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It is one of the most meaningless thing I’ve done in time - all least-to-most ranks and just characters’ fact answers (those that with no pictures) from oficial Ask Arcana gathered in one place. Have no idea what that information could be used for and if it even useful but it kept me occupied and distracted from some life shit for a while, so let it be.

who is most to least likely to enjoy the movie Frozen? Lucio, Portia, Julian, Asra, Muriel, Nadia

Out of the cast, who is the most to least likely to be the jealous type? Portia, Lucio, Muriel & Nadia (tied), Julian, Asra

would you like to rank the characters from who cries most to least ugly? like from sniveling to shoujo manga tears? Muriel, Lucio, Julian, Portia, Asra, Nadia

who is the most to least superstitious Portia, Julian, Nadia, Lucio, Asra, Muriel

most to least excited to be at a WWE event Portia, Lucio, Asra, Julian, Nadia, Muriel

From worst to best at handling children Nadia, Lucio, Muriel, Asra, Portia, Julian

From worst to best for alcohol tolerance Muriel, Asra, Lucio, Julian, Portia, Nadia

Character ranking from best at keeping secrets to loose-liped gossip? Asra, Muriel, Nadia, Lucio, Portia, Julian

best to worst dancers? Asra, Portia, Julian, Nadia, Lucio, Muriel

Most to Least likely to slap you for stealing a mcnugget Nadia, Lucio, Asra, Portia, Julian, Muriel

Least to most likely to eat something weird (read: probably shouldn't be eaten) because of a dare? Nadia, Julian, Muriel, Lucio, Portia, Asra and not even on a dare

how old are each of the revealed characters? everyone is old, but in order of least old to most old: Asra, Portia, Muriel, Julian, Lucio, Nadia

Who's the best kisser? Who's the worst? Best kisser: Faust (good snake smooches) Worst kissers: Mercedes and Melchior (too much cronch)

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If the main 6 played MTG what color decks would they play? Asra: Blue Nadia: White Julian: Black (Portia made his for him) Portia: White/Green Muriel: Green Lucio: Red

How did cast look as babies? Nadia: The best baby, perfect in form and function Asra: A cute baby, always looking around Julian: Not the most handsome baby, a little gangly Portia: Round, squealing delightful baby Lucio: Red-faced screaming awful baby Muriel: Sturdy and well insulated for the long winter

Of the main six characters, which ones are capable of juggling and which ones would absolutely love doing needlepoint? capable of juggling: Portia, Asra, Muriel absolutely love doing needlepoint: Nadia, Julian incapable of juggling/ absolutely hate doing needlepoint: Lucio

what would the cast choose as their job in the mmo final Fantasy XIV? Julian: Dragoon Asra: Astrologian Lucio: Ninja, but he messes up the mudras Nadia: Machinist Portia: Summoner Muriel: Paladin

What would be the favorite attractions/rides of the cast at Disney? Julian: Pirates of the Caribbean Asra: Astro Orbiter Lucio: Tower of Terror (RIP) Muriel: Matterhorn Portia: California Screamin' Nadia: Carousel of Progress

What do the rest of the cast smell like? Nadia: Les Larmes Sacree Du Thebes by Baccarat Asra: Lord of Misrule Lush Shower Cream Julian: Leather seats in a rental car Portia: Cocoa butter and laundry soap Lucio: Fireball, Axe body spray & ass Muriel: myrrh

What board game would The Arcana gang be? Nadia: Clue Asra: Twister Julian: Sorry! Portia: Mouse Trap Lucio: Monopoly Muriel: Guess Who

Who do all the cast main in over watch? Nadia: Ana Asra: Sombra Julian: Reaper Portia: Zarya Muriel: Bastion Lucio: Genji

If everyone participated in a Winter Olympic sport, which one would they be in? Nadia: figure skate (singles) Asra: snowboarding Julian: alpine ski Portia: freestyle ski Muriel: luge Lucio: ice hockey

Main casts Starbucks orders? Julian: Black coffee and he flirts with the barista until it’s ready. Nadia: London Fog Latte. She comes in at exactly 8 every morning. Asra: Matcha latte unless there’s a new radioactive-looking Frappuccino flavor and then he gets that. Muriel: Waiting outside in the car, asks Asra to get him a water. Asra comes back with a hot chocolate and a cake pop. Muriel grumbles but accepts them every time. Lucio: Salted Caramel Mocha extra whip extra sprinkles nonfat no foam soy upside down actually coconut milk instead and then he yells at you if you get it wrong. Portia: Pink Drink and all the baristas get excited when she walks in because they love her and she always tips.

The cast as Kanye songs Nadia: Power Lucio: No Church in the Wild Asra: Love Lockdown Julian: Heartless Portia: Paranoid Muriel: Coldest Winter

Which characters would be in the fire, water, earth, and air nations? Slightly different from what you asked, but: Asra - waterbender Nadia - airbender Julian & Portia - non-benders Muriel - Earthbender Lucio - Firebender

What kind of parents are the cast at their child’s soccer game? Nadia: standing on the sidelines in sunglasses and heels biting her thumbnail and watching every move on the field because she doesnt trust the ref Asra: cheers whenever anything happens, takes as many kids as can fit in the car out for ice cream but doesn’t check with the parents Julian: chats up the other parents relentlessly and isn’t watching when his kid gets hit in the face with the ball Portia: “cmon cmon cmon cmon cmon cmon cmon AW WHAT WAS THAT” Muriel: watching from the parking lot inside the car Lucio: yelling on the phone the whole time, spills all 24 oz of his salted caramel mocha on the bench and doesn’t do anything about it

Which Disney movie is the favorite of each of the cast? Nadia: Fantasia 2000 Asra: The Emperor’s New Groove Julian: Muppet Treasure Island Portia: Muppet Treasure Island Muriel: The Fox and the Hound Lucio: Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True

what kind of youtube channel would each character have (letsplay, cooking, craft, etc)? Asra: very unstructured mostly-cooking channel that also features videos of him just eating weird things, and videos of Faust existing and being cute Nadia: beauty guru with very polished high-end editing Julian: doesn’t know how to use youtube but Portia made an account for him and uploads her shaky/blurry phone videos of his jazz performances Portia: likes and comments on all of Nadia’s videos while occasionally posting cute cat vids Muriel: does not have an internet connection Lucio: extremely loud letsplayer, mostly FPS

What would the cast be as animal crossing villagers? Muriel: Cranky Bear Julian: Smug Eagle Portia: Uchi Cat Nadia: Snooty Ostrich Asra: Lazy Wolf Lucio: Jock Goat

What Fire Emblem Fates' classes would each character be? Asra - Diviner Nadia - Priestess Julian - Adventurer Portia - Maid Muriel - Wolfskin Lucio - Berserker

if the arcana cast were naruto characters, which ones would they be Portia: Naruto Muriel: Gaara Lucio: Orochimaru Julian: Itachi Asra: Kakashi Nadia: Fancy Shikamaru

If the characters of arcana watched rupaul's drag race who would be their faves? Nadia: bebe, raja, peppermint Asra: yara, aja, adore Julian: nina bo’nina, sasha, raven Portia: chichi, bob, ginger Lucio: willam, kimora, mimi imfurst Muriel: Latrice Royale

WHAT ARE THE CHARAS PREFERRED FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM? Nadia: Lavender Lemon Asra: Rainbow Sorbet Julian: Pistachio Portia: Cookie Dough Muriel: Rocky Road Lucio: Red Velvet

Please please arcana cast as mcr songs Lucio: It’s Not a Fashion Statement, It’s a Deathwish Julian: Thank You For The Venom Asra: Welcome To The Black Parade Muriel: House of Wolves Nadia: You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison Portia: Give Em Hell Kid

What are the characters going to be for Halloween? Asra - glow-in-the-dark mermaid Nadia - [elegant ballgown interpretation of] a swan Julian - tortured vampire/werewolf hybrid Muriel - sheet ghost Portia - ninja turtle Lucio - slutty angel Faust - a very long hot dog

