Love your ideas Kinkachu! I know I was squeeing through alot of it myself. You really understand alot about Chaos.
I was originally thinking up a scene where he pretends to be Francoeur at the park bench. But I really adore how you have Emile as a like a personal waiter.
Personally, I wouldn't want Raoul anywhere near where the romance is happening according to alot of friends advice about his character. He doesn't really give good love advice at all. Instead I would switch for Maude and having dinner at a place less renowned so it will be special for Franc to propose to her on the Eiffel tower.
Maybe it is best that she doesn’t still know Franc is a flea.
I am thinking about taking out the encounter where she sees Franc super flea jump accidently infront of her, and moving it to later(around when Chaos “disposes of him,” his cronies lost him when he poofs into a giant flea and he flea jumps away). When he is escaping that is when she will find out her beloved Francoeur is a flea.
My story actually evolved some when I was thinking about it for a full day. It is ridiculous. The characters that are Mel’s “Friends” actually do get a bigger role. When Franc and Mel are walking each other after their double date with Emile and Maude, they bump into two of these rich young ladies. One of is a tall girl called Jeanne and the other is short and a tad chubby Narceme.
Jeanne: “Melody?”
Melody: -rolls her eyes to Franc before turning to face her, then puts on a fake smile and does a horrible job of sounding thrilled- “Ooooh, Jeanne… Narceme.. You’re looking lovely today.
Jeanne: The same to you, Melody. So who is this –uses her tip of her fancy walking cane to motion to Franc- Is this?
Melody: This, is my closest friend. His name is Francoeur.
Jeanne: -looks him over at his white outfit and mask- So might I ask, what does his profession?
Melody: -says with a pokerface- He is a wonderful singer at The Rare Bird.
Narceme: -shocked in disgust- A singer?! At The Carabet?!
Francoeur: -lifts up his mask to reveal his handsome face- “Oui, madame.” –he says with a flashing smile- It is quite an honest living.
Narceme -blushes profusely unable to say anything in reply, while Jeanne still remains unfased.
Jeanne: -cough- Well, that is certainly… Different.. Melody… Oh, by the way… I am having a party soon. You will be sure to attend, right?
Melody: Uh…
Jeanne: It will be a Masquerade dinner. I am looking for some entertainment as well. You could bring along your singer, and maybe some of your other “friends.” –looks behind them to see Raoul and Lucille walking over to them.
Melody: I will think about i-
Jeanne: Perfect. I will contact you with details later. –walks off- … Come along Narceme.
Narceme: -wakes up from her gaping at Franc- Ah! Coming Jeanne~ -pause and looks at Franc and gives a little flirty wave- Byyyyye Franc~ -runs off-
Melody: -gives alittle growl-
Raoul: Who was that? –looking at Jeanne walking away then back at Melody and Franc-
Lucille: A friend?
(((Melody has a quick flashback to a tea party as a little girl. Jeanne says Mel’s dress is outdated and that her hair looks like it went through a gale storm before she came. Mel quits sipping her tea. Pours it out on the floor next to her. Calmly gets up like a proper lady. Then roars and flies over the table, pulling at Jeanne’s hair. Jeannes yelling and screaming to get The Beast off of her)))
Mel smiles to herself as she spaces out until draws her back into the present,
Francoeur: Yea Melody, what is she?
Melody: Uhhh. Just a child hood acquaintance. The kind you wish you never had.
Lucille: She seems like a witch to me.
Melody: HAHA, that is putting it lightly.
Francoeur: So will you be going to her party?
Melody: Unfortunately. =_= For someone of my background, I required to attend certain social events involving family “friends.” I won’t force you to pain of going though.
Raoul: (says in the background clinging to Lucille’s arm like a kid) I want to go. D:>
Melody: -thinking- Though it would be probably a great way to attract more attention to your shows…
Raoul: I would do it. D: >
Melody: And it would be an amazing party, she loves to outdo herself…
Raoul: The stars. The glamour. I will gladly take it all off your hands! (Lucille whispers to him: Hush Raoul!)
Francoeur: Melody, I never really think about those things. I just want to go where you go, if you’ll want me. –looks at softly with a smile and holds her hands- What do you want?
Melody: -smiles back like she thinks maybe she is being silly- I don’t want to go alone.
Francoeur: - partially lifting her up in a big hug- Then you won’t.
Raoul: Then it’s settled. I’m going too! –trots onward-
Lucille: Raoul! You can’t just invite yourself!
Melody: haha, it’s alright!
Lucille, would you like to come too?
Lucille: -blushes- A big fancy masquerade?... Well… If I can find something to wear….
Francoeur: Lucille? What are you talking about? You look beautiful no matter what you wear.
Melody: -nods- He’s right~!
Lucille: How can I say no?
Melody: Lucille, also ask Emile and Maude too. It wouldn’t be the same to leave them out.
Lucille: Will do.
Melody, Franc, and Lucille keep walking through the streets as Raoul stupidly keeps walking and dancing ahead of them.
One of Chaos henchman peers at them as he watches from a corner street, then heads down into a dark alley.
