as stated in the updated pinned post, we are diverging from the canon roleswap timeline starting nnnnnnnow :) ask boxes are open again!
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Hey Curly, I just wanted to check in with you. Things have been a little weird recently with this nearby satellite..
Are you doing okay?
Hey Captain!
Funny business, isn't it? I don't think we've ever had anything like this happen before.
It's okay, though. Sometimes I kind of want to follow Daisuke's example, but most people are nice.
What about you, everything alright on your end?
Me too, there's just so much going on at all times, haha.
Everything is mostly alright. I've got nice people, but some of them.. They're just getting under my skin. I should probably put the phone down.
How bad is it? My worst has been spam messages, mostly. Did you know the Halcyon colonies are reopening admission?
Makes you wonder why they need new people so soon after launch.
Oh yeah! I don't think I'm going to take their offer, I'm pretty content with Earth.
As for the messages.. I don't know. Some of them are just.. Mean, I guess. I don't want you to worry about it, I can handle it, it's just frustrating.
Have you gotten any fun messages though? I got one not that long ago asking about how I felt being a pilot, it was a nice question.
'Mean'? I'm sure you know that sounds worrisome. Are you okay?
Ah, I can't even remember all of them! There is this Martian scientist who gave me the scoop of planetary warfare amongst their kind, someone who is very intent on educating me about possums, and I even reconnected with someone from my med school years, that was pretty wild. Also someone from an actual gunship patched into our frequency, apparently their surname is the same as yours? Do you know a Hideo?
I'm really fine, if I couldn't handle a few weirdos, I wouldn't be on this ship lol
But.. That's very interesting. I don't know if I have any familiar faces on my end, so consider me jealous of you. I can't say that I know a Hideo? Should I?
Now who are you calling a weirdo? :-)
I don't know if you should! If it's a coincidence then certainly an amusing one, guess Musumes are just made to be captains. :-)
Maybe so.. I'll have to start a club then, Captain Musume club.
And I would NEVER call you a weirdo, Nurse Curly, never ever......
Uh huh. I believe you.
:-)
What is weird is just...how much some of these people seem to know. I wonder if our phones were hacked into somehow? Do you think I should be worried about my Meeboo subscription at this rate?
I feel like I should be more shocked but with how much of our data gets sold off and leaked on a daily basis, I can't find myself to be horrified.
You should definitely worry about your Meeboo subscription though.
...Fair point.
Well, if my streaming services are what takes the brunt of exposure, I suppose I could live with that.
Do you think that's how they found out about your nurses calendar? If that's even a real thing.. Did you ever model for a nursing calendar? Lol
Haha!
No, god no. I could never. Can you imagine me in a pin-up calendar? That would be bonkers.
No, I was just joking. I guess the very nature of their, uh, request was too much for my English sensibilities, so I turned to my trusty defence mechanism honed by generations of haughty stuck-ups.
...How did you know about that?
Well we certainly love a modest king..
I was told about it by one of the messages I got, I didn't know if it was true or not but I guess my curiosity was piqued. Sorry, it was inappropriate to ask.
Oh god, are they still harassing you about me? I'm so sorry.
They are strangely...invested.
I hope it's not too much of a bother. And I doubly hope they cease soon.
I don't mind too terribly, I just feel bad talking about you when you're unaware. I certainly try to keep my answers vague so that I can maintain your privacy.
Truly, I don't know if I should be offended or relieved they ask me more about you than they do myself, haha!
I'd go for relieved! Or perhaps even flattered. They seem to think highly of your captaining skills. :-)
They do! I'm not sure how they know about THAT information, but I'll take what I can get!
I can't say i blame them, it's pretty obvious!
I mean
Crew ratings should be public access, right? Based on delivery reviews and stuff. Or could be if they weren't and got leaked too.
I definitely don't doubt that...
I don't know, they seem fairly invested in my love life as well. Which goes beyond the scope of simple work appraisal. I've been asked if I'm single, who my type is. I felt like I was filling out a dating application lol
Haha, funny that
You could lean into that too, if you wanted to, let them do all the legwork. It's worse than the Wild West on those apps sometimes.
I'm not trying to find someone through texting strangers, besides, it seems they already have my ideal love interest picked out for me. They're trying to cause trouble is what they're doing.
And how do you even know what those apps are like? Isn't that like.. Cheating for you?
Oh shoot. Er
It would be! It totally would be if. If I were still in a relationship.
Which I'm not. For the record.
In any case, not that I prowl those apps much, it's not really uh, worth it for me.
What? Since when are you not??
You were just talking about Marie before we took off. Unless.. Did you break up when we got service...?
Yeah, haha, turns out it's not always great when familiar faces text you, right?
But yeah, she... It's not easy, I guess, dating someone who isn't there for half a year at a time at least, you know?
It was kind of a long time coming, so. She just was the braver one out of the two of us to cut the cord.
Sorry, didn't mean to be a downer. It really is okay though. We're good, and. I think I've kind of went through the stages of grief back when we were still earthside.
So. Not a big deal.
I'm so sorry, Curly :( I wish you would've told me. I'm still here if you need to talk, okay? Breaking up sucks, even if you see it coming.
Oh no, I promise it's okay! It really, really is
I'm okay, it's not a big deal.
I mean, it would be, it
But it's not like
I didn't really
She maybe...didn't really...exist?
Curly what are you saying right now
I am a fool is what I'm saying :-(
I'm so sorry.
Any chance we could pretend I never said anything?
How are we supposed to do that? I don't even know what to say.
