A/N: ::is sheepish:: I'm sorry! I moved into boarding school and life has been crazy! I'm really really sorry! ::grovels:: Now on with the show!
Characters: (in order of appearance)
Foreman: Crane
Worker One: Numair
Worker Two: Moonstream
Woman: Rosethorn
Woman Two: Daine
Woman Three: Myles
Woman Four: Polyam
Girl: Glaki
Fantine: Jon
Valjean: Sandry
WHAT HAVE I DONE (VALJEAN'S SOLILOQUY)/ AT THE END OF THE DAY
Jon: No! I am not playing a girl who may or may not be in love with ROGER!!!!
Zella: But Jon you're not REALLY in love with Roger, its called acting. Besides you don't see Sandry complaining because she's a guy and Myles isn't complaining about being a girl.
Jon: Sandry is enjoying wearing breeches and Myles is too intoxicated to notice he's wearing a dress.
Zella: You're point being? We don't have time for this! Jon you will wear the dress or I will cast you as Christine in Phantom of the Opera….. Or worse as Carlotta.
Jon: scrambles to get the dress on
Zella: Much better! Alright, everyone, places!
WHAT HAVE I DONE (VALJEAN'S SOLILOQUY)
ROGER What have I done?
Sweet Jesus, what have I done? Again I ponder who exactly is this Jesus character?
Zella: Do you want to die a slow and painful death?
Roger: Not particularly.
Zella: Then sing!
ROGER Become a thief in the night,
Become a dog on the run
And have I fallen so far,
And is the hour so late
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate,
The cries in the dark that nobody hears,
Zella: Wow, he does the angst thing pretty good.
ROGER Here where I stand at the turning of the years?
If there's another way to go
I missed it twenty long years ago
My life was a war that could never be won
They gave me a number and murdered Valjean
When they chained me and left me for dead
Just for stealing a mouthful of bread
Yet why did I allow that man
To touch my soul and teach me love? stops Wait….. Is this guy gay and did he and the Bishop….erm?
Zella: Well we don't know exactly. He was either gay or in love with Fantine, it depends on how much you read into the book. And even if he slept with the bishop in this case the bishop is a girl so it doesn't really mean you're gay, besides you are ACTING!!
ROGER Ok fine….. ::sings:: He treated me like any other
He gave me his trust
He called me brother
My life he claims for God above
Can such things be?
For I had come to hate the world
This world that always hated me
Take an eye for an eye!
Turn your heart into stone!
This is all I have lived for!
This is all I have known!
One word from him and I'd be back
Beneath the lash, upon the rack
Instead he offers me my freedom
I feel my shame inside me like a knife
He told me that I have a soul,
How does he know?
What spirit comes to move my life?
Is there another way to go?
I am reaching, but I fall
And the night is closing in
And I stare into the void
To the whirlpool of my sin
I'll escape now from the world
From the world of Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is nothing now
Another story must begin!
(He tears up his yellow ticket-of-leave)
Zella: YES!!! YAY!! That was halfway decent! Let's keep it up.
At The End of The Day
1823, Montreuil-sur-Mer. Outside the factory owned by the Mayor, Monsieur Madeleine (Jean Valjean in disguise).
THE POOR
At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living.
At the end of the day you're another day colder
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill
And the righteous hurry past
They don't hear the little ones crying
And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill
One day nearer to dying!
At the end of the day there's another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that'll break any second
There's a hunger in the land
There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and
There's gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day! (The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge from the factory)
CRANE At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread Very true.
NUMAIR There are children back at home Very true.NUMAIR AND MOONSTREAM And the children have got to be fed Very true.
MOONSTREAM And you're lucky to be in a job Very true.
Zella: ::twitches::
ROSETHORN And in a bed! Very true.
Zella: Make them stop!
WORKERS And we're counting our blessings! Very true.
Zella: Please.
DAINE ::takes pity on Zella who is about to have a nervous spaz:: Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
MYLES Ish becaush little ::hiccup:: Fantinsh wonsh gish im hish waysh
ROSETHORN Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!
POLYAM And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always in heat That was disgusting.
Zella: It's supposed to be.
MYLES Ifsh Fantinsh doesnsh looksh sways oushWash howsh shesh goesh
She'll besh oush onsh thesh streesh! ::passes out::
WORKERS At the end of the day it's another day over
With enough in your pocket to last for a week
Pay the landlord, pay the shop
Keep on grafting as long as you're able
Keep on grafting till you drop
Or it's back to the crumbs off the table
You've got to pay your way
At the end of the day!
GLAKI (Grabbing a letter from Fantine) And what have we here, little innocent sister? She…. Errr…. he is older then me
Zella: Well sweetheart you're just going to have to pretend!
GLAKI Come on Fantine, let's have all the news! (Reading the letter)
Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money...
Your child needs a doctor...
There's no time to lose..."
JON Give that letter to me
It is none of your business
With a husband at home
And a bit on the side!
Is there anyone here
Who can swear before God
They have nothing to fear?
Zella: Will you stick to the original lyrics!?
Jon: I'm just trying to be politically correct.
Zella: You can take your PC and shove it up your-
JON ::Hastily begins singing:: She has nothing to hide? (They fight over the letter. Valjean (M. Madeleine) rushes on to break up the squabble.)
ROGER Will someone tear these two apart
What is this fighting all about?
This is a factory, not a circus!
Now, come on ladies, settle down
Zella: ::snorts::
ROGER I run a business of repute
I am the Mayor of this town (To the foreman)
I look to you to sort this out
And be as patient as you can- (He goes back into the factory)
CRANE Now someone say how this began!
GLAKI At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!
There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra
You can bet she's earning her keep
Sleeping around
And the boss wouldn't like it!
JON Yes it's true there's a child
And the child is my daughter
And her… ::stops::
Zella: ::glares::
JON ::keeps singing:: father abandoned us
Leaving us flat
Now she lives with an innkeeper man
And his wife
And I pay for the child
What's the matter with that?
WOMEN At the end of the day
She'll be nothing but trouble
And there's trouble for all
When there's trouble for one!
While we're earning our daily bread
She's the one with her hands in the butter
You must send the slut away
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter
And it's us who'll have to pay
At the end of the day!
CRANE I might have known the bitch could bite
I might have known the cat had claws
I might have guessed your little secret
Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine
Who keeps herself so pure and clean
You'd be the cause I had no doubt
Of any trouble hereabout
You play a virgin in the light
But need no urgin' in the night.
GLAKI She's been laughing at you
While she's having her men
WOMEN She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
ROSETHORN You must sack her today
WORKERS Sack the girl today!
CRANE Right my girl. On your way!
JON ::runs off stage in shame::
Everybody: ::dies laughing::
A/N Wow! That came out different. Although you have to admit Jon makes a very dashing Fantine. Again requests for characters are VERY welcome. Guess what the next chapter is! I'll give you a hint. "Don't touch me leave me alone!"
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