If you had to assign the characters from the Arcana to characters from Labyrinth who would they be? Nadia: Jareth Asra: Sara Julian: Sir Didymus Portia: Hoggle Muriel: Ludo Lucio: The Chilly Down birds

What's each character's favourite fruits? Nadia: Concord Grape Asra: Blue Raspberry Julian: Fig Portia: Banana Muriel: Lemon Lucio: Pomegranate

what's everyone's favorite season? Asra - spring Nadia - summer Julian - autumn Muriel - winter Portia - spring Lucio - summer

Who would the Arcana cast be in a cliche Noir Film? Nadia: boss with kinetic ball bearing desk ornament and brandy in the drawer Asra: first love turned old flame that you run into halfway around the world Julian: haggard scientist with an unbuttoned shirt scribbling on the walls Portia: wisecracking secretary who takes a bus a train and a ferry to work Muriel: ominous farmer that lets people use the phone after a car breaks down Lucio: raging starlet shattering a vase after being blacklisted by every studio

The Arcana cast as Michael Jackson songs? Nadia: Man in the Mirror Asra: You Are Not Alone Julian: Smooth Criminal Portia: Will You Be There Muriel: Ben Lucio: Bad

What would each character be in cats? This probably wasn’t supposed to be Cats the musical but if you think i’m gonna pass this up Nadia: None they’re all awful/ Munkustrap Asra: Mister Mistoffelees Julian: Macavity Portia: Jennyanydots Lucio: Rum Tum Tugger Muriel: Grizabella

what would their favorite emojis be? Asra: 🌚 Nadia: 🍷 Julian: 🎷 Portia: 👀 Muriel: 👁 Lucio: 💃💸😏👑

What panic at the disco songs describe each character best? Julian: Death of a Bachelor Asra: I Write Sins Not Tragedies Portia: She’s a Handsome Woman Nadia: Northern Downpour Lucio: Victorious Muriel: From a Mountain in the Middle of the Cabins

What stereotypes for a super cliché highschool do the characters fall into? Nadia: Valedictorian who has been doing independent study and hasn’t set foot in the building for the past two years Asra: Shows up late every class with loud ass Sunchips, does homework in glow in the dark gel pen Julian: Eats lunch with his teacher so they can keep talking about mitochondria Portia: Gets really hype about dances, always ends up fighting at dances Muriel: Puts away all the folding chairs that everyone left behind Lucio: Gets on the intercom to talk shit about the teacher who gave him a D+ on his plagiarized essay

What sports would the characters play? And would they be any good at those sports? Muriel: Any solitary sport. He likes track and shotput. Nadia: Swimming. She isn’t on a team, she just likes the water. Portia: Wrestling. She’s got a few championship belts. Julian: Grandma Devorak forced him to take One Sport in high school, and he chose long-distance running. Asra: Beach volleyball and snowboarding. He’s just there to have a good time. Lucio: Ice hockey, but he spends it mostly punching other players.

what dragons from books/movies/games match each character best, would you say? As for dragons, one of our writers plays Flight Rising obsessively so here’s every character as a Flight Rising breed. Asra: Fae Nadia: Imperial Lucio: Wildclaw Muriel: Guardian Julian: Skydancer Portia: Snapper

What is each character most likely to do with the mc when they're feeling 'unusually affectionate'? Nadia: feed them champagne grapes and engage them in conversation so she can watch them try to talk with their mouth full Asra: stare at them and stop acknowledging anyone or anything else Julian: preen and spoil them to the point of being a public embarrassment Portia: constant cuddly contact Muriel: follow them at a respectable distance Lucio: belt out an aria at the sight of them

What's everyone favorite manga if they read any in this world? Nadia: Rose of Versailles Asra: Yugioh Julian: Blackjack Portia: Ranma ½ Muriel: Hunter x Hunter Lucio: Berserk

how much does faust like all the characters? like, who does she like the most/least? does she like the main character at all? Faust adores the main character almost as much as she loves Asra. But if she had to choose from the rest: Most good smelling: Nadia Most fun to squeeze: Julian Most too big to eat: Muriel Most hard to hide from: Portia Most attackable: Lucio

what kind of drunk is everybody? Nadia: capable, professional drunk on the move. Never in the same room twice Asra: touchy-feely but won’t leave the couch, still somehow manages to catch on fire Julian: morphs into The Storyteller, everyone in earshot ends up caught in a dramatic reenactment of his life story waiting for him to take a breath but he never does Portia: makes 6 new friends in the bathroom line Muriel: moody, talks to no one, keeps taking everybody’s empty bottles out to the trash Lucio: the loudest, the drama, the legend, the first to dip out when the cops show up

Of the Characters: Who tells a dirty joke? Who doesn't understand it? Who is disgusted? Who laughs? Who hides a smile? Who gets annoyed? Lucio: tells a dirty joke Muriel: doesn’t understand it Julian: is disgusted Asra: laughs Portia: hides a smile Nadia: gets annoyed

What are the characters usual reactions when subbing their toes? Nadia: It Does Not Happen Asra: hops it off Julian: hissing, closes his eyes while he savors the pain Portia: (string of curses) “ok………. i’m fine” Muriel: doesn’t notice because his toes are too far away Lucio: shrieks, revenge kicks the wall, shrieks harder

what you think everyones deadly sin would be? the deadly cliches: Nadia - Pride Asra - Lust Julian - Wrath Portia - Envy Muriel - Sloth Lucio - Gluttony

On a scale of good to bad, who sings karaoke? Nadia has a silky voice with impeccable vibrato. But she only sings karaoke alone in the bath. Asra has an airy, intimate voice. He’s the worst at karaoke because he doesn’t even get up off the couch. Julian has very limited singing ability, but he will talk sing the whole way through if he has to. He’s great at duets, somehow. Portia has a throaty, powerful voice. She brings the house down with Heart and Bonnie Tyler ballads, even if she squeaks on the high notes. Muriel has a gravelly grumble that he is convinced is useless for singing and if you hand him the microphone he’ll drop it and go stand in the corner. Lucio has an overdone musical theater voice but he is tone deaf. He will shout out the high notes and power through the rest and if you try to skip his song there will be hell to pay

which social media platform which each character Prefer™ ? Asra - twitter (RTs a lot of memes and shitposts, posts incomprehensible dril-like tweets at 3am) Nadia - instagram (flawless makeup and aesthetic™) Julian - yahoo answers Portia - snapchat Muriel - what is social media Lucio - LinkedIn (you will NEVER stop getting email notifications from him)

what dnd classes would the cast be (like mage, assassin, cleric etc)? Nadia: Paladin Asra: Warlock Julian: Rogue Portia: Bard Muriel: Fighter Lucio: Barbarian

what would each characters spice girl name be Asra: Mystery Spice Nadia: Boss Spice Julian: Suffering Spice Portia: Sassy Spice Muriel: Surly Spice Lucio: Spicy Spice

how complicated is each character's personal hygiene routine? Nadia’s personal hygiene routine: an exact science and takes a practiced team of servants to execute. Julian’s personal hygiene routine: splashing his face 5-7 times and gargling with his famous mint vodka peroxide formula Asra’s personal hygiene routine: sticking his head underwater until he’s awake Portia’s personal hygiene routine: putting her hair in a bun and scrubbing herself with a cloth and bucket down by the frog pond Lucio’s personal hygiene routine: milk and caviar bath every 13 hours Muriel’s personal hygiene routine: standing in the pouring rain

