Blue Sun Room FICTION - DRAMA

Diplomatic Immunity, Part 8: Mighty Fine Shindig II

Thursday, November 10, 2005

The Alders' Fete. Inara's plans are partially revealed; Simon's Parliamentary run hits a snag.

CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 3126    RATING: 9.0 (PG)    SERIES: FIREFLY

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Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss Whedon, except for Carter Lang and Rosemarie Velaine, and John and Marina Alder, who are mine. Mainly because I haven't the courage to stick in a Mary Sue. Also because Joss is awesome. Will continue to live vicariously through Mal.

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EDIT: Changed some stuff so Simon is more hapless. Because apparently I suck at writing unfortunate Simon utterances.

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This is Chapter 8 of the story that began here:

and continued here:

and is a continuation of Our Co-Pilot Tam, which can be found

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The dance ended, the final strains wafting from the violin over the room. Kaylee, standing by the wall, looked around for Simon, who was just parting company from one of the Alders' female friends. She waved to him, but he didn't seem to notice, and was swept up by Inara, who drew him over to the other side of the hall.

John Alder stepped up to her left. “I hope I'm not too old to claim a dance with you, Miss Frye,” he asked.

“No,” Kaylee replied. “That is, yes—I would like to dance.” She took John's hand, and let him lead her back toward the center of the floor. Several older couples had taken the floor, along with General Lang and Rosemarie (who had not danced with anyone else, though the General had made the rounds), and, incongruously, so had Mal, leading out the woman in the red dress and

Comments
Thursday, 10 November 2005 11:56
Excellent, but boy wouldn't I love to slam one of Jayne's right hooks into Gabriel Tam's scheming face. Can't wait for the next part. Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me
Thursday, 10 November 2005 12:32
Just got all caught up. And caught up, too. Nice work, and interesting also.
Thursday, 10 November 2005 16:08
<SIGH> Does anyone just want to smack Kaylee once in a while? For once, Simon didn't say anything stupid and was actually standing up for her, and she STILL throws a fit. Despite being a dedicated S/K shipper, I'm almost rooting for Simon to hand her over to Jayne. At least then she'll know her man isn't planning anything sneaky.

On the other hand, Mal calmly asking three fighting Companions if he's interrupting anything is perfect. I can even see the slightly amused expression he'd be wearing.
Thursday, 10 November 2005 18:26
While I don't want her to be with Jayne anytime soon, I do have to agree with ManicGiraffe. He's doing all this for her. To do the right thing. This isn't the time for her to be petty, if she knows what's at stake.

But still am looking forward to seeing how all this turns out.
Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:41
Damn, I feel bad for Simon. If he does the right thing for his sister, he loses kaylee. If he does the right thing for kaylee, then he cant do right by his sister. Kaylee needs to see what Simon is going through and stand by him while he does whats right for his sister. Its not all about her.

Anyway, just had to get that off my chest. great work! keep em coming, NEED to know what happends next!

- Bizzrat -
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Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:42
oh yeah, i was a little flusterd about the fact that there was no river... lol, Keep up the good work

- Bizzrat -
Friday, 11 November 2005 00:14
Changed some stuff, as apaprently I'm not all that good at writing Simon being not all that good at communicating. Definitely, it's not supposed to be all on Kaylee's end.
Friday, 11 November 2005 00:26
Yeah, that makes more sense now. I especially liked the "We'll talk later". She's not completely unreasonable and writing him off, and is willing to work it out if he can stop sticking his foot in his mouth.
Friday, 11 November 2005 19:59
gabriel, kaylee, simon...i wanna hit them all sometimes...but then i feel bad and settle for just yelling at the screen

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