[After...party?] I would give anything, but for the grace of God I'm here and still aware

[madgiganticfeelings]

[So that... certainly happened. Christine ran along with everyone else to escape the suffocating smoke, slamming the doors behind them in the hope it would slow the flames down. She tries not to see sticky beer-stained carpet as she runs, tries to hear the voices of her newfound friends, rather than the screams of teenagers, but it's certainly difficult.

She only stops to hastily throw open the door to Steven's room and let out Lion with them, but otherwise retreats into the gardens before... letting herself watch the opera house in silence.

Thankfully, it doesn't end with as much damage as the last fire Christine experienced. In time, she can stop shaking and unfold the note still clenched in her hand. And then she looks back at the opera house with... a different kind of fear on her face.

A fear so deep that when Mephisto and Anne finally start suggesting the possibility of returning inside, she's up on her feet in an instant.]

Meeting in the woman's first floor washroom. Give me ten minutes and I'll be there.

[Before anyone can argue with her, she runs off, hoping she sounded firm enough for them to follow her request.

She and Lion move to Stephen's room first to acquire whatever notes might still be there, but she's returns to the bathroom soon enough, all the papers now collected in her binder.]

Okay. We're probably freaked out. God knows I still am. And I want to encourage you to leave when you need to, take a break if this all gets to be too much. But I think... I think I speak for everyone- [Finally, finally she can speak for everyone. Her voice is strong enough now.] - when I say this.

[Her knuckles go white around her binder and her eyes spark back to life.]

We are not letting that fucking Wizard win anymore. So let's talk time loops.

Comments

TEXTING TIME

[musacal]

[ Once she’s shared most of the things she’s meant to she finds a spot to sit and starts texting Chewie. ]

Hi. It’s Nana again.
We lost two more people today.
Including Steven.
So it might be just me texting you for a while.

[stagemanagers]

uh ok wtf???????

what HAPPENS with you people on weekends?

[musacal]

IDK!!!
FRIDAYS ARE CURSED I GUESS??????

[stagemanagers]

FRIDAYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD!!!!!!!!

[musacal]

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE JUST GETS DUMB IDGI OUR FIRST WEEK NOTHING BAD HAPPENED WHY CAN’T WE JUST HAVE FUN SLEEPOVERS AGAIN
Anyway everything sucks
There’s only five of us left now

[stagemanagers]

ok gimme like 20 min

[musacal]

[ UHHHHHHHHHH ]
























ur not walking out into traffic r u

[likemypicture]

Nana. Nana. Can I text them? [Grabby Queen hands]

[stagemanagers]

[literally like a solid thirty minutes later]



no





in totally different news: talked to the lady!

[musacal]

[ Uh oh. ]

Um... sure. But they said they’ll be back in 20 minutes, so I don’t know when they’ll respond...

[ She is handing it over though before she even gets to see the reply. ]

[likemypicture]

wHAT LADY??????

CHEWIE THIS IS QUEEN ANNA VON KLEVE WE COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP PLEASE I AM REALLY GETTING FREAKED OUT HERE DO YOU HAVE AN ADULT YOU CAN ASK FOR HELP?

[musacal]

[ oh god she’s so sorry chewie ]

[stagemanagers]

WHAT????

[he wasn't prepped for this why are we yelling?]

[likemypicture]

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS WE NEED HELP ASAP

BY ORDER OF THE QUEEN

[and she smiles, and hands Nana the phone back]

Thank you!

[musacal]

[

Right texting Chewie back immediately ]

I'm so sorry.
An adult asked for the phone.
But you did?! What did she say?

[stagemanagers]

stop giving the phone to adults one of them asked me to call the COPS

[like THAT was gonna help]

ok so she said a couple things
first one, she can get there to help u! but not until you get rid of the wizard????
i'm assuming u kno what that means bc i dont

[musacal]

Whoa, really?!
And yeah, I do! That would be the guy the Phantom is working for!
She called him a wizard too though? Huh. I wasn't sure if he was actually called that or not.

[stagemanagers]

idk she said to tell you that
also she can send you presents?
she's gonna send you another one later

[musacal]

Presents?
Wait "another one"? So she's sent us one before?
Did she say what it was by any chance?

[stagemanagers]

uh
no
sorry i thought youd know

she said to take them with you to the basement next time you go

[musacal]

That's ok, I'll ask around and figure it out. I might just be blanking.

But ok! We can def do that!

[stagemanagers]

ok
well i hoped that helped

[musacal]

It did! A lot! Thank you <3
How did you meet here again though?
You really didn't walk into traffic right? o_o
Or anything else dangerous?
My friend is asking if or when you can meet her again but
I'm worried about you ;_;

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Oh, hey Nana. Anne has marched off to Mephisto's room, so now you've been offered... hopefully a texting partner who is a bit more help. She's peering over Nana's shoulder and frowning at the messages from before, but eventually speaks up.]

Can you ask him when he can meet this lady next? Maybe we can find out what those presents were from her before we get to the Phantom's lair again.

[musacal]

Mmm, I can try but...

[ She taps her chin. ]

Last weekend he said he was thinking of walking into traffic to get her to show up... I don't know what he did this time but...

[ Tilting her head a little. ]

I'll try asking but I really worry about him, you know?

[ time to get another text out though ]