WELL!!!!! CSTS was ruttin' AWESOME - we had a terrific time, our fan film came off great, and we had, I think, over 500 participants! So, exhausted and elated though I am, I just can't bear to leave anyone hanging. ;) So here's some responses!

Angellemarcs, awww - that's sweet of you to say. And whaddya know, it's Monday - which means MOAR!!!! Omnomnomnom.

PhyreLight, is that perchance a commentary on how the posts read when you get them? ;) Hee hee. Thank you, as always.

Jane0904, thank you, VERY much. I think a bit of description is vital in a fic like this and it's very pleasing to know it works. Here's hopin' you're okay with the exit strategy. :D

Katesfriend, boy, am I glad you're continuing to read and enjoy this. Nope, I didn't include River just to prattle about the train....she had a key role to play in all this....hee hee. How sad would we have been if she hadn't gotten to play it? ;) And how, indeed, are they going to get out of this mess in all its eventualities? Still workin' it through.

AMDOBELL, heya!!!! Welcome aboard!! :D Great to see you along for the ride! Thank you, thank you - I really was hopeful that River works well in this part and I'm pleased that you think so.

Oh-KAY! Let's get on with the venture, shall we? (Yes, I'm still highly bibbledy about CSTS. ;))

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The sky was still clear and black as pitch at Janus City's midnight hour: Roma had no moons, leaving naught but starshine to define the outlines of the ships moored in the spaceport. None were discernible until the shuttle, with Wash's night navigational talents under unusual duress, came in low over the main thoroughfare. Then two by two the ships loomed, themselves phantomlike, from the darkness on either side of the shuttle: Wash might almost have missed Serenity, half hidden behind a bulk freighter on the east side of the thoroughfa