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ONE MAN’S TRASH (08) Part (06)

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Celebrating aphorisms: Jayne has made his bed, and now he must lie in it. The others turn trash into treasure.

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ONE MAN’S TRASH (08)

Part (06)

Follows . Precedes .

The series so far:

Celebrating aphorisms: Jayne has made his bed, and now he must lie in it. The others turn trash into treasure.

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“I’m sorry?” Simon said, stupidly.

“What the 地狱 dìyù are you doing here?” the man reiterated. “This is private property. Get the hell out.”

“I’m…” Simon, for once, was at a loss for words. The man confronting him was no fool, and something about him told Simon that he was trained to use weapons and wouldn’t hesitate to do so.

After the ship had been invaded by the bounty hunter Jubal Early, Mal had insisted that everyone aboard learn to handle firearms, and had given some basic training in handling a stand-off. Simon was trying to remember what he’d said. He knew that in a situation like this, Mal would have a plan. He’d have a plan, and it would probably work. Simon tried to think like Mal.

He kept his hands in plain sight. That he remembered from Mal’s training— “Don’t give ’em a reason to shoot you.” He knew Mal was working somewhere off to his lef

Comments
Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:21
And that's all, folks! For now. Story #9 picks up right where this one left off. Hope you enjoyed my "trashy" fanfic.
Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:30
Simon folded his arms disdainfully. “So because I can’t fly a shuttle, or a hovercraft—”

“Well what gorram good is that top three-percent brain a’ yours if you can’t even fly a gorram—”

“Gorrammit, Kaylee! You’re the mechanic! I’m just a rutting ship’s doctor! What the 地狱 dìyù do I know?”


I enjoyed the argument between Kaylee and Simon.

I also liked the "oh shit" moment when
Janice told Jayne it was his son. I was kind of rooting for it really to be.
Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:41
There's another Cobb in the verse! Who woulda imagined the day Jayne had progeny?

...Don't tell Simon.
Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:45
Oh, oops. I should finish reading before I respond, heh.
Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:48
...And now I am imagining the day when Simon finds out there are little Jaynes running around the verse.

Poor, poor Simon.
Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:31
Very enjoyable though I found it hard to believe that Kaylee would not have been able to fathom out how to fly the shuttle or send a coms to Serenity asking River to talk her though it. Loved Jayne's brief dance with paternity and especially how kind he was to Janice afterwards when Simon was able to show Jayne wasn't the father. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:21
Now Simon is trying to think like Mal. That proves River is the smart one.

The Jayne and baby side plot was well done as was the ending.

Look forward to the next story arc... speaking of which where is it?
Friday, 21 October 2011 00:00
m52nick--I had great fun shaking things up between Simon and Kaylee. It seemed like it was time for there to be something other than puppies and rainbows for them. m52 and bytemite--I toyed with the idea of the child being Jayne's, but decided he wasn't--this time! Doesn't preclude the possibility of Jayne being a father in another time or place, does it? ;-) Ali D--the way I figure it, Kaylee's difficulty is with the start-up sequence, which has been mentioned in War Stories as something that can be unfathomable if you're not familiar with it (even Zoe couldn't fly the shuttle when Wash reconfigured the start-up sequence). Also, she's exhausted and beginning to get flustered. So glad you liked the scene between Jayne and Janice at the end. Nutluck--aw, come on, not _all_ of Mal's plans end with him getting shot ;-). Glad you liked Jayne's story here and the ending. Next story coming in five...four...three...
Friday, 21 October 2011 00:03
two...one...

so where is it?
Friday, 21 October 2011 01:34
_days_, Nutlick, my friend. Still finishing the revisions.
Friday, 21 October 2011 03:02
Set up AND the punchline. Nicely done.
ZOESMOM
Friday, 21 October 2011 13:34
Zoe's "carrying", River rides to Simon's rescue, the happy couple stood around bickering, the machine won't "speak" to Kaylee--lots of cute images in this episode. I liked the part where the baby doesn't turn out to be Jayne'e; even though somehow I would like him to have to deal with a baby, I liked the unexpected twist as well. I liked Sullivan's last line, sounds like there are possibilities there (like Mal working with a "purplebelly"?).
Saturday, 22 October 2011 01:59
Ebfiddler!

Holy Smokes….Janice & Jayne, & a little Jayne on the Cobb!! You certainly had me twist around with that. So it didn’t work out for Janice, I am sorry for her, yet I do think things worked out for the better.

Certainly looking forward to more of this story. There are so many possibilities.

Nice job, I am enjoying it thoroughly!!

BPZ
Saturday, 22 October 2011 03:08
Oh, I just heard from Jayne, he wants to RE-review his contract. He says he's okay with the explosive bombshells again.
GWG
Thursday, 03 November 2011 22:49
resolution:
FANFIC: MIA CHAP5 FINAL-CLASH OF THE TITANS BRUCEPLUTO
Had us a pretty good time…….we did! Name was…. Janice if I recall.”
Friday, 04 November 2011 19:51
Oh! Ha, I get it now. That is CLEVER.

Although you'd think nearly identical looking cousins from the same world would probably flag the same on a paternity test... Oh well. Rule of funny.

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