Even Roses Have Thorns, Chapter Thirty-Seven
Saturday, February 3, 2007
River has an epiphany, some background is revealed about Mal's prisoner, and Serenity arrives on Oisris for Simon's final surgery. Nothing ever goes smooth. Canon pairings +1 (River/ofc). PG13.
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Even Roses Have Thorns
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Culpam poena premit comes (Punishment closely follows crime as its companion.) Part II
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, , , , , , , , *** *** *** With a sad expression, River closed the infirmary door and locked it. “Love, I think the Captain meant for you to be on the other side of the door.” Ceres pointed out gently, though she didn’t bother to hide her amusement from the other reader. “He didn’t specify.” It was clear the River didn’t share the other girl’s amusement at their situation. “He doesn’t understand. Thinks you’re a danger to us, to his crew. He won’t stand for that. You’re his prisoner, his responsibility.” River blinked the tears back. “I won’t let him hurt you.” The older, smaller girl crossed the small gap between them to hold her lover. River let herself be led, unthinkingly – only to find, in an instant, the infirmary door unlocked, opened, shut and locked again – with her on the wrong side. As River drew breath to let off a blood-curdling string of curses, she felt a gentle touch on her mind. And I won’t let you lose your place here. Swirls of unintelligible emotions – dusk purples and reds and blues flowed out from River, before they settled into the burnished gold of indignant anger. You are out of your tiny, little, mind!
tkid, thank you for your suggestion - I hope you find Ceres' background illuminative.
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Still...this was definitely a brilliantly-executed chapter, girlfan! Between River's rant to Ceres and the trap at the hospital, things definitely were anything but smooth for the BDHs;)
BEB
Mal wimped out on the shot - although I expected him to. It doesn't take much for him to mentally add someone to the crew, and he no doubt see Ceres with the same eye he uses on River (rightly or wrongly); someone to be protected, not killed. Or, also likely: he just didn't want to take orders from her to shoot him. He's onery that way.
And Simon didn't get his hand, and the actual functioning doctor got shot, too. Serenity is hard on its medical personnel. Will Aren want to stick around after this? Getting shot at was certainly not something she signed up for.
Great work, once again!
-AJ
Nice to have some more background on Ceres. She's a rather intruiging character.
The entire moment between the captured Ceres and Mal was superbly well written, the definite highlight of an already brilliant chapter.
The teensy scene with Inara at the end certainly makes things all manner of interesting.
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