"A'ight guys, that's all we got for this morning, I will see you this afternoon. In the meantime let's all work hard to bring all of humanity back. (Y/n) out!"
As soon as you pressed the button to end your radio show, your expression fell and you started to write some notes down, looking really focused.
"What are you doing?" Brody asked.
"I was fumbling a bit, I need to work on that." you listed. "We should make a built-in record player, doing it like this is deteriorating the audio quality. The bass sounded a little wonky at times, the mics have trouble picking up on it, so we gotta work on that too. Also-" you noticed the surprised look on his face. "...what?"
"Nothing, nothing." he smiled.
'She gets down to business real quick.' he thought before you two talked about the tweaks you could make to make your show better.
You were super embarrassed about all those wrong things that went on during the broadcast, but then you figured that it was kinda like your training with Tsukasa. It was the very first time you've tried this, of course there was going to be mistakes, at least now you know what's wrong and you can work to fix that. It was then you've really realized how much you've changed.
'Pats on the back (Y/n).' you proudly smiled to yourself. 'Pats, on, the, back.'

After that, you and Brody went to see Joel to talk about his mission. He had a new outfit and you just had to compliment him on it, to which he responded with shy incoherent mumbling.
"So what did you think of the show?" you asked, genuinely wanting some outside feedback.
"It...I-It was um..." he said, his face red. "Cool."
"Awesome, thank you so much!" you smiled, your face beaming.
He screamed internally.
"Alright alright." Brody spoke up and turned to him. "Nikki explained the job to you right? Were you listening Greenhorn?"
"Greenhorn? Is that a way to speak to someone doing you a favor?" Joel said, now with a arrogant and disdained look on his face.
'Wow, complete 180!' your eyes widen in surprise as he kept going.
"I have a name you know, it's Joel. Or is it too hard to remember?"
"Okay fella, fair enough." he raised his hand. "We just need to take appart the device and examine the inside, and there's no better man for the job than a skilled watch technician like you Joel. Is that better?"

He seemed satisfied with this request, but then his personality flipped again when Yuzuriha came to him to give him the medusa. Then she noticed something and grabbed his wrist, making him panic.
"A watch?! Did you craft this by hand?!"
"Y-yeah."
"In only a few hours?! That's amazing!" you exclaimed.
He seemed to be getting dizzy from the blood rushing to his cheeks.
"Right after we got here?!" Yo asked, baffled. "All by yourself?!"
"I took the liberty of borrowing the tools here yes. For a man who minds his time a watch is proof of impeccable taste. This one may be woefully imprecise, but it's better than counting on one's fingers."
"Clueless about women but a total jerk to men!" he shouted, making you snicker.

"Very well." Joel ignored him and put on his lens. "I'll inspect your so called device."
He picked up the medusa and once he looked at its mechanism, his eyes widen.
"This isn't...This isn't from any science known in the 21st century." he crouched down. "Allow me to focus. You may observe if you so choose, but utter a single word and you will die by my hands."
The others smiled and left the room. You stayed a bit longer, you liked watching people being really focused on their work in general. But right now, it just reminded you of Senku.
'I miss him.' you sighed through your nose. 'I miss all of them.'
Not wanting to get sad, you decided to leave.

"H-hey!" Joel called out before you could reach the doorway.
You turned around. It seemed he just realized what he did and said and became all flustered.
"Um...y-your afternoon show...What uh...At what time...?"
"I'd say...three?"
"Okay." he said under his breath.
'What a character, he's cute.' you thought, smiling before realizing something. "Oh, but I wouldn't want you to leave your work just to listen to me."
"It's okay I-I can listen to it while I work."
"...how?" you looked around, there was no speakers for him to hear it.
He started to raise his hand but then stopped and went back to work, really focused again. Because he was flustered, he almost overshared, but stopped himself just in time. Not wanting to disrupt him, you didn't say anything, still, with a slight frown, your gaze fell on his watch. Was he about to show it to you? But why?
'Could it be...?' your eyes widen slightly. 'Like the earpiece we used back on treasure island?'
Well it's not like you could just ask him, it seemed like he wanted to keep it a secret and he was busy right now. So you just left, leaving your deduction in one corner of your brain.

