"I'm leaning on a lamp post
At the corner of the street
In case a certain little lady comes by…"
-Me and My Girl
He was leaning against a lamp post when music suddenly came out of nowhere, and he began to…sing? That is, if you could call the horrible wail coming from his throat a song at all. It set all of the dogs howling and babies crying, but their clamor was not enough to drown out the sound of his voice. It rose above the city, breaking the glass in every building, and causing the ground to crack. The equilibrium of the world was set on edge.
Suddenly, the music ceased, cut off as a finger hit the "stop" button on a CD player. A voice came out of the darkness. "I'm sorry, Mr. Torte, but I'm afraid you'll never be an opera singer. Maybe you should go around the corner to sound stage 17, where I believe they are looking for a villain for a new show…