The Sereni-Tree: Life, the Universe, and Everything
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 16:28
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“We made it! We’re safe. They can’t track us through hyperspace! That’s impossible! Now we just have to travel a couple of days in hyperspace, and we’ll be at our destination!
She breathes a huge sigh of relief, props the gun, bow and quiver in one corner, and strips off the protectors and gloves. Back at the table she helps herself to more sandwiches, and then pauses, and opens a comm link to the bridge,
"And that destination would be...?"
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'Oh, tried that, whilst you were on Boros. Asked very nicely, even offered them the chance at a cashy money reward. They seemed all amenable, and then it went down hill from there. It didn't end well for any of us' *she raises a hand to her ear unconciously* Though recent events have inspired me to be forgiving'
Citizen turned around in his chair.
"That's not how you ask the Alliance to do anything!" He said. "Gotta tell 'em a bit more forcefully, then upload a computer Virus to their mainframe piggybacked on top of your comms channel."
He swiveled around again and began picking at his teeth with a toothpick.
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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Needy was a keeper of secrets. He had to be in his line of work. If clients thought that there visits were less than discreet, then they wouldn’t turn up – no matter how desperate they were.
Now, Needy found it hard to confide in anyone, it wasn’t in his nature. As a result, he hadn’t told Safe, or anyone else for that matter, what he had experienced in the bathroom of the ISSCV getaway ship.
He had been shot more than once, and displayed impressive abilities in the hangar, ones that he did not know he had… but the thing that was worrying him now was what he had become.
Was he still the same person since his near-death experience?
He didn’t have the answer.
But his body told him something was wrong. It wasn’t the wounds. It was every fibre of his being – aching, stinging, screaming at him for some way to relieve the pain. It had gotten progressively worse, and showed no signs of let up. But as he had entered the bathroom, his body had convulsed violently until he vomited blood. And not just a little. It was as if he had drank a mug full and spat it out again. Had he kept it in, no doubt he would have drowned. Drowning in his own blood certainly wouldn’t have been the best way to go out. But even that paled in significance to the clang that sounded as he spat into the sink.
The remains of a bullet... no, two bullets
The sight shook him.
It wasn’t normal. Then again, none of what had happened to him today was. But this shook him to his very core. What had he become? Was he even human any more?
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Stepping on board the unfamiliar ship they called “The SereniTree”, Needy glanced around and took in the sight.
Would this be his home now? Were these walls all that he would see for the rest of his days?
Although he hadn’t travelled much before, with the exception of his transfer to the Boros companion house, he couldn’t imagine being stuck on a spaceship. For once, those walls of the house didn’t seem to confining.
Needy tries to ignore the pain he is feeling as the crew are greeted by a man Safe identifies as being the ship’s First Officer.
Needy is surprised when the man approaches him with a smile and acts very familiar, for a stranger that is.
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“And Needy!" TheRealMe says in surprise, "it has been a while since you have traveled with us!"
What? Needy thinks to himself. Have we met? he thinks about asking before the man passes on to Citizen standing nearby, and gives him a similarly warm greeting.
Needy certainly hasn’t been feeling himself, and it wouldn’t be the first time he forgot a face but… did he say travel with us? I never…
A shot of pain ran through Needy’s chest, so much so that it was as if the pain he had endured paled in comparison
“Not again.” He gasped, smacking his clenched fist against his chest as he bent forwards.
Bride6 put her hand on his shoulder “C’mon Needy, I’ll get you to the infirmary”
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All things considered, the infirmary wasn’t that great a distance, but reaching the destination wasn’t the end of the matter. He still needed to be dealt with, and it seems the doctor had other emergencies to attend to.
The sharp pain thankfully subsided somewhat, but would come and go in the space of time he waited to be attended to.
Eventually the doctor returned.
“So what’s the problem Needy?”
Needy looked at him confused Did everyone know who he was? How was that possible? Was there a press release? These questions though could wait. He needed to know what was wrong with him.
After Bride6 left to give them some privacy, the companion explained briefly what he had gone through on Boros, including the weirdness that was coughing up bloody bullets – everything but the encounter with SerenityForm
The doctor stared with an intense glare, as if he was wondering if the story he had been told was as part of an April Fools joke. But the wound he had been shown, whilst looking nothing like a bullet wound, was not like one he had seen before.
Taking the companions pulse then led him to another bizarre revelation – it was not beating like it should. It was consistent, but at a much slower pace. It was remarkable Needy had not gone into cardiac arrest.
“Well… I don’t know what to say. You are a incredible specimen if I may say so… but I wouldn’t have a clue of what to treat you with… or even what to treat you for.”
“Don’t tell me that” Needy replies hastily
“I’ll keep you under observation, but there’s not much more I can do”
“But… it’s killing me”
“I wouldn’t say that. From what I’ve just heard, I wouldn’t place any bets on what can kill you...”
