and after the party it's the AFTER PARTY

[likemypicture]

[Tradition is Tradition.

Anne figures it's best to keep everyone busy in the aftermath of the trial, so she wrangles together a team of Mephisto, Santana, and Stephen to help her set up. Mephisto writes the notes and slides them under the door for Nana, Steven, and Christine, letting them know there's food and people in the dining room. The handwriting's not too great. Christine's note contains a 'P.S. If you don't feel up to it, I'll bring some food by later.' from Anne and a little doodle of Tad Cooper.


Thankfully, Anne has help setting up, so the weirdest of her food experiments don't make their way out of the kitchen. However, her platter of sandwiches does contain some interesting surprises--- you may find cheese and jelly, or peanut butter and chicken. There are normal things there too, though! And Biscuits, courtesy of Mephisto.

Their resident therapy dragon is on duty, too. Anne's made him a tiny crown for the event, and a regal little cape. He sits on a pillow in the middle of the dining room table, reigning proudly. ]

Comments

[holyspit]

Oh, Banana! They replied.

there was an accident
it wasnt his fault
but the phantom still punished him for it

i'm sorry
but he said you might know some things and we need help

[stagemanagers]

well what happened to him?

[chewie has not been present for any of this murdergame stuff, okay, he is not caught up here]

[musacal]

Oh!

[ She's peering over his shoulder now with her banana tree height and reading what's being said. ]

[holyspit]

[This response takes a while to come, and not just because Steven has to hunt and peck on these stupid multi-letter keys.]

the phantom killed him
its what hes been doing

i thought jeremyd told you im osrry
sorry

[musacal]

[ She notices his difficulty with the keyboard ]

Hey... if you need to hand it off at any point I can also send some messages.

The keyboard looks similar to some of the ones on our phones back home, and also if well... I know this isn't... emotionally easy either.

[holyspit]

Oh- yeah, that would help. Thanks.

[He types out another quick message before passing it over.]

my friend nanas here too
shes going to type now but were both still here

Connie's phone is kind of similar, but I've never actually had to- you know, text anything on it.

[stagemanagers]

WELL HE MIGHTVE MENTIONED THAT YEAH BUT I DIDNT KNOW ALL PUNISHMENTS WERE ALSO DEATH

[Chewie is also not caught up with the whole murdergame thing, like, emotionally.]

[musacal]

No problem.

Hi, this is Nana. (' ^ ')/
But yes what Steven said is right.
He makes us kill one another and then try to figure out who did it. Afterwards he executes them. He'll kill us all if we don't comply.
It's bad. (._. )

[stagemanagers]

▯▯▯

how does he make people kill each other?

[musacal]

Usually with various motives, like granting wishes or bringing people back to life.
He also says it's the only way to get out of here.
But this time it was just an accident.
Jeremy was just trying to protect a friend.

[stagemanagers]

[You don't have a typing indicator because your phone is old and garbage, but it does take several minutes for Chewie to reply, when before they were coming near-immediately.]










sorry

[musacal]

[ hey Steven do you wanna talk about girls while we wait-- oh wait there's the reply. ]

It's ok.
Well it's not but
It's not your fault.
Steven wanted to ask some stuff though.

[ She looks up from the phone then and to Steven. She's willing to hand the phone back or type for him, which ever he prefers. ]

What would you like to ask again? If they know anything to help us?

[holyspit]

[He would love nothing more than to gush about Connie and all the Gems, honestly, but maybe another time.]

Yeah. Anything about the Phantom. I don't think he's human, or not completely, but Christine and the squid both said he's- kind of supposed to be? Or was, in the story that got told.

[musacal]

Okay.

[ She adds to the message. ]

Like if you know anything about the Phantom.
We have a feeling he might not be human anymore even though he's supposed to be. (._. );
Or just anything else that might help us.

[stagemanagers]

uh
I mean you've got the wrong guy here but I know someone who would

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

ok so
his name's erik
he's a genius with music and shit but also a bunch of other stuff I guess?
and I guess he was in persia for a while and that's why he strangles people???
and there was this novel a lot of people use for his backstory but idk if that's canon
and also a really bad sequel
definitely sounds human tho

why do we think he's maybe not human????

[holyspit]

...should we tell them the Phantom got stabbed really bad and just kind of kept going? That might be kind of a lot to start with.

[musacal]

[ Hmmm... so a lot of stuff she already knew-- except that sequel part. what. ]

...Yeah, I'll... tell them that.

Well um
One of our friends, before she died...
She stabbed him twice. And one of those times was in the gut.
But he was fine afterwards, like nbd??? (?_?)
I'm pretty sure gut wounds kill most people?
People should die when they're killed?

[stagemanagers]

uh yeah usually
maybe this version's like
an actual ghost

[musacal]

[ Oh that's an idea. She quickly turns to Steven. ]

Hey actually... have any of us touched him before?

[holyspit]

Oh- hm. ...I definitely haven't? But we've seen him interacting with stuff, he has to be solid, right?

[Crud, who all has met the Phantom face to face? This suddenly seems important.]

[musacal]

[ :|a ]

Maybe?
We've seen him touching and interacting with stuff but I'm not sure any of us has actually touched him or seen how he gets around.

Btw who's the person you mentioned earlier? The one who you said might know?
Is that the lady that saved you before?

cw: proposed self-harm attempt

[stagemanagers]

I guess you might be able to tell a ghost is a ghost if you see it get stabbed?
idk depends what horror movie rules you're on

lol no just a friend
i still haven't seen HER since




god
if ppl are dying there maybe i rly will try to summon her by walking into traffic

[musacal]

[ OH... ]

d
sorry i pressed send too soon
dont do that

[stagemanagers]

ok
idk how else to get her tho

she seemed like she maybe knew something was up??? idk she's mysterious

[musacal]

[ ... :|a ]

Does she really show up EVERY time you're in danger?
Idk I just know I don't want you to get hurt either. (;_;)
But that almost sounds like um... What do people call it?
"Guardian Angel"?