The pickpocket boy watches him from the opposite street corner, while carving a block of wood with a pocket knife…
The henchman appears to knocks on a door urgently then opens.
“C-Chaos-!Sir. Boss. Sir! I found out some very interesting information that I thought you’d might like to hear!”
Chaos turns away from a table with a map of the city stretched out.
“I found him!”
Chaos: Hmmm that Is interesting news…
Laughs and music fill the air as some The Rare Bird performers keep the Masquerade lively. Emile wearing a simple white dressed as cupid. Maude(dressed as the queen of hearts) keeps giggling and fidgets with his wings.
Maude: Don’t (pfff) look so.. hehe.. embarrassed.
Emile: Easy for you to say… How did I let you talk me into this?
Maude: Oh come now, you look dashing… And alllll mine, (holds his cheeks and gives him a small smooch on the lips. Emile blushes and just accepts it)
“EMILE! EMILE! Wonderful to see you!” (Raoul’s voice echos from the crowd and runs over)
Emile and Maude.:….. OH.. MY.. GAWD…
Raoul: You like? (twirls around wearing a dress with a handheld mask to his face)
Maude: Raoul… Um.. gee… I certainly wouldn’t have recognized you.
Raoul: I know! Right?!
(he moves his mask off and bats his fake eyelashes)
Emile: UGH!
Raoul: You just jealous of my BeAuTy~
Emile: No. Just… No.
Lucille(dressed as in a feathered white dress with a feathered white mask): OH MY GAWD~!
Raoul: Lucille! Darling! –runs over to Lucille and gives her a hug-
Lucille: From the rest of this evening, I don’t know you. (being squeezed)
Raoul: I love you too~
Lucille: I thought you said you would be dressing as royality.
Raoul: I am. I’m Marie Antoinette.
Lucille: Raoul.
Raoul: Though I decided to keep my head.
Lucille: Raoulll
Raoul: What?
Lucille: Just… stop..
Melody: PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF HAHAHAHA~!
Lucille: Oh wow, Melody!
Maude: Melody! Glad to see you! And your dress~!
Melody: (wearing a light green dress that has tiny flowers all over it, with flowers in her hair, and a painted on mask) I am lady Persephone! Goddess of Spring! –twirls around and laughs-
Francoeur: “A Beautiful Goddess at that!” (Francoeur comes in wearing a velvety dark blue suit with black feathers on the shoulder tips,dark blue hat, with his usual white mask, and a black tattered scarf. He goes over to Melody and holds her hand)
Maude: Wow, you look dashing as well, Francoeur.
Francoeur: Thank you, Maude. Lucille did a wonderful job making it.
Lucille: Haha –blush- It was no big deal.
Jeanne: -comes in wearing all black with a bird like mask- Welcome to my party. I hope you make yourselves comfortable. But not too comfortable. The party ends at midnight, Cinderella.
Narceme: -winks and waves at Francoeur in her pink pig dress-
Franc pulls his neck slightly back in a “do not want” fashion and moves closer to Melody.
Melody: -glares- Thank you, Jeanne.
Jeanne curtsies and floats away to some other guests to murmur and point at them, then continue on in mindless banter, with Narceme shadowing behind her.
Lucille: She sure is charming….
Raoul: As a crocodile.
Melody: Pssh, let’s just ignore her and eat all her orderves later. Come on Francoeur! Let’s go dance! –grabs Franc and marches to the main dance hall, Maude and Emile follow along-
Raoul: Well, Lucille… I guess that leaves you and me…. –goes to put his arm around Lucille by his side, who is not there- …Or just me…. –shrugs and struts off holding back up his mask with a ridiculously over exaggerated lady walk-
Emile, Maude, Melody, and Franc, all do some fun dances together as the switch partners on and off and make up some silly dance moves of their own. Totally ignoring the rest of the other dancers as some of them watch or ignore them.
Then Lucille gets up on stage, and dedicates a song to her dearest friends and how they all found happiness with the ones they loved. As she sings, everyone starts slow dancing and Francoeur holds Melody close. Emile winks at them while dancing with Maude.
Raoul has changed into a black tux holding a small box in his hand, nervously flipping it around his hand while standing in a corner watching the room go round.
Melody and Franc continue to dance, and the room seems to go empty, like this moment was only for them. Melody looks into his eyes, looks down, Francoeur holds her head up to looks at him. <: )
He stops and slowly lowers his head to hers she leans in and they gently kiss. Emile and Maude smile at them in approval as they dance past to give them their moment.
They stop and Lucille finishes the last of her song.
She is looking at them and smiling with a tear of happiness in her eye.
Lucille gets off the stage and sees Raoul in a tux with no mask and walks over to his quiet corner.
Lucille: You’ve changed.
Raoul: Yea…
Lucille: So.. would you like to go dance with me?
Raoul: Yea…. B-But before I do… I have something to ask of you.
Lucille: What? (she looks confused almost like she wasn’t sure that he messed up something again)
Raoul: Can I see your hand for a second?
Lucille: -she tilts her head allitle and puts out her hand, still unsure but doing it without question-
Raoul: -puts a ring on her finger- I don’t know if this is the right size or not. How does it feel to you?
