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My former landlady has readvertised my room. She's put up the rent, glossed over the fact that the lounge is a box and neglected to mention that she actually lives there. I say neglected to mention; she explicitly claims that she doesn't live there.

We could report her. We will.

But first, we want to make fake profiles and ask her questions.

When I lived in her house, she knew me as an awkward, pedantic, legalistic bitch. I wanted everything in writing, took nothing on trust, and didn't ever seem to be in the house when she showed up unannounced (at first this was coincidence, but I will admit to hiding in my room on a couple of occasions because it amused me to be the Phantom Housemate). When it came time to leave, the others said, "You write the notice email. She's scared of you."

So when a naive young girl contacts her about the superawesome room in her superawesome house, she'll never see it coming.

I have my character all planned out. She'll be 22, fresh out of university, just got her first ever adult job in the big city, and wanting to move somewhere that's close to her boyfriend. She'll never have dealt with tenancies before; she won't know anything about deposits, or the protections she doesn't have if the landlord lives in the house. She'll be excited about the move, and not ask too many awkward questions. The only thing she'll want to know is whether other people are already in the house. She won't mind what the answer is, she can just feel that this is the place for her. But she'll ask the question.

Also, I'm going to spell everything badly. That'll be a challenge.