Wait For Me (If you wanna walk out of hell...)

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by lorenotfound

by lorenotfound

If you haven't seen my announcement, I use She/her and They/them pronouns now! So on like the first day of 2021, I gave a presentation on why two characters from Stranger Things are gay and in love with each other. Also the fact the one of them has internalized homophobia, anyways, I got them to see where I was coming from. Also, that moment when you listen to your long playlist that's dedicated to musicals on shuffle and you go from A. Ham roasting a loyalist to a sad high schooler talking about how he doesn't want to be a loser anymore and basically ruins an entire friendship.

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
What is it?

[HERMES, spoken]
Well, the good news is, he said that you can go

Orpheus and Eurydice looked at each other, hope shining in both of their eyes.

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE, spoken]
He did?

[WORKERS, spoken]
He did?

[HERMES, spoken]
He did, but there's bad news though

"What did you do?" Persephone asked. Hades just shook his his head and he looked as confused as everyone else.

"Just, don't blame anyone." Elizabeth said, that left everyone confused, minus the fates.

[EURYDICE, spoken]
What is it?

[HERMES, spoken]
You can walk, but it won't be like you planned

"What did I do?" Hades questioned, Elizabeth didn't answer.

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
What do you mean?

[EURYDICE, spoken]
Why not?

[HERMES, spoken]
Well, you won't be hand in hand
You won't be arm in arm, side by side, and all of that
He said you have to walk in front, and she has to walk in back

"But why?" Eurydice asked.

"I think, it's to prove that you trust each other." Hermes said cautiously.

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Why?

[HERMES, spoken]
And if you turn around to make sure she's coming too
Then she goes back to Hadestown
And there ain't nothing you can do

"Yeah, what you said makes sense." Persephone told Hermes.

[EURYDICE, spoken]
But why?

[HERMES, spoken]
Why build walls, make folks walk single file
Divide and conquer's what it's called

[ORPHEUS]
It's a trap

"I wouldn't do that, at least not to you." Hades said. Orpheus nodded, still sad.

[HERMES, spoken]
It's a trial
Do you trust each other?
Do you trust yourselves?

"I'm pretty sure I have some sort of trust issues. I wouldn't be surprised if I did." Elizabeth said, getting concerned looks, she just shrugged them off.

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE, spoken]
We do

[HERMES, spoken]
Well listen, brother
If you want to walk out of hell
You're gonna have to prove it before gods and men
Can you do that?

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE, spoken]
We can

"You definitely can." Persephone told them, the couple nodded in thanks.

[HERMES, spoken]
A'ight, time to go!

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Mr. Hermes?

[HERMES, spoken]
Yes?

[ORPHEUS]
It's not a trick?

[HERMES, spoken]
No, it's a test

"I was right." Hermes said.

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