“The pain is killing me doc” Needy clarifies
“Well, I suppose I could relieve that with some… medicine, I guess you could call it. But its not entirely legal”
“If it works, I don’t care”
The doctor nods gently before turning to a cabinet behind him and unlocking a small drawer at the bottom. Pulling out a needle and vial, he goes on to explain.
“I don’t know if this will help. It should but… well, you’re not exactly a normal patient. Basically this will numb you. Trouble is, the pain that you are feeling, I’m going to have to give you a maximum dose if its going to help. Unfortunately this may not just numb the pain, but the majority of your senses. But if that’s what you want…”
“Give it to me” Needy interrupts rudely, the pain once again becoming unbearable.
Rolling up a sleeve, the doctor injects the serum into Needy’s arm.
Gradually the pain eases, and Needy finds his body start to relax.
“I’d now advise you to get some sleep. I expect your body requires some much needed rest”
As Seryn wheels the tired companion out of the infirmary in a wheelchair, the doctor sighs a breathe of relief
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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.
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Originally posted by citizen:
Citizen turned around in his chair.
"That's not how you ask the Alliance to do anything!" He said. "Gotta tell 'em a bit more forcefully, then upload a computer Virus to their mainframe piggybacked on top of your comms channel."
He swiveled around again and began picking at his teeth with a toothpick.
She pauses, one cheek still full of sandwich and listens to Citizen speak.
As he turns round again she swallows the sandwich and pulls a face at him in a silent 'oh boo to you too' but... viruses, interesting, why didn't I think of that one?
"Oh, talking of men with superiority complexes..." she flick her comm unit on
"SR, sweetie, theres food in the kitchen if you want some, tell every one you meet. They've all gotta be hungry by now" Adjusting the unit she speaks again " Jadehand? You awake? If you're hungry theres food going, come to the kitchens, spread the word"
She pauses thinks, then flicks on the comm for a ship wide announcment "Everybody? Food, in the kitchen, come get it while its fresh" and she gets up to help Kelly make lots more sandwiches.
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*JadeHand makes his way onto the balcony of the second floor and puts his hand on the railing just as his body is overcome with the unusual sensation of all of his organs churning ever so slightly.*
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.“We made it! We’re safe. They can’t track us through hyperspace! That’s impossible! Now we just have to travel a couple of days in hyperspace, and we’ll be at our destination!
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"Ugh! so that's what hyperspace feels like. Well glad to be away. Not much in the mood for another fight right now anyway."
* He glances around and sees various people in the common room, Seryn wheeling one of the new arrivals, well new since his arrival here, towards the infirmary. Others relaxing for the first time in a while. He straigtens his clothing and eases towards the stairs, making his way down to the commons to see if he can find TRM. Now would be a really good time to go through those cases containing the platinum and make sure there was no tracking devices concealed within them. And deal with the remains of that DeathBaby3000.*
*passing through the commons, he spots an old familiar movie playing on the big screen. He takes a vacant spot on the couch, props up his feet and falls asleep.*
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Originally posted by seryn:
She pauses thinks, then flicks on the comm for a ship wide announcment "Everybody? Food, in the kitchen, come get it while its fresh" and she gets up to help Kelly make lots more sandwiches.
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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.
*KellyofLuthien smiles at Seryn and Serenity.*
"You know, after all this crazyness, maybe it's a good time to have a small party, just to let off some steam. You girls up for making some party snacks?"
Serenity and Seryn nod, and the trio get to work making all sorts of sandwiches, pizzas, hot wings, won tons, veggie lasagna, chips and dip, veggies, fruit trays, cookies, ice cream sundaes with lemonade, sodas, water and iced tea to wash it all down.*
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And bao! little ones, sweet delicious yumminess, some with char sui, and some with red bean... hmmm, *goes to the cupboards* Ha ha! *pulls out a wok you could almost swim in and a giant steamer basket, and sets to making the dough* And in the true international spirit... whats a party without sangria? Jadehand should have some rum sorted now as well, for spiking purposes you understand..."*grins*
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"Oh, 'spose we should warn them all as well..."
She switches her comm back to ship wide again.
"Attention all hands, food is still available, but in order to get your mitts on it you need to go put on some cute outfit and your best smiling face, and turn up in the common room in say..... half an hour? It'll be worth it guys, trust me, Kelly is cooking again. See y'all there!"
She looks over to the slightly blushing Kelly and grins again "hope you don't mind me doing that... i'm kinda looking forward to it now. This is going to be fun"
She walks back to the now steaming sugar and yeast mixture, mumbling, "well, as much fun as a bunch of tired out, preoccupied people can have, anyway. An hours break will do no harm"
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