Someone's 'pet' apparently felt very needy. Rather than be upfront though, he's thoroughly put annoying little puns all over the damn house via stick notes. Yes, they are pretty much declaring 'play with me'. Just in the usual, roundabout way.
At first he thought it was his brother. His brother was barred from the premises since his last arrest and if his mate were not so kind, helpful, and good with Arachne...
So of course he went around and began pulling them down, they not only were annoyingly catchy the notes were tacky and clashed with the decor. Phos couldnt help but read them. They were simple, too simple which is part of their repulsion, but a few were... different.
Oh there were the usual jokes which would mke him roll his eyes if he could only spare the magic, but interspersed were... flirty ones. It was discerning.
His brother would not leave a note that said "I feel butter with you" with a piece of toast drawn on it. Which left the only other person who had - theoretically at least - both access to his house and an interest in puns.
It felt like a deliberate challenge, one he was unsure how to answer...
There were a lot of notes. Assembling them gave him time to think, amd as he walked he organized them by color folding and sticking them together as he went until he had a rather large flower made out of the things.
It did nothing to unwind his tension sadly. The challege needed to be answered, but he could not devise a good response when he had promised not to engage in any more activities without being asked directly for them.
Phos thinks he's gotten most of them - no doubt he'd be stumbling over the things for weeks - and he looks at the colorful piece he's made and wonders if perhaps he is just not thinking creatively enough.
He heads downstairs and knocks at Merlot's door, wondering if he would be in or if he would have to track him down. If he does... well it just gives him more time to plan his response, adding proportional response for the added aggravation.