Millie and Moxxie had the day off from work today, which meant plenty of time to spend with Jessie, Amanda, and the newborn Cosette, or Cass for short. Rather than go out like they usually do, the two decided that today would be a good day to have a family movie night. The question, however, was what to watch. It wasn't a tough question though, since one look at their baby daughter made them want to watch the musical that inspired her name, Les Misérables.

It inspired Millie as well since it was the first musical she ever watched. But then another dilemma reared its head, what version would they watch? The 2012 movie was out of the question, as they had seen that movie on one of their date nights before they got married and didn't like it very much. Plus, they wanted to protect their kids' ears from Russel Crowe's singing voice. Most of the performances that were officially recorded were more like concerts than a musical, where the actors just stood in front of a microphone and sang the songs instead of moving around or interacting with one another. While those weren't bad at all, Millie and the kids wanted an actual musical performance just so they could understand the plot better.

So they scoured Voxtube to see if there were any such performances. Thankfully, they didn't need to search too hard, since one of the first things to pop up in the search results was a video titled "John Owen-Jones in Les Misérables: London - September 25, 2010." It was a bootleg, so it was hard to hear what the cast was saying sometimes, but it was watchable enough for the family. So they sat on the couch as Moxxie set his laptop down on the table in front of them, angling it so Millie and the kids could see the screen well enough.

Once he was satisfied, he played the video and sat with his family before taking Cass into his arms from Millie. As the video began, the theater this was being filmed in stated that the use of photography or recording equipment was not allowed, which made Millie and Moxxie laugh considering how they were watching the production right now. After that, the overture played, and they were introduced to the protagonist, Jean Valjean, and the antagonist, Javert.

"So he was in jail for so long because he stole some bread?" Jessie said. "That's weird."

"Humans were just that weird in the 19th century." Moxxie said. "... they still are."

The family continued to watch the musical to the part where Jean gets caught stealing silverware from the bishop but said bishop not only forgives him but covers for him so he doesn't go back to prison, baffling Jean and even Jessie.

"Why would he do that?" Jessie said. "If someone stole my stuff, I'd kill them on the spot!"

"It's because he's a Christian bishop, who preach a lot about forgiveness." Moxxie answered. "They usually don't follow that, but this one does. He saw how badly Jean was suffering and wanted to save him not once but twice."

"I still wouldn't let him steal my stuff."

"Don't worry, he's sufferin' for it." Millie said. "Just watch."

Jessie watched Jean's musical number where he is mentally tortured by the act of forgiveness the bishop showed him, which made Jessie smile. "That bishop sure knows how to mess with people who screw him."

"Yeah he does."

The musical continued with a time skip to Jean as a mayor and his promise to Fantine to look after her daughter right after revealing himself to everyone as the convict who dodged his parole. After a fight scene between Jean and Javert that made Millie and Moxxie laugh, the show revealed a little girl in rags with a broom in her hands. "Look, sweetie!" Moxxie said to baby Cass. "It's the girl we named you after."

The baby only replied with a giggle. Shortly after, the girl on stage began her song.

"There is a castle on a cloud,

I like to go there in my sleep,

Aren't any floors for me to sweep,

Not in my castle on a cloud.

There is a room that's full of toys,

There are a hundred boys and girls,

Nobody shouts or talks too loud,

Not in my castle on a cloud.

There is a lady all in white,

Holds me and sings a lullaby,

She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,

She says "Cosette, I love you very much."

I know a place where no one's lost,

I know a place where no one cries,

Crying at all is not allowed,

Not in my castle on a cloud."

"This castle sounds kinda lame." Jessie said. "No shouting or crying at all? Not even a victory scream?"

"You're right, that sound shitty." Millie said.

"You have to understand that this is what Cosette wishes for." Moxxie said. "She wants to be in a safe place where she feels love and cared for. But you're both right, it sounds awful. I bet all the toys are just those old creepy dolls."

Eventually, a major moment happens in the musical: Jean Valjean buys Cosette from her abusive caretakers and says he will take her to a better place.

"Jean Valjean kind of reminds me of Uncle Blitz." Amanda said.

"Really?" Moxxie said. "What makes you say that, Sweetie?"

"They're both men who've been cast out of society and saw themselves as trash. But then someone showed them kindness, which inspired them to turn their lives around. And they adopted a daughter."

Millie and Moxxie looked at each other with shock. "That's an… interesting observation." Moxxie said.

"Did she get that from your side?" Millie asked.

"I have no idea."

The musical continued after another time skip, where Cosette is grown up and finds love at first sight. "Oh, this part!" Millie said as Cosette and Marius, the man she's fallen for, sing a duet. "Kids, this part is very special to me."

"Why is that, Mom?" Amanda asked.

"It's the scene that made me believe in true love."

When Millie was a child, her uncle would bring her and her siblings VHS tapes he got from Pride. One of them was an official recording of a Les Misérables performance. She watched it about 100 times because of this one scene. Until she watched this VHS, the thought of true love or romanticism never crossed her mind. It wasn't something any Wrath imp would think about. But this scene brought that thought up, the thought that true love was possible despite who you were. Even when her elementary school partner, Wraith, left Wrath, she still believed it was possible.

And now she had it with a man she loved and cherished more than anything aside from her children. As Cosette and Marius sang to each other, Millie held Moxxie's hand and looked into his eyes, with Moxxie doing the same. It was almost like they were silently singing this song to one another. However, that illusion was broken when they remembered the background lyrics from Eponine, which are about her unreturned love for Marius.

"This is less romantic when you remember Eponine is part of this song." Moxxie said.

"Yeah, kinda kills the mood." Millie said.

The family watched the rest of the musical all the way to end where Jean dies next to his daughter and son-in-law and sings the final song with all the characters who died. "So, what did we think?" Moxxie said.

"Not as good as I remember it." Millie said. "But still good."

"I liked it!" Jessie said. "I liked the part where Jean tricked that Javier guy into jumping off a cliff."

"Uh, he didn't intend for that to happen, Jessie." Moxxie said. "Jean was just showing mercy to Javier."

"Oh…. still cool though."

"It's pretty good." Amanda said. "There were some weird moments here and there, but the musical performances are stunning, and its themes of found family, forgiveness, and the passion of youth are sweet albeit depressing at times."

The whole family gave her a wide-eyed look of shock before she smiled. "But the best part is that I got to spend time with my family."

"Awww." Millie and Moxxie said before pulling their children in for a group hug. Even though their viewing experience wasn't the most ideal, all that mattered was that they had a good time together.