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MAKE ME A STONE: Ch 7: 'til the day you die.

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Inara leaves Serenity for a new life. Mal gets a job with a couple of new employers, but sinks further into despair.
Slash so lite you'll probably scarcely notice it.

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Series: MAKE ME A STONE

Chapter 7: 'til the day you die

Author: Kispexi2

Rating: PG-13

Warning: Slash so lite you'll probably scarcely notice it. Spoilers for the comics, novelization and the movie

Betaed by: wedjateye who's brilliant at spotting when I've said too little and when I've said too much.

Earlier chapters can be found here.

Chapter'>http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=5390'>Chapter One

Chapter'>http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=5940'>Chapter Two

Chapter'>http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=6309'>Chapter Three

Chapter'>http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=8273'>Chapter Four

Chapter'>http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=8649'>Chapter Five

Chapter'>http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=9850'>Chapter Six

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MAKE ME A STONE

Chapter 7: 'til the day you die

From the air, Liann Jilin is all wild beauty: lush vegetation tumbling down precipitous hillsides, rocky peaks soaring up through wreaths of cloud and, beneath them, a blue-green sea, undulating lazily in the heat of the morning sun.

“Looks kind of sexy, doesn't it?” Wash remarks cheerfully.

Mal sniffs. Yep, it does. Inara's gonna ruttin' well love it here.

Wash leans back in his chair and reaches behind him to where his wife is standing, also admiring the rising planetscape. Catching her around the waist, he asks “Fancy a swim, lambie-toes?”

“Ain't gonna be dirtside long enough for swimmin',” Mal informs him gruffly. “We drop off Inara an' then we're straight back in the air an' on our way to Kerry. Fanty an' Mingo wants us there, soon as.”

Wash glares mutinously out of the viewports. Then a thought occurs to him.

“Fanty and Mingo ... Didn't we have a disagreement with them two years back? A disagreement that ended up with Jayne getting run out of a perfectly good whorehouse with his pants round his ankles?”

“By-gones,” Mal says, dismissing the pilot

Comments
Thursday, 08 June 2006 00:46
Just wonderful, as ever. I was mesmerized throughout this chapter, easily visualized with such deft character development leading into the movie. I haven't read the comic series but your writing from whatever you're drawing from that is completely seamless, descriptions, dialog, character actions--beautiful work.
Friday, 09 June 2006 17:06
You can clearly see the stress in this part and it is painful but well realised. I loved Mal's insight that Simon always expects too much of people, holding them to a higher benchmark than they may be able to achieve. Interesting little peek into Inara's motivation with respect to the Captain and so sad for Simon feeling that he will never be Mal's first love. Hope they can work that one out so the two of them can relax and find some happiness. Really sad at Book leaving, just one more break in the glue holding them all together. Really pleased as *diyu* to see you writing again. You have been missed. Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me
Sunday, 11 June 2006 16:26
I'm horrible and falling behind and... I sat and reread the whole thing from the start.

I just... adore it. The tension and the terror and gah.

I wish I'd taken notes. There's so much to say that now I can't remember.

There's one line that really stood out at me. Mal thinking about the expectations of his crew, and that all he can offer them is a place to stay.

That just hit me so very hard. Because that is all he can over...but in giving them that, he's giving them so much more. And he's just not understanding how important the home he's created for the crew truly is.

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