.(Act 2)
Heavy breathing
‘well how’d I do?’
“honey – every inch of me was pleasured beyond imagination – especially a particular part of me”
Wash sighs and leans back ‘that's because you married a sex god’
Zoe is quiet
‘Hon what’s up something’s bothering you and considering my performance I doubt it’s me’
“it’s…it’s Mal he’s taking more risks than usual”
‘Brings an insane killer onboard, brings trouble onboard, agrees to work for badger” wash ticks of on his hand ‘and that's just last month’ wide eyed ‘your right’
“I’m sure he’ll settle down you know what the captains like”
‘something’s been bothering the guy for ages since before that bounty hunter incident and that means that’s not the reason’ Wash theorises
“we’ll never figure it out if we spend the next decade of our life tryin” declares Zoe
‘well in that case my lust filled black goddess of desire…’
“I thought you needed time to recover?” exclaims Zoe
‘I did and have – unless you’re not strong enough to keep up’ suggests Wash
“your gonna eat those words”
‘“Um ah ahahahoooh yes yes yes yes YES!”’
Book is walking across Persephone and enters the Abbey nodding at his fellow Sheppard’s – he reaches the abbot and lowers his head respectively
The abbot smiles “rise Book and tell us of your journey”
Back on serenity Kaylee is working in the engine room grumbling about the lack of maintenance Serenity receives
Simon is checking the infirmary – he finishes and leaves heading up the stairs and into the engine room
‘Am I interrupting something?’ he asks
Impressed but not surprised at the array of colourful curses in Mandarin and English mainly focussed on the questionable parentage of the previous mechanic and the sexual preferences of the Captain before she realises that she has an audience
Blushing she answers meekly “grav boots tacky again cos Captain Square won’t replace the component parts”
Simon thinks about