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[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

[ the hesitance is practically palpable as the screen flickers for a second and reveals this cute little face, looking all sorts of uncomfortable. you see, Rory doesn’t ever get drunk. ever. so waking up in a strange place after full-body paralysis is actually really really terrifying. help please. ]

Um. I’ve seen videos like this and I imagine that’s how everyone finds one another so I’m going to try it. So. Me name’s Rory Flanagan and I’d really like to know what’s going on. I mean, I’m all for discovering new places and learning new things but I don’t really think this is the right way to go about it…

[ his voice is very small. ]

Can I at least know if anyone else from McKinley is here? Does anyone know Finn Hudson? [ he’s got very few friends and Finn’s one of them. the only one. so if anyone knows him for the love of God, tell Rory. ]

Comments

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Um, not until you tell me who the hell you are and why you know Brittany.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

I'm a sophomore, see, and a foreign exchange student. Brittany's been real kind to me, shown me around the school and introduced me to people. She talks 'bout you a lot.

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Exchange student, sure. What does she say about me?

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

That you're a strong, brave person and she's proud of you. [ not lies. Brittany has said this to him. ]

1/2

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

All true.

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

And whatever, if you're so desperate for friends that you need to ask outright for them I guess we can work something out.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! [ it's better than nothing! ]

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Sooo what happens now?

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

[ :|a ]

I guess I was sort of thinking of looking around the tower, if you wanted to come with me?

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Sure, I can show you aaaall the places that can get you killed and where I got killed. Be happy here, Rory Flanagan.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

Or all the places you would go to avoid it. [ it's said kind of softly. ]

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Considering I was killed at a computer terminal by a troll with a trident, I wouldn't exactly know any safe spaces.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

How can anyone be happy here?

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Little girls throw parties and people make nice.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

[ ...this face. ]

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

I'm serious!

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

....really?

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

[shrug] It happens.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

That seems awfully easy.

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like parties really make things so much better after you've been killed by a troll who you're still forced to live with.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

[ a tentative smile ] That would make things awkward.

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

[she half snorts, half laughs] This place is nothing if not awkward.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

[ he fidgets for a moment. ] Santana... where is this place?

[straightupzorra.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the tower, we aren't on Earth any more. Get used to it, you have no choice.

[2toadstoolsdown.livejournal.com]

Are we... are we on a different planet?