Chapter 60 Bubbles
Warning! Very Random Chapter! (We're talking Attack of the Muses, Thoughts of a Seemingly Random Lunatic worthy here)
I Live! Back from the Exam Graveyard! My apologies for the unseemly long time between updates here. Been rather distracted, see Erik Python and the Search for the Holy Manuscript for reasons why (Yep, started another one) and writing other more climactic episodes of this phic (We have a plot phans and DBCA-ians!). My cat is also going into labour and (finally) having her kittens in a box on my bed seeing as that's the only place she will agree to remain in so I better get on with this.
But on that note, I have just one thing to say…I like my spa bath (Erik groans and buries his face in his hands)
A Random Tangent For No Reason That May Or May Not Come Into Play Later
Alright, we've all seen the Phantom, and more than likely Moulin Rouge, Annie, Sound of Music, Chicago, My Fair Lady, Grease and so on and so forth. So allow me to remind you…
IT IS ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE TO BREAK INTO SONG TO EXPRESS SOMETHING!
Admittedly, the lack of musical accompaniment is usually a problem, BUT, if you live in a musical family and especially if it is a well know song, it is one of the easiest things in the world to start changing the lines and singing your own version, or just making it up as you go along (I've done that). So to anyone who thinks that musicals or musical movies are completely impossible and the delightful flights of fancy of the brilliant composers such as Gilbert and Sullivan and Andrew Lloyd Webber (all hail), can you please get it through your thick skulls that these people live breathe and dance music all their lives, so it does work! On Grease Camp last year, ninety percent of the leads were all crammed in our (the year 11 girls bedroom) sitting on the bunks and singing the entire score, including the songs we weren't in, and then started making up our own versions. Come on, how do you think I write my parodies? So it IS possible, it DOES happen, and it it's a helluva lotta fun when it does. But I state again that the idea of breaking into song is not impossible and is in fact extremely enjoyable…so there!
There needs to be more spontaneous breaking into song in the world.
Erik: Remind me why you are ranting and tangenting for no real reason?
Authoress: Um…cos I can? Right review replies, yes.
EBC: I LOVED your last chapter! I'm an angst fiend anyway but it was really powerful and ripping. As much as we want Erik to be happy he is still the very essence of a tortured soul, it was absolutely brilliant. The fact that he destroyed some of his most prized possesions is probably what made people cringe but no one likes that nd its that intense pain and regret that make it such a good chapter.
Jule Johnson: Dont worry I'm not giving up any time yet!
MissDusk: I dunno what his problem is with American pronunciation, but I have the same problem with Adi when I was over there, it sounded like "Eedi" kinda cringeworthy. I'll look into Hamlet and I love A Midsummer Nights Dream! I was given the movie for my birthday and i love it, I've read the play and there's an acting group down here who called OZACT who perform shakespeare in places like the Naracoort caves(Dream) and Heatherly Quarry(Macbeth) in the Grampians they're so awesome!
Queenofinsanity: No matter what we do we all love our Erik, it's an occupational hazard, I hope your Erik is feeling better, I was singing my parodies around the house last night acting like a total nut. I love your story so far, but I have to admit, i dont speak french (But If i could get away with it for 60 chapters i think you can. Just remember jump on top of the notes like a hammer hitting a nail.
Fantome de l'Opera: Like Hell He's All Yours! (runs off clutching her Gerry Cutout)
Jen Lennon: You dont realize just how high you can get off a Gerry movie until you havent seen one in a while, you go nuts!
MTL: Fangs...yes...well apart from being my one major fetish i never really pictured Erik with perfect teeth, I kinda think that they're a bit tight which pushed his canines forward just a little and that equals fangs...heheh, me like fangs...
blackmagik13: Meh sister war? I dont mind, it's all cool, I'm in three way war with all my brothers most days anyway
sapphirearia: Thankyou my dear! Mm...Gerry...
Cap'n Meg: Gets better every time you watch it doesnt it? You want my brothers? They'll teach you
sinheptoarboles: You dont stalk? WHat the hell do you do with your time?
eriksangelofvoice: Yep, I do have all that jewellery it's my daily stuff that I wear all the time, though sometimes I switch my rings because I have one from Entreaux in France that I like...Gerry shirtless...(goes off to drool)
La Phantom: Dont worry the plot will get there and it will get gruesome never you fear. I've finished psych now and I'm sad, I really loved it.
Ethalas Tuath'an: Why do you keep begging for scenes I will not be writing?...actually I have written a couple...they'll show up eventually, I just dont like to go too far because I loose my characters (also blame it on the lack of experience). When I added the plot I actually have to spend some chaptersfocussing on it which means fewer random interludes in the life of the two Opera Ghosts.
Charity Turner: Yep, I know exactly what you mean, like the time i started doing the crazy happy robot dance in the middle of English because I worked out my plot and the teacher looked at me ad said "Are you alright?" and I blurted out some random plot sentence that only made sense to me out inreply
IflyNAVY: Mmm...Gerry Gerry Gerry
StakeMeSpike04: I miss Buffy...yes I never expected to get any reviews on this at all, I was merely writing it for kicks, Ido love your story however when will you update?
Miss Black Shadow: Yes a warning label might have been advisable...oh well I used to have a dragon ring that was too big but I adored it until the day it fell off my finger whenI was shopping...I still miss that ring.
PhantomLover05: Exams are done! Huzzah!