"By the way," you said to Brody as you two prepared for the second broadcast of the day. "at some point you'll have to take the mic."
"Now?"
"No, I mean when we'll eventually get to rap and black singers in general."
"Why exactly?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Because one, we don't know where Megan Thee Stallion is, two I'm not saying the N word."
He sighed, he was a bit scared of what your response would be but now he was relieved.

"Man, you know," you said as you prepared your set up. "it's a good thing I'm singing live for the last two tracks today. My instinct really did a good job."
"Wait what?"
You froze, your eyes wide open and your lips pursued. Uh-oh.
"You said you were gonna record the lyrics for this one after I gave you permission to play it."
You slowly turned to face him.
"...yeeeah my bad." you said with a little voice. "This was supposed to be a surprise - But I promise this is not a secret message situation!" you waved your hands.
"Then what is it?"
"Oh don't worry about it." you quickly said.
He frowned.
"Look if I say anything that's not in our agreement, you can just push me away or just cut communications." you shrugged before putting on your headphones.
After a short staring contest he sighed through his nose, you took it as an 'okay fine' and pushed the button.

"Good afternoon everyone! What's good?! It's me again!" you said, full of energy as you played your background music. "Are you all ready for the second track of the day?! Personally, I'm super excited - I just know you guys will love it! I just figured that, since we're re-recording history's music, mind as well have some fun with it you know?" you paused for a second, knowing Senku, Yuzuriha and Taiju would get it, a big smiled formed on your face. "So here we go, something to get us pumped for the rest of the day. Enjoy~!"
You changed the record and pressed play. Everyone from the modern world recognized the song right way with just the intro alone, but then they understood what you meant by surprise when you started singing.

[Earth, Wind & Fire x Post Malone - "September Congratulations"]

Brody couldn't help but laugh, he wasn't expecting that and was actually ready to push you away. That explained the add libs he didn't recognize when you first played the track for him. Hearing him only made you smile more. Everybody tuning in could tell that you were having fun with it.

"Oh my gosh I love it!!!" Chelsea exclaimed, super hyped and jumping to the beat.
Senku, Ryu laughed together and Xeno giggled to himself as the rest of the group listened in awe, bopping their head to the rhythm. Suika and Chelsea started dancing, eventually Kohaku, Chrome, Ryu and Taiju joined them as everybody else enjoyed the music. With great timing, when the song was over, it was time for them to go.
"God I love this track~!" you giggled and paused to drink some water. "Mmh, should I play it again?" you gasped to yourself. "Yo can I?" a pause. "...Yeah? Awesome, let's go!"
Senku chuckled. Ukyo who was in charge of the radio they had, turned up the volume so that the whole squad could hear as they drove away.

"God I miss her~!" Ryusui sighed dramatically.
"Same~!" Gen said in a similar dramatic fashion and looked at Senku. "Couldn't you have convince her to come with us Senku-chan~?! You know she'd say yes to you!"
Senku cackled.
"You're getting rusty mentalist!" he looked at him. "She loves proving herself more than she loves me!" he proudly smiled.
"...That both was and wasn't romantic." Chelsea tilted her head, a bit conflicted. "'That's my girl' was written all over his face."
"He knows her," Gen said, (him, her and Senku were on the same motorbike). "more than anyone."

After your afternoon show, you went to record the lyrics of your mashup, making a mental note to later record both songs separately.
'Who knows maybe this stone world will like this version better and it will be the new original one.' you chuckled. 'We're already rewriting history!' you paused 'If we do that, we gotta make "MotorSport" but we put Cardi's and Nicki's verse back to back, that shit slaps.'
In your stream of consciousness, thinking about that sound made you think about that one tiktok sound, which made you think of that one meme 'imagine your two crushes fighting over you', which made you imagine said meme with Senku and Tsukasa, or Ryu, or any other guy who found hot really.
'Watch your man. You should watch your mouth.' you played it in your head.
You covered your mouth, your face red.
"...Yeah I'll do that." you said, nodding to yourself

After that, you checked on Joel, he seemed to be focused in his work so you didn't want to bother him. Still, you asked the guard guarding the room if he ever stepped out. They said no, which confirmed your theory that his watch was working like the earpiece Senku did.
'But was it intentional or just an accident?' you wondered, thinking you probably won't get an answer anytime soon.
Then you went back to your studio to work on the songs you'll play for next week while the crafting team worked on your built-in record player.