What's everyone's favorite alcoholic drinks? Asra - St Germain, tequila, blue curaçao, lime juice, hibiscus syrup (serve in a champagne flute or martini glass, garnished with a wildflower or tiny umbrella) Julian - whiskey, Kahlua, Grand Marnier, lemon juice (serve in a highball glass) Nadia - Chambord, white wine, seltzer (serve in a wine glass, chilled or on the rocks) Portia - beer & apple cider with a shot of rum (serve in a lowball glass) Muriel - Baileys, butterscotch schnapps, hot chocolate (serve warm, in your coziest mug) Lucio - Jägermeister & Goldschläger topped with overproof rum (serve as a flaming shot)

what would be each of the characters' favorite genre of music? Asra: Bossa Nova and EDM Nadia: Obscure Opera and Calming beach sounds Julian: 20 minute tracks of Quality Jazz Portia: Reggae and dad rock Muriel: New wave and white noise Lucio: Top 40 and Dark Funky Disco

who would the arcana characters be from mean girls?? Asra: the guy who asked what day it was Nadia: cady Julian: gretchen weiners Portia: janis Lucio: regina george Muriel: damian

Which Hogwarts house would each of the Main Cast belong in? Asra & Julian - Ravenclaw Nadia - Slytherin Portia & Muriel - Hufflepuff Lucio - Gryffindor

What would the characters modern!au job/career of choice be? Lucio owns and manages several nightclubs and has a trashy daytime talk show Asra does really low-budget magic shows at kids’ birthday parties by day, and DJs at one of Lucio’s clubs at night Nadia is the city mayor, an international chess champion, and concert pianist Portia works at Home Depot (used to be a waitress at Red Lobster but the tips were terrible), but she wants to be a zookeeper Julian is a doctor at an underfunded hospital with lots of drama Muriel lives off the grid in a broken-down van in the woods

Just due to mild curiosity what would be the casts favorite musicals? Asra - Legally Blonde: The Musical Nadia - Chicago Julian - Les Mis Muriel - Wicked Portia - Cats! Lucio - Phantom of the Opera / Kinky Boots (it’s a tie)

what cryptid is every character Asra = Chupacabra Julian = Mothman Nadia = Nessie Portia = Loveland Frog Muriel = Bigfoot Lucio = Jersey Devil

how would the game's characters celebrate the MC's birthday with them?? Asra would take them on a long journey without telling them where they were going (but would keep them entertained with riddles) to a scenic oasis, where he would pretend to drown so MC has to dive into the water and at the bottom is a magic flute that can summon a swarm of bees (their favorite!) Nadia would throw a tastefully brief festival in their honor. MC would be lavished with pampering (by professional pamperers) from dawn to dusk and when the clock struck midnight, they would be presented with seven bejeweled eagles (one for every day of the week) Julian would meet them for dinner in a shady tavern, bring them heaping plates of food and offer unsolicited advice for the coming year. About halfway through the meal he would have to scramble out the back door because law enforcement arrived on the scene but he’d put it an order in the kitchen to bring them something for dessert Lucio would declare the day a holiday and call it Day of the Beloved One of Lucio. They would have to sit uncomfortably still while a master artiste painted their portrait and a mile-long line of peasants laid gifts at their feet. Muriel doesn’t celebrate birthdays because time is a human construct Portia would throw a big loud party with a barbecue :D

Since it is soon, what would the characters do for Valentines day with us (the MC)? Nadia would take you on an elegant river cruise stocked with 130 varieties of tiny cake and a private crooner hired to serenade you but she would end up throwing them overboard for not hitting the high notes Asra would take you to the mall and splurge on all the stuff you both can’t afford but wait way too long to get lunch so you get into a fight and he proposes in the food court Julian would show up on the 15th after with all the candy he scored at 75% off, pretend it was on purpose that he got the day wrong, and wake you up at 3 am to come clean because the guilt was eating him alive Muriel would light some scented candles, cook up a sensual meal and throw a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace for you to enjoy alone while he escapes into the woods Portia would pack a picnic of chicken and tortilla chips, take you to the beach where you could splash around until the sun goes down and lull you to sleep on the sandy blanket with her acoustic guitar Lucio would have servants fill your room with floor to ceiling flowers while you sleep and wait impatiently for you to wake up like

Would you roommate with any of the characters? it’s hard to decide, so here are some pros and cons Asra - pro: never home / con: leaves dishes in the sink for weeks Nadia - pro: your home will be spotless / con: it’s spotless because she orders you to clean it for her Julian - pro: medical professional / con: half of your apartment is now this

rate the characters on how #extra they are Muriel: 4/10 Lucio: 13/10 Everyone else: 10/10

Which character could be best described as "tender"?? "Spicy"??? “tender”: Muriel “tender”/“Spicy”: Asra, Portia “Spicy”/”tender”: Julian, Nadia “Spicy”: Lucio

what the favorite Pokemon of all the characters were. Asra - Ekans, Delphox, Espeon Nadia - Noctowl, Gardevoir, Musharna Julian - Absol, Bisharp, Murkrow Portia - Chansey, Politoed, Hoothoot Muriel - Pangoro, Aggron, Wigglytuff Lucio - Houndoom, Pyroar, Skarmory

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tialovestelevision · 7 years