PJBG: Yeah we say Gerard "Ger-ud" ike you kind of swallow the last syllable, ish, i dunno how to explain it. And no I'm not a rich girl, we dont have prom or homecoming over here but in Year 11 we have a debutant ball where you buy a pretty dress, have a partner and learn a few dances afterschool its reminiscent of one's "coming out" into society but now it's just a fun night, we all love it.
mrs. malfoy: I lurve my spabath
Reltistic: Pierce looks a little old for me now, and not in a Sean Connery way, he just looks...OLD! Howelse can I say it? (dances to dramatic overture)
Sirrius's Sister: I just may not tell you...but doesany Erik truly get over Christine?
Phantomfreak07: School is done so I now have time so I will!Dont brag...you make me feel depressed we say Gerard "Ger-ud" as in cud of a cow, find an aussie to say it to you, heh, you reminded me of a song josh wrote for a school thing about being Aussie and how we are the only people who can say G'day withou sounding Gay, I'll see if I can find it, it was funny.
Phantomluvr: The King of Hot and Sexiness...I like it! I loved English al year but the exam questions were terrible (howls in frustration) And Josh says G'day he's been busy at work and wont even write me an update on his madness.
daughterofdarkness87: Thankyou! Yes. I like intimacy but not overdoses of it.
Des Ires: no but I think I was eating wizz fizz...mmm...sugar. Will do on the story account, I just dont see how she could get through all 58 chapters to leave one flame, though come up later Erik will be more like he is in Leroux, quite disturbing
Naomi: I love Love Actually! My two fav bits are Hugh Grants Snarky speech (that's just so cool) and Sam's line "Something worse than the absolute something or other of being in love?" cos its so true!Hell Sean Connery is older than my grandparents and he's still scrumptious and Johnny Depps older than my parents, and so is Erik, it dont bother me none. Eternally accentist and dam proud of it! And how good is Rupert Everett's voice when he does shakespeare?Or when he's in supersnark mode in Silk Stocking (though they absolutely slaughtered Homes character grr...stupid writers) Oooh!
Who thinks we can get 41 reviews in this chapter? (looks at contents) well maybe not but I can dream...
There was an argument going on in the bath of the House beside the Lake when the phic once again began a new chapter (Erik: As opposed to an old chapter), or that is to say Adriana was in the bath, and Erik was leaning against the marble basin with his arms folded, adamantly refusing to get in with her. His face was growing redder by the minute as she went into detailed descriptions of the benefits of joining her, most of which involved situations which should not be heard about by young and innocent children. (Authoress turns and looks at the little Shaun muse looking at the pictures in Animalia on her bed and asks him to please leave the room).
"Come on Erik," Adriana begged, kicking her feet up though the fluffy bubbles, "You know you want to…"
"You woman, are insatiable," Erik stated irritably, a shrug and sloshing of water answered him, "So I've been told" (thankyou Naomi).
"I'm not getting in with you,"
"Why not?"
"Because…"
"Because why Erik?" she lifted a palm full of bubbles and blew them up into his face, being deliberately and coquettishly idiotic. (My one talent in the world). Erik remained silent, refusing to dignify her question with an answer. Fortunately he was saved by a distraught looking Silvermasque who came stumbling into the bathroom, tripping over her own silver cloud and sprawling face first in front of Erik and Adriana…still stuck in midair. "I can't take it any more!" she cried, burying her face in her hands.
"Cant take what?" Erik shifted around to gaze in confusion at the weeping Authoress.
"Everything!" she shrieked, "Exams! Muses! Job-hunting! Over doses on sugar! Writer's block! All of it!"
"You actually managed to overdose on sugar?" Adriana folded her arms, the Authoress looked up at her through the glowing mane of hair, still lying face down in the air, "Yes, I did, major headache,"
"Now that's gotta cane," Adriana mused, Erik was looking seriously disturbed at the conversation going on before him between his Theatre Wraith and the silver enigma in the middle of the air who still hadn't bothered to stand up or even add her (stolen) theme music.
Suddenly the Authoress lifted her head and listened to something only she could hear, "Holy shit," she murmured, then she blinked, "Goddamnit I did it!" she scrambled to her feet, "Gotta go!"
"I beg your pardon?" Erik was finally shaken from his silence by the Authoresses wide grin and jig she was dancing in mid air (which looked suspiciously like 2003's Back in Business tap dance). "What was the purpose for your unseemly appearance in this place," he paused awkwardly, glancing at Adriana who was still in the bath, which was slowly running out of bubbles, "In the first place?"
The Authoress shrugged, "Random escape from sanity," she stretched like a cat, "Or something along those lines," she made a sweeping bow to the two Opera Ghosts, "My apologies for any interruptions, cardiac arrests, or masses of orange soft drink spilt onto keyboards my appearance may have caused!"
She took two steps backwards and disappeared humming "I am the very model of a modern major-general…"
"Well…that was odd," Adriana paused and glanced at Erik, "You coming in with me now?"
"No," Erik turned to leave when the Authoress reappeared behind him and bashed him on the back of his head with the blunt side of her cheese grater, filling his head with sudden ideas that once again involved plans, which should not be discussed in front of small children or the people that the readers or writers go to school with (Hands up whose reading this in the computer room at school or at work?). She winked at Adriana and disappeared, leaving Erik standing stock still as lustful thoughts ran rampant in his great mind. Adriana paused for a moment, listening to the panting in his chest them voiced her question, "You sure?"
Told you it was random, next chapter will be of a decent length and have something to do with the plot! I swear!
Erik: Why on earth did you write that?
Authoress: (shrugs) Something ridiculous for the man in the purple pants.
Erik:…I see
Authoress: No you don't
Erik: I don't
Authoress: Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore and sugar. John English is so cool! And does anyone have any spare ideas? I'm spreading myself a little thin inspiration wise and am in dire need of a few more random interludes of no real meaning between significant chapters.