charles

[discomfort]

Comments

[discomfort]

Are you? You're not secretly in debt, right?

[ charles blink twice if you have a spending problem ]

[riverbeans]

Is that the impression you're getting of me, Vice-Captain?

[discomfort]

You seem reliable, actually, but I must show concern for my leader.

[riverbeans]

I'm fine, I'm fine. [waves hand] And apparently even if I wasn't, I'd get paid for this work we've somehow found ourselves in.

[discomfort]

I think we should ask for concrete numbers for what the payment will look like.

[riverbeans]

Heh, right? Though I did tell them I didn't need money, so they said that alternative compensation could be discussed once the contract was finished. Maybe you can ask for a secret or two.

[discomfort]

I will keep that in mind, but I would require a very good one for this inconvenience.

[riverbeans]

What would you classify as a good secret versus a bad secret?

[discomfort]

[ he actually thinks about this. ]

Let's say, for example, your secret is that you hate your coworker. Sure, it's a secret and all, but I would be more interested in finding about the why. Why do you hate your coworker? What caused this emotion to surge within you and unable to let it out.

[riverbeans]

So... what I'm getting from this is that you love gossip.

[discomfort]

Captain...

That makes it sound so bad.

[riverbeans]

Am I wrong, Vice-Captain?

[discomfort]

No... but it does hurt to admit to it...

[riverbeans]

Hey, it's not all bad. Under the right circumstances, gossip helps keep you in the know, right?

[discomfort]

I appreciate the support.

What about you, then? Gossipy?

[riverbeans]

[shrugs]

Well, I'd say I like to know what's going on.

[discomfort]

... I will say you are, then.

[riverbeans]

This is why we're captain and vice-captain.

[discomfort]

We should probably work on the rest of our crew.

[riverbeans]

Any recommendations...?

[discomfort]

[ thinks..... thinks............... thinks........ ]

Sidon-sama.

[riverbeans]

Sidon? He's a nice guy. I approve.

[discomfort]

Yes. I think he would be a good... deputy.

[ ????

guesses at what goes into a crew ]

[riverbeans]

[charles nods and accepts this, because while he actually knows what goes into a crew, that's for seaships but who knows about spaceships.]

All right, Sidon for... deputy. How do you feel about [thinks] Shoma?

[discomfort]

Ah! He was very intelligent when I spoke to him. Navigator?