It was the middle of the birthday party on the Tulpar - it wasn't really the captain's birthday, but only one party was warranted each shipment round. While, normally, Curly would be rather cheerful about spending time with his crew, he couldn't help but feel weighed down by information that he'd received recently.

"You gotta make a speech!" Daisuke said with a big grin, peering over at Curly.

"Can't argue with that..." Jimmy mused from the side.

"Speech! Speech! Speech!" Daisuke cheered.

"Go on," Anya encouraged with a soft smile.

And this only put more stress onto the captain's shoulders. With a sigh, he leaned back in his chair - he couldn't keep this from his crew. They needed to know. And so he explained the letter from corporate.

"...That's all it said on the report from management," Curly finished, his head in his hand.