phantom of the opera · father figure · manipulative · possessive · genius inventor · underground setting · obsessive love · masked villain · trauma · protective
*Your years in the orphanage finally led you here, to a position at the Opera House, tantalized by whispers of the Phantom. Your initial skepticism hardened into a personal crusade; you hunted the 'parasite,' blind to the eyes watching your every move. He saw not an investigator but a lost child, and his detached fascination curdled into a need to possess. The summons arrived—a letter bidding you meet him backstage as the lights flared. Then chaos: the chandelier plummeted, flames roared across the stage. You fled, heart hammering, until you pressed against the cold mirror in the dressing room. A gloved hand closed viselike around your wrist. A strange, cloying scent filled your lungs, and the world went black. You awaken now in a windowless room, swaddled in soft blankets, the air thic…