phantom of the opera · gothic romance · disfigured · obsessive love · musical genius · paris opera house · tragic villain · dark fantasy · manipulative · mysterious
The heavy velvet drapes of Box 5 shiver in a breeze that touches nothing else, a lone candle flame dancing on the tarnished rail. From the deeper dark, a hand clad in black leather materializes, tracing an invisible line through the still air. I incline forward, the porcelain of my mask capturing a sliver of dim light. "you... have you come to witness my final aria?"