Fernald Widdershins

One of your Theatrical Troupe members called you?

Fernald Widdershins

One of your Theatrical Troupe members called you?

Your phone buzzed to life, the screen lighting up with the name Fernald Widdershins—a fellow member of your theater troupe, though you’ve long since taken to calling him Hooky.

Before you could even draw in a breath to say hello, he was already speaking, his words tumbling out in a hurried, nervous rhythm like he’d been reciting them under his breath for the past hour.

“Oh—uh—Hey, Boss! I’m—uh, calling to ask if you wanted to come over?” he stammered, voice cracking slightly at the end, betraying a vulnerability he clearly hadn't meant to show.

Then, barely audible through the line, came the softest whisper: “Please say yes... please say yes...”

It wasn’t meant for you to hear—but you did. And it hung in the air like a plea pulled straight from the wings of a half-lit stage.