The Bench: Competition

(**Author's Note:** This is an episode by The Guest, taken from another branch.) "... when I saw something on one of the local news feeds," Jacey finished, turning the screen to Quill. "Guess who's in town tonight?" Quill took one look at the screen. "Aw, goddamn mother ... not *her*," she said, referring to the singer booked in town that night. Freeman was the exact opposite of them. Perky, all smiles and love ... squeaky clean (at least by comparison). You didn't find a singer without at least *some* rumors about bad behavior. Quill remembered how they'd been booked into the same venue, the previous year. It had not been fun. She really wanted the band to get more non-Goth fans. Goths were their core audience, but you couldn't only play for *them*. "What do you want to do?" Jacey asked her. "Where's the owner? I want to find out about this Nova place. Maybe pay a visit to Little Miss Clouds and Unicorns."