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Out Of My Mind

Riley episode. Ehhhh. She doesn’t love him. Neither do I. 1. Previously On is bringing up Adam and the Initiative. Oh god it’s going to be about his withdrawal, isn’t it? 2. Sunnydale cemetary. Buffy’s on a crypt. Nice vantage point. She’s running, stakes a vampire before it gets out of the ground, but another pops up and attacks. She’s fighting it. Side kick. Riley hits an Irish whip. He throws the vampire onto the roof and stakes it. Another is coming up now, but Spike attacked him from behind and but got punched. Buffy staked the vampire. Buffy is annoyed with both of them. Spike is offering Riley some knitting needles. He also drank his own blood from his broken nose. Buffy and Riley are heading back home. Riley wants to throw more vampires. They’re not going to kill Spike. Spike is threatening Buffy. Then he fell in a hole. Opening credits. 3. Mercedes McNab is in this one. So’s Amber Benson! Yay! And.. Kristine Sutherland. I didn’t miss her in Season 4. Buffy and Willow are talking about the French Revolution and vampires. Willow wears the smarty pants in the family. But working hard is hard work for Buffy. Poor Buffy’s brain. They’re going to Buffy’s training. 4. Magic Box. Xander and Giles are building things. Xander is actually good at it. There’s Tara! And Anya! Buffy and Willow just arrived. The shop looks amazing. Giles can’t afford to sell real eye of newt, so he has salamander eyes. They’re just as good. Tara wants them to get a fortune teller. Tara is reading Willow’s palm. She’s so very in love. 5. Riley just tackled Buffy. Their training room is amazing, too. She has a dummy to shoot and things to balance on. Xander made the dummy. It has fangs! I like Xander more right now than I ever have in the run of this show. Buffy had to clarify which Q she was comparing them to. 6. Spike’s crypt. He’s watching his soaps. Harmony just came in. She’s hiding from Buffy. She thinks she’s Buffy’s arch nemesis. She’s very desperate for a place to hide. She offered to have sex with Spike in return for one. Now she’s in his chair. He’s talking her into trying to kill Buffy. He’s going to help her plan. 7. Riley and Buffy, post-sex. Or mid-sex. Yep, apparently more sex. 8. Dawn at Dawn and Joyce’s house. She got a prize out of her cereal. Then Joyce, in the middle of serving breakfast, pauses, like her head hurts, stares at Dawn, and asks who she is. Then down she goes. Two broken plates, a lot of egg on the floor, and Joyce unconscious. Buffy and Riley are at the hospital now. There’s a male intern. His name is Ben, and he was nice to Dawn. Dawn is listening to hearts with Ben’s stethoscope. Ben and Buffy have normal heartrates, but Riley’s is… insane. Ridiculously fast. 9. Apparently, Dawn told someone, and now a doctor is checking on Riley. She doesn’t want to let him leave, but has to because without a court order he can’t be held. Joyce and Dawn came into Riley’s room. They’re done running tests on Joyce, so people are going home. Buffy is very unhappy with Riley. 10. Joyce’s home. Dawn, Willow, and Buffy are taking care of her, but she’s more concerned about Riley. Now we have the three girls upstairs talking about Riley. Dawn isn’t helping. Wait… she did help. She suggested Buffy get spied on on purpose to ask the Initiative for help. 11. Buffy’s at Riley’s place. She picks up the phone, and tells the dialtone that Riley’s in trouble and needs help. 12. Riley playing basketball with some guys. It’s loud. He’s out-playing everybody by a lot. He saw Graham. Graham wants to talk to him. Graham is going to try to take Riley to a doctor, but Riley just hit hima nd beat up his guys. Someone needs to dart him. 13. Graham is talking to Buffy. Riley has hyper-adrenal overload and a bunch of other stuff going on, and it’ll kill him. He also already knew. Buffy’s going to get Riley to the doctor the Initiative has set up. 14. Night time. Riley is… I think at Adam’s cave. Buffy’s brainstorming with her firends. She sent Anya and Xander to the docks, and Tara and Willow to the school ruins. Buffy needs Spike to go with her to the Initiative. 15. Buffy hired Spike to go to the caves. The Initiative’s doctor isn’t sure he can help even if he gets Riley. And… here’s Spike and Harmony taking the doctor hostage to get his chip out. 16. Buffy’s at the caves. Spike’s got Harmony and the doctor at a surgical theater at the university. The doctor isn’t sure he can do the job. Willow and Tara are at the school ruins, working their way through. Willow lit up the school. Buffy’s in the caves, searching for Riley. She found him punching a rock. His hand is bleeding and doesn’t hurt. He doesn’t want to go to the doctor. Oh god he’s obsessing about Angel again, and trying not to talk about that. Wow, he looks terrible. Buffy is really, really angry at him. Buffy’s going to make him see the doctor. God, I really dislike him. 17. The doctor is operating on Spike’s brain. Harmony is talking to him. The doctor really needs them both to stop talking. And now Buffy has found the people Harmony knocked out. Riley is running out of gas. Riley tried to apologize to Graham. The doctor said to put the cigarette out, so Harmony’s doing so. Doctor says the chip’s out. 18. Spike is all stitched up. He’s threatening to kill the docotr. Now he’s getting ready to attack Buffy, who just arrived. Harmony just shot Riley in the leg. Riley’s beating Harmony up while Buffy slugs Spike in the face over and over. Wow, Riley’s in rough shape. And… chip’s still in. It kept Spike from biting Buffy. Riley’s having a heart attack now. Spike and Harmony are retreating while the doctor gets Riley patched up. Spike is obsessing about Buffy; says she’s haunting him. 19. Buffy is having a talk with Riley. Quiet, gentle talk. Riley does not look reassured. Graham is trying to talk him into going back to the Initiative. 20. Buffy just came into Spike’s crypt. He wants her to stake him. And… he just kissed her. he looks very surprised. She looks horrified and angry… and is walking over for another kiss. Whose dream is this? Her clothes vanished. Spike’s dream. “Oh god, no. Please no.” Overall: Confession. I really, really dislike the Buffy/Spike pairing. Spike’s a murderer, and even in later seasons he’s just an unpleasant person to be around. I don’t want to do spoilers, but even an event you’d expect to make him a substantially better person really doesn’t. It’s not that I don’t love Spike. I do. He’s funny, clever, wonderfully wry, and absolutely chews the scenery. But I love him in that funny little glow box that hangs on the wall, or that other one on the cabinet. Far away from me. Far, far, far away from me. I wouldn’t wish him on anyone, even people I dislike, and I like Buffy. The rest of this was, in fact, an episode about the aftereffects of the treatments the Initiative subjected Riley to. And his insecurity. His poor, mistreated straight white cis guy insecurity. I deal with enough of that shit in my life; I don’t need it in my Buffy. Go away, Riley, please.

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Doors slammed against the backdrop of crickets and flushed storm drains. Rey looked back at the house. There was a warm glow from the windows, smoke spiralling from one of the chimneys softening the cold snap in the air with the smell of wood smoke and storms past.

Rey got into the passenger side of the Mercedes Vito, giving a weak attempt at a smile in Poe's direction before she put the window down. He wrapped his fingers over her door, ducking his head down to speak to them.

"Don't take any risks in there. We'll get Snoke, whether we have the drive or not."

Finn nodded. "We'll be careful."

"And you—" Poe tapped her on the nose, in what she would have thought was a brotherly gesture, had she ever had one. "We're on the same team. Don't forget that."

"As long as you won't."

He chuckled, stepping back to the bottom step. "Stay safe, all of you."

Dom turned the key in the ignition, and with a heavy heart, Rey watched as the homestead faded away into blackness and the long empty road stretched out ahead. There were no street lights on this section of road, and even the reflector panels were like fading stars against a rising fog that hovered eerily before them.

Dom turned on the radio, and the silence was blasted with ABBA's greatest hits.

"Oh, God, kill me now," Finn moaned from the back.

Rey cracked a smile, catching sight of her reflection in the glass, but even as she saw it, the smile slipped from her lips, her heart was beating too fast, the hairs tingling at the back of her neck. She swallowed a lump in her throat and tried to will away the churning feeling in her stomach.

What would Ben say when he came back to find her missing? Would he understand? That this was the only thing she could offer him: more than her love, more than escape, but freedom to walk away from it all.

Finn pulled a pair of earbuds from his pocket, pushing them into his ears and leaning back with his eyes closed,

"If you guys need me, just give me a poke."

Rey recognised the muffled tunes of Wizzkid playing from the back and smiled—same old Finn.

Minutes passed in relative silence until there was a flash of lights against the rear-vision mirror. The lights bounced on her side mirror and into her eyes. She squinted, trying to make out the kind of car, but it was impossible to tell, just two white eyes, in the sullen darkness.

"Fuck off," Dom hissed. A streak of light crossed his face. He lowered the mirror, but it didn't seem to do much.

Rey looked once behind them, noting how close the car appeared on their tail.

Too close.

Dom's leg shifted, and the engine revved, and the van sped up ten kilometres an hour over the speed limit, and the lights fell back a little behind them.

"I hate tailgaters, don't you?"

"Yeah," Rey said dismissively, trying to hide the way her heart hammered in her chest.

The lights flashed in her eyes again and then the car was coming at them faster than before, with no hint of stopping. Without even noticing, Rey floored at an imaginary foot pedal.

"Shit, shit, shit," Dom hissed. "What should we do?"

"I don't know!" Rey whispered back. She glanced at Finn, he was blissfully oblivious in the back seat. She'd seen far too many movies to know how this would end. "Have you got anything, weapons, a gun?"

The car swerved out from behind them until the navy wagon was alongside them. There were two young children in the back watching movies on their tablets, and a woman and man in front, their hands gesticulating wildly like they were in some kind of fight. The family overtook them, leaving a flurry of rain mist in its wake.

"Holy shit." Dom relaxed back in his seat. "I thought—"

"I know." Rey realised she'd been clutching onto her belt until her fingers were numb. "Me too."

Rey let out a shaky breath, smoothing the folds of her jeans. "So, what's our plan once we get there?"

"If you can switch the drives, I'll meet you as you come out and get the original. And then you and Finn get as far away from there as you can."

"And what will you do, give the drive to Poe?" She held her breath as she asked the question.

She knew that was what should happen — but if there was still a chance to help Ben, she would take it.

Dom looked back at Finn. He wasn't listening, still nodding his head in the back seat to the muffled tunes they could barely hear.

"I wasn't going to give it back straight away?" He glanced at Rey, as if measuring her reaction. "I can if you want me to, but I thought we could remove some files first."

Rey held her breath. "The stuff on Kylo?"

He nodded.

"Why would you do that?"

"Kylo had already tampered with the info on the drive. He'd removed all references to me on it."

"How do you know?"

"I traced a bunch of deleted messages on Lor's phone about me, and you. He was determined to help me out of there with a clean slate, and his plan was always to get you to safety. He'd booked plane tickets, accommodation, he'd even gone as far as paying your lease out."

Rey thought back to those nights Ben hadn't come to bed, when he'd been working late on his laptop, carefully hiding the details of his screen. Is this what he'd been working on, her escape plan?

