I was in the recording booth earlier, with Steven. There were recordings that, that mentioned ghosts in them as well.

[heathencall]

Riley stabbed the Phantom. Perhaps... whatever hold he had on this place is slipping? Righting itself to whatever thin veil there was before?

[madgiganticfeelings]

That... that just makes me wonder what this place was like before the Phantom ended up here.

[heathencall]

With luck, we'll find out soon enough.

We just have to keep going.

[madgiganticfeelings]

[There's a heavy sigh from Christine.]

This... they want us to keep pushing forward. For them. Don't they?

[heathencall]

I think you're right, Christine.

[He's still sort of. Feeling at the air. Looking for another cold spot, another sign.]

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Christine reaches out to check as well, but she can't feel anything. She thinks they're gone, and tears start to well up again.]

W-Well... I hope they'll come back again soon.