Back Stories II, Chapter 10
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Young Kari gets a new chance at life, Inara asks for help, and the bad guys get closer to finding Serenity. (warning: NC17 for pseudo non-con)
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4017 RATING: 9.0 (NC17) SERIES: FIREFLY
Disclaimer: It belongs to Joss and all those business people. I'm just playing.
Rating: PG to NC17. I will not put warnings on each chapter, because I don't want to give things away. In general, don't be getting into any of this if you're not prepared for adult storylines, violence, explicit sexual content, and - oh my - bad words.
Many thanks: fireflyfans.net members: and for beta. Links: Prequels: The Fish Job () (), Easy Tickets () (), and Book I () (). Timing, pairings, and canon blurbs are in my . Fifteen years ago: House Medrassa, Sihnon The wisp-thin woman is old. Her age can be seen in the deep lines on her face and the color of her hair: silver-gray broken by a few tasteful hints of what may have been her original blonde. But she lowers herself onto a wing-backed chair across a tea table from Kari with the dignified grace of a much younger woman, settling so lightly that her weight doesn’t seem to bow the chair’s gold-yellow brocade. She’s holding a sheaf of papers in one hand. Kari recognizes them – her application to the Guild. The pages are filled with all the required personal information and essays, meticulously w
About this one: again, these Kari chapters are not my favorites, but they serve their purpose. The whole issue of lies and the Guild I find interesting; it wasn’t something I planned but the Priestess just went there. And it makes sense to me, that they have a culture of embracing emotional dishonesty, and would be open about it to a young applicant.
Icky ending, huh? Sorry about that, it’s another thing that just happened.
As to the future: only one more chapter of young Inara, and two more chapters on Highgate’s moon, then we’re off to new things. It’ll be time to hear about the crew, finally. Yay!
And you have to love it when things just happen like that when you're writing, don't you? Takes you places you don't expect, happpy or otherwise, and presents interesting opportunities to write.
Anyway, enough blathering on from me... I'm sure you don't need me telling you how wonderful you are all over again ;o> And you need to include these author notes over on your LJ!! ;oP
And Ginger really needs to go elsewhere to have her needs met and end Will's life very painfully!
And nack to posting once a week? Ohh, yay!
I can't help feeling bad for her, though...twelve is a young age to make a monumental life altering commitment.
And as we see, in her HOG breakdown, it starts to take its emotional toll in regards to her relationship with Mal, who is demanding nothing less than emotional honesty, when her true feelings are revealed to him, via a mutual friend, Nandi.
It would make sense that she would find no other recourse, but to RUN AWAY, like a scared bunny.
But she does come back, confusing us even more. Now my head hurts.
Good work with Ginger -- that scene with Will playing her was very nicely done. She is not-so-sympathetic yet you have given her a real set of guts and brains; so we care when Will works her over mentally.
Keep it up -- can't wait for more.
I love that you brought back mr. universe. Do we know why he lives alone on his private moon? He seems to enjoy people so much? The love bot being down for repairs, was hilarious.
Poor Ginger, I keep expecting her to flip and save the day. Maybe shoot Will in the head. I probably owuld have in this chapter.
But oh dear our hero's are in trouble on Highgate, with noone but Inara to save them. Oh the tension......
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