From hype to confusion

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"Guys, it's been great as always!" you told the crowd. "We'll see you tomorrow!"
Murmurs echoed.
"Already?!" Magma exclaimed. "It's not even midnight!"
"Yeah! We gotta wake up early! Come on now, everybody go home! Shoo shoo!"



As you walked back home, you decided to go alone and you took a little detour to see the ship. As you looked at it, a smiled formed on your face, then faded. You remembered Ryusui saying he worked on a list of the people he'd want as a crew and it made you anxious.

A moment passed before an idea popped in your head. You rushed to your office and grabbed some instruments, then went back and you got on the ship, trying your best not to make any noise. But because the instruments were cumbersome, you stumbled and at some point, a tambourine fell and made a loud noise. You stayed motionless for a moment before trying to pick it up again.
"Who's there?"
You flinched and let out a yelp. You turned around but saw no one. There was a door leading to the hold, it must've come from there. You set your instruments aside but took your array mbira with you (that thing is heavy enough to do some damage), and cautiously walked down. Exploring a bit, you finally arrived in a room and your eyes widen when you saw Hyouga sitting in a cage, a sleeping Homura lying beside him.

"Why hello there." he calmly said.
You frowned.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm being imprisoned." he shrugged. "Question is, what are *you* doing here." he paused, noticing your instrument. "Not that it's any less obvious."
Your frown depended. Yep, this guy was still a dick. You turned around and walked away, not wanting to waste your energy with him.

"I'm glad you're here actually. I'd like to apologize."
You froze and turned around. That, you didn't expect.

"Don't get me wrong, I stand by my words when I said that you're a terrible double agent. You're way too reckless." you frowned again. "But I heard your talent, and when it comes to it, you're doing a fantastic job." he paused. "I'm sure I would've eventually regretted killing you."
Even with his mask on, you could tell he was smiling. A moment passed, both of you starting at each-other in silence. Then you walked away without saying a word.



Ryusui stood on the edge of the boat, looking upon the entire Kingdom of Science, a long scroll in his hand.

"This goes without saying," he exclaimed with a clear voice, his expression dead serious. "but we're about to embark into the complete unknown, so this is an incredibly dangerous and risky mission! In fact we might not even return from this! I can make no guarantees of your lives!" he paused. "So if anyone's name that gets called now wants to stay behind, then by all means, stay behind! That is something for you to decide for yourself!"
Of course, if they really wanted a specific someone to get on the ship, they'd just get Gen to manipulate them into doing so in case they say no. But Ryusui also didn't want any unmotivated sailors in his crew. He unrolled the scroll.

"First off, our absolute necessity: the ship's engineer! Senku! Chrome! Kaseki!"
With the cheers of the crowd, Chrome and Kaseki waved at them as they walked on the ship. Senku was already on it, casually reading over some blueprints, not caring about this dramatic bs.
"Next up is-!"
"I'm going too!!!"

Ryusui and Senku turned around and saw you stomping out of the hold (a different door then last night), your hair all messy.
"(Y/n)?" Ryusui said.
"What were you doing here?" Senku asked.
"I slept here!" you exclaimed. "Listen, I don't care, I'm getting on that ship! With everything I've been involved in, you know that there's no way I'm not getting involved in this too!" you paused, your eyebrows furrowed. "I know I don't know jack shit about sailing but...but I swear I'll do my best to be as useful as I can!"
"What are you talking about?" Ryusui asked.

You were just about to go into another monologue but this threw you off. He pointed at the list.
"You're already on the list."
"...what?!"
You walked up to him and grabbed the scroll. Your name was bellow the power team members'.
"This journey might last for months." he smiled. "We'd all go crazy if we don't have anything to entertain us."
"You do realize that part of the reason why we gave you set record set is so you could leave some of your music here while you're away, right?" Senku raised an eyebrow, smiling as well.

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