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Chapter Three [Video]

Who: Richard Castle and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Planetside or on the Windrose, if need be
When: December 23rd

[Anybody who ran into Castle planetside before December 23rd could find him doing a few things- browsing the local wares, exploring the salt mines, and going in and out of hunting and camping gear stores.

He was looking for something- and finally he found it, dragging a lengthy pole back to the Windrose and proudly setting it up in the cargo bay.

Once it was done, his cheery windblown face could be seen giving a thumbs-up to the camera.]

Happy Festivus!

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Me, too. [Castle, thankfully, doesn't seem unduly bothered.] It is- I was kinda hoping I'd be gone from here before the day rolled around.

I doubt it's any consolation, but with space as far-flung as this -- well, I can't imagine the 'day' truly has rolled around. Not for us, at least. [ it's a figment. a routine. a lie, perhaps, they'll be telling themselves. ]

Hmmmm. [Castle seriously considers that for a moment.] That's a fair point, Agent. I've heard that time doesn't pass home after we're taken, anyway, so who knows what day it really is? They've messed with our perception of time plenty already.

[ well, this is the first she's heard of this. ]

Time doesn't pass back home?

That's what people have told me, yes. Who knows if it's true or not? But it makes sense... if we just suddenly disappeared, the probability that someone in some universe would find a way to bring us back would go up exponentially, and Atroma abducting us would all be for nothing.

The probability could rise all it likes. Sometimes, lost people simply stay lost.

Yeah... that's very true. In our case, though, I'm not sure even Atroma would want to mess around with time too much. Suddenly taking people from their homes could stop things from happening the way they were meant to, and who knows how far-reaching that could be?

Frankly, I'm not prepared to expect they care so much.

I don't blame you there. But I'm holding on to that idea... that nobody even knows we're gone back home. It gives me hope that things will be okay once I'm back.

You've an uncommon sense of optimism, Mister Castle. I wish I shared it.

Well, someone's got to have it, right? Besides, I do have a family back home... aside from my daughter, there's my mom and my fiance. Oh, and my legions of fans, but they don't matter to me as much as my girls do.

[ well, that deserves a question. ]

Legions, you say?

Yeah... not to toot my own horn, but I'm a pretty famous author.

[ oh, now that's passably interesting. ]

Within what genre?

Murder mysteries.

I see. A regular Agatha Christie.

She was a definite influence on me... along with spy thriller writers. I love a good adventure and some suspense on top of my mysteries.

I suppose she's a rather lovely woman. A bit dramatic, at times -- [ after all, peggy and ms. christie are contemporaries of a sort. ] Spy thrillers, though. I could never swallow them.

Oh, yeah... but the readers love drama. [He smiled.] They're definitely not to everyone's tastes. I picked up my first one when I was 10, myself, so I sort of grew up on the adventures of the great secret agent James Bond.

Can't say I'm at all familiar.

[ james bond is a bit beyond her time -- which is just as well, because she'd balk at his spy-craft. flemming, on the other hand... ]

Hmm, might be beyond your time if that's the case... what year was it where you came from?

1946. [ a sigh. ] I've found it means I lag behind most of the other Earth lot by a number of decades.

Wow... that is a long way off from me, at least. Almost 70 years- it was 2013 when I left home.

Which leaves me at a more-than-slight disadvantage when it comes to references to modern culture, I'm afraid. Even so, I'm certain your Bond fellow is a wonderful chap.

[ except she doubts it. fictional spies are always so flash and glitz. ]

Very much so- even if it's not always 100% accurate, he was a big influence on me.

Well, I'll have to keep that in mind. I've been here for a few months and it's still a bit hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that people come from such different places and times.

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