The Sereni-Tree: Life, the Universe, and Everything
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 16:28
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McQ takes the comm link and turns to head towards the cargo bay. Holding the comm link in his right hand, he attempts to contact TRM to let him know he's coming with urgency. Unfortunately McQ isn't yet accustomed to the strength of his new limbs and accidentally crushes the link as he attempts to speak into it.
"TRM...do you--" *crunch*
McQ looks at the now broken comm link in his big metallic hands for a second with a puzzled look, then tosses it aside. He feels it's important to find TRM quickly so instead of running he decides to activate his jetback on "hover" mode so he can glide through the corridors. Once he reaches the cargo bay, he looks around to see if he can find TRM.
"TRM? Are you here? I have urgent news to tell you. Your crew may be in danger..."
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Ghost followed after her sister then stopped suddenly as delicious smells wafted out of a room along the way, following the smells she peeked in to a large kitchen. A lady was in the room, a very pretty lady that reminded Ghost a little of someone she couldn’t quite remember. The woman turned and looked right at her. Ghost turned and ran.
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Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:
It takes a full minute before Kelly realizes she is being watched, and she chides herself for not being more alert. She turns to speak to the watcher, but at first sees nothing. Then she glances down and sees a tiny girl, barely noticeable in all the commotion going on in the common room. The girl promptly runs away, and Kelly sets down her butter knife to go find her.
Shadow had not walked far when she realized Ghost was gone. Turning quickly she retraced her steps back to the crate when Ghost ran into her. Seeing the mix of fear and panic in her sister’s eyes Shadow lifted her back up on to the crate, jumping up to sit beside her and began to try to calm her and find what happened. The answer came a minute later in the form of a beautiful lady, with a flowy dress and pointed ears.
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Kelly looks everywhere in the common room, but the girl has vanished like a ghost. She is just about to head back to the kitchen when she sees the girl perched on a crate, clinging to a larger girl.
"Aiya, little one. Did the food smell good in my kitchen?" Kelly asks.
The little girl gives a barely perceptable nod, her eyes wide as saucers as she looks at Kelly's flowing dress and pointed ears.
"Tell me, do you like cookies? I could really use some help making some lembas, and you both have the perfect sized hands for baking."
The older one nods this time, but glances over at a soldier straightening up in a shuttle. He looks up, noticing Kelly, and she makes gestures to let him know she's taking them to the kitchen. After his nod, Kelly holds out her hands.
"Come, little ghosts. I have all kinds of good food for you to try."
"I'm not Ghost," the older one says, finally finding her voice.
"Hmm?"
"I'm not Ghost. She's Ghost. I'm Shadow."
"Ah! Á tulë yo ni, come with me, Shadow and Ghost. I'm KellyofLuthien. Do you like chocolate or vanilla ice cream better?"
The girls look at each other, hop off the crate, and each grab one of Kelly's hands as she leads them to the kitchen.
Shadow looked over to her younger sister, who was now gazing adoringly up at Ms. Luthien. She knew the lady had won her sister’s adoration with the promise of food and ice cream. It had been days since they had had a decent meal, actually the last thing she could remember them eating was an apple and a hunk of bread that she had taken from a vendor on Boros, but that was two days ago, before they had snuck on the shuttle.
Which reminded her, she really should go back on the shuttle and get her and Ghost’s backpacks. All their belongings were in those two small bags.
But first she would eat, her eyes widened as she saw and smelled all the food as they entered the kitchen, erasing all thoughts of their situation and the explaination she was going to have to give when Captain Safe returned.
Looking over at Ghost she nodded then looked up at KellyofLuthien, “Ghost and Me would like both, please.”, Then pausing for a moment she spoke again, “And two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with milk to drink please Ms. Luthien”
April (AKA Shadow and Ghost)
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ScorpionRegent wrote:
“Where I come from, burial at sea, in space, under the ground, on a fire, it's still a dead body. If we don't get them off the ship then we might all wind up swimming in space. Well, that's my opinion. But you know me. I like to err on the of safety."
With the "you know me" TRM realizes that "Warren" is the Scorpion Regent that was ready to throw the popcorn machine out the airlock. His eyes tighten up slightly.
TheRealMe, who holds no grudge, rubs the eyelash out of his eye to loosen them up. “Oh, and Warren, you might be interested to know that I’ve installed emergency cut-off switches in most areas of the Sereni-Tree, where power can be shut off in the case of dangerous appliances running amok. And yes, I agree that the personal effects of these prison warriors, these slave-soldiers, should be tossed out as well.”
The three work for a short time, dragging slave-soldiers to the cargo airlock chamber. Soon, TheRealMe wipes the perspiration from his forehead touches a control on the wall. The inner door of the cargo airlock slides shut, though it has a window through which one can look. Then he hits a different control. The outer door of the cargo airlock opens, and all the slave-soldiers are blown out into space, tumbling and spinning into the distance. He hits the same control again, and the outer doors begin to close.
“Well, that’s done!”
Sparky arrives, as do six DRDs. They start collecting other bodies, moving them to a specially prepared cargo container that has been fitted with an auto beacon.
TheRealMe calls out, “Are any Yeti bodies there? We will retain those until the surviving Yeti are done with their rituals.”
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Seryn wrote:
In the end she grows frustrated, and wanders off to find something to do, finding herself, eventually, back in the cargo bay.
'hey all ...Whats going on?'
“Greetings, Seryn!” Seryn does not quite understand. Before long, it is clear that Seryn has suffered hearing loss.
