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ONE MAN’S TRASH (08) Part (04)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Everybody wants to talk to the Captain.

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ONE MAN’S TRASH (08)

Part (04)

Follows . Precedes .

The series so far:

Everybody wants to talk to the Captain.

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Working together, Zoe and Inara managed to get Mal down the ladder into his bunk in one piece, despite his protestations that he didn’t need no help, delivered in a more pronounced Shadow accent than usual. He was snoring before Inara even left the room. Zoe headed off Dr Ip, who was prowling the halls of Serenity with a Where’s-the-Captain? look.

It was a subdued group that sat down to a late dinner that night. Kaylee looked all done in, and was nodding into her plate. Girl had done a hard day’s work, scouring every salvage yard within range for parts, yet unable to buy because the Captain’s funds were still hung up. Simon was concerned for Kaylee and didn’t have much to say otherwise, other than to report to Zoe that his quest for medicines to re-stock Serenity’s infirmary was only partially successful, and again, that he was out of funds. Inara was thoughtful. Zoe herself was uncomfortable, the tight waistband of her pants digging into her abdomen, no matter how upright

Comments
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 14:48
Ooh. You know, your theory about where Mal's had contact with Reavers is better than mine. Nice.

Still have to explore mine, of course, can't exactly change course at this point, but in the future, I may have to adopt your theory.

As for the rest, the money problems, the slowly leading them towards looking through the garbage (for job and parts, though it IS Beylix), all very interesting. And I think I might have an idea now just who IS responsible for their account flag.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 15:38
I liked Mal taking River's advice about treasure from trash. As for Ip that boy is still so niave but has a good heart. Hopefully Jayne will be able to get them a job so they can earn enough coin to keep going. I also liked Mal's thinking, working out where the Reavers had come from and how the Alliance/Blue Sun had used them on both sides during the war. Chilling stuff. Very shiny, ebfiddler, I am giving you a 10! Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
ZOESMOM
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:58
"reckon Jayne’d had a good time reconnecting"

Yes, I imagine so...
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 17:01
Hmm interesting turn of events. Nice that IP is pulling his weight in his own way and getting to stay, I mean how else is River suppose to convince him to take her out dancing?

So where's part 9?
ZOESMOM
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 17:49
Do you think Ip knows how to dance? I mean, I am sure River would like to take him dancing, but unless he signed up for the Irish Step Dancing class to fulfill his PE requirement in college I would bet the man has never seen a dance floor.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 17:50
Also: hee. Jayne and Janice. (Jayne's nice?)
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:26
Ah, yes, Reavers. Before I started writing my stories, I wrote down a bunch of thoughts about Reavers. Always seemed to me that Mal knew an awful lot about Reavers, the way he went on and on during the episode Bushwhacked. So either he was spinning goushi for Harken, like Jayne said, or...he really knew a lot about Reavers. And if he did know, why did he know so much? So I sat down and worked it out. More about Reavers in upcoming stories.

Jayne and Janice: got her name from the Jaynestown script, where the woman Jayne hooks up with is described as having "a Janis Joplin carnality" to her.

River definitely wants to go dancing with Ip. We'll see what comes of this. ZoesMom, I'd be willing to bet that Ip went to some kind of dancing classes at college or grad school--the kind where you don't have to show up with a partner, like international folk dancing.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 19:13
In one of the visual companions, Tim Minear discusses an idea for one of his scripts that never saw daylight (though since leaked to the internet, google Tim Minear "Dead or Alive"). At one point he thought he might have Mal and the crew walking together around a carnival, and Kaylee becomes alarmed by a man in chains dressed up like a Reaver. Mal reassures her and tells her that can't be a real Reaver, because a real Reaver in chains and captivity would EAT itself.

Way to calm those fears, Mal.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 04:16
GREAT continuing episode ebfiddler. I really enjoy the way you’re weaving so many different aspects of the story all together, Reavers, Alliance, River & Ip, Jayne & Janice. By the by Janis Jopin was actually is from my neck of the woods……ha..ha.

Anyhoo, Reavers having been introduce well into the verse before Miranda? Methinks if this be so then maybe that planet wasn’t so much a failed Parliament experiment as a successful one? I like the idea of the high end government powers using them during the war. Perfect way to hide what’s really going on, still what is really going on with that? I’m sure you will get to it at some point, so I’ll catch it then.

I am waiting for your next chapter soon as you can get it posted!

See ya, BPZ

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