SHADOW (07) Part (02)
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Serenity gets under way with a cargo of cattle.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4356 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
SHADOW (07)
Part (02)
Follows . Precedes . The series so far: Serenity gets under way with a cargo of cattle. This section PG-13, edging toward R on account of language. What can I say? It’s Jayne’s fault. | * * * Ip Neumann hurried through the crowds at Eavesdown Docks toward Serenity with an excited step. He’d been in touch with his former thesis advisor at Harcliffe University. He filled her in on his adventures and doings since leaving Blue Sun. He told her about the contacts he’d made, the plans he had. She’d been skeptical, wondering, then excited. She had just the thing, she said, and would wave him back shortly. Professor Rao was as good as her word. Within the day, she had waved him back with exciting news. She had a continuing grant to study gravitational field anomalies, and a custom-built piece of laboratory equipment was waiting at the premises of Kirkegaard and Rhim Laboratories on the outskirts of Persephone City. It had been awaiting suitable arrangements for transportation and a qualified person to run the experiment. Persephone to Beylix was a suitable run for the experiment, provided that the route went by way of the Georgia System and the
You! It's the writers fault! Get him!
(It's very good, but DANG, man! You're too good at making my stomach drop into my shoes)
Love the way you're bringing Wash back, as Mal's Wingman.
I noticed in the last chapter Inara almost told Mal she hadn't been feeling well, but was interrupted again, the moment was lost, but dang, it's going to be painful when that revelation comes out, good dramatic tension, in other words;)
looking for more
Platonist, I just love writing Wash. The Mal / Wash scene was written long before rest of this story. I'd bring Wash in much more often if only he weren't dead!
Platonist and Byte: (ominous music) re Inara's illness and secrets: Long-running tension build, part of the long-term story arc. won't be a short-term resolution. Prepare for more stomach drops, Byte.
And all of you: You guys are so awesome! The enthusiastic response to Jayne's scene has inspired me! (*runs off to write more Jayne stuff to include in upcoming sections of this story*)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Ali D, I'm glad you liked the bit of Zoe POV at the end. Her healing process is important, and I don't want to lose sight of it, even when the action is focussed on other characters.
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