Back Stories II, Chapter 19
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Zoë’s plans for a peaceful day get interrupted.
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Many thanks: fireflyfans.net members: and for beta-reading and for the artwork. Links: Prequels: The Fish Job () (), Easy Tickets () (), and Book I () (). Timing, pairings, and canon blurbs are in my . House of Huāzhù, Highgate When waking up on a strange world, it’s nearly impossible to guess the time. Zoë didn’t like that. She had a few habits dating back to her earliest days as a little girl on a sharply run military vessel, one of which was to know as much as possible about your situation. Too much information isn’t likely to hurt you, but too little surely will. Still, she couldn’t make herself untangle from Wash’s arms and search the small room for the timepiece she’d thrown aside with her clothes. She could only lay still and study the large daisy-like orange flowers on the walls and ceiling. The paint glowed in diffuse sunlight that thin yellow curtains did little to dim; it was bright enough in here to be midday. Which it might very well be. The weight of a long, long sleep laid hea
How’s this ending? Did I manage to surprise you? I tried! Actually, a lot of the hell of writing the last 4-5 chapters was sorting out Tori, setting her up for this scene. It was tricky because I’d posted a preview of her interaction with Simon and Kaylee (the one Ginger overheard eons ago) and I had to gel that with Tori’s mentality and S/K’s budding relationship. Oh, the dangers of posting before the writing is done! It was quite a puzzle to plan these interactions, as well to narrate them through the flashbacks in a somewhat sensible way.
nbz – Yes, I’m definitely getting into the funner to write stuff! The next chapter… well, I’ll talk about that after I post it. *rubs hands eagerly*
freeverse – “Billy” is Will. He’s been out of the plot for a while, but coming back into things now…
platonist – “OK, only for you, mal4prez, would I consider reading this much Kaylee/Simon.” And I have no explanation for why I write so much of them! Glutton for punishment, I guess… (Don’t hurt me Leiasky LOL!) No, actually, I like them fine when their scenes are down on paper, it’s just the getting there that’s hard.
As far as Book III – I’m having thoughts of ending Book II at the end of the next chapter. Haven’t put that to a vote with my betas yet, and it might not be such a satisfying ending for readers. A few outstanding issues resolve and it reaches a good milestone for me. I guess I find some emotional resolution, not plot resolution, if that makes any sense. It’s enough for me. Might not be enough for you. I’ll be interested in hearing what you think.
In any case, the events after the next chapter I really look forward to writing, so I think I’ll have the momentum to keep going without a big break. So, shorter answer to your question Platonist: my dance thing (which has been ongoing) ends after this weekend, and I’ll more time to write, plus plot that sucks me in. So things look good for Book III.
A very interesting chapter. The crew escape, a trap is set by Will/Ginger, the Tams are caught in an entirely different trap.
I think there may be something about traps in this chapter. :P
I really want someone to run into Inara Soon!!!
And were they able to take the cap with them? I still have hopes that Mal will get better. It must be so hard for Zoe having to be in charge of him for a change. Role reversal is tough.
Emotional resolution vs. plot resolution - not sure what you mean but I hope it means more Mal/Inara. Inara gets her wish, I hope, to meet the kind of man Mal was before the war changed him.
Hope the next part is fun for you to write - because it sure is fun to read!
You can't take the sky from me
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