Chapter 12: Two Meet Again
1900
By: PittsBurghFuzz
After Aricin placed on his attire, he was no longer Aricin. He was now, "The Phantom of the Opera". Aricin had some money saved up so he could live comfortably for the last few years. Now he needed money, and he knew how to get it. The managers found a note at their desk, requesting money. However, our Phantom also offered assistance to help out their next couple of productions. The Phantom told the managers to leave their note in their office at night, and he would pick it up.
Dear O.G.,
We would love to accept your proposal, but here is out problem, we would like a person of your choosing of course, to deliver our letters. Reply to this letter with your person of choice.
Sincerely,
The management
Our Phantom needed to find someone, and someone fast to take this position. He would talk to the daroga about it.
While plating around with his organ, the Phantom turned around to find Nadir getting off the gondola.
"Good evening, daroga!" the Phantom said.
"Hello, Aricin." Nadir said.
Aricin had his mask on, but it was quite easy to tell his emotions through that bizarre mask.
"I need your opinion on something, daroga." Aricin went on.
"What is it then, 'Phantom'?" Nadir said mockingly.
Aricin gave a small grin underneath the flap of his mask.
"I need someone to deliver letters in between me and the management.
"I can't do it." Nadir told him simply.
"I know that, I just need your opinion on who I should select."
"Well, your father selected Madame Giry, and she was a very faithful woman. She died shortly after your first year, and her daughter, Meg took her place as the ballet mistress."
"I see," Aricin said, rubbing his chin, "well then, should I select her?"
"Well, she was a good friend of your mother's."
Aricin's eyes then softened. He seemed a little distant whenever someone mentioned his mother.
"Aricin?" Nadir said.
"Yeah, what is it?" Aricin said, shaken up.
"Well, I would recommend her, Erik."
"Erik?" Aricin questioned.
"Oh, I am sorry, Aricin. I'm getting too old."
"Don't say that."
"Well, anyway, see you later, Aricin." Nadir said as he got the gondola ready.
"Thank you, daroga." Aricin replied.
Aricin went to his room and sat on his bed. He saw something huge that was covered by a large sheet. He decided to uncover the sheet. It was Christine!
He wept for several hours.
Late that night, Meg was walking around the Paris Opera, and something made her go to the Prima Donna's room. The lights flickered off.
"Good evening, Madame Dubois." a voice said to her.
"Who are you?" Meg asked.
"I am, the Phantom of the Opera!" he said.
"You-you can't be! You died several years ago!"
He laughed. A tall figure came out of the shadows. He was Aricin.
"But, how did you live?" she asked.
"I am not the same person, physically, but the spirit of the Phantom lives on." he told her.
"But that doesn't explain who you are! You sound exactly like him!"
"Madame Dubois, you have met me only a few times, and when I was only a year old. My mother was Christine de Chagny."
Meg's eyes were tearing up, and she gave Aricin a big hug.
"Oh Aricin! Is it really you! I can't believe that you lived! I thought you were killed!
Aricin shook his head. "Don't tell anyone, you understand? Now I need a favor from you."
"What is it?" she asked.
"Can you be my correspondence between me and the management?" he asked.
"Yes Aricin!"
"Good, your first duty is to give this letter to the management, confirming this, alright?"
"Okay Ari-, I mean, Phantom." Meg turned around for a moment.
"Oh Aricin!" she said as she turned back. Aricin was no there.
"Just like his father, eh?" Meg said to herself. Then she saw another letter with her name on it. She opened it up and saw that Aricin wrote a letter.
Madame Dubois,
I am very appreciative that you have accepted to be the correspondence between myself, and the opera management. I know the count recently passed on to the next word(my sympathies go out), and I hear you have a little girl to take care of, so enclosed is some money to help with some minor expenses.
Your Obedient Friend,
O.G.
P.S.
Do not call me "Aricin". It is more professional to call me "Phantom". If you wish to select a different pet name for me, then tell me in our next meeting.
