Erik sat playing his organ as he heard the door open behind him. he stopped and turned to look at Crystal. He gasped as he saw how well the dress showed off her curves and dip on the chest revealed alot. Blushing he nodded in aproval and she walked over. "Why are you not scared of my face Monsieur?" She asked him as he saw the small smile on his face of being in a womans presence after so long of being alone with random vists from Nadir.
'Nadir will be comming later, how will i explain this girl to him?' He thought then dismissed the thought. He'd deal with that later. "There's nothing to fear Mademoiselle." He stated and raised from his perch on the bench. "But i do have some questions for you." He said and watched ehr expression change from slightly shy and happy to that of a rabbit getting chased by the gardener.
"W-what woudld y-y-you like to talk about Monsieur?" She asked stuttering slightly from fear and hoped he hadn't noticed.
He could tell she was worried about him asking about her face. He thought of showing her his face but decided agianst it. He would show her eventually but not now. He didn't feel it was the time. "Well it's just I would like to know how you came about such disfigurement? Were you born with it or did you happen to be involved in an accident of some sort." He asked and she tensed and shook her head slightly.
"That's a question I can not answer Monsieur." She said and Erik waved his hand in understanding.
"Thats perfectly fine my dear, but please call me Erik, you are someone i feel i can trust with my name after how i had made you so upset the other day." He said and just then Nadir burst in through the doors and Crystal looked over as nadir gasped in shock.
She tensed up agian as she had been before. Erik gave a glare towards Nadir who was now a little bit more composed as he walked over. "Erik I didn't expect you to have a guest?" Nadir questioned and Erik smiled smugly at his shocked expression.
"Well
my friend you never know what goes on down here, I am quite
unexpectant at times." He said and Nadir grabbed his arm giving
him a short glare before looking kindly at Crystal and nodding
politely at her, trying to ignore her disfigurements.
"I'm
quite sorry Mademoiselle but I must be taking your host for a
moment." He said dragging Erik out of the room on his heels.
Once they were out of the room he glared at Erik once agian. "Did
you kidnap that poor child?" He yelled harshly but quietly
enough so Crystal could not hear him.
Erik looked at him with a false shocked expression. "Why Nadir! I never!" He said sarcastically and Nadir shot him a serious look.
"Erik, I am not joking. Did you or did you not kidnap that girl?" He asked and Erik sighed.
"I didn't. She was here when i came back from shopping for some new clothes, my old ones are gettingly slightly torn and worn from being down here. I believe Madame Giry brought her down here for the same reason I was brought here, or something like that." He said and Nadir nodded seeing the truthfulness in his friends eyes.
He looked at the door as if she were standing right there infront of them then back to Erik. "I wouldn't put it past the woman." He sighed and shook his head. "With the upper world thinking your dead she probably thought she could hide the girl below the opera house." He agreed and sighed. "How did she get disfigured." He asked now curiously looking at Erik.
Erik shrugged and sighed. "She only told me her name really. I would probably guess an accident or she wouldn't have lived so long with out actually finding a mask for herself to wear or she would have killed herself from the shame of living in the outside world with that disfigurement so long." He decided talking more to himself than to Nadir but his persian friend nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, I would have." He said and then put his hando nthe doorknob opening it slightly. "Shall you introduce me now?" He said and Erik nodded as they both walked in seeing Crystal Sitting at the organ. Her fingers running softly over the keys.
There was a soft melody emitting itself from the pipes of the organ which held a haunting glow in the dim light. The girl that played the instrument with intense but sweet passion. She had gentle sounds emurging instead of the forceful dark sound that usually was cascaded from within it.
The two men stood shocked as Crystal stopped playing and she turned around seeing their faces. "Oh, um, I...I am sorry." She said looking down. "It's just been so long since i was able to let my hands roam freely on the keys of a piano or organ I couldn't help myself." Crystal stood and the men snapped out of their trances.
Nadir was the first to speak and his eyes were still wide in amasement. "That was wonderful, the only thing I've heard from that is songs of heartbreak and darkness. I forgot it could even sound so beautifully light spirited when the right tune was played." He said making Erik seem slightly mad at the comment of his music but decided to take it as a compliment. He had his own style and he liked it.
Crystal blushed, you could see it through her pale scarred face. It wasn't red like Erik's was but it still looked just as bad. Smiling she looked up at him and Nadir could tell she had once been quite beautiful. "Thank you Monsieur. I am glad you like it. I wrote it myself." She said and Erik got an amused look on his face.
"Oh, I write my own music too. Maybe you would like to compare eachother's compositions sometime." He said smiling slightly and she smiled even brighter.
Immokk- Glad you think so. Believe it or not I loved the play as a child. I loved the movie. And I've grown quite attached to the book.
Koneko-chan16- I updated O.O DONT HURT ME! AHHH! hides behind Erik who looks around blinking Erik: And why am i the guard? Me: Becuase no one will hurt the almightly Erik! Erik looks proudly and smiles at the word almighty.
Countess Alana- Why thank you I feel special-D
Lady Kathrin- AWWW! Dont cry...Well at least im doing a good job at the dramaticness . gives her an erik plushie No crying ;-;?
