Chapter Four [Video]

[thebestseller]

Who: Richard Castle and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Windrose if you want
When: January 10th, morning

[Video broadcast]

So, folks, I woke up to find that my fleet of cleaning droids suddenly doubled. All of them need names- I only have Cameron, Robocop and Leopardon so far. Got any suggestions? I'm a big sci-fi fan so I'd love to name all of them after famous robots, but I'll take anything.

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[And on the Windrose, Castle could be found following his new troops, a big, goofy smile on his face.]

Don't work yourselves too hard now, hmm?

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[lostthebet]

Famous robots? Obviously you need to name one after me.

[Shit-eating grin get!]

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[thebestseller]

But they're not nearly as handsome as you are.

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[lostthebet]

Well, no, that goes without saying. [But yeah he totally appreciates Castle saying it. Feel free to give him more compliments forever, bro.]

Oooo, ooo, you want a famous robot from my time? Try Banshee-44. Best gunsmith out there ... even if he is missing like, half his marbles.

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[survivalistcookbook]

Hah- Cameron. Nice.

[Fellow Terminator franchise fan approves of this choice. Heck, fellow fan approves of someone who comes from another universe where the franchise exists.]

Going with the general kind of humanoid theme . . . hm. Bishop?

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[thebestseller]

Cameron's the smallest one, so I thought it would fit. She's tiny but by far the most efficient.

Oh, I like that one.

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[survivalistcookbook]

[Right on, Eugene grins and nods and . . . then just kind of. Trails off. Once the reality of the situation sinks in.]

Man. How weird is it to be talking about science fiction when you're kind of living it.

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[nulliverse]

[Oh, why not. She's too much of a mess to accomplish much right now, and pop culture is one of her fortés. She'll bite. She looks a bit pale and none too happy, but she'll bite.]

Johnny 5? Dot Matrix? Sonny? Marvin is obligatory, although you shan't get much work out of him. Sci-fi is hardly my genre of choice, but those are what I've got off the top of my head.

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[thebestseller]

Marvin- I can't believe I didn't think of that one! [But then his expression softens.] You feeling okay?

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[nulliverse]

Well, thank god I was here to save the day, then. It'd be a sad robot collection without a paranoid android.

[She actually found out about Hitchhiker's Guide through Radiohead, but she's learned not to say things like that around nerds. And this whole thing has the strong whiff of nerd.

But then she's laughing a bit awkwardly, scrubbing a hand over her face.]

Good lord, is it that obvious? I've only just arrived, yesterday. It's been - well. [How to put this?] - it seems as though most people here were taken from somewhere? I was more in transit, so it's not where I'd planned to wind up in a lot of ways.

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[firstrebel]

[ Here you go, Castle, have a real, live Twi'lek peering at you curiously over the feed. ]

Where I come from most of the droids are just called by their serial numbers.

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[thebestseller]

[And Castle grins right back. Oh, more nonhuman folks. A fanboy like him is in pig heaven.]

Hmm, these don't have any that I've seen, though.

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[falconing]

You have a famous droid in your universe called Robocop?

[ han solo is the most unimpressed human being on the planet. ]

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[thebestseller]

[When Castle hears that voice and sees that face- he has to stop for a moment, collect his composure, because HOLY SHIT HAN SOLO.]

Yeah. He's fictional, but all the same- it nicely describes what he does.

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[imahologram]

Are there that many famous droids?

[She's never heard of any of those, bro.]

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[thebestseller]

Of course. I mean, all of them are fiction, but we love robot stories back home.

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[mistyday]

[Misty appears, as she is wont to do, out of seemingly nowhere (is it magic??? or is she just that good at sneaking up on people??? the world may never know) behind Castle. Her robots suddenly start beeping excitedly and veer off from the pack, nearly tripping Castle as they go to greet her.]

Hey darlin's!

[Okay so they're not alive, but she's going to treat them like she would any animal. Besides, they're right damn cute.

Beep!]

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[thebestseller]

Wah! [Castle jumped from surprise, frowning slightly as he watched.] Sorry, didn't know these were yours.

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[beardstrokes]

You want to name the droids?

[ Why? DROIDS SUCK. ]

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[thebestseller]

[Castle had seen him on the network, so he was a bit prepared, but still, THIS WAS FREAKING OBI-WAN KENOBI TALKING TO HIM COULD THIS DAY REALLY GET ANY BETTER.]

Well, sure- I'd like to be able to tell them apart.

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[tobeajedi]

We used to have a droid called A-3DO when I was little. He wasn't famous, but he did play a mean mandolin.

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[thebestseller]

Now, see, I like that name- especially because we had a video game console called 3DO back in my world.

[flickerflash]

[First, a sneeze. But then HAH she has suggestions!]

C3PO! R2D2! 7-ZARK-7! Metal Mickey! Dynac X!

[/product of 80s children's television]

[thebestseller]

Oooh, ooh, or Voltron! I can't believe I didn't think of Voltron, or 7-Zark-7 for that matter.

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[tallasaking]

[Well, he has ... some idea of robots, so he will simply go with naming one.]

Kingslayer.

[What? It amuses him.]

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[thebestseller]

Kingslayer, hmmm... maybe call one of them Dirtslayer instead.