The Phantom

Angel of Music, Phantom or mad man? Whose is the face in the mask? PotO RP/ Literate/ALW-Leroux/No Smut

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- are you going so fast, Monsieur?" He asked. Raoul looked at him in confusion. "I am looking for Christine Daaé, sir", he said. The dark figure nodded. "Then stay here monsieur le vicomte", he whispered, "I can take you to her and to him!"

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae At the moment Christine made her heart felt and desperate declaration to Erik, Raoul was running headlong through the corridors of the theatre looking for Christine. He was halted in his flight by a tall dark figure with ebony skin and an astrakhan cap on his head. "Where ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- your answer so. The scorpion means yes and the grasshopper no. Turn them to give your answer...but be warned. The grasshopper not only turns but it hops...and it hops very high"

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae His eyes narrowed, "But you women are such fickle creatures so I need to be sure" He crossed to the organ where two ebony caskets sat on either end. He opened them. Inside one was a bronze scorpion, in the other a grasshopper. "Pretty aren't they?" He laughed. "You may give ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- his tenuous grip on reality was finally crashing down. Driven by anger, despair, love and fear, Erik had lost his mind completely. "You shall be my wife or I shall destroy everybody" He laughed nastily. "You shall decide the fate of thousands my dear"

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae He snatched the veil from the head of the dummy and thrust down onto Christine's blonde curls. He then took the wedding bouquet and hurled it at her. "Now!..." He hissed, gasping for breath, "Now you shall become my living wife...my bride unto eternity". It was clear that ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- knew that he had literally burned his bridges now. He and Christine would have to leave this place but he could hide down here until the dust settled. The boat reached the far shore of the lake and Erik nimbly leapt ashore. "Come now!" He hissed at Christine.

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae Erik glared down at her as she spoke those words to him, "So be it!" He replied. "Then that will suffice" He continued to row as the boat moved through the inky waters. From high above, screams filtered down through the air shafts from the blazing theatre far above. Erik ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- None but I know the ways down here. Let him search for his lost love if he pleases, but he will never see you again. You are in hell now, Christine, hell and I am the fallen angel himself!" He burst into manic laughter as he began to row across the black waters.

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae "This is your fault, Christine!" Erik rasped through gritted teeth as he pulled her into the small boat. "If you hadn't run after that milksop boy then we would have been so happy!" He threw her down onto the cushions and took up the oar. "He will never find you here, never ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- starve, go mad or fall foul to one of his traps set to ensnare unwanted guests. The police, nor Raoul de Chagny would ever find them even if they searched for a hundred years. Only Mme Giry knew the way to the lake and she was his loyal agent.

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- prison. These dark, damp tunnels had become his refuge from the hatred of a world that saw him as a monster. He knew that he was safe down here because nobody up there knew this world like he did. Anyone who ventured down here would simply become lost and eventually ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae He half carried, half dragged the struggling Christine down the narrow, twisting passages that led down, down into the network of cellars and catacombs that filled this section of Paris. No one knew the miles of tunnels like he did. This was his domain, his empire and his ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- apprehend the elusive phantom. Carlotta pulled back the curtain to reveal the corpse of poor Piangi and at that moment utter pandamonium errupted as the audience made a rush for the exit as the huge mass of the chanderlier came plummeting into the stalls.

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- and with his foot he triggered a trapdoor in the stage. In a swift and fluid movement he enfolded Christine in his robe and they dropped from sight into the darkness below. Raoul let out a cry of anguish and rage and the police rushed onto the stage in a vain attempt to ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae He felt rage, betrayal and horror surge through him. Somewhere behind him he heard Carlotta run onto the stage crying out Piangi's name but that was just background noise. He saw the police marksmen taking aim and knew he had to act quickly. He grabbed Christine by her wrist ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- He never finished his words. In a swift motion she reached up and pulled away his mask and wig. His withered skull with its wisps of hair were revealed to all. A hushed silence fell until a scream rang out across the auditorium.

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae When she pulled down his hood, Erik barely noticed. His gaze was transfixed upon Christine. "Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime..." He took the signet ring from his finger and held it out to her. "...Anywhere you go let me go too, Christine, thats all I ask of ---

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae --- seemed to be playing along. Seated in his private box with the chief of police, Raoul saw the look on Christine's face. "Something is amiss here!" He whispered to the chief. The police chief gave a signal to his men who quietly moved into position in the wings.

[The Phantom @AMaskedAngel]

@YourAngelDaae At last they touched. His hand snaked about her waist and drew her closer. He saw a flicker of fear and then doubt in her eyes. She knew it was him, she knew and yet she did not raise the alarm. Her response confused him. He had anticipated her to run in terror but now she ---