TheRealMe fiddles with his com-link. It starts displaying a hologram. Soon every word that TheRealMe speaks is written out above his head, displayed in a hologram. “IS THIS BETTER, SERYN?” she reads.
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Washie wrote:
Standing straight, Wash looses her grip and pulls a brush from her pocket, sliding it through River's long mussed hair. The other girl tilts her head back the better to allow the grooming, humming softly what sounds like a lullaby, her thoughts meandering. Washie sends a summons to TRM, finds him busy as hell.
In the cargo bay, TheRealMe stops his work and cocks his head, as if hearing something that nobody else can sense.
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He hears her, however, and gives back a question as to how urgently she needs him. 'You know that surprise I told you to expect? Come to the cryogenic storage area lab. There's someone here you need to meet.'
TheRealMe mutters… “In the cryo… No, she couldn’t have revived Bride1, could she? Or worse, the FemaleReaver? No, there’s certainly not enough left of either of them to pose a danger! Who, then?” These words are, of course, repeated in holo-writing above his head.
TheRealMe’s com-link beeps.
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McQ wrote:
"TRM...do you--" *crunch*
Before long, the cyborg McQ flies into the cargo bay using a built-in jet pack.
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"TRM? Are you here? I have urgent news to tell you. Your crew may be in danger..."
TheRealMe waves, and holograms above his head repeat his words, “Yes, here I am, McQ! What is the problem?” Realizing how silly he looks, TheRealMe turns off the holographic effect.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
“Greetings, Seryn!” Seryn does not quite understand. Before long, it is clear that Seryn has suffered hearing loss.
TheRealMe fiddles with his com-link. It starts displaying a hologram. Soon every word that TheRealMe speaks is written out above his head, displayed in a hologram. “IS THIS BETTER, SERYN?” she reads.
Oh! thats absolutely brilliant! Thank you! Can all the communication devices do that? If they can, then that means...'
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TheRealMe stops his work and cocks his head, as if hearing something that nobody else can sense.
She stops talking, looking round to all the other people to see who is speaking, all as puzzled as she is, then she spots a very welcome sight...
'SR! oh, gods, I thought you'd gone forever! How do you do that, the disappearing thing, when...?'
She walks as quickly as she can, trying not to run, and hesitates, but only briefly, before hugging him tightly around the waist.
In her mind a dry little voice mutters: well, good to see that the tiredness and the hormones arn't making an idiot out of you.. and she looks down at her shoes, embaressed at her outburst, until he hugs her back briefly and she breaks away.
She goes to speak, but at that point TRM starts to mumble and the flickering of words abovce his head capture her attention.
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“In the cryo… No, she couldn’t have revived Bride1, could she? Or worse, the FemaleReaver? No, there’s certainly not enough left of either of them to pose a danger! Who, then?”
She goes to ask what he means, what could be happening, and if he needs her help, but again, TheRealMe’s com-link beeps.
He listens to the comm, seeming to be puzzled, then they watch as McQ, veers into the room, he yells something that she can't catchs, and TRM answers him, the words flickering up, until he cuts them off and the rest of the conversation is lost to her.
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
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Citizen caught a brief look at CallMeSerenity.
"Hold on." He said staring after her. "Are those, are those wings?" He said. He broke in to a run to catch up too her. "Hold up, have you ever considered a career in show-buissiness?"
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
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*Serenity turns around as she hears Citizen's voice.*
Show business? I'm a gardener, not a freak show act! And in case you haven't noticed, I'm a very pregnant gardener.
If you'll excuse me...
*She heads off to the kitchen. She walks in to find two little girls baking with Kelly.*
Kelly! Who are your new helpers?
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom
I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/
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When he realizes that he's leaving Seryn out of the conversation, TheRealMe feels guilty and re-activates the holographic word balloon feature on his com-link.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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*finishes up work on his last patient*
Right. Everyone's stable. They need time to recover before I can think about doing anything else to help them. I think I'm done.
*looks at the infirmary's door expectantly*
Phew.
*clambers up on top of one of the medical beds and lies down*
I'm going to have a nice lonnnnnng sleep now. Only wake me in the case of a dire medical emergency, the ship being on fire or a new series of Firefly being announced. Anyone who disturbs me with a grazed shin or a cut finger will have their ailment cured by means of amputation.
*wraps blanket around himself*
*mumbles*
*snores*
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
When he realizes that he's leaving Seryn out of the conversation, TheRealMe feels guilty and re-activates the holographic word balloon feature on his com-link.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
SR being a quick study switches his comlink to subtitle mode and taps Seryn on the shoulder.
"Capt'n you trust me, yes?"
Seryn reads and nods yes.
"I saw somebody do something the last time I was here and I think it will help."
SR Sweeps Seryn off her feet and gives her a intense kiss. Her sets her back on a even keel and instantly recieves a smack across the jaw from Seryn. SR takes the punch in stride and holds up a hand. Seryn pauses and watches as SR captures the newly created kissie. He then points at something over Seryn's right shoulder. As she turns to look SR shoves the kissie into her left ear.
Scorpion Regent
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*Smelling the food from the kitchen, N0Skillz and his large feline compainion stroll into the kitchen to find Kelly, CMS and 2 young girls in there with some yummy smelling things in the oven*
"I seem to be at a little loss of what to do with myself. Maybe i'll start with helping y'all "move" some of this food around" N0Skillz emphizes the word 'move' with the quotation mark fingers.
"Oh and who are these two youngsters?" Looking at the two girls.
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RAF Lakenheath
Security Deputy of the Sereni-Tree
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