Chapter One [Video/Action]

[thebestseller]

Who: Richard Castle and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The good ship Windrose
When: RIGHT NOW

Video

[Castle is looking dubiously at his bowl of celebratory chocolate pudding- at least he thinks that's what it is- as he broadcasts to the network.]

Dear video diary,

Today is the start of my new life as a space reality TV contestant. It can't be much worse than paparazzi and serial killers, right? Right. I have been assigned to the good ship Windrose and hope to be an asset to her crew. Oh, diary, I do miss New York City, but I might as well make the best of things while I'm here.

Love always, Castle.

Action

[Upon exploring his new digs, it didn't take Castle long to find the tiny cleaning droids. He was attempting to line them up, but as they seemed programmed to go and clean on their own, he was having some difficulty.]

Come on, stand still and be a good robot army.

[Or perhaps you'd like to run into him elsewhere? Just name the time and place.]

Comments

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[pain_train]

Oh, awesome. I never saw anyone write in a bar before, but maybe we just go to different kinds of bars. I mostly hit military and ex-military places. 'S where the best fights are, right? But you have a kid too? Aw! Is she cute? What's her name?

Well, shit send to go down, so I guess? If that's what you mean. [She's not really sure how the writing thing works, like that, if it's the same sort of inspiration as painting.] I've been drawing a lot when there's time, so I think so, yeah.

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[thebestseller]

Not too many fights- the place I liked was called The Old Haunt. It was a little out of the way, tended to be frequented by college students. I ended up buying the place when I had the money, in fact. [He brightened at talking about Alexis.] Her name's Alexis- she's in her second year of college. Bit hard for me to watch her growing up.

[He smiled.]

Well, I can take inspiration from things going on around me- people, too. Everyone does have a story, after all.

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[pain_train]

Oh, so you own a bar now? That's really cool! You get free drinks, huh?

Aw, so she's all grown up. That's awesome. [Considering average lifespan if not eaten by zombies? That doesn't make Castle old, in her estimation.] Hope you get to hang out with her a lot.

Yeah, that's true. Everyone's got something interesting going on with them. People are great.

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[thebestseller]

I'll go back for a free drink every now and then, but otherwise I'm surprisingly busy. And yeah, Alexis and I are still pretty much attached at the hip. Thankfully she never got to the stage where she was embarrassed to be seen with her old man... except when I tried to scare her dates with fake severed heads, of course.

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[pain_train]

Aw, that's so cool. It must be awesome having family that close.

Oh gosh, you'd do that? It's so mean! I hope you don't make it too hard for her to get laid.

Action

[thebestseller]

It's the best feeling in the world. [Castle smirked.] I didn't get to that point- she'd always stop me. Truth be told, she has me wrapped around her little finger. I don't think I could bring myself to go through with it.

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[pain_train]

I bet! [She wishes she had family like that. It sounds awesome. But...] I live with my partner, back home. That's really fun, too.

[Always e positive!]

Aw. You're a good dad, then. She's lucky to have you.

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[thebestseller]

It's good to have someone there... knowing they're waiting for you to come back. My fiance feels that way about me whenever I'm not helping her on a case. [Castle looked a little wistful at that. It was sinking in that it might be a while before he saw Kate again- or Alexis, for that matter.] I feel like I'm lucky to have my daughter, too. She's a great kid.

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[pain_train]

Yeah. Maine's always got my six. I just hope he's not freaking out too much about me being gone. But he's a good soldier, he can take care of himself. [She's worried about him, but she can't really do anything about it right now. Other than name her fish Maine.] She sounds really great!

I have a cat. Well, she's Maine's cat, but she's also mine. Her name is Jellybean.