This evening, you play 'Apocalypse' by Cigarettes After Sex, you played live with your new electric guitar. It was already dark outside which worked perfectly with the soft, almost dream-like, aesthetic of the song. Though Brody was in the same room as you, at this point, you tuned out his presence and played as if you were alone. It was clear to hear that you were singing for someone, to you it felt like one of those late night facetime serenades. Bit cringe, but given the circumstances, you allowed yourself to be cringe.
Back with the squad in the South, everyone was having dinner and listening to the song. Senku kept his attention on the radio while he ate, knowing your intension with this song. You missed him. And though he himself was satisfied by hearing your voice and knowing you were okay, he missed seeing your smile and talking to you. He quietly sighed.

Meawhile, Chelsea asked about you to the others, her curiosity growing by the minute. They were happy to oblige.
"She took down Tsukasa?!" she exclaimed.
"Taking down is a strong word..." Kohaku smiled. "But I guess yeah, in a way."
"And she told me it was in the heat of the moment." Gen added.
"I felt the moment yes." Tsukasa nodded. "She yelled at me, I didn't know what to say."
"Aww~ were you flustered Tsukasa-chan?!" he smiled and poked his arm.
"I was more confused than anything, when I saw she was angry, I was at first scared that I did something wrong." he looked down.

Chelsea noticed the looked on his face.
"Do you like (Y/n)?"
He blushed, taken aback by her blunted, and shyly looked away. She gasped.
"You do like her!" she pointed at him.
He turned his head away, burying his face in the fur of his coat.
"He's not the only one." Gen leaned closer and whispered. "(Y/n)-chan actually has a whole harem of admirers, the whole elite of the Kingdom of Science."
"No way~." she cupped her cheeks in her hands, stars in her eyes. "She's my new idol!"
He chuckled.

"And don't worry Tsukasa-chan!" he lightly patted him on the shoulder. "(Y/n)-chan tends to get a bit more aggressive when she's overwhelmed, you know how she is."
"It makes sense," François nodded. "she also seemed overwhelmed when she attacked Stanley."
"SHE DID WHAT?!" everyone, including Senku and Xeno, looked at them with big eyes.
They blinked twice before smiling.
"Right, only Miss Luna and Master Kaseki were there as well." they cleared their throat. "After Stanley took down Mozu and Master Matsukaze, he dismissed her and turned his back to her, to which she responded by kicking him in the back of the knee."
Senku bursted out laughing, holding his stomach and slapping his knee. Xeno was speechless.
"She...She made him kneel?" he asked under his breath.
"Wait wait wait!" Kohaku exclaimed, her along with Tsukasa, Ryusui and Suika looked concerned. "What did he do after that?! Did he do anything?!"
François shook their head.
"He stood back up and ordered to tie her up with us. When he did, she seemed to have instantly regretted her action."
Ryusui laughed while the others sighed of relief.

The next day, Joel didn't show up for breakfast. You thought he must've pulled an all-nighter and fell asleep in his workshop, so you went to check up on him.
"Holy shit!" you exclaimed when you saw his stone statue before running to get Yuzuriha and the others.
You revived him and he shyly explained what he discovered: the heart of the medusa was a diamond and by removing it and putting it back in, it worked again.
"So we just had to turn it off and on again?" you looked at it, frowning. "Does it work now?"
Brody, who was holding the device, whispered and waiting for a second.
"Nope," he sighed. "so that wasn't helpful."
"Just one minute now." Joel stepped in. "In this stone world, is being a quitter suddenly in vogue?"
'Oh~ snap!' you smiled.
"As a pro," he smirked. "I intend to tackle my assigned task until I can't work anymore! No matter how brutal the job!"
"This dude," Yo frowned, folding his arms in annoyance. "acting like hot stuff when he was all fidgety with the ladies two minutes ago."
"Yeah but that's what makes his charm." you casually said.
Joel froze, his face red like a tomato. You chuckled.

