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Even Roses Have Thorns, Chapter Forty-Two

Monday, March 5, 2007

Simon's elastic snaps. PG13 (violence). Canon pairings +1(River/ofc). Reposted due to seriously annoying formating issue.

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Chapter Forty-Two: Veluti in speculum (As in a mirror) Part III

A/N: How You Remind Me is by Nickelback, and Running up that Hill is by Kate Bush.

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When Zoë first passed the cargo bay, she saw Kaylee chattering away to Jayne while she helped him by spotting. When Zoë passed an hour later, they were still there, though Jayne had clearly finished his workout and the two were caught in some deep conversation. Zoë shook her head. That girl really needed to learn how to keep private business private.

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Jayne breathed out as he hoisted the weights back into their cradle. He swung his legs over the side of the bench and patted the place next to him for Kaylee to sit next to him, finally deciding to offer a tiny perspective on her bizarre almost-monologue. “See, it ain’t like that at all, lil’Kaylee,” he tried, once again, to explain. “It’s just we ain’t a whole lot better than them ruttin’ hundans who beat on ‘im he says no, and we make him anyway. Yer a girl. Wouldna thought I’d have to explain that no means no.”

“Well, ain’t like he didn’t agree, Jayne. Just gots cold feet is all,” Kaylee reasoned. “We gotta fix him Jayne, ain’t right ta leave him like this, all broken an’ all.”

Well, that had really been Jayne’s final argument. If she couldn’t understand that – well, he didn’t know what to offer her by way of reason, ‘cause she sure didn’t seem in the mood or market for it today. He thought again. If he couldn’t get her to stop pressing

Comments
Monday, 05 March 2007 21:16
Gah! I have posted. That's all I can say about that, except to say thank to all of you reading and commenting.

Also, for anyone who missed it, I'll repost my CLARIFICATION comment from the last chapter:

>Would be interesting to see a counterpoint to this chapter by having the next one focus solely on River as she experiences everything Ceres just did

Alas, this *was* the counterpoint. This is Ceres' first day of capture - this is the counterpoint to River with Mal on the bridge in Chapter 38.
Monday, 05 March 2007 21:50
i am so so sorry i made you repost :'(

erm. I'm kinda drunk. I'll apologise better when I'm sober

I really love this fic and I'm so sorry!!!!!!!!
Monday, 05 March 2007 21:53
>i am so so sorry i made you repost :'(

erm. I'm kinda drunk. I'll apologise better when I'm sober

We're good, dude, don't sweat it. These things happen.
Monday, 05 March 2007 21:55
I'm rating it ten again cos it's THAT good. and I feel THAT bad.



whoa dont mix portugese rose and vodka. Ever.
Monday, 05 March 2007 23:06
> Jayne disengaged himself from the rather one sided conversation, and got up to shower the sweat and rampant stupidity from his skin.

And that, right there, sums it all up. As I said a chapter or so ago, when it's JAYNE being the compassionate and considerate one, you know something is seriously f'ed up.

I usually like figuring out "ok, how we gonna get out of this one?", but I'm honestly at a loss for what you'll do with Kaylee. Even Zoe seems to be at the "not gonna deal with it" stage, Jayne's big brother advice didn't make a dent, and Simon is way beyond trying to reason with her. I very much look forward to your solution (even if the solution is to not solve it and they go their separate ways - that happens sometimes, even to good people).

I somehow find it exceptionally creepy that Simon, River and Ceres are singing the same song. Simon already "snapped" a bit, but it didn't seem to bring him any peace - I'm cringing in anticipation of a major explosion here. You put the nutty doctor, the trained assassin, and the OTHER trained assassin in each other's heads, and this could get quite messy.
Tuesday, 06 March 2007 01:15
Oh...the sheer level of utter brilliance here was flabbergasting, girlfan! Especially in how you've achieved what I thought was utterly impossible: making Kaylee a completely unlikable character who I want to rip into for being a manipulative bitch. Even when TamSibling was setting the standard for Bitch!Kaylee in the epic "A New..." trilogy of tales, I still had some ounce of compassion. But here? Oooh...definitely Bizarro World time;D

And the linking of Simon, River and Ceres? Completely spine-chilling in its creepiness and utterly spectacular:D

BEB
Tuesday, 06 March 2007 01:18
Okay, I just joined so I haven't commented any other chapters but I absolutely love it. River is my favorite character and you really portray her well—along with everyone else in the story.

Pretty much it is just awesome and this chapter was amazing. I would seriously hate to be the guard who's victim was singing like that.

ALSO, I absolutely love Running up that Hill, though I've never heard the Kate Bush version. Placebo has a cover of it that I love, you have awesome taste in music. :•)
Tuesday, 06 March 2007 04:06
gotta agree with what has already been said... brillant work...great take on Kaylee. Her insecurities can make her obnoxiously controlling, especially in regards to Simon. I always thought of her as the epitome of "how to lose a guy in thirty days". (sorry Kaylee lovers, clingy gals can bug)

really enjoyed this chapter!
Wednesday, 07 March 2007 01:24
Spine, meet Simon. Simon, meet your spine.

If we can't have Simon/Ceres, my vote is still for Simon/Zoe. Or Simon/anyone so long as Kaylee isn't in the picture. I swear that girl is getting more and more irritating. But if Simon isn't willing to stand up for himself, he's asking for Kaylee and Mal to walk all over him.

On the issue of Mal, could someone hit the dense Captain with a cluebat?

Love that Simon, River, and Ceres are singing the same songs.

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