Oh I love my Rosie child

[thebestseller]

Who: The crew of the SS Twin Roses and any visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Twin Roses
When: The end of April

['Sup, it's a ship mingle. We've lost Adawolfe, Anders and Ravi, but gained Lance, Shovel Knight, and Chuuya.

Enjoy the free pudding and make yourselves at home, newbies.]

Comments

[mrfancyhat]

[Chuuya gives it a once-over, looking displeased.]

Tch, if there's anything I've learned from this, it's that the people here must be tasteless.

[thebestseller]

[Castle gives a snort of laughter.]

It's all pretty random, isn't it? I think some of this was chosen for people, rather than letting them pick.

[mrfancyhat]

It's a shame. A better compilation of songs would be better for karaoke... but maybe that's the point.

[He can't believe he's saying this, but here he goes, and holds onto his hat as he does so.]

Terrible music makes for great, embarrassing moments.

[thebestseller]

It really does, though. And maybe being sick of hearing "Don't Stop Believin'" and "My Heart Will Go On" at karaoke bars is universal, no matter where you come from.

[mrfancyhat]

Hmm. What choice do we have but to make a better rendition of something from this list?

[He says we, but he mostly means him, amusing himself with the thought of watching Castle sing again.]

You probably have other costumes to play around with, don't you?

[thebestseller]

Oh, follow me. I have a whole crate of this stuff in the cargo bay that the sponsors sent me. I've got fake instruments, a pink wig if you wanna go all Jem and the Holograms. I think there was even a pair of leather pants.

[mrfancyhat]

Right.

[Chuuya wasn't sure he was up for anything weird, but looking couldn't hurt.

He doesn't get the Jem and the Holograms comment, being unfamiliar, but he also doesn't know if he wants to find out.]

Do you wear costumes all the time? Is that your go-to for ratings?

[thebestseller]

Nah, just for this particular asteroid belt. Of course, I wouldn't be above doing it more often if I thought it might get me some good ratings. Nah, my last ratings stunt was buying an augment upgrade from Atroma. I can make fire.

[mrfancyhat]

Fire? [A curious look at Castle! That could be interesting... or not.] What do you mean by that? Using sticks and rubbing them together?

[Chuuya can't help but to think about a superpower type of ability, but surely Castle means regular ol' making fires.]

[thebestseller]

I mean literally making fire. [He casts a glance around for something flammable, finally fishing a piece of paper out of his pocket, holding it up and setting the tip alight before blowing it out. There's no visible means of creating fire- it just happens.]

[mrfancyhat]

[Chuuya can't help but to chuckle at the sight of this.]

Wow. I have to admit, that was pretty anticlimactic. Guess it's my fault for having high expectations of what it was you meant.

[thebestseller]

[Castle pouts a little.]

Well, I think it's pretty cool. I've gone from having zero superpowers at all to having at least this.

[mrfancyhat]

That's the difference, then.

[Sure is a vague comment, and he's leaving it at that.]

Congratulations on your superpower, then. I'm sure it was an exciting moment to go from a boring human being to one that can make some flames.

[Even if Chuuya totally did just burst his bubble and all.]

[thebestseller]

Hey, I'm not boring. [Pout pout pout.] I'm actually famous back home, you know.

[mrfancyhat]

Famous?

[That got his interest piqued again, even though he can only imagine Castle being famous for something silly.]

What are you famous for?

[thebestseller]

I am a well-known mystery writer.

[mrfancyhat]

[Ahh, a writer. He's very much into literature, so to him this is good news.]

I don't know if you have anything on board, but let me read something you've written some day.

[thebestseller]

Absolutely- I've written some stuff since arriving in the Fleet, at least. None of my works from back home have shown up, though... nobody here has recognized me, either, which I find a bit odd.

[mrfancyhat]

Maybe it's because none of your work is here. Without your work existing, neither your fame nor recognition exist either.

[He's completely guessing, of course.]

[thebestseller]

Could be, could be. I don't think anybody is from the same version of Earth as me, either. For all I know, my Earth is the only timeline I became famous in.

[mrfancyhat]

Different versions of Earth?

[That sounds really strange to him, but maybe he shouldn't be surprised. He can imagine that outerspace probably does do some freaky stuff like that.]

I'm guessing that sort of thing is normal around here, huh?

[thebestseller]

Mmhmm- I've heard about a few different ones. Kitty lives in one where Chicago was destroyed, for example, but it's still intact in my world.

[mrfancyhat]

So it's only a matter of time before I meet someone whose Japan is different from mine. [Heh.] Now that's what I call a unique way to make friends.