Chapter Nine [Video]

[thebestseller]

Who: Richard Castle and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: N/A
When: August 21st

Windrose crew, please don't worry too much, but I have been tossed in the pokey, so I won't be coming home tonight. Jeez, it's like the other factions don't have any sense of humor at all...

[Castle shifts uncomfortably.]

Really, no appreciation for fine artwork, these people. And they take this team business way, way, way too seriously.

Vision, please take care of the bots, and remember me fondly if I rot away in prison.

Comments

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[mistyday]

That's the one where they're all trapped in the house, right? I guess that is kinda like us, only our house is bigger.

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[thebestseller]

Yeah. We're all thrown into our spaceship homes and they watch what happens, throw us a curveball sometimes to liven things up. But we could be shown as celebrities, too- it'd help their narrative that we're all happy, willing participants.

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[mistyday]

Shit that'd be messed up, if they got all these people watchin' thinkin' we're here voluntarily.

[Don't get her wrong, she would have said yes to almost any offer to get her out of Hell but she knows wrong when she sees it still.]

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[thebestseller]

Seriously. But they make it sound like we're this super popular, beloved show, and I can't imagine that it'd be that way if the audience knew we weren't here by choice.

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[mistyday]

We ever heard anything from the audience?

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[thebestseller]

I think Atroma's read out what they claim is fanmail before- but that'd be pretty easy to fake, too.

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[mistyday]

What kinda stuff did they say?

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[thebestseller]

A fan was curious about why we wanted to win, I think. You know, meet whatever mysterious and arbitrary conditions they've set to get off this stupid show.

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[mistyday]

I mean... Isn't that kinda obvious why people want to win?

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[thebestseller]

You would think so! I guess they figured we might have different reasons, though. I want to go home, but I know not everyone does.

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[mistyday]

Yeah but if I don't want to go home then I'm not gonna try to win. Simple.

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[thebestseller]

Right- though I suppose it didn't occur to them that some folks might not want to win. After all, they like to pretend we're all eager to play their game.

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[mistyday]

From what I can see, they ain't too many people who are tryin to play the game, even those that do want to go home.

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[thebestseller]

And yet, they persist in treating it like we are. It's all really bizarre.

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[mistyday]

[She shrugs.]

Don't know what all we can do about it though.

[There are more pressing matters anyway right now. Like the fact that you're in jail.]

You sure you're okay down there? I can stay on the line with you until Wrath gets there.

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[thebestseller]

I'd appreciate that. You're a gem.