Raven: You sure?

Mad Hatter: Ofcourse I'm sure! Have I ever been wrong before?…Don't answer that…

Raven: Aren't you going to introduce me?

Mad Hatter: If I must. This annoying little guy is Raven, my best friend and partner in crime.

Raven: Little!?

Mad Hatter: Yes. Now…where was I?

Raven: Your CATS experience?

Mad Hatter: Okay, okay…

Raven: Wait! WAIT!

Mad Hatter: * Sigh * What!?

Raven: * grin * I would like to compliment Powder on her skills as a web mistress and her incredible beauty!

Mad Hatter: * mumbles under breath * Suck up….Are you done?

Raven: Yes. Yes, I am.

Mad Hatter: Good. So, the last time I went to see CATS was…hmm…I think the year before last November. Yeah…that's it. I was overjoyed, 'cause I didn't think CATS would ever come to my state, right smack in the mid-west. The last time I saw it was in California, where I used to live…I move around a lot and-

Raven: * COUGH*

Mad Hatter: What?

Raven: They would like to know about your CATS experience, not your life story.

Mad Hatter: Okay, okay! So, anyways, Raven here got some tickets too, and we hopped into my sorry looking truck, affectionately called "The Bat mobile." After some scary driving and listening to what Raven calls music-

Raven: Hey!

Mad Hatter: -we finally got there. We got okay seats, considering how poor we both are, and prepared for the show.

Raven: M.H., thinking he knows all about CATS was inflating his ego by telling these girls behind him all about the musical.

Mad Hatter: *grin * you're just jealous of my good looks and charms.

Raven: *snort * Yeah. I'm just greeeen with envy.

Mad Hatter: So, the show started, and the CATS came down the aisles, and one of them, I believe it was Etcetera, winked at me. * glower * Not one of those queens sat on my lap. I was sorely disappointed.

Raven: Yeah, everything was cool for a while, until toward the end of Rum Tum Tugger's song, when he tripped! Man, even from this far back, we could see how red his face was!

Mad Hatter: *LMAO * Yeah! He wasn't so suave and savvy then! So, to continue, I (as usual) was awe-struck during the "Old Dueteronomy" song, choked up during "Memory," and hysterical with laughter during "Growltiger's Last Stand."

Raven: *raises eyebrow * I didn't think Growltiger was all that great. Griddlebone was okay…

Mad Hatter: Yes, well, you never did have the sophisticated sense of humor I have.

Raven: *SNORT *

Mad Hatter: So, to make a long story short-

Raven: *cough * too late *cough *

Mad Hatter: *glares at Raven * -the production was really nothing out of the ordinary. What was real exquisite was what happened AFTER the show.

Raven: *groan * oh, Heaviside, not this story again….

Mad Hatter: What? I thought it was pretty groovy. *shrug * Anyways, I, being the god-like 17 year old that I am, don't have a curfew, and it was only about 10:30 pm, and we didn't feel like heading home yet.

Raven: Correction: YOU didn't feel like going home yet.

Mad Hatter: What can I say? I'm a night person. So, I start getting an idea….what if we somehow got backstage and to see the cast? The security guards would be no problem…after all, I'm an experienced con artist.

Raven: *rolls eyes * Yeah, and I'm the reincarnation of Elvis Presley.

Mad Hatter: *scowl * SILENCE! I will not suffer your insolence! *cracks knuckles * So, dragging this chicken s**t with me all the way, *points to Raven * I deftly glide past the guards, who are, luckily enough, too busy talking about some sort of small fire in the snack bar that destroyed the pop-corn machine. Ofcourse, I have NO freakin' idea where to go from here…I've never been to this theatre before, and I just moved to the Midwest -

Raven: *sigh * Mad?

Mad Hatter: *exasperated groan * WHAT!?

Raven: You're doin' it again. ..you're telling the story of your life.

Mad Hatter: Well, excuse me all to hell. *folds arms across his chest * So, to CONTINUE…I'm standing in the middle of the hallway, trying to figure out where to go from here, when suddenly…here comes the gorgeous woman who plays Demeter! And she's still in that form fitting unitard! *puuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr *

Raven: *snicker * She took one look at our digital pimp here, placed her hands on her hips, and demanded how he got there. For all the confidence Mad Hatter displays here, he got totally tongue tied when confronted by a real live woman!

Mad Hatter: *frown * It was the three hot dogs I ate during the intermission. I swear, those things weren't cooked long enough…

Raven: *L * suuurrre…so anyways, Demeter glares at M.H., I suppose trying to decipher the incoherent babble he's muttering, when the security guards come!

Mad Hatter: *sniff * I could've fought 'em all, if Raven the Brave-hearted would've moved. The poor kid was frozen with fear!

Raven: *gapes indignantly at Mad * I WAS NOT! I'm the one who kept telling you that maybe we should leave!

Mad Hatter: *shrug * Needless to say, we moved too late. Demeter (we're calling her that, because I forgot what her real name was) told the guards we were perverts, or hooligans, or words to that affect, and they turned on us. These dudes were not lacking in size, so they caught us easily before we could get away.

Raven: *covers face with hands * I have never been more embarrassed in my life. They literally dragged us out of there by our collars, in front of the WHOLE LOBBY! Then, being the macho men the were pretending to be, the security guards threw us out on the street and said if they saw us again, they'd all the police. Mad Hatter wasn't making it any better by yelling to them that (and I quote) "This is an injustice to theatre-goers every where! DO YOU HEAR ME!? I'LL SUE! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS!"

Mad Hatter: *grin * VIVA LA REVOLUTION! *sigh * so, that's my CATS experience, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, so maybe it wasn't the MOST interesting, but I had fun! And I actually saw Demeter up close!

Raven: *snicker * Small minds are amused by small things .

Mad Hatter: Will you shut up!?

* both continue to argue as they exit*

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