don't stop believing

[stagemanagers]

[Streetlights, reveals] | [Vision Statements] | [Mass Resolution: CONNECT] | [A little touch of the sun (Revival)] | [They do this bullshit like 8 times a week (Rescue)]


[It's a pleasant afternoon in the garden. Maybe not emotionally, but physically - isn't it nice when you get to have class outside?

As your voices rise, singing defiance in unison out for the Wizard, there's no immediate response; at least, nothing that clearly is a response. But there's something. Amidst the sound of your song, it may be hard to hear at first; Janis will likely be the first to notice, but eventually everyone is able to hear. It sounds as though other voices are rising along with yours.

There's something on the air - no music, or at least no instrumentals, just a disembodied sort of lyrical chant. You don't recognize any of the voices. They aren't singing the same song as you all are. Maybe they can't; they sound long long ago, and far far away now. Still - despite everything - the trees around you move lightly in a sudden soft breeze. It feels as though you have invoked something, old and entirely beyond your knowledge.

But first. Haven't you forgotten something?

It's Wednesday.

Welcome to this week's school club!]

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[justmeheere]

[Jeremy thinks for a moment.]

Like, the comics character? [No, Jeremy.] Oh! I mean, I'm Jeremy! We came because, uh. You guys also have a SQUIP?

[themuseabandonsyou]

I don't think so? People say there's stories about me and Eurydice [ he nods to her ] but apparently they're ancient ones.

[ Maybe someone's made a comic about those? He guesses the Argo's voyage could've been a fun adventure to tell in that format, even if it was kind of traumatic in parts. Hopefully they did not make comics about the thing that came after that, though, because that would just be depressing. ]

It's nice to meet you, Jeremy! And we do! I think he said his name is Eszmet now!

[ so close on the name and so far on the pronouns, Orpheus ]

[justmeheere]

Oh, uh. Does. Does this one use he/him pronouns? [??? He did not get that memo.] Anyway, that's not really surprising I guess? I know Anne of Cleves, who's like a historical figure? Like, a real person.

[You know! Like Real Historical Composer Antonio Salieri!]

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ It's Orpheus's turn to have a think about that. ]

I... never asked? [ Forgive him, he's from the dustbowl and Eszmet is shaped like Keanu Reeves. ] Um. Aren't we all real people here, though? Even the Balladeer stopped saying he wasn't one, I think.

[justmeheere]

Oh, I guess I'll ask later. CD and Spinel both use it/its because they're not human and CD specifically thinks gender is a uhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[Jeremy mentally edits the "CD rants about the human concept of gender for three hours unskippable" conversation down to a single pithy observation:]

... "foolish human obsession." But yeah! We're all, like, real people to ourselves? But, like. There's a difference between being a real person and... RPF, a thing I only know about because CD got a Twitter and now tells me about fanfiction "discourse."

[i made the fanfic bed and i have to lie in it now]

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh, okay! That makes sense? I'll ask him- them? It? [ Nope, back up, try again. ] I'll ask Eszmet about it. What's... what's RPF though? What's Twitter?

[ He thinks Janis mentioned the last one before? It sounded bad. ]