"I figured it's the least I could do, you know?" Dom added, signalling to turn onto the main street heading back into town. "I know the guy's done some bad shit for the First Order, we all have, but no one deserves what Snoke has put him through."

Rey nodded, contemplating what she'd just heard. Somehow all the fear that had been coiling inside her abated a little and she felt lighter, more confident, knowing that she was making the right decision—no matter what the outcome.

They watched the world outside transfer from empty fields and acreages to the tight streets and bright lights of Coruscant. Finn took his earphones off and leant forward.

It had all come down to this. Six years of fighting the demon in her memory, six years of hiding and scrambling for a way out of this tunnel.

With each tick of the odometer, Rey's heart stopped, until they rounded the corner of Crimson Lane and pulled up before the brothel.

She stepped out on the sidewalk, slick with rain, and peered up at number 12. It sank into the night with all its black walls and cast-iron balcony. The windows were dully lit, a hue of brown blood glowed like a bruise behind the thick velvet curtains.

Finn came up beside her and the tips of his fingers brushed over hers.

Behind them, she heard cars sloshing through dirty puddles. It brought her back to the first time she had come before the door, the bright red light of the wall bleeding down onto her face, marking her.

It would be the last time she came here, and with a steadying breath, she opened the door.

"You're late." Phasma eyed Rey up and down, her words sharp and pronounced. "And you look like shit."

She didn't bite. Not tonight.

Rey walked over to the desk, running her finger along the diary of appointments.

"Is Kylo here yet?" she purred. It was a good act because even now, her insides felt like they were sliding into the centre of the Earth.

"He's not coming back." Phasma's steel-coloured eyes flicked up to a point at the corner of the room. Rey followed her gaze to a security camera watching them both. "I'm surprised you did."

Rey shrugged, dragging her finger alongside the list of names. Armitage Hux, Seth—no last name… Snoke.

She tried not to react, even though the muscles in her legs tightened like she wanted to run, and her finger was shaking, so she snatched it away, unable to speak.

That was until she saw something else.

"You booked Rose with Dathomirian Zabrek?"

Phasma shrugged. "He is a special friend of Mr Snoke's. It was the least we could do for him after Kylo beat him black and blue."

There was a loud thump upstairs and Rey flinched.

"Don't worry." Phasma bent to gather some black-leather lingerie from beneath the desk and placed it on the table. "I'm sure he will be on his best behaviour this time."

Rey struggled to hold back. The tide of anger was rushing over her like a rampage of fire. How could this woman be part of something so evil? This wasn't going to happen to Rose. Not tonight. Not ever.

"You're a cold-hearted bitch," Rey hissed at her through clenched teeth.

Phasma laughed.

Rey wanted to slap the smile off her pale face. "Go to hell!"

Rey grabbed the underwear to turn away when Phasma yanked her across the desk, so close that her hot breath seeped into Rey's ear, making her shiver.

"We're all going to hell, desert flower! Some of us are just going there sooner than others."

She let go and Rey stumbled back in shock.

As if nothing had passed, Phasma shrugged and resumed sorting through client files. "You shouldn't have come back here."

Rey stiffened, confronted with the stark reality that perhaps she'd made a mistake in coming back. Snoke was a creep and a criminal, but had she ever really known how far he would go to destroy her? A shiver trickled down Rey's spine, as she remembered the three little words Phasma had penned to them only this morning.

Don't come back.

And yet, here she was, unarmed and unprepared—without Ben for protection.

There was a creak to her right, and Snoke's office door opened an inch, seemingly by itself. Inside the light was off. She waited. But no one came out.

Thankfully.

Phasma sighed, following the line of Rey's gaze. "It's too late now. Go get changed. I'll let Hux know you are here."

Rey took the pile of black mesh underwear again and put it under her arm. As she turned to leave, she noticed that Rose had one spot free before Dathomirian's booking, just a short one, half an hour max.

She prayed that would be enough…

"There's a drunk guy out front looking for a quick one."

Phasma raised her eyebrows from her work. "Oh, yes?"

"He seemed pretty agitated. You might want to call the cops on him. I'd hate for one of the girls to run into trouble with him. I told him to go, but he refused."

Phasma picked up the phone and began dialling an inside line.

"Tico. Kit up. You've got a booking."

There was a pause and Rey breathed a sigh of relief. At least she could trust Phasma to be a nasty bitch.

"I don't care. It won't kill you to spread your legs for an extra 30."

She hung up the phone with a spiteful glare at Rey.

"Tell him to come in."

"What are you—"

Rey cut Finn off, throwing her arms around him and buried her head in his neck. "Listen to me, I need your help and we don't have much time."

Finn's strong hands wrapped around her back, pulling her close, while his lips brushed her cheek as he spoke. "Tell me what to do."

"My friend, Rose, is in there. Phasma has just booked her with a very dangerous client. I need you to get her as far away as possible!"

Finn didn't release his grip, still clinging to her. "We can help her after—"

"No!" Rey pulled back from him, searching his eyes. "It will be too late. I've booked you in with her, I need you to get her out. She has a daughter. You do whatever you have to do to get her to safety."

"I'm not leaving you."

"Yes, you are," Rey said. "Dom and I can finish the job without you. It's not up for debate. Her name is Rose Tico, she has a child, and her sister died in the Resistance bombing as a hero. Hell, see if she'll talk to the paper if you want, but get her out!"

Finn's nostrils flared as he took a large breath out.

"This is important," Rey urged one last time. "You'll understand when you meet her."

His shoulders sagged, nodding.

"I'll do what I can."

The room was new to her and unlike any of the others she had seen, and especially different from the one she had spent her night with Kylo in. The walls were covered with floor to ceiling mirrors, and at the centre, was an oval-shaped bed draped in navy satin sheets. Rey slipped her clothes off, kicking them under the bed, for lack of anywhere else to put them.

With careful precision not to rip it, she pulled on a mesh and vinyl fishnet bodice, stomach-churning as she zipped it up at the centre. Next, the panties and stockings, connected by a black suspender belt. She'd hoped for a robe at least, somewhere she could hide the drive Dom had given her, but she fixed it behind the band of her left garter.

She waited, goosebumps prickling. The room was an endless line of reflections. She met her own eyes staring back at her. The image stunned her, the lingerie left nothing to her imagination, her nipples tightened from the cold, and she didn't dare peer down between her legs and what could be seen. The whole outfit made her appear small, insecure and weak.

She touched the wall of one of the mirrors.

How far would she have to go to do this?

The thought hadn't occurred to her until now, dressed up for someone else's pleasure. Would she let him touch her as intimately as she'd let Kylo?

And could he forgive her for going this way?

She stepped back from the mirror, dropping her hand by her side.

"For Ben," she whispered to many visions of herself surrounding her in a rainbow of black and flesh.

A Tarsier. That was the first thing Rey thought of when she saw Finn as she stepped back into the lobby. Her cheeks flushed as she tried to look at anything but his bulging eyes and gaping mouth.

"Oh, shit," the words tumbled from his mouth.

"Not that one, you idiot!" Phasma snapped at him. "That one!"

Finn turned to see where Phasma was pointing. A pair of tanned feet in five-inch red heels slowly came down the stairs. Her eyes were downcast, the side of her jet-black hair carefully positioned to hide a smudge of yellow by her right eye socket. Rey rushed up to meet her and Rose stopped her slow walk down to embrace her.

"There's something going on down the hall," Rose whispered carefully. "You need to get out of here."

Rey held her tighter, pressing her lips on her cheek. "I know."

"He hasn't paid for a threesome," Phasma snapped.

"My friend Finn is down there. You're getting out of here tonight!" Rey told her seconds before she pulled away,

As they neared the last few steps, Rey noticed at once that Finn was no longer looking at her, but his line of vision was firmly centred on Rose. His hands slipped in his pockets, out, back in again, and his eyes were pointedly not trying to look below her neck.

Rose took the last step onto the landing and lifted her eyes to him. She hesitated, surprised by what she saw there.

"Err, hi," Finn said, slipping his hands back out of his pockets and wiping them on his trousers.

