Life Onboard Serenity-Into the Black Part III

POSTED BY: SameErtia
UPDATED: Saturday, June 10, 2006 22:49
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SAMEERTIA

Monday, June 5, 2006 2:41 AM

Ertia slips Guy's plate out from under his hand. He's snoring.

"Fly gonna be okay?" Mal's voice startles her and she almost drops the plate.

"Yeah, Captain. She was awake for a bit, talked to Pain and 13." Ertia fills the sink with hot water and starts scrubbing up the dinner dishes. "Simon says the masked man probably won't make it, though."

"Can't say as I'm all too broke up about that." Mal says matter-of-factly as he fills his coffee cup.

Shipscat twines around his ankles so that he has to pick her up rather than trip over her and Ertia snickers. It's the only way Shipscat can get onto his lap, and she knows it.

Shipscat just purrs as Mal settles at the table with her.

The ship starts to fall quiet, the night sounds of Serenity soothing as they roll through the black.

Ertia stretches, rubs bleary eyes, and sets the last of the dishes in the drying rack. Still no bunk, seeing as Wolf has the now empty passenger dorm. She glances at Guy snoring on the table, Mal pointedly ignoring him as he reads.

Quietly, she curls up on the sofa in the corner, pulling one of Kaylee's flowery afghans over herself and falls asleep to the hum of the engines.

DRPAIN

Monday, June 5, 2006 3:03 AM

*Pain walks into the engine room and spots Kaylee tinkering underneath the engine. He walks over, crouches, taps her leg and says*

Hey lil' Kaylee you think you could replace the vid screen in my bunk please?

*Kaylee slids out from under the engine, smiles at Pain and says*

Sure Pain. How's Fly doin' by the way?

*Pain smile in return and says*

She's doin' fine and right now she's sleepin'.

*Kaylee in her cheerful mood says*

Aw that's shiny! Tell her I hope she gets better and I'll go an' replce that vid screen of yours after I' done here.

*Pain nods his head and says*

Shiny thanks Kaylee I owe you one.

*Kaylee says to Pain before slidding back under the engine*

Aww don't mention it Pain.

*Pain leaves the engine bay and heads back to the infirmary.*

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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

Monday, June 5, 2006 6:06 AM

*snoring stops and Guy jerks awake*

BURMA!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
-try it out, I dare you

JRC

Monday, June 5, 2006 6:39 AM

The day's events had put a strain on everyone. Fly was sleeping soundly with Simon dozing off in a corner of the infirmary, Mal was on the night watch while talking to Inara, Ertia asleep on the sofa, Guy snoring on the table, and Jayne, River, Book, and Zoe and Wash all asleep in their bunks. Pain and Kaylee were chatting in the engine room, but they sounded tired too. But not JR. He had been thinking of Sybil before the workout, and decided to put his mind on something else. "Damn, I've gotta get back to work. She's driving me nuts." He went through a heavy workout in his bunk, using the metal footlocker as a weight, pulling himself up the ladder with a full set of gear, vertical situps on the same ladder, using the punching bag suspended from the ceiling for another 30 minutes, until he could take no more. Afterwards, he makes his way to the shower, first using up the rest of the hot water, then turning the temperature to the exact opposite for another 10 minutes. He steps out of the shower room, with only a towel on, his Glock draped over his shoulder. "Ice cubes", River quietly says. "AAHH!!, damn it River, quit sneaking up on folks!!!", JR yells out. River turns towards the door, stops and turns back around, with the slightest smile on her face, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

Everyone dies alone.

DRPAIN

Monday, June 5, 2006 7:05 AM

*Pain finished talking with Kaylee and said*

Thanks for replacin' the vid screen and sweepin' up the broken glass.

*Kaylee yawned, smiled and said*

It's okay Pain I'm just glad Fly's okay.

*Pain smiled and said*

Me too.

*At that Pain headed for the galley, his stomach rumbling for something to eat. He entered the galley and looked around. He saw Ertia asleep on the couch with Shipscat curled up next to her soundly asleep. Pain tiptoed to the pantry, opened the door quitely and pulled out some of the self heat rations they had for emergency purposes. He managed to quitely open one with his good hand, waited for it to heat itself up, sat down at the table, and quitely as possible ate his late night meal.*

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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?

SAMEERTIA

Monday, June 5, 2006 3:46 PM

Ertia stirs on the sofa. Somewhere in her dream someone yells, "BURMA!"

She turns to look but is faced with an Alliance Court Judge wearing a black robe and plastic Halloween Reaver Mask. "You are found GUILTY, Samantha Anne Ertia! Guilt on All Counts! You are hereby sentenced to 25 years on Harrod Moon Penal Colony!"

"No!" She screams, trying to turn, but her body is entwined suddenly in strands of white, gooey cheese! "I did it for you! Don't you understand? I did it for you!"

She squirms in the cheese, thrashing, and falls, looking up into the stands, into the faces of her friends and family; Her little sister is there, and Malcolm, standing with his arms crossed, Zoe, and Pain and Fly, and Digs...oh god, Digs! And they hated her. Hated her for being caught. For going to jail.

The cheese was swallowing her up. She was strangling!

DRPAIN

Monday, June 5, 2006 4:28 PM

*Pain finished his meal and heard Ertia talking in her sleep. He got up to throw away the ration container when Ertia started to scream and kick in her sleep scaring Shipscat from her slumber. Pain ran up to her on the couch and started to shake her. He said to her while trying to wake her*

Hey Ertia wake up your having a nightmare!

*Ertia stirs and wakes up screaming. She see's Pain crouched next to her and hugs him tightly, tears rolling down her cheeks. She says to him*

Oh Pain I had the most terrible dream.

*Pain wipes the tears away from her face and says*

You want to talk about it?

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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?

SAMEERTIA

Monday, June 5, 2006 4:59 PM

Ertia snuggles into Pain's arms, "You all hated me! And I was going back to prison."

She sobs helplessly for a moment, then looks up and meets his gaze, hiccuping out, "And...and there was cheese!"

DRPAIN

Monday, June 5, 2006 5:07 PM

*Pain places a kiss on Ertia's forehead and says*

Was it Munster cheese? Cause I heard Munster cheese likes to scare pretty ladies like yourself.

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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?

SAMEERTIA

Monday, June 5, 2006 7:45 PM

Ertia gazes at him for a second, uncomprehending as her still sleeping brain tries to catch up. When it does, she can't hold back the laughter that bubbles up. "Munster cheese! Scary Munster!"

Now she's laughing near hysterically, causing Mal to stick his head in from the bridge. "What is going on?"

Pain gives her another hug and pulls back to answer him, "Nothin, Captain."

Ertia's tears are now ones of laughter, coupled with relief as the dream fades away. "Yeah. Just...cheese!"

Mal gazes uncomprehendingly for a second, "What? Are we under attack from cheddar puffs?"

Ertia collapses into another laughing fit, shaking her head.

"Then keep it down! People are tryin to sleep!"

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