meg giry / the hot mess that is "love never dies" (or just phantom of the opera nbd)

[submergence]

You're here to scold me too, aren't you? Visit and tell me what a worthless thing I've become, I'm disgusting and violent and don't you think I'm aware of that?

You can take me away, can't you? Anywhere. I don't care. Away from here.

Just not the ocean.

I miss it. I just - I don't want to be near it anymore.

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[ingenue_bait]

[Is that a cold chill up your back?]

[submergence]

[Son of a - yes. Not that she recognizes you, but she thought it was him at first. Still kind of seems that way. In either case, she doesn't know what to say.

This is bizarre.]

[ingenue_bait]

[Just a voice.]

Why do you linger, girl?

[submergence]

[Which does nothing to calm her nerves, but that's now what we're going for.]

I - I'm sorry? Collecting my thoughts.

[ingenue_bait]

There is nothing for you here. Surely that is obvious?

[submergence]

Never been moreso, actually.

[ingenue_bait]

Oh.

[Awkward pause.]

Then the Opera Ghost's work is done!

[submergence]

[Cold chills and wide eyes and oh god no.]

"Opera Ghost," did you say?

[ingenue_bait]

[yes]

NO

[submergence]

No?

[but she's pretty sure -]

My mistake then. Forgive me, Monsieur.

[ingenue_bait]

Are you not frightened?

[submergence]

Unsettled, more likely.

[Meg, stop, you are terrified, there is no face to save.]

I am familiar with the Opera Ghost.

[ingenue_bait]

He remembers you... differently.

[submergence]

How differently?

[cassie_of_troy]

Oh, do stop complaining. If you're unhappy with your situation then leave it. Don't rely on anything as unreliable as a mun to change it.

[submergence]

Right. Must be nice if it's so easy for you.

[cassie_of_troy]

Is that what you think?

[submergence]

You speak as though that's the case.

And I don't recall saying I hadn't tried.

[cassie_of_troy]

What have you done?

[submergence]

[Her face shows nothing but alarm. That half-baked "escape" scheme is what got here here in the first place. She turns away.]

It would be better if you took my word for it. It's in the past; it didn't work.

[cassie_of_troy]

If there's one thing I know beyond a reasonable doubt it's that the past matters very much.

[submergence]

Maybe so.

[Hopefully not. At least in her case.]

That doesn't mean we should dwell on it.

[cassie_of_troy]

I suppose not.