audio.

[delincuente]

[The audio feed rattles to life with a blare of feedback, and the voice that comes through is bright, cherry, and possibly familiar to a few.]

Gooood morning, outer space! I'm pleased to announce that I've just taken over your fleet. You can call me Your Majesty, or Supreme Overlord, or Beyoncé. One of the three. Mom jeans and aerobic dance are officially outlawed, and nothing is allowed to start before noon.

Kay, thanks. Beyoncé out.

Comments

[huaaaaagh]

...Geez, that's not exactly an overnight trip. You were gone for a while, though, so I guess it would be weird if it was shorter...

[delincuente]

At least I look a little closer to my age. Now people won't mistake me for the world's youngest captain - just the world's almost youngest captain.

... Not that I'm captain now, I mean.

[huaaaaagh]

Ahh, that's true. Are you gonna transfer back? Maybe you and Stefan can duke it out for the position.

[delincuente]

Like that's any contest. He's probably way better than I could ever be, even if I, like, went to college or something.

[huaaaaagh]

At the risk of sounding like I hate my job, would... you want to be first mate, instead?

[delincuente]

Dude. I'm not gonna take that from you. You're, like, way smarter than me, and Stef picked you for a reason.

[huaaaaagh]

Well- I don't know about that part, but. I mean, I needed to check if you wanted it. I don't want to be the cause of any problems, you know?

[delincuente]

Hey, man, I miss her being my ship, but I'm not gonna throw a tantrum. Besides, being Stef's first mate would probably be a little awkward.

[huaaaaagh]

You don't think you could work together like that?

[??? did he miss a thing]

[delincuente]

[DEEP SIGH]

We broke up right before I left. I don't know how it's gonna be, now.

[huaaaaagh]

[.......

WELL SHIT THAT'S AN AWKWARD THING HE JUST STEPPED IN]

...o-oh... uh... sorry. Yeah, I can... uh... yeah.

Sorry.

[delincuente]

Hey, dude, it's okay. It's just... [Her turn to awkward shrug.] I thought maybe he'd said something.

[huaaaaagh]

I... guess it didn't come up. The timing was kind of weird- I was all coma-fied when it happened, so...