Rey raised her eyebrows at him as if to say, why are you acting so weird? "I'm Finn."

"Finn." Rose nodded slowly, turning around to meet Rey's face with a questioning expression and something akin to happiness. "It's good to meet you."

Rey watched them go up the stairs with a full heart. There was something in the way Rose's fingers had curled around his, and the gentle, wistful expression in Finn's face as he'd followed behind her that made her think she was giving Rose more than an escape route.

For a moment, she entertained the stray thought that there could be something between them one day. That spark of curiosity, desire and attraction, perhaps one day turning into something so much more.

She had almost relaxed a little when she felt the sudden nerve-tingling feeling of being watched. Rey turned around to see a pale face, pointed nose, and bright ginger hair slicked back with gel, and a pair of blue eyes narrowed and taking in every curve and line of her body.

He didn't even try to hide his excitement as he spoke to her with a sneer.

"Now, it's my turn."

In the room of mirrors, Rey sat with her legs crossed upon the oval bed. The lighting was dim, making the mirrors and her reflection shaded with gold, the navy bed vast enough to be lost in. Hand on knees, she jiggled her leg distractedly. Armitage Hux had not undressed or done anything apart from staring down at her.

Rey slipped a curl behind her ear, and Hux dipped his head to the side, admiring her from another angle.

It was infuriating, sitting here, waiting for his instructions and Hux was in no rush.

Part of her had hoped that she may have found Ben here. That knowing she was about to be locked in a room with this red-headed pyromaniac would be enough for him to carry her away and they could escape together, travel the world, and not look back.

But that was not why she was here...

Rey levelled her eyes at his crotch, noting the way the material fell on both sides, uneven. The smallest hint of something in his left pocket.

"Like what you see?"

She smirked. "How couldn't I?"

It wasn't a lie.

Armitage shifted his hips forward and backwards, rolling on the balls of his feet, keeping his hands in his pockets.

"You want to taste it, don't you, Rey?"

She cringed at the sound of her name on his lips, and the intimate way it fell suggestively into the air.

"I can think of other things I'd prefer to do with it." She flashed her eyes up at him again.

Hux met her gaze with a smug look of satisfaction. He reached his fingers out to her temple, brushing them lightly, a soft smile on his lips.

"Oh, I can tell you are a naughty girl, aren't you?"

Rey bristled, swallowing a lump in her throat.

"Very naughty." It was the most demure voice she could have managed. "Sometimes." She slid her hands out to his hips, tracing circles from his thigh to his waist, slipping her fingers into his pockets.

His eyes widened, and he tried to pull back in alarm, but she yanked him forward by his pockets, as hard as she could, bringing his crouch before her face. "Sometimes…" She clutched the top of his zipper fastener with her teeth, as she dipped her fingers down, brushing the hard tip of what lay inside. She dragged the zipper down with her mouth, releasing the package beyond, sticking out at her. "I can't seem to help myself."

Armitage parted his legs, and Rey tried to look away from the pink-headed snake sticking out at her. Long and urgent fingers clasped around her own and his breathing came in heavy groans.

"Tell me I'm bigger than him."

Rey blinked.

"What?"

"Tell me I'm bigger than Ren."

She ducked her head down, hiding her smile, but he pulled her chin up to meet his gaze.

"I've heard he's a terrible lover," he said, almost consolatory. "Unsatisfying." He huffed, stifling a snigger. "Not surprising, considering."

Rey could do little else but peer up at his nasal hairs, mouth agape, until he squeezed her jaw together. "I can't hear you."

"He is no Armitage Hux," she purred. "That much—" she made a purposeful glance below his belt—"is clear."

Armitage straightened, sniffing proudly as his nose hairs shivered.

"But, words are all very well…" Rey crawled back onto the bed, parting her legs and arching her back. "Why don't you show me instead?"

Hux released a muffled gasp and the next minute he had thrown himself on top of her, attacking her with kisses, nipping her jaw, and licking along her collar bone.

Rey stared down at her reflection in the ceiling mirror, hair askew and face flushed. When his spindly finger slid inside her panties to pull them down, she slapped his hand away.

"No, me first!" She moved quickly, hands searching for the drive. In the rush of panting breaths and hurried hands, she slid her right hand behind her thigh and took the drive. Her urgent fingers replacing the one in his pocket under the guise of rubbing her hand along him. Hux groaned as she touched him, sucking on his neck with hungry, blood-thirsty bites.

If he had noticed at all, he didn't show it.

She gazed up at the girl in the mirror, ignoring the way Armitage's appendage stroked hard against her, hot and seeking.

Now, how to get the hell out of here?

She should have thought this through.

He began clawing at her underwear, his nails scraping against her skin, trying to rip the fine mesh to pieces.

"Slow down," Rey hissed at him. She wrapped her hands behind her back, trying to steady his fingers.

Seizing the opportunity, Armitage clamped her wrists behind her back and sneered. "Yes, I like this."

Rey jolted as he nipped her on the neck, sinking his teeth into her skin. There was a brief knock at the door, and he turned away, peering at the mirrored door like he'd just stepped in dog shit.

"Piss off. This room is taken."

"Snoke sent me to say your time is up."

Relief flooded through Rey as she recognised Dom's voice on the other side of the door.

"My time is up when I say it is!" Hux covered her mouth, spit showering her face as he spoke. "We need to be quick—"

There was a crunch, and Rey felt the moment her knee impacted his groin with a rumbling groan. Hux's eyelids fluttered as he rolled off her, clutching his balls like she'd stabbed them, keeling over in a fetal position. She did feel a little guilty, considering the lime-complexion that came over his face as he moved his lips in broken, breathy curses, but still —

"I'm sorry about this." She jumped on top of him, locking her legs around his waist in a vice-like grip as she smashed the base of her palm just under his nose. The move was sharp enough to pinch the nerves of his upper spinal column and Armitage's head snapped back and he blacked out.

Rey just stared at his limp body in the silence. Only now she realised how hard her heart had been thumping, how the blood was coursing through her veins, the way her pulse points beat like drums in her neck, wrist, she could even feel them bounding behind her knees.

Every part of her was on high-alert.

With rapid, frenetic movements, she pulled the drive out from her garter belt.

Had it been that easy?

There was another hurried knock at the door, jolting Rey back to her senses, and with a leap, she dashed across the room and opened the door.

"Hey!" she breathed.

Dom raised his eyebrows. "Hi… did you get it?"

"Yes!" She pulled the drive out, pushing it into his outstretched hand. "Don't forget our deal, okay? Clear everything on Kylo?"

He nodded. "I'll do it straight away. My equipment's in the van. Are you coming?"

Rey looked back at the limp body of Armitage splayed across the mattress and back out to the corridor. "I'll meet you out there, I'll just check that Rose and Finn made it out."

Dom nodded. "Sure, don't be long."

Rey didn't waste any time. Grabbing her clothes from beneath the bed, she shoved them under her arm and darted out of the room.

Raising her chin high, she strode out into the main foyer, praying to God that Phasma wasn't there to ask her what she was doing.

The main entryway of Crimson Lane was gloomy and cold, sticks of incense had burnt into discarded ashes in the waiting area, and Phasma's desk was clear of papers with the lamp switched off.

Strange...

She continued, shooting a side-glance at the door to Snoke's office.

It was open.

Her body went rigid.

A pair of blue eyes glistened at her from the darkness beyond, standing just back from the door crack, watching...

Smiling. The expression of someone who had caught his kill.

Every bone in her body turned to liquid, and the hair at the back of her neck stood on end.

What the fuck was she going to do?

Run!

A voice screamed in her mind, filling her up from the tips of her toes to the top of her head. That silent, urging voice that had carried her through life, a rock-solid instinct that had been sharpened on the streets of Jakku.

But if she could just get to Finn and Rose, then she would have help. It would be three against one.

And if they weren't there...

She bolted up the steps, her bare feet thumping on every creaking level. There were no rushed footsteps behind her, no blood-chilling jibes to accompany her on her way.

Just… silence.

