"Dan!" Phil called through the flat.
"Yeahr-?" Dan craned his neck from where he was laying in the lounge on the couch in his Internet browsing position.
"There's a package for you." Phil entered the lounge and handed the parcel to Dan, who furrowed his brows.
"Do you think it's my copy of My Neighbour Totoro?"
Phil shrugged and sat on the opposite end of the couch, watching as Dan grabbed a pair of scissors and sliced open the box. Out came a few styrofoam packaging peanuts, and Dan noticed a cream coloured envelope sitting on top of the box's buried content. He picked up the envelope and read his name that was messily scrawled on the front of it. Dan checked the box to find the address was from the United States. Dan's confusion dissipated once he pulled out the letter from the envelope and unfolded it.
Dan, it read,
Sorry for the prank call a while back. I didn't mean for it to be taken so far. Patrick thought it would be a nice idea to give you a gift in return for forgiveness. Please accept my apology. You seem like a pretty cool guy. Hey, buddy. You in London? I could totally get you and your friend Phil some vip tickets to one of our concerts to make up for me being a shit.
Pete Wentz (but Patrick, too)
Dan smiled and handed the letter to the confused Phil. Phil read the letter and smiled, before sitting up.
"So what's in the box?"
"Your mum." Dan smiled, and Phil shook his head.
Dan was genuinely curious to see what Pete and Patrick had sent him. Was it a candle? Was it a fifty kajillion dollar watch? Dan gently weighed the box in his hands. It was rather heavy...
Dan began parting the large sea of styrofoam packing peanuts in the box, his curiosity eating at him. Phil watched from afar, his politeness at not wanting to hover keeping him from curing his also burning curiosity. Dan suddenly let out a loud gasp, a mask of both shock and horror covering his face.
"Dan, what is it?"
Dan was stiff for a moment, before hesitantly pulling the object out of the box. He turned to show it to Phil, who covered his mouth, mirroring Dan's emotions.
It was Patrick Stump's bloody, severed hand.