Translation
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
An interlude in the same 'verse as "Head Trauma" and "Focus on the Fine Qualities of Dinosaurs". Kaylee has a problem. Does River have the solution?
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 1867 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
Read: , , Translation, “The irony involved… The mind just… is boggled?” Mal laughed at Inara, who was herself too busy laughing to be bothered with issues of grammar. The entire group was reunited and they were winging towards Arabesque, but only now had the story of River’s defeat of the captain of Clytemnestra been related. Inara was seated opposite Mal; when she had helped Simon carry in several boxes of fresh vegetables from her shuttle, Jayne had awarded her the head of the table, relegating Mal to the foot. He took it in good humor, seating Zoe to his right and River to his left – a barrier, he said, between himself and any food-pinching mercenaries. River’s immediate response was to nick a slice of tomato from his plate, but when he scowled at her she pretended to be feeding it to the plastic stegosaurus she had brought with her to the table. “He’s herbivorous, and there’s nothing on the bridge except dust-bunnies.” Jayne scowled down at his dinner. In between the tomatoes and oil and herbs were little round beige things like tiny skulls. “What the hell is this?” He grumbled, holding one out with his chopsticks to see if it looked more palatable from a distance. Everyone burst out laughing again, and didn’t stop until Jayne had joined in. “It’s a chickpea,” Inara stuttered. “Oh, ‘cause that makes it so much better. Couldn’t you’ve come back from your fancy ‘do with some kinda meat?” The plaintive look on his face set her off again, and that got the rest of the crew laughing. As it wound down, Simon spoke. “So, Captain, how’s it feel to be dead?” “Lot like bein’ alive. Albatross,” he asked, turning his attention towards River, “why’d you feel the need to kill me off; just to get my ship, or you got some wheels turnin’ in the
I also loved the tomato thing, and Jayne's annoyance at the chickpeas. Also glad River set Simon straight about Kaylee! Good work.
:D
BEB
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