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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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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.

At least we have Earth in common. Do we not?

[ after all, he recognized agatha christie... ]

Yeah- by my time we haven't sent a person anywhere beyond the moon yet. Heck, we just managed to land a rover on Mars.

Still sounds bloody amazing from where I'm standing.

It is, isn't it? When you think about how much progress has been made in 60 years. Heck, even within my lifetime.

Not all of it good, of course. But some of it -- [ a small smile. ] Some of it's incredible.

[ captain freaking america, for one. ]

Yeah. Being able to better understand and explore our world, and making things easier for people to live their lives, and reaching out past the world into the cosmos... it's pretty awesome.

At least, it's incredibly up until the point where it allows for wholly inappropriate entertainment programmes like -- like this one.

Yeah, I can't argue with that. We do have reality television in my time, but all the participants are willingly there and are allowed to leave if they choose.

A hair's breadth above us and our circumstances.

Mmhmm. If nothing else, they at least know who their audience is, too. Who knows who's watching US?

Bored people, I suspect. We can't be that interesting.

I've heard some people speculate that this is all an elaborate sham, too. That there is no audience. I can't decide if that's a good theory or not.

Then we must ask ourselves, Mister Castle -- what do they gain from such a lie?

Yeah- that's the reason I can't totally accept the "no audience" theory, because I cannot for the life of me figure out why they'd go to all this trouble. Kidnapping us, setting us up on ships, sending gifts, letters from our alleged fans, having representatives talk to us... it's a lot of effort to go through.

Edited 2016-01-20 00:51 (UTC)

Have you got any such letters?

Not personally, but Atroma will read them out over the network every now and then. Of course, Atroma's been really quiet lately.

Charming. Although radio silence is somewhat suspicious.

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