The Sereni-Tree and the Neverending Peril
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 03:53
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This is Thread 46 of the adventures of the Sereni-Tree!
For “The Guide to the Clubhouse / Treehouse / Sereni-Tree Threads”, see:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=11877
Near the top of the following thread is a very long post containing “TheRealMe’s Guide to the Sereni-Tree, V5”. This post is a description of the ship and crew, but lacks some of the newest arrivals:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=18808
Below is the summary of the previous thread at:
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=19748
(Sort of a summary – I’m just not able to keep up anymore)
On the planet Garrison, Quincey (Bride5) was kidnapped to a palace in the local Chinatown by members of a Tong. Apparently, Quincey’s powerful father had promised her in marriage to the son of the Tong’s leader. After Jadehand, Deuce (Bride2), N0Skillz, N0Skillz’s tiger Shadow, and the newcomer Wisp overcome the polite but formidable martial arts master Mister Chin and other members of the Tong, Quincey is rescued and they all return to the Sereni-Tree in Jadehand’s new shuttle Ocean Cloud.
On Garrison’s shopping moon named Commerce, Serenity is ALSO kidnapped and threatened by her old enemy Heinz the scar-faced guy. He turns on the crew of the Dagger (Jennings, Grunt, and Bear) who helped Heinz capture her. Seryn gets herself abducted too, and manages to link up with Serenity. Serenity kills Hienz and tries to escape. A drunken Cozen arrives to try to help, but makes things worse. They are eventually trapped inside a sealed building. A helicopter flies in from above, piloted by… a drunken LightMeDark?
An Alliance Cruiser enters the system, launching fighters and shuttles to (presumably) take Serenity away for experiments. TheReaMe and Sparky fly off at high speed in the shuttle Napoleon Bonaparte to distract some of the craft, making them think that perhaps Serenity was escaping on the Napoleon. TheRealMe gets off the shuttle using a dimensional portal.
Also involved in Serenity’s rescue, gathered around the sealed building where she is imprisoned, are the crews of the shuttle Admiral Nelson and Safe’s stolen ISSCV dropship: Citizen, Mai, Jazaf, McQ, ScorpionRegent, Needy, Safe, and Soul. Ath and Kelly had also come along for this rescue mission, but suddenly find themselves in a relaxing forest environment with a pool. The crew of the Dagger decides to help Our Heroes recover Serenity, as they seem to know Safe and Soul. Soul uses his power to phase through the thick barriers around the building, and rejoins Seryn and his love, Serenity. Safe, McQ, Citizen, and the Dagger crew break through the walls with a more explosive method.
On Sereni-Tree in orbit over Garrison, That WeirdGirl is in command on the Bridge with Trey (Bride3) advising her and Quincey (Bride5) in the pilot’s seat, Jake7 and Jadehand are in laser turrets, SimonWho is in the Infirmary, and Jet (Bride4) is in Engineering. They are trying to figure out if they should fire on the Alliance ship or not, seeing as the damaged Sereni-Tree probably could not survive another real fight. Deuce (Bride2) was having a drink with newcomer Wisp at Trey’s Bar in the Common Room, but he went off to find Jadehand. Others known to be recently aboard Sereni-Tree include: N0Skillz and his tiger, BeautifulDisaster, Bluefishie, Bobbi Sue (Bride6), Bride7, Ebonezer (asleep again under the pool table), ItsAWash, River-clone, Montanagirl, the young orphans Shadow and Ghost, Witchy, and Xander/Ash. There may be others around, but they have not posted in the last five threads or more. Oh, there are still Yeti as well, including a pregnant one.
After PsychicRiver stole the Blue Box of his father-to-be SimonWho, he finds himself still elsewhen in space-time, talking to his future or past self.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Ath and Kelly had also come along for this rescue mission, but suddenly find themselves in a relaxing forest environment with a pool.
(OOC: Just thought I'd clarify: pool, as in a small, deep body of usually fresh water, not a man-made swimming pool.)
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“I don’t know how you want to play this Soul” Safe says as the group gathers. “If they are comin’ by shuttle, they’ll have to land at the docks. Chances are they won’t know that the ISSCV is ours. Hell, they may not even have our descriptions, but if we show up en mass, sure enough that’ll tip ‘em off.”
