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[ Did someone say don't put on the masks? Casey doesn't remember hearing anyone say that. Maybe suggesting caution but not outright saying 'kid don't touch that it might bite your face off'. Besides, his looked pretty cool. What's the harm in trying it out? What's the harm in doing anything just because he wants to?

Whoever said compulsion was such a bad thing?

So here is Casey on the network chilling away his off-time with a video feed to the network. His unreasonable sense of humor is still very much intact despite the difficult few days. He puts on his very best robot voice. ]

Attention passengers. Your deaths are imminent. Resistance is futile. You will be exterminated.

[ A second to let that sink in, and then Casey's face is back on the network, sans-mask, not quite smirking but still distinctly amused at his own reindeer games. ] Nothing strange here, just a guy in a cheap mask. It hasn't even got a voice-changer.

[ He holds it up in front of his face again, but just for a moment to demonstrate that it isn't about to come alive all on its own, then tosses it carelessly aside. ]

And I thought I was the one taking everything way too seriously.

[ How he got through this message without uttering the words 'I'll be back' is beyond him, but there you go. ]

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I've actually never been to a convention, but I'll keep it in mind.

It's not a huge leap-- no way any of us left them.

How do you know? Not like there aren't people around here with comic book superpowers and a grim sense of humor. "Gods" too, let's not forget, if you believe that. And plenty of opportunity while everyone was off the passenger decks to do what they wanted.

It hasn't even eaten my face yet. I'm disappointed.

Wow, did you just jinx everything ever.

The only jinx I believe in is 'At least things can't get any worse'. When someone says that, I'll take it all back.

[ WAIT FOR IT. ]

At least things can't get any worse.

[ now take it back, casey. ]

That's cheating and you know it.

Hey, you're the guy who said it. All's fair in love and space jinxes.

Yeah, well I'm not taking it back. Harmless with a capital H, and that's all there is to it.

All right, but all jinxes are your fault now.

It's okay, I'll just pass the buck along to Chuck in his absence. It's always his fault.

And Chuck is...?

Curly haired, about so high. [ He's aware this is audio. ] It's a long, boring story. Suffice is to say if something goes wrong it's always his fault.

Actually sometimes it's Caffrey's. [ New nickname for Bryce Larkin is go. ]

Yeah, that doesn't... help me. At all.

[ casey. what are you even. ] Caffrey-- suit guy?

Model-face. He's not called Caffrey where I'm from, but we're working on that little misunderstanding.

By which I mean I'm waiting for him to mess up and admit he's who he says he's not.

So you guys aren't dating, you're just stalking him for vaguely nefarious sounding purposes?

[ mrs. nesbit strikes again. ]

I'm going to kill that nosy old bat.

So that's a definite no on the love connection, then.

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