"Tell me Luna, how much do you weight?" Chelsea asked with a carefree smile.
The young woman gagged in shock.
"Woah! Chelsea the blunt strikes again!" Gen exclaimed.
She cleared her throat and acted casual.
"I'm 40kg... I think." she mumbled that last part.
"That's our miss Luna!" her two fanboys said. "So slim and trim-Wait, not with those proportions!"
"Yeah come on, I need the real number." Chelsea smiled.
"We gotta balance the bikes by weight." Senku said.
"We didn't put much thoughts into the teams when we left in a hurry..." Ukyo said.
"So for this forced, uphill, off-road climb," Ryusui continued. "our bike trios should be more balanced, or else the heavier teams will have a tougher time climbing."

"Redoing...the bike teams..." Luna mumbled to herself before smiling and fidgeting. "Well, if possible - And yes I realize that weight matters most, but still I have a feeling that... Senku and I being on the same bike would work out great balance-wise."
Chelsea tilted her head, confused for a moment before gasping.
"I get it! You're crushing on Senku!" Luna flinched, she gasped again. "So much drama happening here in the Kingdom of Science! Oh my gosh!" she leaned closer to her. "Are you trying to make a move on Senku while his girlfriend is away? Luna..."
"Wha-no!" she intensely shook her head, waving her hands. "No I would never! I-Is it bad that I just want to be close to the boy I like?!"
"Not really, as long as you don't try anything. It's not like he seems interested in you either way." she shrugged.
"Hey!" she exclaimed. "Don't you think he kept his relationship secret from me for a reason? He knew I'd be valuable for him and his cause!" she smiled and blushed.
"...Doesn't sound like you're an item to me."
"It doesn't?!?!" she exclaimed, crushed.

"I wonder..." Chelsea turned to Gen, her new gossip buddy. "Does (Y/n) know that Luna likes Senku?"
"Oh she does." Senku said, pausing in his work (making a scale out of tires). "It was the first time I ever saw her jealous."
"(Y/n)-chan being jealous?!" Gen suddenly exclaimed. "I must know what that was like! Tell the people Senku-chan!"
Everyone at this point was looking at Senku, curious. He casually shrugged.
"She put up appearances then when we were alone she said-" he stopped himself and scratched his cheek. "Actually, I don't think she'd want me to share that, plus you all saw her do it."
At this moment, a few men were feeling pretty jealous (you know who), some of them even screaming on the inside. Chelsea squealed like a fangirl when they explained the goodbye kiss you and him shared. Gen noticed how the overall atmosphere got more lighthearted.

"Ah~ I see Chelsea-chan." he smiled. "You just put everyone at ease with talks of love and gossip to make it a bit easier for everyone to discuss how much we all weight."
"Nah, I was just prying cuz I felt like it." she smiled. "If anything, this is all thanks to (Y/n), she has some mad main character vibes!"
"She sure does." he sighed, looking up. "She leaves such an impact on people that they still talk about her, even when she's miles and miles way."
Hearing that, Xeno chuckled and touched his cheek.
"I felt the impact."
"That makes two of us." Tsukasa smiled.
"Bonding over the fact that she kicked their ass...?" Chrome frowned as he watched them. "...Why not I guess."
"And if that's the case here..." Senku smirked. "imagine how they treat her up there."

Him and Xeno looked at each-other for a moment.
"It's only been a day." he eventually said, knowing this wasn't much of an argument.
"True, but we're talking about music, its popularity can spread faster than any science." he pointed at one of the bikes with his thumb. "Not everyone can ride a bike, everyone can listen to music." his smirk grew larger. "Like you said, it's only been a day, just wait until we come back, see how the Americans treat her then."

Chelsea watched their staring contest for a moment before slowly leaning on Gen.
"What's up with these two?" she quietly asked.
"(Y/n)-chan has a past with them both." he replied in a similar volume.
"No way~ boy I have a lot to catch up to don't I? Tell me *everything*~."
He giggled.