A Night At The Opera

A Night At The Opera

      Iriisii: "We start out this 'Night At The Opera' with a song about a secret agent who makes a mistake. And to perform this song for you is the man who made it a 'hit' years ago. Will you help me welcome to this stage, Johnny Rivera!"

      A spotlight shines down on him and his band. As he raises his hand and waves, a guitar strap around his neck. He begins the opening riff to his song as the stage goes dark. As the song begins, a smartly dressed man walks from the shadows into the light from a street pole. He stays on the edge of the light looking at each person that walks by. Suddenly Desidarius strides toward him wearing a long, red dress. Her form exudes a sultry aura, her dusky skin well hidden by night, only the red dress reflecting light shows him exactly where she is. Her eyes slowly look upward at his face and a small smile makes its way across her lips as she asks him a question about a place on this street. As he answers. pointing out the right direction, she looks at him from the corner of her eyes before thanking him and walking away. He looks at the back of her figure swaying back and forth, but oh so gently. His mind wanders in the direction any man's mind would before he directs himself to take control back. A wrong word slipped to the wrong person and he would be a dead man.

      The scene shifts to a gaming casino on the Rivera, he sits at a Baccarat table playing cards. Desidarius walks up and stands beside him, he becomes aware of her when he sniffs her personal scent mixed with a delicate perfume. He had seen her here several times but he would always keep his distance. He looks up and sees her smiling at him. A casino attendant makes a move to escort her away when he motions to him to let her stay.

      Another scene shifts to a dark, dirty, stinking alleyway in Bombay. The man is lying on the slimy, muddy floor of the alley, holding his hand against a bloody gut wound. He tries to rise up but cannot seem to find the strength. He looks down the path at his assailant, Desidarius looks back at him, the light from the main street reflecting off of her face. She raises the stiletto in her hand and licks the blood from the blade. Then she smiles at him and taking her other hand kisses it. With a wink of her dark eyes, she blows him a kiss, turns, and vanishes into the light of the busy street. He tries one more time to rise to his feet and falls, this time for the last time as he bleeds out from the expert wound she gave him from the darkness.

      The last refrain from the song echoes with his dead body lying in that alley, a victim of the wrong word uttered in the hearing of the wrong person.

      Iriisii: "Well if it had to happen at least it was a beautiful woman that did it to him." 

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