the strangest thing ever. i guess the best way to start all this is to begin where it has already ended.

dear friends

dear enemies

some of you might be wondering what the chest the letters this whole "game" has been all about. you guessed it. it was me the whole time but im not exactly who you think i am.

it all happened 20 years from now in 2029. i found a journal of transcripts about ian hinden and his doctor jason tezanos. and whoever it is singing these songs. with it i found these recordings. theres a singer too (i havent figured out his name yet). but im hoping to get through all of this. to make a long story short 20 years from now theyre dead. from what ive read and from what Ive heard they can change things. lives. so the only choice i had was to go back and change things. i need them alive...not dead.

today is sept 14 2009. its 9 in the morning. my homebase for this whole process. if things change ill know by today. ill go back in time as much as i can. until we find ian. until i know the younger version of myself has seen what im posting here. at that point i wont exist any longer. everything will be in his hands. so im putting it all in the hands of the madman.

scene surely,

P.W.

dear friends

dear enemies

its sept 14 2009. its 9 in the morning. for the second time around. i looked out the hotel window still the same people same time at the pool. things aren't changing. i went back a few months to july. Fall Out boy was in china so that was my destination. i was recognized by more people than i thought. i guess i havent aged as much as i thought i had. but that worked in my favor.

i took the least straight forward approach. what can i say? i like games. i have a short attention span. to get Pete (ill refer to the younger version of myself in the third person to save confusion) to pay attention i needed to pique his interest. so i put a letter and a couple other things in this old chest. i locked it mailed the key to alex deleon. i dropped off the chest at the front desk of the venetian and simply told them to drop it off to me later in my room. gave them a number to text if there was any question. pete was confused, im sure the people at the hotel thought he was crazy. as far as they knew hes the one who asked them to drop the chest off. pete thinks alex has something to do with this. things havent changed. i gotta go back again.

scene surely,

P.W.

dear allies

dear enemies

its sept 14 2009. for the last time. my alarm woke me up at 7 this morning instead of the usual 9. my hotel room is rearranged. The people at the pool didnt show up today. no sunrise. clouds instead. its creepy how much 3 minutes and 30 seconds can change EVERYTHING. have i said that before?

i had a failed attempt in Korea, so i came right back and tried plan B... mexico

i went back to mexico Sept. 9. i had the prescription that the doctor left for me. it expired on my birthday decades before i found it. i think its the key to changing everything. anyway i left the bottle at the hotel the cab was staying at. this needs to get to him before today. alex has got to hand it over at the VMAs. the cure for the future is viral. im going back one last time. ill be at the MTV video music awards. maybe the tabloids will get their shit right for once . Two Pete Wentzs at the VMAs (wish i could stick around to see that).

if anyone is reading this then pete did what he was supposed to. if im not heard from again, thats a good sign. it means things changed and my work is done. tomorrow there will be no remnants of myself. continuity will take full effect and ill have no memory of any of these changes. the doctor and ian will survive, as long as i listen. as long as i act. what i learned from all this is that its not enough to just be a singer or a bass player. if you want to change things, you have to be able to touch peoples hearts. you have to be able to touch that thing in the chest. thanks for playing along everybody. pete, the number is on the bottle. this is the chance to change a boys life. make sure you take it.

Scene Surely,

P.W.

PS - like i said i love games. always have. this time i topped everything ive ever done. i got myself! i guess the only one who can get you pete, is you!