Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Oct 3, 2007 16:11:22 GMT -5
*Jammes stood at the bar, practicing her positions and exercises. She truly had no idea what she was still doing here, given both Madame and Meg Giry's having left, but it was a source of consistency in her life. So she practiced, like she had twice a day, every day, since she was eight.*
*Once she finished her exercises, she stretched and began dancing the only solo piece she knew--to a piece of music she had heard in a music hall, self-choreographed. She had spent weeks in front of the mirrors perfecting it, and this was the first time she had done it on stage, without a reference. She let her body move, muscle memory taking over, the music rollicking and bouncing in three-quarter time in her mind.*
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Oct 9, 2007 9:06:53 GMT -5
*Mike, who had been going around the Opera researching the many crimes which had happened there, had somehow ended up in the wings, next to the stage. The Opera was a damn maze! He looked up and saw a young girl dance around the stage. There was no one else around and Mike felt as if he was intruding. He stepped back, wanting to leave the girl to her dancing, when he tripped over some random prop and making quite a bit of noise.*
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Cécile Jammes
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I do *not* dance like a calf in a field!
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Oct 10, 2007 16:22:34 GMT -5
*Jammes finished her dance, her lithe body trembling, then heard the spectacular noise. She squeaked loudly and turned to see it, and gasped when she saw a man. All she could do for the moment was curtsey awkwardly.*
"Oh, erm.. hi?"
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Nov 4, 2007 8:51:48 GMT -5
*Mike stood up, blood rushing up to his face, coloring him red. He smiled awkwardly.*
"Hi. I... ehm. Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude, I was walking around and I got lost and ended up here. Sorry."
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Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Nov 4, 2007 8:52:58 GMT -5
*She smiled awkwardly.*
"Oh, it's fine. What were you looking for? I could probably show you where it is."
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Nov 4, 2007 8:56:58 GMT -5
"I was looking for the Managers. They weren't in their office so I thought they might be around the building, you know managing things."
*It was clear that Mike knew nothing about this Opera House and it's Managers who only popped up once in a while for comic relief.*
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Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Nov 4, 2007 9:00:12 GMT -5
"Ohhh." *Said Jammes understandingly.* "They're not around much. What did you need to ask?" *She asked, walking over to him, feet still bound in Ballet shoes.* "I'm Cecile Jammes, by the way."
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Nov 4, 2007 9:04:39 GMT -5
*Mike seemed disappointed.*
"I'm Inspector Mike Lennox, I wanted to ask the Managers about the crime wave which seems to target this place."
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Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Nov 4, 2007 9:06:00 GMT -5
*Her eyes lit up.*
"You mean about the Ghost? I'm practically an expert on him."
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Nov 4, 2007 9:11:06 GMT -5
"Yes, about him and other criminals."
*Mike looked expectedly at Jammes.*
"What do you know about the Ghost?"
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Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Nov 4, 2007 9:20:32 GMT -5
"Well." *She said conspiratorially.* "He lives in the fifth cellar, below the Opera house. He used to make us perform whatever he wanted, sending notes to our managers, and frightening us Ballerinas half to death. When our new managers, the current ones, came, they brought a patron named Raoul de Chagny. Well, lo and behold, he was the child sweetheart of a little chorus girl, Christine Daae! Her father had been dead for a long time, and apparently the Ghost lied to her and said that he was her Angel of Music, trained her to take Carlotta's place, and then kidnapped her and took her to his home. She came back and we performed another Opera, and he became mad because Carlotta was performing the lead role, so he crashed out chandelier! Right onto the head of the new box-keeper. He used to make the managers give him a salary of 20000 francs a month, and for scaring everyone! Well, Raoul and Christine made arrangements to be married, but the Phantom found out. He was mad as a snake! He appeared at our yearly Masquerade, and made us perform his own opera. Christine starred, of course. Well, the authorities were to set a trap for him, but they didn't give any thought to the fact that, of course, the Phantom would have trapdoors like he did all over the rest of the Opera house. He appeared onstage and kidnapped Christine again! Raoul followed him down, and he nearly got killed! The Ghost was going to blow up all of Paris unless Christine stayed and married him! She managed to wiggle her way out of it, and he and Christine have just been married. That's the short version, anyway." *She finished. All of this was said very fast and excitedly, with great animation. Truly, the girl would have been an excellent storyteller.* "Not to mention, he killed our lead tenor!"
((Bastardized ALW-Movie-Kay-Leroux FTW!))
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Nov 4, 2007 9:30:55 GMT -5
*Mike's head was spinning. He had read about the failed attempt to capture the Ghost in police reports, but he never knew just what kind of man he was.*
"This Ghost is an extorter, kidnapper, vandalist, murderer and a terrorist. That's awful."
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Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Nov 4, 2007 9:35:49 GMT -5
*She nodded eagerly.*
"And he's terribly ugly and scary, too! Well, I mean, he's not anymore, but he was before. Which is probably kind of the partial reason why he did half of it. She unmasked him onstage, did I mention that? No, I don't think I did. But anyway, he was super-scary before, with the head of a skull, always dressed in evening clothes, and he smelled of death! No lie, I saw him more times than I can even count."
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Post by DALEK CAAN on Nov 4, 2007 9:42:58 GMT -5
"He used to be ugly, but he isn't anymore? What happened?"
*Mike asked fervently.*
"Do you know how he looks like now?"
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Cécile Jammes
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Post by Cécile Jammes on Nov 4, 2007 9:45:36 GMT -5
*She shrugged.*
"No idea. Probably invented some new kind of mask. He's terribly smart. But now he's handsome, and has sandy blonde hair and greeney-blue eyes. Not scary at all, so I don't really know why he's still living in the cellars. They say he has two kids now, and their mom's dissapeared without a trace! I'm willing to bet he got rid of her so she couldn't tell anyone where he was."
((Information mixup ftw!))
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