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1. his name is jake coolice

2. he does not have a drivers licence

and years and years down the line, the tres horny boys stumble into the vault, and while everyone else’s attention is on cyrus, taako’s eyes are drawn to a body propped up against the back wall of the vault, an umbrella clutched in both hands. something draws him to it, and when he looks into that painfully familiar face, his head fills with static.

there’s a painful weight pressing down on his chest, and no matter how much he tries to make his mind process the sight before him, the thoughts slip away like sand through his fingers.

there’s something devastating about her - the way she’s slumped against the wall, the way her body curls into itself, the sadness in her gaze

and he would probably stand there staring at her for an eternity, except just then, gundren grabs the phoenix fire gauntlet, and shit hits the fan.

magnus and merle drag taako away, and he goes reluctantly. but he doesn’t stop thinking about her.

it isn’t until later, after they’ve been inoculated and officially been welcomed into the bureau of balance, that taako has a chance to tell his friends about her.

he shares his suspicions with them - there’s something the Director isn’t telling them. the static that had filled his head when he had looked at that corpse, that elf girl, in the vault - it was just like the static they had heard whenever Killian spoke to them about the BoB.

But even though the memories of the battles fought over the relics have returned to him after he was innoculated, the static is still there in his mind whenever he thinks about the girl.

“I - I know it sounds crazy,” he says, “but…i think….could there be another voidfish?”

magnus and merle are both rather skeptical. they don’t want to think the organization they’ve just sworn their loyalty to is deceiving them. but it’s no questions where their loyalties lie - they’ve known taako longer than they’ve known this Director woman, and if he says there’s something fishy going on, they’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

they’ll help him solve the mystery of the dead girl that shares his face.

there’s still time before their next mission, so they tell the Director they have other business to attend to, assure her that they’ll be back before long, and make the long journey back to the vault.

magnus and merle hadn’t noticed her, the first time they’d been in the vault, but when they lay eyes on her this time, they both feel a chill crawl up their spine. they’re not affected in the same way taako is, but there’s a feeling of wrongness, as they stare down at her vulnerable form.

“she deserves a proper burial,” merle says in a voice between a whisper. he says it like a question, and taako is quiet for so long that he starts to think that maybe he won’t get an answer.

but finally, he agrees. they carry her body out of that awful, dark cave. they take her somewhere beautiful, a meadow full of bright and cheery flowers. they make her a little tombstone, and lay her gently to rest.

taako goes to bur her umbrella with her, but finds he can’t bring himself to let go of it. he stands there staring down at her for a long time, before finally backing off. the umbrella is still clutched in his hands, and his friends thankfully don’t say anything.

he doesn’t know why he feels such grief for someone he never knew, even discounting the strange mystery of their shared appearance. but he vows to himself he’s going to get to the bottom of what happened.

the three of them return to the moon base shortly after, and Madame Director meets them upon their return.

Remember when Kurt apparently rented out a restaurant and organized a whole Valentine’s Day party for all his friends and got the Warblers to perform but didn’t get a solo?

Remember when Kurt started a band and held auditions/had to convince the other members to join but didn’t even get a solo line in their first song together? 

Remember when Kurt worked as a singing waiter at a musical diner and the most he got was a solo line in a group number?