A stage was lit up, revealing polished and waxed floor boards, with big red curtains drooping on top of them. The curtains were closed, hiding whatever, or whoever, was behind them. A few moments passed, and the curtains gradually lifted to expose the host.
It was Elinor.
...
Uh...
Elinor was just leaning against the wall, cleaning her sharp fingernails/talons. She glanced the hundreds of people, all STARING at her, with her catlike eyes, and froze up like a statue.
"Uuhh..." she stuttered, feeling like she could sweat a waterfall (ew).
"...Hi?" she finally finished, raising up and hand and giving it a tiny wave.
The audience began booing. Poor Elinor...
"Oh! Elinor!"
A girl ran on stage and over to the shocked and terrified bat-lizard-girl.
"What are you doing here?" the girl asked, concerned.
"I-I was just looking for a place to clean my talons..." Elinor quietly murmured to the girl.
Speaking of, the girl who had just entered the stage had long brownish-blonde hair. She wore a sleeveless white top with black splotches on the front, mixed in with diamantes in swirly shapes. She had a denim skirt on, reaching to just above her knees, with buttons all the way down the middle. She was about five foot six.
"Who're you?" a random voice shouted out from the audience.
"I'm Aingirl!" the girl called back, "And I gotta say, talking to you all is a LOT more nerve racking than I expected... ANYWAY! I'm here to tell you all, that as of Saturday, the eighth of December (2012), I have been on CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS! And in Australia, we have our seasons the other way round (when you have Winter, we have Summer), so I basically on SUMMER BREAK! Yay! So, I'm going to take a break from this here story."
She pauses for a second to catch her breath, then continues.
"I also seem to be getting writer's block, concerning Ruby Gloom. No hard feelings, Rubes!"
"No problem!" Ruby calls from one of the V.I.P. seats.
"So, while I'm over the hollies, I'm going to go on a Ruby Gloom MARATHON, to get back my desire to write! Also, I'm working on another story that's yet to be published. I'm having PLENTY of fun writing that one too, but I'm going to write a few more chappies before I post it up, therefore giving me a head start and HOPEFULLY avoiding missing my deadline (It's always gonna be Sunday, Aussie time, by the way)."
Elinor gave Aingirl a strange look.
"Wait a minute," she said, "If you're the writer... YOU were the one who made me lead the monster hunters to the mansion!"
"Yeah!" shouted Skull Boy (sitting next to Ruby in the V.I.P. section), "AND you were the one who almost got Ruby killed!"
Aingirl suddenly loses her cool composure and noticeably starts to panic.
"Uh, heh, l-let's not overreact, here!" she yelps, "Remember, I have Author Powers! I can write you all stranded on an Island in the middle of nowhere!"
"You won't do that," Misery drawled, "You'd invoke the wrath of angry readers. And you like Frank and Len too much."
"Wah?" Frank and Len pipe up.
Aingirl looks neigh hysterical now.
"OKAY GUYS, SEE YOU AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, BYE!" she hurriedly shouts to the audience, before bolting backstage and screaming for someone named Sammy to help her.