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EXPECTATIONS (04) Part (02)

Monday, June 27, 2011

Serenity’s new cargo comes with a complication. Mal and Zoe meet the contact at a dusty dive.

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EXPECTATIONS (04)

Part (02)

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Serenity’s new cargo comes with a complication. Mal and Zoe meet the contact at a dusty dive.

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Later that same day, Ip Neumann decided to pay a visit to the offices of Holden Brothers. He thought he’d inquire about when Captain Reynolds’s ship was expected to arrive, and potential supercargo or technical advisor positions that would get him aboard that ship. The open-plan office was a hive of activity. Jack Holden had emerged from his private office, as he did periodically, to stir his employees into a frenzy of activity. The place resembled a beehive under attack by a honeybadger. Everyone, including the receptionist, was in a tizzy, and Neumann decided the better course of action was simply to sit in the reception area and wait for the hive to return to a more sedate hum. Besides, the attack of the honeybadger was quite entertaining to watch.

Jack Holden confronted a young man at his desk. “Jeffrey, any word on that shipment of terraforming gear from Beaumonde?

“None at all, Mr Holden. I’ve tried contacting Serenity at least five times today.”

“Well, keep trying. Carlton Beier is on fire to get his shipment in. He risks having to shut down operations completely if he doesn’t have the gear in place, and that’ll cost him millions a day. He’s been paging me endlessly for the last three days and I expect he’ll be shadowing my every

Comments
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 01:44
...He's... Taking Inara for a dinner with a slaver who likes to trade in women.

Yep, this is gonna go great.

*face palm @ Mal*
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 01:51
Hmm...maybe I didn't make this clear.
Mal's taking Inara to dinner with the buyer of the legitimate cargo (that Buck Holden gave him in Adventures in Sitting). The slaver/drug dealer is the guy who runs the illegal salvage yard, where they're hoping to get replacement parts for the ship.
Sorry for the confusion.
Still...yeah, uh, it's gonna go great. ;-) Both transactions.
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 02:01
Oops!

Either way I'm ready for some hilarious folly and Inara indignance, which is the best kind of indignance.

Provided the slaver hasn't already heard of Serenity's lovely ladies and there's scheming afoot.
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 02:06
On reread: no, it was clear, I'm just dense. It says "buyer" and the slaver they're getting spare mechanical parts from would therefore be a seller.
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 05:24
Very cool and nice length. Looking forward to the next part.
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 17:06
I really liked this but no way could I see Mal dealing with a Slaver. As for Ip Neumann, I'm thinking there may be an airlock with his name on it in his future. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Friday, 01 July 2011 13:53
Thanks for your comments!
We'll see, very shortly, how Mal deals with the slaver. So you think Neumann needs to keep a lookout for those airlocks? Dangerous things, airlocks.

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