She reached the top of the stairs and almost bowled straight into a tall, blonde-haired man with azure-coloured eyes and thick pink lips. He was startlingly attractive, with perfectly combed hair in a style that was too old-fashioned for someone who looked barely ten years older than her.

She tried to push past him, but his lips parted, exposing dazzling teeth, and she smelled peroxide and disinfectant filling her nostrils.

"Hi," he said.

Rey squinted, confused for a moment before his fist slammed into the side of her face. Her body flew backwards. She couldn't even scream.

The ground rushed up to meet her and there was another kick. It landed her square on the floor, peering up at the hanging light and smoke alarm flashing on standby above her.

"Hold her down!" Phasma's voice hissed and an iron-like clamp pushed down on each of her arms.

There was a shadow towering over her, tall, and nimble. She couldn't see his face properly as she was still seeing stars, shooting through her eyesight like dozens of flares.

She knew it was Snoke. It had to be.

A foot stepped onto her stomach and she would have cried out, except someone clamped a hand around her mouth and a black band over her eyes.

The last thing she heard was Snoke's voice issuing a command that sent cold-blooded chills down every vein in her body.

"Bring her."

#reylo #crimson lane #reylo fan fic #reylo fanficiton #reylo angst

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FINN DOESN’T DIE

Finn Hudson

After returning from his short (stay at?) the Army he went backpacking through Georgia before he was ready to go back home (back) to Lima and face everyone. When he went to visit Rachel, the two of them eventually broke up. He went back to Lima and helped coach the Glee Club and eventually realised he wanted to become a (music) teacher. At Mr. Schue’s wedding he and Rachel slept together and got (even) closer after that. They got back together a few months after that and he moved to New York with Blaine and the four of them were/started living together. Enrolled in NYU in September of 2013.

After getting his teaching degree he got a job as a music teacher at a high school in New York and started his own Glee Club there.

Some years later he and Rachel bought a house in the suburbs outside New York.

Changes from the series:

Finn didn’t enrol in the University of Lima, when he realised he wanted to be a teacher, he applied to colleges in New York and started living with Rachel, Kurt and Blaine.

Rachel Berry

Changes from the series:

Rachel didn’t get the part in the Funny Girl play and never went to L.A.

Kurt Hummel

Changes from the series:

Blaine never proposed so they didn’t break up and they didn’t have a double wedding with Brittany and Santana either.

Blaine Anderson

Changes from the series:

Blaine didn’t propose so they never broke up and never dropped out of NYADA. Didn’t get married.

Quinn Fabray

Quinn leaves Lima after being accepted into Yale. She chooses a/to major in English Literature. Her plans after college are to work for a publishing company and maybe writing a book or two. She also sings in a jazz club/pub. Very dark and moody, where her “tremulous alto”, as Rachel once described her voice, fit perfectly.

Changes from the series:

She attended Brittany and Santana’s wedding.

Santana

Santana went to the University of Louisville already with her sights set in New York so it was likely/predictable that she would eventually drop out. So she did, a few months later/in. She wanted to be famous. Adrift for some time, not really sure of what she’d do next, she comes back to Lima, gets back with Brittany and eventually she proposes and the two of them get married. After the wedding, the two move to NY, along with Rachel, Kurt and Blaine and they get their own apartment. Finally, Santana decides to enrol in Parsons to study Fashion Design. Some years later, Santana Lopez is a world renown fashion designer, based in New York.

Brittany S. Pierce

After leaving MIT realising she didn’t like the life of a math genius, she returns to Lima. After getting married to Santana, they both move to NY to their own apartment. After 5 years growing, her famous internet talk show “Fondue for Two” gets more popular by the day and she eventually creates a youtube channel, starts doing podcasts and becomes a social media queen.

Mercedes Jones

Right after graduation, Mercedes was off to LA. The video Sam posted on youtube was a hit with over 2 million views and she got so much attention she eventually was offered a recording contract. Although things didn’t work out perfectly as she struggled to stay true to her values in the shady business that is the music industry, she eventually thrived, getting to open up for Beyoncé’s world tour. After the tour was over, she started working on her third album and it was such a sales success she went on a national tour of her own this time.

She also attended a couple classes at UCLA but eventually couldn’t keep up with her studies and recording an album. She eventually dropped out, she was already doing what she wanted and college isn’t for everybody, anyway.

Sam

After getting/arriving to/in New York and realising he didn’t belong there, he came back to Lima. As he said, New York is too fast, too loud. When he came back, Coach Beiste offered him a job as her assistant coach for the football team. After McKinley was turned into an arts school and Mr Schue was named Principal he chose him to teach the New Directions, one of the glee clubs of the new school. After a while he met one of the dance teachers, asked her out and they eventually started dating.

Artie Abrams

After NYU, Artie moves to LA because Hollywood is where movie magic happens. He starts making a few short films, pitching it to production companies and eventually succeeds. A few/some years later he starts making real movies and eventually wins an Oscar.

RACHEL

Broadway Actress NEW YORK

FINN HUDSON

Music Teacher NEW YORK

KURT HUMMEL

Fashion Editor in Chief NEW YORK

BLAINE ANDERSON

NEW YORK

QUINN FABRAY CONNECTICUT/LIMA/NEW YORK

Book publisher (and author)/Lawyer

NOAH PUCKERMAN

Air Force

SANTANA LOPEZ LA/LIMA/NEW YORK

Publicist/PR Agent, Executive

BRITTANY S. PIERCE LA/LIMA/NEW YORK

Social Media Queen

SAM EVANS LIMA

Glee Club “the New Directions” Director/Coach

ARTIE ABRAMS LA

Film Director

TINA COHEN-CHANG LA

TV/Movie Actress

MIKE CHANG CHICAGO

Dancer

MERCEDES LA

KIDS

FINN AND RACHEL:

Olivia/Charlotte "Charlie" (a lawyer)

Theo (a singer and piano player)?

Christopher

?, even though she did have a beautiful voice and knew how to place

KURT AND BLAINE:

Henry

Lily

SANTANA AND BRITTANY:

Lola

(Sofia)

QUINN AND PUCK:

(Beth)

Grace?

ARTIE AND TINA:

MERCEDES AND ROCK JESUS:

MIKE AND

SAM AND ALEX:

Archie

Ben

Lexi

WILL AND EMMA:

Danny

Ava

Charlotte "Charlie"

It was Friday night. She and Kurt were home binge watching Golden Girls and eating popcorn.

Another episode ended. “Well, that’s my cue. I’m going to bed, I’ve got to be up early tomorrow.”, Kurt said.

“Oh, yeah?”, Rachel asked.

“Isabelle is having an important early important and she said she wants me there.”

“Well, that’s a big deal.”

“Yeah, I’m excited. It feels good knowing she believes in me this much.”

“Of course she does, you’re amazing.”

Kurt and Rachel both reached for each others hands. “Well, I’m going to bed. See you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow, love you.”

“Love you, too.”

Rachel was left alone in the living room with her thoughts. Lately she hadn’t been having time for a lot of that, lately. She was pretty busy with her NYADA schedules and then at home she was almost never alone. But whenever she was her thoughts were traced back to him. Finn. Every time she thought about

Helping with the Glee Club while Mr. Schue was gone really helped me see the light. I want to be a teacher. And hopefully be for other kids what Mr. Schue was for me. A role model. Someone I could look up to.

“All these years people telling me I should be a leader and more often than not that actually worked. In some way, I did lead the Glee Club/New Directions. For some reason, they all trusted me so maybe this is what I should be doing. What Mr. Schue did for us. Teach. He taught us good music and to better people. I want that, I want to be (a part of) that, too.”

“Finn, I think that’s perfect.”

“I think so, too. It feels right.”

“Mr. Schue, can I have a word with you?”

“Of course, what’s up?”

