The Sereni-Tree, Dealings on Boros, and Mai-Quest 2

POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 16:13
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VOODOONELL

Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:15 PM

realising that the Sereni-tree people have all left, Nell hurries towards the portal,

'Darn these pretty butterflys! Should have gone with hawks wings, much quicker! '

With a last spurt of speed, she fly's through the closing portla, and lands in a sprawled heap on the floor of the brig.

'Hi.

My, that was graceful... I don't believe we met.... I'm Nell'

*grin*

LIGHTMEDARK

Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:19 PM

*seeing that no more of the odd tree folk are around, elemdee scurries in after the oddly attired one that he assumes is the leader of the bunch.*

*back in the odd room that he only recently woke up in and left, elemdee looks around with some signs of confusion starting to appear on his face.*

Ugh, my stomach hurts...where am I?

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http://www.xffx.net/blog <-inching towards daylight

RAT

Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:33 PM

(All shy like) Am I in the right place? I might be lost. you see I'm new, and I...OOOH, is that a pool table!!

-Ratboy

SAFEAT2ND

Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
Citizen pulled out a chair and let Bride6 sit down before taking a chair for himself. He waited for everyone else to take up positions around the table before speaking.
“I want to know who you two are, where you’re from, what you’re doing here, and why half the planets being blown up and the other half is being overrun with feds?” He leaned back in his chair. “And I want to know what you’re doing here on Boros, and I want to know now.”

Before anything can be said, Flechette steps into the room, placing 2 pitchers and several mugs on the table.
"Make sure you keep it civil Mr. Citizen... I don't want no trouble in my place." She looks warily at the strangers before stepping back out of the room and closing the door behind her.

Jack grabs one of the pitchers and fills a cup. After taking a long drink, he wipes his mouth on his sleeve and starts his story.

"Safe and I were part of a highly trained Alliance Special ops unit. We were the unit sent into Serenity Valley to “break the Browncoats back”.
The alliance couldn’t seem to break the Browncoats hold on the valley. The Browncoats kept losing numbers but remained tenacious and they kept inflicting huge Alliance casualties.
When our unit landed, there was one pocket of resistance left. The Alliance troop that we were assigned to, had captured a Browncoat soldier. The C.O. of the unit had taken over the questioning of the soldier. See, he had taken the Browncoat resistance quite personnaly. Felt he had sumptin' ta prove. He had near beaten the soldier to death when one of our crew told Safe what was going on. Safe arrived in time to stop the C.O. The rest of our crew and I arrived in time to see Safe standing between the C.O. and the beaten soldier.
“Get out of the way Captain. I asked that man a question and he refused to answer.”The C.O. hollered.
“Touch that man again and I guarantee it will be the last breath you draw.” Safe says to him all low a quiet like.
A few of the men from our unit already had questions concerning the Alliances motives in this war. Truth be told, most questioned it before that assignment, but being career military, we were trained not to question. I think Safe had grown to admire the Browncoats, I know I had. Plus this wasn't a soldier, just a regular Joe Blow fighting for his cause.
The C.O. had his hand on his holstered sidearm “Stand down Captain. On this backwater planet, I am Judge and jury and, may I remind you, your superior officer. So I say again, STAND DOWN, or I will gun you down like the dog you are.” But Safe stood silent and unflinching, and we were backin' him up."

Jack paused, taking another pull from his mug, emptying it.

"What happened next caught us all by surprise. The C.O. barks “Have it your way Captain.” and draws his gun. Nobody, including me, saw Safe draw his gun, but suddenly ther it was in his hand. When the last of the gunshots echoes had faded, the C.O. was lying on his back on the ground staring at the sky above as Alliance attack craft screamed by, a startled look on his face and a large hole in his forehead."

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

SAFEAT2ND

Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:29 PM

Safe picks up the story from there, "While most of what Jack said is true, he does tend to embelish.."

"That air attack was the final straw. The last of the Browncoat resistance were captured. We never saw what happened to them... woulda like to have met that man.."

Safe pauses lost in thought.

"Anyway, word musta got around. The Alliance high ups didn't take kindly to one of their C.O.s being... retired. He musta been well connected 'cause soon after that, men from my... err our unit started turnin' up dead. We've been on the run ever since. We're the last ones left. I had heard that one of my... err the men had holed up here."

Safe finishes tale by recounting their run in with the scar man.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

PSYCHICRIVER

Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:

*How can she explain this? She only just remembered. What must they think of me, man to man to man...and now him. She thinks to herself, 'I'm sorry.' PR tilts his head and crinkles his forehead as if he heard her words. she pauses, takes a deep breath and locks eyes with the doc*

Hesmyhusband.

*his draw drops…and so does Jack’s head when both PR and Simon let go of him at her words*

*she grabs their hands* Before you get upset, let me explain…

A step father whose a pirate? And a mother with a secret past...also as a pirate.

I'm guessing I had complicated childhood. *PR shook his head, remembering.* Will have, a complicated childhood. I guess.

So do I get to learn pirate-y skills?

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

SERYN

Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:28 PM

I can teach ya sword fightin' and shootin' and swinging from ropes if yeh be watin' ter learn.

Thats if your, ah, parents don't want to teach you themselves.

*sticks her hand out to shake* I'm Nell, pleased to meet you.

Can someone explain all this to me? Rackham? you never told me you were married!

Never mind a Daddy. God, how old were you?

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan." Enormous thank you to KOL for the pictures!

PSYCHICRIVER

Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
I can teach ya sword fightin' and shootin' and swinging from ropes if yeh be watin' ter learn.

Thats if your, ah, parents don't want to teach you themselves.

*sticks her hand out to shake* I'm Nell, pleased to meet you.

Can someone explain all this to me? Rackham? you never told me you were married!

Never mind a Daddy. God, how old were you?

Ooh..shootin! I ain't not never done shootin afore! :D

*Shake's Nell's hand.* Nice ta meet you too.

Wait a second...so, this man is my father?? Or just my mothers husband?

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

THEREALME

Monday, January 16, 2006 12:01 AM

On Boros:

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
"Anyway, word musta got around. The Alliance high ups didn't take kindly to one of their C.O.s being... retired. He musta been well connected 'cause soon after that, men from my... err our unit started turnin' up dead. We've been on the run ever since. We're the last ones left. I had heard that one of my... err the men had holed up here."

Safe finishes tale by recounting their run in with the scar man.

Throughout Safe and Jack's story, Bride6 sits at the table, watching them with wide eyes and a mouth making a tiny little "o". When they are finished, she says, "Oooooh! So you guys are like some kind of war heroes!"

Bride7 shrugs. "Or war criminals!"

Bride6's brow furrows as she considers this. "Oh, well, that would be less good, I guess." She perks up and smiles. "But still exciting!"

THEREALME

Monday, January 16, 2006 12:11 AM

* Back in the Sereni-Tree's brig, TheRealMe closes the dimensional portal behind him and picks up a special scanner off the table. He waves it around and studies the readings. *

Hmmmm... well, I can't detect anyone who followed us through that we didn't invite. Of course, the detector is only as good as the inventor....

* TheRealMe uses a computer code to unlock the brig and everyone is able to depart. TheRealMe then begins pulling off the protective black ribbons one by one and dropping them into a laundry basket. As he does this, he regards LightMeDark. *

So, you look a little confused. Are you all right?

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

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