The Crossbow Tournament
Esmerelda Velaquez worked for CHAOS-TV Channel 66 in Los Angeles.
It was meant to be a music and culture and entertainment channel for the City of Los Angeles.
It had been bought a couple of months before by a mysterious London based Egyptian billionaire who only went by the mysterious single name SET.
One of Set's right-hand men a Mr. Renfield R. Renfield had been flying to LA from London every few days to oversee the transition to the new management.
He had shown up today wearing bandages all over- he looked like he was auditioning for a part in the new Mummy movie.
Rumour had it that Mr. Renfield had been attacked by a group of mermaids on a Copenhagen beach.
Esmerelda laughed out loud.
Anyhow Esmerelda had been assigned as CHAOS-TV's roving reporter to cover a crossbow archery tournament tonight of all things.
Her assignment had been given her by CHAOS-TV's new programming director Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell.
Mr. Campbell had started at the station a week ago.
No one was sure what Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell's qualifications to work in TV station management were.
He had been an unsuccessful candidate for the US Democratic Presidential nomination and before that had been the Vice-President of Vidal Sassoon Hair Products.
Prior to that he had been a hairdresser.
Esmerelda approached going into Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell's office with some degree of trepidation.
For Esmerelda was highly allergic to cats and Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell always had his pet Siamese cat Oysterella sitting on his lap at all times.
Esmerelda knocked on the door and since she heard a voice, she assumed that she had been summoned in.
"Well Lakhlita, tell Dracul that so far I've seen no personal communique from Set himself," Heathcliff wiped his brow with his pink handkerchief, "the only contact I've had with that unpleasant individual is having the misfortune of sitting through meetings with his right-hand man Renfield R. Renfield. Although he didn't say much today because he was bandaged up like Claude Rains was when he was the Invisible Man being visible. Right, will keep you informed."
Esmerelda stood there smoothing her gray skirt until Heathcliff got off the phone.
"Esmerelda darling," Heathcliff addressed her as the reporter suddenly started sneezing, "Bless you. Your assignment tonight is to cover a crossbow archery tournament at The Warehouse."
The Warehouse was a former warehouse which had recently been converted into a night club in downtown Los Angeles.
"A crossbow archery tournament?" Esmerelda smiled between sneezes, "that's certainly different."
"CHAOS-TV Channel 66- the station that dares to be different," Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell repeated the TV station's slogan as he adjusted his Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Griffindor House tie, "and I understand that someone claiming to be a Mongolian vampire named Ghenghis is going to be there. Although he says he's not the great Khan himself."
"No, he's another type of con," Esmerelda made a pun.
Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell laughed while Oysterella guffawed.
"And there's going to be a heavy metal singer present," Heathcliff shared an oyster with Oysterella, "named Diablos Nocturna. Ever hear of him?".
Esmerelda gasped.
She had met the mysterious Diablos Nocturna once at a night club in New Mexico almost a year ago.
Back then, he had been singing alone.
Now, he was the lead singer in a metal band called The Dark Knights of Dante's Inferno.
Her cell phone went off just as Esmerelda was about to.
It was a text message from an unknown sender.
The message said "Think of me" which was also the name of a song sung by the character of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera.
The message was accompanied by a photo of the Phantom and Christine:
"Think of me..."
To be continued.
It was meant to be a music and culture and entertainment channel for the City of Los Angeles.
It had been bought a couple of months before by a mysterious London based Egyptian billionaire who only went by the mysterious single name SET.
One of Set's right-hand men a Mr. Renfield R. Renfield had been flying to LA from London every few days to oversee the transition to the new management.
He had shown up today wearing bandages all over- he looked like he was auditioning for a part in the new Mummy movie.
Rumour had it that Mr. Renfield had been attacked by a group of mermaids on a Copenhagen beach.
Esmerelda laughed out loud.
Anyhow Esmerelda had been assigned as CHAOS-TV's roving reporter to cover a crossbow archery tournament tonight of all things.
Her assignment had been given her by CHAOS-TV's new programming director Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell.
Mr. Campbell had started at the station a week ago.
No one was sure what Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell's qualifications to work in TV station management were.
He had been an unsuccessful candidate for the US Democratic Presidential nomination and before that had been the Vice-President of Vidal Sassoon Hair Products.
Prior to that he had been a hairdresser.
Esmerelda approached going into Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell's office with some degree of trepidation.
For Esmerelda was highly allergic to cats and Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell always had his pet Siamese cat Oysterella sitting on his lap at all times.
Esmerelda knocked on the door and since she heard a voice, she assumed that she had been summoned in.
"Well Lakhlita, tell Dracul that so far I've seen no personal communique from Set himself," Heathcliff wiped his brow with his pink handkerchief, "the only contact I've had with that unpleasant individual is having the misfortune of sitting through meetings with his right-hand man Renfield R. Renfield. Although he didn't say much today because he was bandaged up like Claude Rains was when he was the Invisible Man being visible. Right, will keep you informed."
Esmerelda stood there smoothing her gray skirt until Heathcliff got off the phone.
"Esmerelda darling," Heathcliff addressed her as the reporter suddenly started sneezing, "Bless you. Your assignment tonight is to cover a crossbow archery tournament at The Warehouse."
The Warehouse was a former warehouse which had recently been converted into a night club in downtown Los Angeles.
"A crossbow archery tournament?" Esmerelda smiled between sneezes, "that's certainly different."
"CHAOS-TV Channel 66- the station that dares to be different," Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell repeated the TV station's slogan as he adjusted his Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Griffindor House tie, "and I understand that someone claiming to be a Mongolian vampire named Ghenghis is going to be there. Although he says he's not the great Khan himself."
"No, he's another type of con," Esmerelda made a pun.
Heathcliff Dionysus Campbell laughed while Oysterella guffawed.
"And there's going to be a heavy metal singer present," Heathcliff shared an oyster with Oysterella, "named Diablos Nocturna. Ever hear of him?".
Esmerelda gasped.
She had met the mysterious Diablos Nocturna once at a night club in New Mexico almost a year ago.
Back then, he had been singing alone.
Now, he was the lead singer in a metal band called The Dark Knights of Dante's Inferno.
Her cell phone went off just as Esmerelda was about to.
It was a text message from an unknown sender.
The message said "Think of me" which was also the name of a song sung by the character of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera.
The message was accompanied by a photo of the Phantom and Christine:
"Think of me..."
To be continued.
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