No, I haven't died, (sorry for the long wait, everyone!) I've just been kinda busy, but I'm getting back to work on this as fast as I can, don't worry! Thank you ever so much all for the reviews! I'll keep churning out chapters as time goes on! Oh, and there's a surprise guest who's going to be trapped with the rest of the "PotO" gang! [grins wolfishly] Enjoy!! -PhantomessRose1881
Elizabeth: [Is standing in line to get in the theater, leaving time for the gang to catch up with her] [Calling over her shoulder] Hurry up! The line's moving!
Erik: [Is walking fast, pulling the Raoul-snowman behind him in his little black wagon with little white masks all over it, and trying not to slip on any ice]
Meg: [Is doing a good job of slipping on said ice] [All but collides with some people in the crowd]
Elizabeth: [Sighs; annoyed; walking into the theater] [To the ticket- taker/usher] Please excuse my... friends. They're kind of...insane... Hurry up, people!!
(Ten minutes later, they are all inside the theater, and have found their seats (Raoul has gotten out of the snowman, but is extremely cold). They are sitting there patiently, waiting for the show to start)
Christine: 'Patiently' is an understatement. [points to Elizabeth, who is all but exploding with excitement and hugging her Erik plushie to death]
Erik: [grimaces as he sees what is happening to the poor plushie replica of himself; gulps]
(The lights all dim in the theater)
Elizabeth: [Is close to squealing]
(The show starts, the prologue begins)
Erik: [Pulls out duct tape and tapes her mouth shut so he can watch the show in peace]
(Thirty minutes later – Song: "Phantom of the Opera")
Nadir: [has taped her arms to the armrests so she can't move around too much, as she is disrupting his viewing experience]
Elizabeth: [Pouts, whimpers]
Nadir: [Smiles smugly]
(Some time after that – Song: "All I Ask of You")
Raoul: [tries to hold Christine's hand]
Christine: [pokes his hand, then hits it away]
Raoul: [tries to hold her hand again]
Christine: [hits it away again]
Raoul: [continues over and over for about ten minutes]
Christine: [swipes Erik's duct tape and tapes Raoul's hand to his armrest]
Raoul: [stares at it, poking it with his other hand for a few minutes for a few minutes, wondering why his hand won't move]
(Chandelier-dropping scene)
'Phantom': GOOOOOOO!!!!!
(The chandelier flickers high overhead, and then falls, doing that cool slo-mo shadow thing, coming closer to the stage. Unfortunately, the technicians and backstage crew members that operate the chandelier are taking a well- deserved coffee break, so as there is no-one to operate it, the chandelier swings abruptly off course, surprising all on stage, and all in the audience as it swings out over the audience and stays there, apparently hung on something for a moment. Sighs of relief can be head all throughout the audience, but not for long, as the chandelier sways to-and-fro, finally snapping loose from the cords and things that suspend it, causing it to come crashing down (metal framing, bead-work, light-fixtures inside the chandelier and all) right on Raoul de Foppe's head )
Raoul: [muffled, as he is now under quite a lot of pounds of chandelier parts] Oww... (though it didn't necessarily seriously hurt his brain (he hardly had one to begin with))
(Intermission)
Erik: I love this play!! [to Nadir] I love this- no noise or annoying babble from her [points to Elizabeth, who is trying to be free of her duct tape restraints, and is clearly failing] and best of all, no annoying foppiness! [grins, pointing to pieces of the chandelier, which Raoul is still stuck under] Ah, life is good...
Nadir: Have you been eating too much chocolate again, Erik?
Erik: I can't help it if I have a strong liking-
Nadir: Try "Obsession"...
Erik: A liking for chocolate.
Nadir: [cough] Indenial [cough]
Erik: [snorts derisively]
(The entr'acte starts as the lights dim again)
Erik: [rockets into his seat, looking attentively at the stage]
Elizabeth: [makes muffled sounds]
Erik: [sighs, and rips the duct tape off her mouth]
Elizabeth: [yells] OOOOUUUUUCCCCHHHHH!!!!!
(The orchestra stops abruptly; all goes silent)
Elizabeth: [meekly] sorry... [shrinks back into her seat, blushing furiously]
(The orchestra picks up where they left off)
Erik: [sniggers]
Elizabeth: [pokes him, grinning]
Erik: [glares]
Elizabeth: [stops and turns back to the stage]
Erik: [smiles to himself]
(Scene: "Notes: Act II/Twisted Every Way")
Elizabeth: [thinking [Hmm...this would be a bit more enjoyable if...Philippe was here!] goes all "I Dream of Jeanie"-like; wriggles her nose, bows her head, and a few moments later, who should appear out of thin-air, none other than the Comte de Chagny himself! (at this, all Philippe-phan girls squeal and faint)] Hullo...[grins widely, if not somewhat psychotically, at the Comte, who had landed unceremoniously on the floor]
Philippe: [blinks] Where am I? ...
