I am what I am

[Kurt doesn't say anything for a while once his post starts. He just sort of glances at the wall, like he's trying not to have an overly-emotional reaction to what he needs to say.

But, he needs to get it out there. You know, so no one from his world starts to wonder.]

...I think Mercedes went home.

[Somehow he manages to keep his voice from shaking, and he doesn't cry, but...he certainly doesn't look happy to be reporting his best friend missing either. The camera shuts off with a click before he can really react more.]

[It's been a really long time since Kurt was willingly shirtless in public - not since he discovered how fashionable cover-ups are pool-side, at the very least. And with all of the slushie facials he's received, it hasn't been quite as long since he was in public with completely ruined hair, but that doesn't mean he's happy about the way his hair is currently floating around all wild and untamed either. No, he isn't happy at all. He's actually pretty miserable as a merman. As a matter of fact, he's looking pretty mortified to be out without all of his fashionable clothes and accessories - they're sort of like a second skin at this point.

However, Kurt's discovered swimming is a little more complicated if you insist on crossing your arms over your chest while doing so. Instead, he's taken to swimming very quickly when he needs to and then returning to his default pose of "I'm either really cold or really annoyed", and hiding around corners and in doorways whenever available. For the record though, he doesn't actually look bad - he's just sort of skinny, and pale, and awkward (though that awkwardness is almost entirely due to his nervousness about it).

The mansion's getting pretty frustrated with him though, because every time he's caught the camera on him, he's bolted out of the frame as fast as he possibly can. He's not normally so camera-shy, but this is just embarrassing and completely undignified. Before it shuts off, this can be heard from somewhere below the camera:]

Can this event please be over soon?! Why is this even happening anyway? I wasn't aware we had The Little Mermaid among us.

[The camera tilts to try and catch him, but he swims a little lower and off to the left, before darting out of that hall entirely.]

[Kurt isn't in his room when he comes onto the screen. Instead, he is in the music room, where he's held Wonderland's glee club meetings. He's over by the piano at first, leaning against it, trying his best to look like he's not feeling anything at all. Then, just in case you weren't paying attention, he lays his hand on the lower keys, letting several loud, deep notes ring out and echo in the room. ATTENTION NETWORK, KURT HUMMEL HAS A GLEE CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.] Sorry. My hand slipped. [No, it didn't.]

Between regular events and the general chaos of the holiday season, we haven't held a meeting of Wonderland's glee club for an embarrassingly long time. However, there seems to be some sort of reprieve at the moment, given that we were subjected to the Wonderland's hilarious version of "Christmas magic" for almost two weeks, so now is as excellent a time as any.

To any more recent arrivals - a glee club is a show choir, and we're always open to new members, especially those of you who happened to be in glee clubs back home. [Hi Finn. Hi Brittany.] For those who are unfamiliar, oftentimes we will have a theme for the week, and this week is no exception.

[He pushes himself off of the piano and crosses over to the whiteboard he's brought into the room, and starts to draw something on it.] Glee club, at its heart, is about expressing things you can't find the words to say. And we've all had a tough time in Wonderland in the past year, whether we were tortured by events, or separated from loved ones, or seduced by a handsome older man only to find out that not only does he not swing in your direction, but he apparently doesn't understand basic social conduct, such as not flirting with someone you aren't attracted to. [Kurt gave up on his drawing mid-way through that little rant and just sort of scribbled it out angrily instead because FREAKING DEAN. It was going to be a heart, to represent emotions, but now it's just a very angry bunch of tangled lines.]

So, your assignment for this week is to find a song that properly expresses any toxic emotions you might have left over from the previous year, and let them all out in a cathartic performance. With any luck, it will be highly therapeutic and leave you emotionally cleansed for the new year.

[And before clicking off the post, he smiles a very stepford smile, which totally isn't aimed at anyone in particular. Really. Not at all. Nope. Especially not Dean. Freaking Dean.]