THE BOX OFFICE

[tellthestory]

This is where you can meet privately with the Balladeer! The Balladeer is almost always around during the day; just knock.

(Secretly, the door's usually not locked if he's inside. But you wouldn't want to be rude, would you?)

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[tellthestory]

You don't really...acknowledge the stagehands too much in the actual show. They work under cover of darkness for a reason.

But I'll tell you they're around, and they won't hurt anyone or mess with anything. Their job's just to keep this place in working order. You can pretty much pretend they aren't there.

[trettende]

Right, they're supposed to blend in with the scenery, aren't they?

[ Kind of weird, but at least Hans doesn't know about ninjas. Or he'd ask if they were ninjas. ]

They're the ones restocking the food and the storage room, and stuff like that?

[tellthestory]

I don't run around at night doing that stuff.

...I should probably mention they're not really supposed to go in you guys's dressing rooms, though. There's no real rules about it, but there's nothing that needs them in there.

[trettende]

But you do have access to places after dark, right? I can only imagine you'd have some sort of master key.

[ The showrunner should, right? ]

So that's why they don't make our beds while we're gone, huh? [ Such a shame... ] It sounds like you and the crew have a lot of rules of your own.

[tellthestory]

Sure, if I need to.

[He shrugs; it's not very important that he be able to access the kitchen after dark.]

We do. That's how jobs go, right?

[trettende]

[ Mm-hm, no midnight snacks, Balladeer? ]

I suppose so.

[ He hums, considering. ]

Are you enjoying your work, at least?

[tellthestory]

You know, I am! I thought it would be worse than this, but it's nice to just... [He gestures between the two of them.] ...relax and talk to people during a show.

[trettende]

That's great.

[ He actually laughs a bit, relieved. ]

Honestly, I never get the chance to talk honestly with people very much, so I appreciate having you around.

[ Which is as close to saying 'I appreciate you' as it might get with Hans! ]

[tellthestory]

That's nice to hear. I don't usually get a chance to talk to different people, so I've liked having you around too!

[He may get on better with his coworkers here but he's sort of too much of an extrovert for this]

[trettende]

Aw, thank you.

[ His heart is gonna grow three sizes at this rate. ]

You've been having fun with our show, huh?

[tellthestory]

Sure! I'd like it a little better if I could actually get out and about, but you're all doing really well on the no murder thing! I expected you would, to be honest.

[trettende]

And hopefully it'll stay that way.

[ He has hope. For now, at least. He hums. ]

Being stuck in this office must get pretty old... Is there anything keeping you here? If I were to, say, invite you to a party or something like that, could you go?

[ Check out this sweet retcon ]

[tellthestory]

I'm supposed to be available to everyone all day, just in case they need anything.

...but...I guess if they were all at the party, it would be the same thing?

[trettende]

I'll be sure to invite everyone, then.

[ Suck it, Management! ]