Chapter Twenty-Four

[thebestseller]

Hey. Whoever stole all the booze out of the bar, you do realize you could have just wished for some more, right?

So, uh, the Death Match will still be open and operational for any drowning-sorrows needs, just... without the usual selection. Maybe I could throw a BYOB party. A college-style kegger. Unless the thief comes along and steals from that, too... so, nevermind. Just come as you are. I'll supply the sriracha peanuts.

[Open either on the journal or to action threads- actionspam or prose, it's up to you!

Castle will be taking care to cover up spiral patterns in the wood on the bar- he's not fixating any more but has had quite enough of them for now.]

Comments

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[thebestseller]

Not really. [Castle considers the idea.]

You know, that's not a half bad plan. It'd be worth keeping an eye out if any of them come back in- observe their behavior and see if any of them act suspiciously. I'd hope none of them would return to the scene of the crime, but you never know.

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[raisingdad]

Don't criminals like to return to the scenes of their crimes and see the chaos they've created?

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[thebestseller]

Some do, especially if it was premeditated- and honestly, I can't see this being a heat-of-the-moment kind of heist. There was way too much for someone to just up and suddenly decide "oh, I'll just grab all this booze".

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[raisingdad]

Do you have any enemies here?

[Seriously, she sounded like a cop. She was paying too much attention to Kate and her dad.]

action;

[thebestseller]

[Castle shook his head.]

Surprisingly, no. It is a bit harder to make them here when I can't do as much pestering of the wrong people as I can back home, after all.

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[raisingdad]

You sure? [Wry smile.] Hey, I wasn't aware you had many enemies at home either.

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[thebestseller]

Just a few. People can sometimes get tetchy when versions of them show up in my books in a... less than positive light.

action;

[raisingdad]

Ah, right. You mean like Kate at first?

[Sly smile. She's trolling a bit. She learned from the best, after all.]

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[thebestseller]

[Castle had the decency to look sheepish.]

Just a tiny bit.

action;

[raisingdad]

Yeah. So have you done any writing here and immortalized any of the fine citizens of Paradisa forever in the written word?

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[thebestseller]

I have, actually- just haven't told any of them about it. It is hard to get published here, after all.