The Sereni-Tree, an evil doll, and a showdown on Boros

POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Saturday, February 11, 2006 06:02
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CALLMESERENITY

Friday, February 3, 2006 1:40 AM

*Crisis averted once again, Serenity puts her katanas away.*

A girl? I very distinctly ordered a boy. Strange. I wonder if I kept my receipt.

Well, if everyone will swear not to try to kill HER for a few hours, I think I'll take her and put her down for a nap. I could use one myself.
Once Cozen's done changing her, that is.

*Takes the now gurging baby from Cozen and heads for the door. When it won't budge, she squeezes her hand out and throws a carrot. The llama lunges for it, swinging the door open. She heads for her nest.*

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

PIFFLE101

Friday, February 3, 2006 2:56 AM

So obligated to read...must read...too lazy..sleep is in order... I shall come back to get updated tommorow! But I hear my piffleponies are coming handy...

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Because Dancers are tough,mean...Chicas!! -Summer Glau

CALLMEATH

Friday, February 3, 2006 4:57 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:
"Valinyë ná cenelyë ata; I am happy to see you again. Congratulations on the new job! I didn't know you could fly. Well, I meant things other than yourself, you know. Where are we going?"

"Thanks! Yeah, I flew a cargo ship a few years back. Had a few near misses with pirates, so I've seen a bit of combat flying.

"At the moment, we're kind of just drifting. Our course is keeping us away from any planets and suns, but we aren't heading anywhere in particular.

"So, uh, I was about to make some tea. Care to join me? Until TRM or the Cap'n give me a destination, I've nothing to do."

*Before Kelly can answer, Ath hears his sister's voice on his comm:

Umm...could somebody please help? NOW!!!!

Ath immediately runs for the woman's room, but by the time he gets there, everything is ok. He asks Serenity what the problem was, but she tells him not to worry about it.*

"Huh."

*Turning back to Kelly, Ath asks,

"So, about that tea?"

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

THEREALME

Friday, February 3, 2006 5:03 AM

Earlier today, TheRealMe talks to folks in his office:

"Ash and Xander, I think it would be a great idea if you want to be deputies… or a deputy. But SoulOfSerenity is Chief of Security. You’ll have to apply directly to him. His office is below this one, entered from the lower balcony over Trey’s bar."

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
Quote:
TheRealMe wrote:

Seryn, the Bonaparte lead pilot? Sure.

Finally, Ath and Bride5 as Sereni-Tree Assistant pilots? Well, I'm afraid that I'll have to give it to Ath, since he has more experience. Bride5, you can back him up.

whoo hoo! *Seryn jumps on TRM and hugs him till he starts to flap his arm in panic, then she stands back and hands him the plate of pie*

Thank you! Though, that leaves Bride5 with not very much to do...
*thinks* If she wants to, can she split her time between assisting Ath and Flying the Bonaparte with me? After all I can't fly it every time... especially if you, my dear Mr Me, would agree to let me look at that fighter? See if she's still spaceworthy..

*looks at Bride5* would you prefere that Bri... Do you have a name? *grins* can I call ya Quincey?

*looks back to TRM* then she gets experience and you get some added clout should things go pear shaped, and I get to fly one of those baby's again.

TheRealMe thinks… ‘so she’s flown in one before…’

“Well, Seryn, I personally have no objection to you checking out the Alliance fighter… provided we still have it. If we do, it would be up in the Hanger Bay on the third floor of the South Wing. However, it is the property of TheGreyJedi, our Chief Engineer. We really need to check with him, first. I’m not sure, but he may have cannibalized it to manufacture one of his mecha. I’ll be happy to escort you down to Main Engineering sometime to see if we can find him. As far as Bride5 goes, having her back you up on the Bonaparte is a fine idea. I’m sorry, Bride5, but ThatWeirdGirl only gave you the basic flight training course. And for that matter, that might have been the EvilWeirdGirl! On the other hand, Bride5 DID do a decent job piloting the Sereni-Tree during that Reaver attack when I had to operate the grappler arms. Hmmm…

Bride5 shrugs, “Okay. Fine. I’ll get some more flight hours in. But right now I’ll be changing into something a little more practical than THIS dress.” She moves to depart. “Oh, and ‘Quincey’ it is!”

TheRealMe drains the last of his coffee and places the empty mug on his desk.

TheRealMe uses his com-link to send a quick e-mail to Static concerning Ath and Bride5 as the potential new Assistant Pilots, asking Static to check out their skills if he has the time. He sends another to SimonWho regarding ItsAWash as Counselor. Finally, one is sent to TheGreyJedi asking about the status of that Alliance fighter that Grey brought on board the Sereni-Tree, way back when he constructed the General Lee class shuttles.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

THEREALME

Friday, February 3, 2006 5:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ItsaWash:
*Seeing TRM coming out of a hatch, Wash decides to ask him about her lodgings.*

"TRM, you issued an informative announcement regarding available quarters on the ship, but, being new and all, I don't feel right making specific demands. Any thoughts on where I should be stationed? Somewhere central, perhaps, so I'm accessible to those seeking counsel or...perhaps, seeking anything else?" She looks at nothing, somewhere over his left shoulder.

"I don't have a lot of gear with me, but could wave for it to be sent soon as I get situated wherever you put me."

TRM recalls Wash's saying she was hoping for a light and airy space with a hot tub or deep sunken bath and lots of nooks for storage. (Did she speak aloud, or was it more of a remote vulcan mind-meld sorta thing?)