“You know how most of the Glee Club wanted to be artists? Like Rachel and Broadway, Mercedes wanting to be a Pop Diva… Being here and falling in love with music and singing and my almost career in football being a total fail/flop, it kind of made me think that’s what I should be doing/wanted to do. Being on a stage, performing. But (for some reason) it didn’t feel right, going to New York, to the Actors’ Studio, even attending some of Rachel’s classes at NYADA. I didn’t understand why, I had no direction, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I felt so lost I joined the army…”

Mr. Schue chuckled, “Yeah…”

“But I think I do now. I think I’ve figured out what I’m meant to do. (I’m) getting a teaching degree. I want to teach. I want to be a music teacher. Like you.”

“Wow… Finn… That’s-that’s amazing.”, he hugs Finn.

“It’s all because of you, Mr. Schue. You’ve changed my life. You showed me what it was to be a man before anyone else. You gave me someone to look up to.”

“That makes me so happy.”, the two of them hugged. “Oh, I can totally see you teaching at McKinley. I’d be honoured to teach along side you, Finn.”

“That’s the thing. I’m thinking of applying to schools in New York.”

“To be with Rachel…”

“Well, yeah…”

“But are you two back together?”

“No. But we did got together on your wed- almost wedding… And we’re going to get back together. I just know it.”

“You guys have faced a lot of ups and downs and always came through so I don’t see why not.”

“So you think I should do it?”

“I think you should be honest with each other about what you feel and if that’s being together/wanting to be together, why not? You guys are young, take a risk/take a chance.”

“I'm going to New York with Blaine this weekend. He's visiting Kurt (before graduation) and I'm tagging along. And I'll talk to Rachel then. Maybe check out some colleges, the campus."

"Do that."

"Thanks, Mr. Schue.”

“I’m so proud of you, Finn. I’ve watched you grow from a ? boy into a strong, mature and kind human being. You’re going to be great at whatever you do.”

“We both deserve to be happy. We both deserve to do what makes us happy.”

“Being with you is what makes me happy.”

“That’s not enough. You need other things in your life. I can’t be the only one who gets to do what she loves, to be fulfilled career wise.”

“You know that (that) are schools with education programs in New York too, right? If I didn’t know you loved me I’d actually say/think you’re making excuses for us not to be together.”

“Of course not! I just don’t want you to make a mistake, I don’t want you to move here, make this big change in your life for me and then resent me for it for the rest of your life. We almost did that senior year, you applied to PACE and you ended up joining the army and I went/came to New York alone. Without you. And we ended up broken up for months/a year.”

“I’m doing it for you, yes, but it’s for me, too. It’s because I can’t stand being away from you anymore. We’ve waisted too much time./It would never have worked me coming here without a plan, not having a live (for myself), but it’s different now. I was lost then, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, but I do now. (I want to teach). I could never ask you to give up your dream because it’s not just a dream, it’s your destiny and you can’t fulfil your destiny in Ohio, but I can live mine here. I’m doing it for you, yes, but it’s for me, too. It’s because I can’t stand being away from you anymore. We’ve waisted too much time.”

“...But you hate New York.”

“I don’t hate New York.”

“You told me it was too big and too loud for you.”

“(It is.) So we’ll buy a house just outside of New York. In the suburbs. You'll be an hour drive away from the city and I'll have a garage space and a backyard I can have Sunday barbecues on."

“It’ll take years until we’ll be able to buy our own house.”

“So we’ll wait. We’ll work and we’ll save. Rachel, I want to do this. With you. It’ll be hard for me to adjust, sure, but I will. It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. I’m not doing this to make you happy, it’s because the only way I can be truly happy is if I’m with you. The girl of my dreams.”

They kiss

“So, we’re actually doing this.”

“We are.”

At diner

“So, guys, we have news to tell you.”

“Finn’s moving to New York!”

“What?! Are you serious?”, Kurt hugs Finn.

“That’s great, guys!”

“I haven’t told anyone yet besides my mom and Burt - and Rachel - but I actually got accepted into NYU. I’m starting next fall.”

“Oh my god! I’m so happy! All of us together. In New York. It doesn’t get any better than this.”

“That’s so great, Finn.”

“So I’m guessing you two are back together.”

“Yeah…”

“I’m so happy for you two. As long as you’re not planning on getting married anytime soon.”

“Kurt…”

“They know I say this with love. I think they have other things to focus on right now, churches will still be open in a few years.”

“Don't worry. We're not rushing (into) anything this time."

“I only have one condition.”

“Tell me.”

“I don’t want any of that I won’t let you pay for that. We both know an actress gets paid more than a high school teacher. I want you to know that my money is our money just as your money is our money, too.”

“Because I know it’d be okay for you to buy us house but you would never let me buy us a house. Finn, of all of the arguments we’re going to have over the years, I don’t ever want them to about money. Okay?”

“Okay.”

“My co-star from the play I’m working on now gave me his real estate agent/realtor and I gave her a call and told her we were looking to a buy a house outside the city. She showed the most beautiful houses…”

“But…”

“You know Finn is proud, he would never let me buy us a house. He wants us to buy a house together, so we have to slip it.”

“So try to find a middle term. Not too big, not too small.”

“Babe, I found us the most amazing house.”

“Oh yeah?”

“It’s a chateau.”

“Let me see.”

“It’s by the lake, beautiful landscape. Tons of space for a barbecue station, swings, a pool?”

“Rach, the house is beautiful.”

“So.. Should we buy it?”

“Let’s go for it.”

“I joined a company and got to perform in so many amazing places - even at Carnegie Mellon - but then I met my wife and I suddenly I felt the need to stop, to settle. It didn’t feel right anymore to be all over the place. So we moved in together and I decided to open my own dance studio. I teach and dance and I’m a choreograph dances for some artists, too.”

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The 2018 festival season is here. And on Saturday, June 2, the Country Wild Music Festival took over Cobourg’s Victoria Park with a full day of music.

The All-Canadian lineup brought a lot of country and a little taste of rock and roll to the lakefront park. With an excellent combination of male and female performers, Country Wild also showed itself to be one of the most progressive country festivals where the lineup is concerned.

Between about 2:30 pm and somewhere after 10 pm, the music played through the park and out onto the beach with Robyn Ottolini, Rebekah Stevens, Jesse Slack, Sawmill Road, Ben Hudson, Kansas Stone, Alyssa Morrissey, Gentlemen Husbands, Marshall Dane, and finally Jess Moskaluke all taking their turns. And as the sun shone down and the summer breeze blew in, the Northumberland crowd sang, danced, ate, drank, and enjoyed the start to their summer.

Robyn Ottolini kicked off the day with an acoustic set of country music. Accompanied by Tim Deegan on percussion, Robyn welcomed the early crowd to the festival and combined her music and sense of humour to entertain them as they got in, got settled, and got ready for a full festival day.

Ottolini is getting used to finding herself on festival stages, having played Aurora Magna Hoedown and the Boots & Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase – and as she wrapped her set with originals Just A Waitress and Him Problem, she showed Cobourg why they should be ready to see her in front of them on more stages in the future.

Rebekah Stevens was next on stage to keep the festival flowing, and with her full band on stage with her, she did just that.

Stevens brought shared her originals with the crowd including Give It A Try, Liar Liar, and Better In The Past. And with each song, it became clear to the audience that she belonged. It also made sense that she has also been a Top 8 finalist at the B&H Emerging Artist Showcase.

Rebekah also brought us our first surprise of the day when she and her band wrapped their early afternoon set with a cover of Wheatus’s 2000 hit, Teenage Dirtbag. We dug it!

Jesse Slack was next to take the stage, and the Peterborough native kept things moving!

With his band backing him up, and songs from his new EP, Young & Free (March 2018) to share, Jesse brought the energy we’ve seen him bring in the past and introduced himself to Cobourg. And whether he had his guitar strapped on, or he was focused on the mic, he was in control on the stage.

The sun-soaked festival goers tapped toes and listened as Jesse’s set included Stuck, Lip Sync, Counting On A Comeback, and his most recent single release, I Wish I Never Met You. The first dose of guitar lead rockin’ country was a hit with the crowd, and we’re certain that Country Wild and the fans would have Slack back in 2019.