Raoul: [who is still woozy from the chandelier-incident] Oww...huh....Philippe? What're you doing here?
Philippe: If I knew I'd tell you...wait...what are you doing here?!
Raoul: [shrugs, points to Elizabeth] She dragged us here.
Philippe: Us?!
Raoul: Yeah! Me, Christine, the Persian, the ballet rat and [gulp...dramatic pause] the Opera Ghost...[twitch] Oh, and me! [perks up]
Elizabeth: [rolls her eyes] You already named yourself, fop.
Raoul: Oh, yeah! [grins stupidly]
Philippe: [groans] Raoul... [turns to Elizabeth] Would you be so kind as to tell me where we are?
Elizabeth: Sshh! Play going on- must watch! [snaps her attention back to the stage]
Philippe: [sighs, resigns himself, turns around and watches the scene in silence]
(Scene: "Before the Premiere of Don Juan Triumphant")
Erik: [to Nadir] Hah! Told you "Don Juan" would be a hit!
Nadir: [flipping through his playbill] [Matter-of-factly] Don Juan doesn't even finish the final act because the Phantom brings Christine down to his labyrinth again.
Erik: [whirls in his seat from watching the show] WHAT!?
Nadir: Yes, Erik, your precious opera does not even finish.
(Scene: "The Point of No Return")
Erik: [pouts at Nadir's previous comment]
Meg: [watches the scene with rapt attention, staring unblinking at the stage]
Christine: [commenting on the stage Christine] She's pretty good, wouldn't you say, Raoul?
Raoul: [is drooling at stage Christine] Hm? Yep....[nods dazedly, swiping drool from his chin]
Christine: Raoul!
Raoul: [turns to Christine] Huh? [turns back to the stage just as 'Christine' removes the mask from 'Erik's' face] [screams like a girl upon seeing 'Erik's' 'disfigured face' right at the time where 'Meg' screams upon fining the garroted body of 'Piangi']EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!
Elizabeth: [who has been drooling over the mere sight of Philippe] [disappointedly tears her gaze away from the back of Philippe head to look at Raoul] Ouch!!! Dammit, I only have two eardrums, fop!
Raoul: [sheepishly] Sorry... [slumps into his seat, and proceeds to watch the show in half-silence, making the occasional whimper of fear whenever he sees 'Erik']
(Scene: "Beyond the Lake")
Erik: [watches with an evil glint in his golden eyes as 'Raoul' gets the Punjab lasso thrown around his neck and tightened little by little]
Raoul: [whimpers in fear at this, clutching at his neck every so often]
Philippe: [Rolls his eyes at his brother's incessant foppiness]
(The big 'Erik/Christine kiss' scene)
Erik: [Has a large grin on his face]
Christine: [Has a distant happy smile on her face]
Raoul: [Is gritting his teeth, looking angrily at Erik]
Elizabeth: [Is gritting her teeth thinking [It should've been me...it should've been me...grr...jealousy rising...]]
(The ending part)
"Erik": It's over now, the music of the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
Elizabeth: [crying] WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Why is it over? Why? WHYY!!???
Meg: Shush! [Watches as 'Meg' comes on stage and picks up the mask and the curtain falls] So sad...[sniff] Sad yet beautiful...
(The audience claps appraisingly as the cast comes out for their bows)
Erik: That was pure genius! [claps as he stands]
Philippe: I enjoyed that immensely.
Raoul: [Nod-nod-nod] Yup! It was okay.
Elizabeth: [glowers at the fop] 'Okay'? 'Okay'?! ARE YOU MAD?? It was more than okay! It was a pure masterpiece of musical theater!
Raoul: Uh-oh....EEEEEEEPPPP!!!! [races towards the theater entrance with Elizabeth on his tail]
Philippe: [sigh] I'd better go save him...again... [runs off after them]
Erik: [feels for his Punjab Lasso] Hey...where'd my lasso go?
Nadir: [snickers]
Erik: DAMMIT! SHE STOLE MY LASSO!!! [Tears off after her]
Meg and Christine: [blink, look at one another and run after them]
Nadir: Wait, don't leave me here all alone!!! [follows them]