Blue Sun Room FICTION - GENERAL
TWO BY TWO BY TWO (10) Part (06)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Mal sells fruit, Inara sees a doctor, and Mrs Li offers free advice, tea and cookies.
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TWO BY TWO BY TWO (10)
Part (06)
Follows . Precedes . The series so far: Mal sells fruit, Inara sees a doctor, and Mrs Li offers free advice, tea and cookies. This chapter contains content that may be NSFW | * * * Mal waved the wholesale greengrocer. The man was a contact of a contact of a contact. Not the way Mal preferred to do business, but he didn’t have much choice. Never having hauled a cargo of fresh produce before, he considered himself lucky to have found a produce broker on Beaumonde willing to deal with the cargo. Pat Tao was a former Browncoat quartermaster sergeant, a contact Mal had made years ago when he was an in
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 15:31
I like Mrs. Li. :)
Some very interesting exposition in this chapter.
Some very interesting exposition in this chapter.
ZOESMOM
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 17:57
A guy named Pugh talking about how durians smell? Ha, ha!
And, I too thought Mrs Li sounded very sweet. I was half expecting her to say my great-grandmother's signature line: "If I'd know you was coming, I'd 'a baked you a cake!"
ROTFL bedroom scene! I get the very strong sense that this may have been Inara's last "conjugal" client. Mal's true love seems to have taken away her ability to even tolerate (much less enjoy) this type of work.
And, I too thought Mrs Li sounded very sweet. I was half expecting her to say my great-grandmother's signature line: "If I'd know you was coming, I'd 'a baked you a cake!"
ROTFL bedroom scene! I get the very strong sense that this may have been Inara's last "conjugal" client. Mal's true love seems to have taken away her ability to even tolerate (much less enjoy) this type of work.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 18:06
So, do I get a prize for writing the world's most unsexy sex scene? ;-)
Glad that someone appreciated the durian joke. Look up "no durians" on the web for some amusing signage and stories about this notorious Asian fruit.
I hope no one minded Mrs Li's accent. As I wrote her scene, she insisted upon behaving a bit like *my* great grandmother, who spoke English with an accent, so...
Glad that someone appreciated the durian joke. Look up "no durians" on the web for some amusing signage and stories about this notorious Asian fruit.
I hope no one minded Mrs Li's accent. As I wrote her scene, she insisted upon behaving a bit like *my* great grandmother, who spoke English with an accent, so...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:30
Oh no Inara! In bed with a stranger? And after accusing Mal of not being faithful? Doesn't bode well for either of them having a happy ending. Loved Mrs Li and that crack about wanting to adopt Mal. I'm thinking Mal has a lot of problems hanging on his tail, what with the satnavs being sabotaged first off then discovering Mrs Li's CCTV had been wiped but only for the week Serenity was on Pedro and it happened... Hmm, I smell a whole rotten nest of bad guys. Let's hope River is able to sense them and the danger surely pacing our valiant little crew. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:29
Ah, yes, durians. Imagine if you will a vanilla flavoured taste of apple ambrosia... That smells like a rotten egg bomb set off in a sewer.
Plug your nose and bottoms up.
Plug your nose and bottoms up.
Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:35
Oh, and very nice moment with Mal realizing the hypocrisy of Inara treating him like this when her job is basically to cheat on him.
On the other hand, he was willing to allow it, since that's what he assumes her secret guild business is anyway. So it's not like technically Inara wasn't doing something that Mal wasn't already expecting. Disappointing yes, but still not a dealbreaker for the relationship.
I imagine that now that Inara is more sane, she'll quickly realize what was really going on or have it explained to her. Or barring that, feel guilty about her own infidelity and by extension how she's treated Mal, which itself will subsequently led to some clarity.
On the other hand, he was willing to allow it, since that's what he assumes her secret guild business is anyway. So it's not like technically Inara wasn't doing something that Mal wasn't already expecting. Disappointing yes, but still not a dealbreaker for the relationship.
I imagine that now that Inara is more sane, she'll quickly realize what was really going on or have it explained to her. Or barring that, feel guilty about her own infidelity and by extension how she's treated Mal, which itself will subsequently led to some clarity.
Thursday, 26 January 2012 01:13
Hmmmmmmmmm……….defiantly trouble brewing on the horizon? Seems like a whole lot of headache up ahead for the crew of Serenity. One, they’ve got some bozo wanting to do them harm with sabotage. Best opportunity was at Mrs. Li’s dock. Then two, four fake Alliance security guards snooping around? That can’t be good. Mal better get his business done and be outta there as quickly as possible.
Also the guy calling the shots behind the produce deal. Bit of a nasty fellow seems to me. At least Inara seems to be coming to terms with her aggravation of what she thinks about Mal’s alleged cheating. I can understand her emotional state at this point. Heartbreaking for her…..still, Holy Smokes….that last client she was with, there had to be blubber!
Great read eb, very fun! ZBP
Also the guy calling the shots behind the produce deal. Bit of a nasty fellow seems to me. At least Inara seems to be coming to terms with her aggravation of what she thinks about Mal’s alleged cheating. I can understand her emotional state at this point. Heartbreaking for her…..still, Holy Smokes….that last client she was with, there had to be blubber!
Great read eb, very fun! ZBP
Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:31
Mrs. Li's a wonderfully fleshed character, eb.
Mal's job is rotting fruit, and Inara's night with her client is a "regret and forget”, yep, it’s Firefly, great chapter, post more.
Mal's job is rotting fruit, and Inara's night with her client is a "regret and forget”, yep, it’s Firefly, great chapter, post more.
Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:57
Ah, exposition! And all those nefarious plots and subplots. Mal and Inara will have to confront the issue of her job sooner or later, and clarify for each other what their expectations are. They've been ignoring the elephants for too long. "Rotten nest of bad guys" indeed. And "reaver chickens"? Just you wait...
Thanks for your comments, all of you.
Thanks for your comments, all of you.
Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:23
Those beady eyes, those terrible sharp beaks and spurs.
Can't you hear them? They are saying... "Do not cluck with us."
Can't you hear them? They are saying... "Do not cluck with us."
ZOESMOM
Friday, 27 January 2012 15:21
Perhaps the chickens are just someone's way of saying "Cluck you!" to Mal.
Friday, 27 January 2012 19:59
*looks for a place to insert the phrase "Reaver chickens" into upcoming story*
*cackles with laughter*
*cackles with laughter*
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