Chapter Twelve [Video]

[thebestseller]

Who: Richard Castle and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Windrose, if desired
When: February 11th

[When Castle flicks on the video, he's projecting a veneer of calm... very badly, because one can hear an edge of panic in his voice.]

Ha, ha, ha! I don't mean to alarm anybody, but I bought myself one of those spiffy augment upgrades. I picked fire, because who doesn't want to be red hot, am I right? But, enhh... [He holds up his left palm, which has a small but persistent flame on the center.] I can't seem to turn it off. Does anybody here have experience with fire powers? And should it really be this powerful when I've only bought the first level...?

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[passingthrough]

The augment is a killer trump card. But even the most impenetrable places get broken into and even the mightiest fall eventually.

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[thebestseller]

Mmhmm. If they really have been going at this for a while, I doubt that nobody has ever found a way to outsmart them. And they're not perfect. They'll show a crack we can exploit. Some sort of loophole we can pull on.

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[passingthrough]

Maybe. [She shrugs a little.] Maybe I've been up against too many enemies that never seem to bend.

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[thebestseller]

Entirely possible. It's also possible that I'm too used to being up against opponents who can be broken, sooner or later.

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[passingthrough]

Well, keep that optimism. We'll need it.

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[thebestseller]

Optimism. I can definitely do that.

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[passingthrough]

I knew there was a reason I kept you around. [Maybe a few.]

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[thebestseller]

Always happy to be of service.