Public Auction
Candle glows into a sepia colored opera populaire in 1919. Zoom in on car carrying a scary old man with snazzy shoes and gloves. The color decides to switch to black and white. A younger man and woman help him into his wheelchair. They go up the ramp, and we get to see the ugliest hat ever created on nurse woman.
Auctioneer: Lot 664. Three creepy skills and a gun! Takers?
Madame Giry and Raoul stare at each other. Madame Giry is competing for the ugliest hat ever created.
Auctioneer: Lot 665. Another creepy item. Demented monkey that plays the cymbals. We would like to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Madame Giry and Oldtimer le Fop finally pay attention.
Auctioneer: Fifteen francs?
Madame Giry looks with distain as auctioneer just called her Madame 'Jeery': 25!
Raoul's mouth is wide open. This is obviously code to nurse woman.
Ugly Hat Nurse: 30!
Auctioneer thinks: wtf, why are they bidding on this scary ass thing? Oh well!: 35 francs? .. Madame Jeery. Please? PLEASE? Okay fine, sold to the Vicomte de Fop. Thankie! Now I can buy me some booze.
Raoul holds monkey box of death.
Monkey: -stares-
Raoul: Will you still play when all the rest of us are dead?
Monkey: Will do! -creepy smile-
Auctioneer: Lot 666. Aren't we clever giving the chandelier the number of the devil? Tee hee. Ya'll might r'member the Phantom of the Opera? Well he was all I KEEL YOU and then the chandelier was all I CRASH AND BURN ON YOU but we fixed it up because we thought ya'll might like to buy the chandelier of doom. glances about
Raoul: Ah crap ..
Everyone turns toward the direction of the chandelier. The covering is pulled off, and everyone is startled by the very loud organ music. It's like back to the future, all over again.