Saw That Coming part1
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Been a while. Not much to say....ZBP
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 3446 RATING: 10.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
Saw That Coming : Part 1
Players
Hugo Frisbie- Owner/Proprietor of “ The Bar & Steel”
Billy, Wild Bill- laid-off mechanic
Stranger #1
Stranger #2
Prologue
This beginning of the story takes place in Badger territory, the seedier side of the big city of Persephone. Badger’s hole isn’t the only place where shady, lawless deals are to be made. There are other sewer bowls that populate the nicer areas of the Alliance influenced part of the verse……but that is for the reader to find out why things are the way they are….stay tuned for updates.
Personal note: I’ve become inspired a bit by the resent announcement that Firefly will resume it’s short run epi-ventue on the Science Channel. As a firm browncoat I wait with enjoyable enthusiasm for the time it will be aired. I remain in the holding pattern which was established by Joss when he sequestered that loyal browncoats ( both present and future) stay the course and FF goody-ness would, by faith, possibly return. I’m there, and I will hold…..ZBP
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Hugo Frisbie leaned with his arms across the bar looking at the number of individuals that had gathered within the “Bar & Steel” this fine mid-evening weeknight. Not much to speak of. Six patrons of the less respectable cliental…..but that much was to be expected.
Hugo was of the street gutter society himself. Born and raise in the slums of a city that only shined it’s spectacle light on folk that registered it’s ability to produce outstanding citizens of wholesome goodness, and provided them with the fantasy that their city cultivated the opportunity to acquire the perfect life.
Born of a border world, Hugo had drifted into the ranks of the freedom fighters when war had broken out. Now, having been on the losing side, and having gotten himself into some trouble post-war, he had spent some time in the penitentiary. Once released, he had decided to begin his own business.
The “ Bar & Steel” was his establishment
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Yepper, it’s been a while since I’ve actually sat down and typed out some thoughts on the old machine here. Feels good to get back to it. Hope the two of you have been doing well. We here at the ZBP house have been doing good so I haven’t much to gripe about except working a lot, but come to think of it I shouldn’t be griping about having a job at all.
Ok, back to the little fan-fic that’s going on here.
Alison, you are totally correct in your view that Bester doesn’t sound like Bester. There is a reason for that, you see Bester is on his best behavior ( or Bester behavior….lol) at the moment. Why? I’ll tell ya. See he was laid-off from his 3rd mechanics job two weeks ago and although unemployment in the verse is not uncommon…. he wasn’t let go for economic reasons. You see Bester has a lazy streak in him ( as shown in the FF episode OOG). He doesn’t believe in doing today what he can put off until tomorrow. That’s what got him canned from Serenity in the first place and what also lost him the other two jobs. Actually if he would have fixed Mal’s ship he would have never met up with, and had a raw, unprotected hump session with Kaylee so truth being, and excuse the pun, he screwed his own gorram self….lol.
His still makes a bit of coin now and then working odd jobs ( fixing hovercraft and stuff) but the work he finds doesn’t pay well.
Now, he finds he has a chance to make a fair amount of change (money) and he doesn’t have to rely on his mechanical skills to get it. A little info about Serenity may take him a long way it seems, and the added bonus of seeing the captain and chief mechanic get into some kind of trouble just adds icing to the cake. Not that he’d want any harm to befall them, but a little revenge sure would be sweet.
Just to let you know that as the story progresses the true Bester that we know and really like will become more apparent.
Thanks for the input ladies, I always enjoy your feedback!
ZBP
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