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[themuse]

[The video feed comes on, showing a woman with an extremely foul expression on her face. She looks lost somewhere between completely confused and totally pissed off.]

So I'm supposed to believe that I used to be a fictional character and now I'm not a fictional character and I have to learn how to not be a fictional character because my fictional life is somehow different from not having a fictional life?

[Kate takes a breath.]

I have a headache. Anyone who is not completely insane wanna tell me what the hell is going on?

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[thebestseller]

[video]

[thebestseller]

Why, Beckett! What a glorious day to see your fair visage appearing upon our humble social network.

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[themuse]

[Oh my God this is ten levels of incredible awkward and stangely comforting.]

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[themuse]

Not completely insane, Castle. Prerequisite for talking.

[video]

[thebestseller]

So does that mean I never get to talk again? Ever? Would you prefer smoke signals?

[video]

[themuse]

[She just sighs and stares at him. Hopefully he won't bring up the whole them not talking for months thing. She knows she needs to apologize but... The timing really doesn't seem all that great.]

What are you doing here?

[video]

[thebestseller]

Same thing you are- suddenly woke up in a hospital bed and got told YO MR. CASTLE, WE HEARD YOU WRITE FICTION SO WE MADE YOU FICTION SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T REAL WHILE YOU'RE NOT REAL. Far too meta for my tastes. I was New Moore's New Year Baby, in fact- I got here January 1st of this year.

[video]

[themuse]

January 1st? Castle, that was ages ago...

[The facade is starting to crumble and she's starting to think she's not going to last much longer. Not with him looking at her.]

Where are you?

[video]

[thebestseller]

Yeah. Yeah, it was.

[He then points his phone camera around, showing the interior of what's obviously a bookstore.]

Hoarders! The bookstore. I work there. Please, come alleviate my boredom.

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[themuse]

[And now she's just going to... stare at you again.]

Alleviate your boredom? Castle, we need to figure out how to get out of here.

[video]

[thebestseller]

I've been here for 7 months, remember? I'm not staying here just because I want to.

[video]

[themuse]

[And then it sinks in.]

I can't, I can't do this... [She tries to catch her breath, but it's becoming far too difficult.] Do you believe all of this, about us not being real?

[video]

[thebestseller]

Of course I don't. It's totally ridiculous.

[video]

[themuse]

[Too late, Castle, she's already tweaking out]

They're saying our whole lives weren't even real. And that means that everything... Montgomery, the sniper, my mom... I can't believe all of that was for nothing, that it was all a lie. I died, what kind of sick jackass would give someone a fake life like that?

[video]

[thebestseller]

[Castle gives her a sympathetic look- and feels a twinge of pain from her mentioning all that.]

Hey. Hey. Just because they said that doesn't mean it's the truth. I don't believe it. I don't want to believe all of that was just made up.

[video]

[themuse]

[She can feel herself starting to get worked up and she doesn't like it. Three months of being calm and nearly clinically depressed did not prepare her for this freakout.]

Castle, I'm sorry I didn't call. But I need... I need you right now.

[Yes. That was very hard to say.]

[video]

[thebestseller]

[Castle bites his tongue. More things he didn't want to think about. And even so, he has to resist making a smart remark.]

Come visit me at work, then. I promise we'll most likely have some privacy.

[video]

[themuse]

[She's thankful he's resisting. She's not sure what she would do if he wasn't so agonizingly patient.]

I'll come find you. And... thanks. For being here.

[video]

[thebestseller]

It's what I do best. I'll be waiting.

[video]

[themuse]

[Kate ends the feed and heads over to the bookstore.]