Lucille eyes grow wide as her mouth drops and her face turns red. The ring she first looked at through the window that one day was now on her ring finger.
Raoul: Hmmm I’m thinking it fits kind of well. Don’t you?
Lucille shakes her head up and down, with the same expression.
Raoul: So would you like to keep it?
Lucille shakes her head up and down, tears in her eyes, but still unable to make a sound.
Raoul hugs Lucille: I love you.
Lucille starts wailing loudly in his chest, Raoul blushes and just continues to hold her as he escorts her out of the room to an outdoor patio.
The band strikes up some happy music again.
“Hey, where is Raoul and Lucille?” Melody asks.
Emile: Hmmm don’t know.
Maude: I think I see them coming in now.
Raoul and Lucille come walking together, hand in hand, beaming completely happy. Emile, Maude, Franc, and Melody are confused to see them not arguing or picking at each other. Raoul and Lucille begin to dance together beautifully like in a waltz while their friends still keep on looking confused. Lucille then looks up at them when Raoul’s Back is to them, gives a huge smile, and lifts up her hand with the ring on it.
The group of friends: Mouths drop then they start to clap and rush over to them.
Emile slaps Raouls back hard: YOU Little devil you! Congratulations!
Maude: God help you, Lucille! –she laughs and gives Lucille a Big hug-
Francoeur picks up/Group hugs Raoul and Lucille once Emile and Maude let go, as Melody wipes a tear from her eye “I’m so happy for you two!”
Raoul: COME! Let’s celebrate!
Melody: YES! Let’s attack the oderves!
Lucille: LET’S!
Emile: And leave NOTHING left!
Raoul: I think this calls for some wine, I’ll just go-
Francoeur: No, Raoul, you stay with Lucille, I’ll get it for you.
Emile: Do you even know what the best kind is?
Francoeur: Mmmm not really.
Emile: Here I will go show you what some of them are. –he points and they both head off to the kitchen-
Raoul, Lucille, Maude, and Melody pick some small plates of food off a tray a waiter(standing in one location) was patiently holding for all the guests. Raoul, ends up taking the whole tray from.
Waiter: Hey!
Raoul: Hey, consider me lighting your load.
The waiter somewhat sighs (he was tired of holding the tray), and goes back to the kitchen to get another.
Raoul takes the tray outside to a secluded sitting area. Lucille and Raoul get their own table as Melody and Maude sit at their own. They watch as Raoul and Lucille happily chatter together, and Lucille twirling her new ring about on her finger.
Melody tries to playfully lip read what they are saying.
Maude giggles as Melody starts making up some funny off the wall lip reads.
Maude: I can’t wait till Emile gets me one.
Melody: Ooooh me too.
Maude: Huh?
Melody: Pfff I mean with Francoeur and me.
Maude: Hah, someday.
Melody: Same to you too, though who knows. Maybe Emile will ask you first since yall have known each other longer.
Maude: Do you really think so?
Melody: SURE! I mean, he is shy and all, but he really loves you. I think right now he may be just waiting for the perfect time and place.
Maude: That may take awhile. He is a hopeless romantic who is probably looking around at different spots but not thinking the spot is perfect enough.
Melody: I can see that.
Maude: Yea, me too.
Both girls sigh at the same time then laugh.
Francoeur walks over to their table: Drinks madams?
Melody: Thank you!
Emile;-takes drinks off the tray Franc is holding and places them each for each person, then sits in a seat next to Maude and scoots it close to hers smiling-
Francoeur is just about to sit down, when he notices red glowing eyes and a dark shadow behind them off the balcony. It looks and turns its head and hops away over top of the building and out of sight. Francoeur face goes alittle pale, and mouths “what is he doing here?”
Melody: Franc?.. Are you alright?
Franc quickly snaps his face back to her and smiles his best: “ Yea, perfectly fine. "
He leans in and kisses her on the cheek, then sits down next to her, looking up at the ceiling where he last saw Chaos.
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Hmmm not sure I like Jaques.
I am still thinking of a name for Chaos.
Rolland
Delmont or Delmon
Renard(means fox)
Lestille.(no meaning I know of, but sounds like Bastille, which was a french prison)
Lennard
Malheur (woe)
Malin (evil one)
Sanscoeur (heartless)
Bourreau (executioner?)
NOTE: I have changed Melody some, when it comes to her character story and a tiny bit of her personality that I have not discussed in this.
Mel is going to live with her mom. But her father died a couple of months ago. She is now free to leave her house more often, and explore places she never had before. Though right now she is in a battle with her emotions. She is a rich young lady and that her persona she has for the rich crowd doesn't show much emotion or acceptance to her real emotional and strongwilled side. Now with her new freedom, she is slowly starting to break against her norms and rountine and as she rediscover who she is, she starts to grow even more as a person through Francoeur and his friends(they become true friends she's never had.) She now gets to open up and be the person she is and wanted to be, and eventually completely breaks away from rich society with even her mothers support(I think part of the reason why she wanted to try to keep a balance in the first place was to please her mother, but when she finds out her mother supports whatever decision she makes, then Mel decides to make decisions for herself for the beginning of her new life).