seeking backup singers and dancers

[showmance]

[ sup, tranquility. enjoy this tiny, chipper teenybopper with big dreams. ]

Hello, people of the Tranquility. I'm Rachel Berry, from Lima, Ohio, circa 2011-2012, and I have a question for you all.

[ a deep breath. THIS IS IMPORTANT, TQ. ]

Does anyone here play an instrument? Or sing? Or dance? Or have any artistic inclinations whatsoever? 

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[lacksgrace]

Excuse me? I'm not gonna hurt him. But I don't think it's, uh, any of your business what we do.

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[showmance]

It is. He's my best friend, which means we look out for each other.

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[lacksgrace]

And I've been doing that for a while now. You don't have to worry about it.

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[showmance]

What have you been doing for a while now?

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[lacksgrace]

Looking out for him. This isn't a nice place to be, you know.

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[showmance]

I do.

Thank you, for looking out for him.

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[lacksgrace]

It's something I wanna do. [ A tilt of his head. ] How are you handling everything?

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[showmance]

[ she's easing up on him now. holding a grudge is hard. ]

I'm...making the best of a bad situation, as they say.

I know you've been here for a long time, are you—have you been handling everything well?

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[lacksgrace]

[ He only gives her a shrug. ]

It's better than where I'm from. Some of it's kinda weird, but if you don't wander off and get yourself in trouble, it's not so bad.

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[showmance]

Oh...where, exactly, are you from?

[ are you from the wrong side of tracks, bells. ]

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[lacksgrace]

Hell. And that's not, uh, figurative either.

[ He tacks the last part on because a lot of people never seem to believe him??? ]

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[showmance]

[ she gasps!! ]

Hell — that's horrible. Are you — are you all right now? Is it as terrible as everyone thinks? Is it — it must be hard to talk about.

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[lacksgrace]

Not really? [ Maybe he sounds a little unsure. What is even happening here. ] I mean, I can talk about it if you wanna know something. It's not like it's a secret.

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[showmance]

Wasn't it scary?

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[lacksgrace]

Yeah, I guess. But when you've been down there as long as me, you don't notice it so much.

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[showmance]

Have you ever talked to anyone about it?

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[lacksgrace]

What's to talk about exactly?

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[showmance]

Well, I mean, it's hell.

I've always assumed it would be traumatizing to go there.

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[lacksgrace]

Maybe for a human. You get used to it knowing it's there your whole, uh, existence.

[ He tilts his head, really looking at her. ] Don't worry. You're probably not gonna go to Hell.

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[showmance]

Oh, well, thank you for saying that, but — wait, you're not human?

[ !!! ALARM BELLS, they are sounding !!! ]

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[lacksgrace]

Hardly. You've heard of angels, right? That's what I am.

[ Except -9000 in grace. ]

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[showmance]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but aren't angels supposed to live in heaven?

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[lacksgrace]

They do, yeah. But when you do something wrong, you end up paying for it in Hell.

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[showmance]

Is it too forward to ask what you did wrong?

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[lacksgrace]

You probably wouldn't be interested. It's a long story anyway.