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[gayagenda]

[When the feed turns on, there’s a stage. For those who are familiar with it, it’s the stage available in Freyr. After a moment, a girl—Santana—walks into view, and then a guitar starts strumming. The song may sound familiar to some, as it’s a certain Carly Simon ditty.

She smiles after a moment, grabs the mic, and when it’s time, begins singing (sample of voice):]

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and...

[After a moment, the person playing the guitar steps into view. It’s Sam Evans. The two of them come together in the chorus, though they stand in opposition with one another, with Santana coming to stalk around him like he’s prey.]

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't You?

[After a moment, Santana falls back into position across from him, and Sam begins singing (sample of voice):]

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and…

[They’re about to bust into a chorus—in fact, their voices angrily pouring into You’re so vain! begins—when someone approaches off screen. Santana and Sam stop singing at the same time, and Santana’s scene rushing toward the feed to shut it off, a] What the hell?! [heard just before it cuts short.

The camera may have flashed to a certain Erica before that happened. Yeah, she probably looked a little different.]

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[better]

[The thing about Erica is that her life is drastically different back home. The Erica that Asgard has gotten to know over the past few months only has roughly another 5 minutes before her life is changed completely. She goes from shy, understated, poorly dressed, epileptic girl who is bullied in person and online...

To... well, a bombshell beta werewolf. It's the nearly a-typical teenage make-over montage that happens in a movie, without the montage and without the actual group of females to help her out. Who knows who helps her sort out her new look, but it's jaw-dropping, eye-catching, and suffice it to say very different.

Which is why when Erica has a brief moment of not being in Asgard and then a month back home only to end up back in Asgard, her fist instinct is to go find everyone and figure out how long she's been gone.

Apparently... not long at all. It's been maybe an evening. She's still working that out. Her instinct to talk to people, however, ensured that she stumbled upon this performance... and that is definitely her boyfriend and the girl that made fun of her... singing Carly Simon.

This definitely takes precedence, so she heads over to where she thinks they are.]

Is this really the best way for her to prove she's better than me? [Oh, and she might have a TEENY bit of attitude.]

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[gayagenda]

Okay, there's like a million Facebook updates already confirming that. I didn't need to prove anything. [Maybe not the best comeback, but it'll do fine. The fact that the girl has completely changed in how she looks stuns Santana, in part because she's actually hot. And look, as someone who can appreciate when Rachel Berry is hot—which is much more frequently these days, so she's stopped commenting on it—she can recognize it in someone else.

In a way, it tells Santana that she was right, and when that realization kicks in, her lips twist upward in a smug fashion, and she heads over to stand right in front of Erica, fully checking her out. It's obvious, too.]

And I want to point out, just for the record, that I was right. You couldn't wait to get rid of that drab look once I pointed it out, huh? [Okay, so it wasn't immediate, but it's soon enough for Santana to take all the credit.]

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[Erica rolls her eyes at her. Her arms cross over her chest and she has a very unaffected look on her face.]

This has nothing to do with you. This has everything to do with me going home and the situation there changed. And once more, I didn't feel the need to change anything to prove anyone wrong or right. [She really doesn't like this girl. Maybe if they had met after her trip home they could have found slightly even ground, but instead she's definitely feeling the need to not care about anything she says.

Erica moves over toward Sam and checks on him, because he's gone to the strong and silent type and she's wondering if he's okay.] Everything okay?

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[ladykisses]

[So, it's really difficult for Brittany to put down her tub of ice cream to be supportive to her future girlfriend-ex-girlfriend who broke up with her in the past.

She wants to try, though, because that's what Glee club stands for. Giving Love Everytime Evenwhenitisreallydifficulttodo.

That's a horrible name.]

I didn't know we had practice today.

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[gayagenda]

We didn't, we're just venting our anger and letting people see how talented I am at the same time.

[Sam's probably talented, too, but Erica showing up has made her a touch more bitter. Like hell she didn't have anything to do with that. Santana knows when she's succeeded.]

You know, one of those angry sing offs. It was very spontaneous.

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[ladykisses]

[Brittany nods. She's pretty sure a solo would have shown how talented Santana is better than sharing a song with someone... except that's what they do in glee a lot, so maybe she's wrong.]

Why were you angry?

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[alternia_strength]

Why for glob's sake would this song have anything to do with me? We have never met human? And please stop making that horrendous screeching sound. Is this some unseen human attack method I am unaware of?

[Everyone's a critic.]

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[gayagenda]

This has nothing to do with you, and ugh, what the hell is wrong with your face?

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[alternia_strength]

Then why do you three repeatedly shriek about this being something I would think concerns me? And there is nothing wrong with my face. It is exactly as it should be. [Said witha cracked, fanged and snaggle-toothed grin.]

[fourteenthlight]

Did something happen?

[gayagenda]

—To our performance? Some thing walked in and destroyed our showmanship!

[fourteenthlight]

Shouldn't you always complete your performance no matter what happens? Please continue your song! I'd love to hear the rest of it.

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[A THING? Really, Santana? She can see this.]

[whitechocolate]

That's one less drink I'm buying you.

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[hadbadays]

...

[ Did he see right? ]

Erica?

[ Woops, sorry, you two performing. That's what he latched onto. ]

[Voice]

[gayagenda]

Yeah, you're right. The mousy blonde turned into slutty Barbie.

[Voice]

[hadbadays]

That's, uh... One way of putting it.

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[whitechocolate]

Do you call every girl you feel threatened by that? It's really rude. Not to mention not true.

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[dicey]

That... was kind of weird. But also kind of badass! I pronounce it a success.

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[gayagenda]

Yeah, I was mostly going for badass. I don't get the weird part, but whatever.

[But not everyone lives in a Glee world, so. She won't ever get that.]

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[dicey]

Maybe it wasn't weird! Maybe people here like impromptu concerts. I don't know, haha.

[she respects Santana so she's actually making a semi-effort not to offend her]

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[frothing]

[ someone is just going to clap because that was--] Brilliant!

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[gayagenda]

Thank you.

I can only apologize for having to share vocals, but everyone needs someone to help them stand out from time to time.

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[frothing]

So it wasn't meant to be a duet then?

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[whitechocolate]

Who was more brilliant?