Part IV
So you'll never guess what I heard! Over coffee and croissants this morning with the barrel monkey (something that I have to say I didn't appreciate having n o mouth, but I fiddled with my plate anyway) he revealed all.
Apparently everyone ended up in the Phantom guy's lair, uninvited and completely without a little plate of something or a bottle of wine. This was of great regret to the mob with torches, due to the extensive trek down all those stairs while carrying various weapons.
The guy who was touching me (as inappropriately as you can touch a severed arm) ended up tied to the garage door for a while. To his credit he still managed to belt out a tune while slowly choking to death, the monkey was rather impressed by this.
Most of the people Erik choked just died grasping for breath apparently.
I was kind of disappointed to hear that after all the hard work and carefully planned kidnapping the masked guy went to, he didn't end with the girl. Even if she was a tad dull.
But in the end while he had that growly thing down pat with his voice (something the severed head was rather fond of), there was the case of his face. Rather unfortunate looking on one side that left him convinced it was the sole reason no one would ever love him.
After hearing the whole story I'm inclined to lean towards the 'you're slightly psycho and kill people and no one would sleep next to you without a knife under the pillow' theory. Then again, I don't have eyes and maybe his face is that bad.
I guess I'll never know.
He at least got a kiss from the vague one who actually managed to stir some personality up towards the end. She ended up going home with the chokee though and they could be heard singing their love songs until the boat they acquired in a rather dodgy transaction through song capsized drenching them both.
This is the part of the story where the monkey got rather miffed actually. Turns out Erik continued to throw his tanty for a while, smashing everything breakable (including that ugly dolphin figurine Mme Giry had given him for Christmas one year) and then went for the mirrors.
It took him a few goes to find the right one with the secret passage behind it and then he buggered off.
When the mob arrived the monkey was left to entertain the guests with nothing decent in the house.
Really, how rude!
AN: The last part had an awful lot of full stops, sorry about that. So it's been a while and I've really struggled with this one so I hope it's not too much of a disappointment and at least someone finds it vaguely amusing. The first parts flowed and this had to be pushed off the edge of a cliff kicking and screaming.
Thanks so much for all the positive reviews.