Life Onboard Serenity: To Londinium and Beyond!
POSTED BY: SameErtia
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 03:09
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River watched the two fight, tracing their movements with her fingers. The darted in and out, never pursuing the advantage. Both fought defensively, although 13 seemed to be slipping.
She had only been inside of Orphan's mind briefly, but had felt horrible things. The man was a killer, an engine of vengeance and hate, yet so lonely, bleak, and hollow. She knew exactly how he felt. River had felt every second of his pain, every second..
As the two clashed swords again, she wondered how many needles they had pushed into Orphan's head...
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Swords locked in a standoff position, Orphan and 13 struggled to push the other back. Somehow, Orphan's strength and speed equalled the cyborg, maybe even surpassed it...
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'I don't know. He seems kind of peculiar.'
'Maybe he's Canadian!'
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The familiar ring of steel upon steel echoes up into the galley.
Duel!
Safety first, yes, but DUEL!
Ertia's out from under the table in a heartbeat, making her way to the top of the stairs.
Below, in the cargo bay, 13 and another man are engaged in combat, the flare of steel between them making her breath catch in her throat.
She's never seen such speed with a blade, such grace. They circle, parry, slash and withdraw, for all the world looking like even matches. But how can that be? 13 isn't human anymore!
She catches Pain's eye and moves closer to him, fascinated by the fight playing out below her.
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*Pain wrapped an arm around her waist and whispered*
I hope 13 wins.
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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"Who the hell are they?" She whispers back, gesturing to the crew of the other ship, "Did they come here just for 13?"
"Apparently." Pain answers.
Ertia gasps as 13 neatly sidesteps a backhanded slash and returns with a neat parry. "That's an Agrippa move! Nobody uses that anymore!"
"You know alot about swords?" Pain asks, his eyes never leaving the combatants.
"Some...kinda a hobby." She glances over at the Captain, sees his hand on his gun, "Why aren't we just shooting him while 13s got him distracted?"
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*Mal overheard Ertia and replied*
We do that and Orphan there kills Wash and Inara. Ain't going to risk my pilot's life or that of Inara's shootin' at someone who's quicker than me. Dong ma?
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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"Understood." Ertia shook her head slightly, thinking about the captains words. That fast? Faster than all of them combined?
Still, risk their lives, for 13s? When he had tried to kill them on more than one occassion? She finds herself trying to predict the next moves of the swordsmen, waiting for first blood to be drawn...
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*Pain still had his arm around Ertia's waist. He watched 13 parry as Orphan thrusted. Pain instinctively pulled Ertia closer to him as Orphan's katana cut into one of 13's arms. 13 managed to return the favor making a nice long cut on Orphan's left arm. The fight below was neck to neck, 13 matched each of Orphan's moves. Pain thought to himself as the fighting continued*
Come on 13 beat this hun dan's pigu.
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Ertia's old core-world finishing school fencing lessons come back to her as she watches the fight, and she categorizes the moves under her breath.
Neither fighter seems to be tiring!
gads, hope 13 can come back soon and finish this! The suspense is killing me!
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Yeah I hope so too these suspenders are killing me as well...oh you meant suspense. My bad! *looks around all shifty like*
*Pain looks over and sees Jayne getting antsy. The fight was in its second hour with no signs of letting up. Pain thought to himself*
This guy's got more stamina than me. He's either very athletic or a machine.
*He looks at Ertia and sees her mouthing some words. He says to her*
What's that you're sayin' bao bei?
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Bao bei. The very word makes her feel warm inside. She wants him to say it again, but instead answers his question, saying the terms a little louder,
"The moves...
13 used iron door, blocked with rownde,side thrust, spring, anbinden..." She pauses, "Babe, they are using moves I've never seen before. The match of katana against rapier? Unheard of! Asian style blended with German, blended with basic Italian... It's..."
"It's disturbing," Inara says softly from behind them, "I've only ever seen one other duel that comes close to this."
"What happened?" Pain asks, half turning towards her, but not looking away from the floor.
"They killed each other." The Companion answers quietly.
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