“I can take Bear, Grunt and Jennings and go ahead. If this Heinz character was in contact with his associates, we won’t be out of place and may not even be questioned. If we can get to the Dagger, we can make a hell of a lot of noise, giving you the distraction to get Serenity to the ISSCV.”
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
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*Somehow amazingly finds herself standing outside the now almost empty helicopter.Unsure of what to do but stay out of the way climbs in the seat and finds LMD passed out half on the floor*
Hey you. *gently nugdes* Scoot over, if you can have a nap, then so can I.
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
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'...the Neverending Peril'
(ooc - no, i'm pretty sure the peril is over, Soul & Co. saved the day and we're all just going home, look - Mai's having a nap. What? It's not over? Awwww hell in a handcart.)
"Wait, hang on, sorry, i've had a long day and i'm feeling a bit dense, how are we getting back, who is causing a distraction and who are these guys?"
*eyes Bear and Jennings*
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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.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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Wisp climbs down from the turret and looks up and down the hall.
'This is one big ship' he thinks to himself as he begins walking towards the turrets as pointed out by JadeH. He finds the turret after a long walk down the corridor and climbs inside.
He settles into the seat and mans the headset, then he spins the turret a full 360 degrees back and forth and lets out a long whistle.
"Its been a while since i manned one of these" he recalled his original escape from the Ariel Youth Military academy. He'd rigged a turret similar to this to begin firing wildly during a night exercise then during the commotion he slipped onto the maintanenece craft and when they left after reapiring his sabotage he sneaked out in a fuel station and hitched a ride to persephone.
"Ok Jadehand Im ready"
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Great Wisp. Wait for orders. They seem to be ignoring us for now, let's keep it that way as long as we can.
*JadeHand pulls a small cord from the batterypack on his belt and plugs it into a socket near the turrent, recharging the pack. Digging into his bag, he pulls out a much larger device that he made in the hanger below. JadeHand hits the com switch*
"Jet, If you have a minute, I have something that you may be interested in. Can you meet be at the bridge in a few minutes?"
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But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows And so few can see
There's only beauty and caring and truth beyond darkness." -Estonia(This Strange Engine) -Marillion
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Bobbi Sue comes hobbling up to the Bridge, still nursing her bandaged hand. She looks at Shadow and Ghost.
"Hey, WeirdGirl, I can take these little ones off your hands."
To the girls: "So, would you like to go riding ponies, swimming, playing arcade games, or getting something to eat?"
Bobbi Sue, Bride6
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
*JadeHand hits the com switch*
"Jet, If you have a minute, I have something that you may be interested in. Can you meet be at the bridge in a few minutes?"
Jet returns his call: "Sure, we can talk, but do I have to leave Main Engineering? I'm the only one left down here and if we have to spin up the FTL drives for a quick get-away..."
Jet, Bride4
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"Jet, I can swing by engineering. I just need your input on where to plug in a new device I made. I'll see you there shortly."
*Jadehand slips out of the turrent's harness, unplugs the batterypack and heads to Enginneering. He knocks on the door, and enters when Jet opens up.*
"Hey, yeah I was hoping to install this up on the bridge. I need your input on power supplies and such so it doesn't take power away from other systems."
*Jet holds the device and examines it closely.*
"What is it?"
"I had some extra parts, so after making one for Ocean Cloud I made one for the Nandi Then this one for Sereni-Tree . I even had enough to make this personal one..."
*JadeHand pulls his coat back to reveal the device on his belt. A miniture of the one Jet holds. He hits a switch and vanishes. He walks around behind Jet and flicks the switch again reappearing. Jet turns and stares.*
"A cloaking device?"
"Better, it's a SEP field. Somebody Else's Problem. I wasn't invisable or cloaked, just not your problem. You just didn't notice me, which makes you a lot like so many people I've met. So Can we hook this one up to the Tree?"
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But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows And so few can see
There's only beauty and caring and truth beyond darkness." -Estonia(This Strange Engine) -Marillion
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