He ponders the criteria a bit, smiles and answers, "Got just the place."

TheRealMe takes ItsAWash to the lower level of the North Wing, to the first apartment on the left of the long corridor. He opens its door and turns on the lights.

“Understand, Washie, that we will provide you a counseling office where you can do your work, probably off the balconies near the Infirmary. Although I suppose you can meet people here in your quarters, if you prefer. Oh, as our chief medical officer, we really need to get SimonWho’s approval on your appointment, but I doubt that will be a problem.”

They enter the apartment.

“This room used to belong to River-clone. If that bothers you, we can get you someplace else. I had Sparky clean it up and store her things away in the Cargo Bay. I really liked River-clone, but she was a rather odd young woman. Now, we don’t have any personal jacuzzis, but the Sereni-Tree’s water park is just around the corner from here, and there is a jaccuzi there. It even has a switch to make it a chocolate jacuzzi. That was installed for… ummm… special kinds of parties.”

Just then Serenity calls an alarm concerning her poor defenseless demon robot child!

But it is promptly resolved.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

THEREALME

Friday, February 3, 2006 5:16 AM

The emergency with CallMeCh... over, TheRealMe climbs the stairs to the balconies, then walks to the accessway to the Bridge, and enters. He smirks at the collection of toys that Ath has left behind. TheRealMe pulls out his com-link.

"Mister Ath. Your presence is requested on the Bridge, please."

Rather soon afterward, Ath arrives, followed by Kelly. Both seem to be half-finished with their tea. TheRealMe smiles at Ath's Hawaiian shirt.

“Hi, Ath, Kelly. Ath, I’m here to check you out on this equipment before you assume any official duties.”

TheRealMe studies some read-outs on his com-link.

“I know that you have flown other ships, and our records show that you’ve done well on the Sereni-Tree piloting sims, but that can be very different from the real thing. Now, here on the main Bridge, you’ll see that we have three reconfigurable control stations. That means that their displays and controls can be projected and shifted around to handle any ship’s function or combination of functions, from piloting to sensors to communication to engineering to weapons, to… well, even the grappler arms.”

TheRealMe points upward. “Up that ladder is the pilot dome, with Static’s cockpit. It has some extra controls (and more sensitive controls) so that a true master pilot could get a lot more out of the ship. But for our purposes now, we should probably work down here. Now, the pilot dome offers an excellent view all around the ship, but down here, we are left with those windows straight ahead, so we have the holographic imaging system. Anyway, let’s begin. Power up your station, configure for piloting and sensors. Activate holo-imaging.”

Ath sets his tea to one side and complies. The blank black surface of the control station wrapping around him comes alive with various indicator lights, information displays, and control surfaces specialized for piloting. As the suite of sensor displays and controls also begin to appear, Ath uses one hand to sweep them off to one side, configuring the piloting functions within easy reach and directly before him. When the holo-projectors kick in, Ath is surrounded by the image of everything outside the Sereni-Tree. It seems almost as if Ath is sitting at his station, floating alone in the void.

TheRealMe activates his com-link. “Engineering? Are we prepared to maneuver?”

“ Everything down here is fine, Bridge,” Jet responds. “Sereni-Tree is ready to go.”

TheRealMe turns his attention back to Ath. “Okay, Ath, there you can see the Arkham floating off our starboard quarter. Let’s move away from that damnable thing, nice and slow.”

Ath touches a few of the control surfaces in front of him and twists a control grip. The Sereni-Tree pivots slightly and its engines flare to life. The ship starts to accelerate away from the derelict.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

MAI

Friday, February 3, 2006 7:05 AM

*arrives at the girls bathroom just in time to see Serenity walking away*

Hey. Are you all right? What's going on up here?

*sees the baby*

Oh! *squeals* Where ever did you get such a cute little doll! Could I hold her? Maybe watch her for you while you rest?

Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
http://iammai2.livejournal.com

RAT

Friday, February 3, 2006 7:59 AM

So...We go steal some platinum and build the ship out of that? I like! I like!

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Acquisitions Officer - SereniTREE

SERYN

Friday, February 3, 2006 9:15 AM

Quote:
Rat wrote:

So...We go steal some platinum and build the ship out of that? I like! I like!

not quite, I'm not sure if platinum would make very good ships, shiny ships, but not good ships.

you can keep a bit and have a go if you want, but I was thinking more of stealing it and selling it - when it comes out of the foundry its just chunks of metal, they don't even form it into ingots in that place, so its totally unidentifiable. We could sell it in one go if we could find a buyer, or in smaller batches, which would take longer but arouse less suspicion.

I'll think about my contacts, see who has the cash and doesn't much care about the source.

*looks at the hammer in her hand* I still think theres something very wrong with that... thing.
But! I've had bad feelings on several occaisions now, and nothing has come of it. I resolve, while i'm on this ship at least, not to just blindly go with my instincts, they don't seem to be working. Thats it, from now on i'm ignoring you gut!

Right, what were we doing? Ah, yes, vistiting Grey, looking in the hangar bay and planning the... thing. And then at some point I need to sleep.

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*

SERYN

Friday, February 3, 2006 11:38 AM

*thinks*

Aw hell. lets go for a platinum dashboard at least... who are we to shy away from bling?

*grins*

or maybe plantinum cup holders? what about the cups them selves? *play punches Rat in the arm and walks off*

*calls back* Platinum toilet seats!

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*

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