RP: "Badger's Betrayal" or "Adventures in Gunrunning" - Act 4

POSTED BY: Astriana
UPDATED: Sunday, January 18, 2004 02:45
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GEEZER

Friday, January 16, 2004 3:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
... your wish is my digital manipulation!

You can get arrested for that in Brazil. Now off to bed for sure!

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CAPNRAHN

Friday, January 16, 2004 3:35 AM

OOC ...
drum riiiiiimmmmm-shot to Geezer!

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

ASTRIANA

Friday, January 16, 2004 3:42 AM

Zoe's Move:

Getting ready to attempt a second wave to THORNE, ZOE hears the beep of an incoming wave. She flips the appropriate switches and receives THORNE's automated message, giving all the security codes and clearances the crew could possibly need for a smooth entrance to atmo and elsewhere on Hera, as well as the appropriate meeting place.

Presses the button to activate the ship-wide intercom.

"Cap'n, got the meet info from Thorne. We're to meet up at the Hara Cary Bar & go from there. How do you wanna play it? Who's to go to the meet and who's to stay with the ship?"

Turns back to WASH, whose sentimentality lights up her face. She smiles at her darling crazy pilot for a moment, then realizes he hasn't eaten anything in nearly two days, between the hallucinations and the passing out. A concerned look replaces her smile.

"Dear, I think the lack of food might've gone to your head. You haven't eaten in two days. Since we've set down, why don't I fix you something while we wait for time to meet Thorne?"

Tugs WASH to his feet, leads him to the galley, and begins to prepare him some Wife Soup.

End Move.

OOC: Good grief! Y'all act FAST when you want to! I go away for a bare 5 hours and there are 40 new posts!!

Channain: I think the second pic CapnRahn sent was right shiny! If I didn't look like Gina Torres (in RP, of course!), I'd wanna look like HER!

G'night all! See you in the AM!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

TEELABROWN

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:03 AM

Capn Rahn- Great pic! I sometimes wish I looked Asian, I always thought that they were beautiful.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

HUMBLE

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:25 AM

MAL:[Apparently reentry went ok? Goes towards Bridge. Finds Wash and Zoe in Galley.]Says to Wash:"Nice landing. How you feelin' now? All rested or do ya need some more bunk time?" Says to Zoe:"Been pondering our meeting. Figure we might run into some trouble here. Why don't you and I get the lay of the land at this Hara Carey Bar. Have Jayne stay and keep watch with the ship. We'll keep in radio contact though, just to be on the safe side. If we get into trouble, I'd like to have Jayne as our trump card. Got Kaylee doin' a sweep of the ship for surveillance devices. Doc and Shepherd Book are with Niska. Inara, well, I don't rightly know if she'd like to come with us or might be she has her own affairs. Wash, I'd like you to remain on the ship for now in case we need to make a quick departure. Wish I could get River to join us, but don't think she's been quite right lately. Maybe she'll feel up to it though. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Zoe, Wash, any thoughts?END TURN.

ZACHSMIND

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:34 AM

..WASH's MOVE

Wash follows his wife gladly and let's her dote on him thankfully, and he's very appreciative and loving in response to her, but it's impossible for him to hide from her that something weighs heavy on his mind. He consumes the wife soup and compliments her highly and with sincerity.

..END MOVE

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"Hang on, travelers..."

CIARA

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:36 AM

ooc: gee---I take a little holiday, and posts go flyin everywhere!

Inara's world is a deep red. Whorls of crimson and orange spin behind her eyelids. She can see the tiny, pink tracery of the many vessels there. She can hear the rush of the blood in her veins, actually feel each beat as it enters first one chamber of her heart, then the other.

Her mouth tastes of copper and salt. Her lips tremble as she runs her small, pink tongue over her teeth.

Every muscle in her body throbs with agony. Not the hot, sharp pain of a clean, deep wound, but the slow sickening ache of overexertion and tension.

She moves through the pain, and is able to stretch her legs. She forces her jaw to unclench, and slowly opens her eyes. She has no idea where she is....she can feel silk and satin beneath her bare arms and legs, but the ceiling is an unfamiliar one.

Rolling her head to the left, she sees Jayne, crouched in a chair to the side of the bed, looking all the world like a very large, worried bear.

Oh Tianna...did anyone...does anyone else know, Jayne? Mal's face flashes before her eyes. His brows knit, his eyes dark with disgust.

"We don't want it known that Serenity carries damaged cargo, now do we Ambassador? I'm sure you will understand when we drop you off on the next habited planet we come across...."

She closes her eyes-long, black lashes laying against her cheeks like soft, dark wings. A tear courses from beneath them, making a shiny trail on her pale skin.

End Inara's turn
EOM

--edited for oopses

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

ZACHSMIND

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:32 AM

..WASH's MOVE (supplemental)

Wash takes Zoe's hand, and motions for her to sit down a moment. They look into each other's eyes. He's smiling. He wants to tell her something. It's.. his jaws move but his lips remain closed. It's like he can't form the words, or they just won't come out. Then he sighs, "Oh you'd probably think I'm just silly." He laughs and focuses his eyes into her eyes again.

Suddenly, Zoe witnesses Wash's eyes dialate briefly. The pupils grow wide as if it suddenly got a little darker in the room but she knows there has been no such change. Then a second later, his pupils return to normal, but Wash suddenly has a dramatic change in his face: one of concern and puzzlement. He's still looking at Zoe, and never lets go of her hand, but he's got a distant look about him. Like for just a couple seconds he's there but he's not there.

"Ten. Nine and one.."

He blinks hard and is suddenly back with her.

"Something's wrong, Zoe. Uhm... Our weird chosen family here? The nine of us? Someone's in trouble."

Suddenly he stands up and looks around worried, still holding on to Zoe's hand.

"Ai ya! Where's River? Is she okay?"

..END MOVE

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"Hang on, travelers..."

SERENITYSSON

Friday, January 16, 2004 8:05 AM

OOC: Who the ruttin' hell needs sleep...

Jayne's turn:

Jayne notices Inara start to awaken. He grabs a cup of water and heads to the side of the bed.

"Uh, Inara, you okay?"

Inara groans and tears shed from her eyes but otherwise, no response...

"I didn't know what ta' do but I could tell ya' didn't want nobody nohow knowin' you was sick. You wouldn't a been playin' like all was right and good with ya' if'in that were the case. I ain't wantin' to git all in your buisness an' stuff so I just went an' took ya' down here, hope I did right by ya'."

"I don't rightly know if this will help but, I got some of these here pills to help with the siezures, Doc don't know nothin', he thinks they're fer me. I'm assumin' now that we're on Hara, you can git what ya' need but untill then, I dont wan't ya goin' all fainty again..."

"Inara?" Still no response...

Jayne begins to worry that maybe he should have brought her to the Doc after all. Sometime secrets get people killed...

Jayne begins to fade back somewhat into his memory, visions appear in his head of a teenaged Jayne and a young pigtailed girl riding hard in a two horse drawn wagon. Jayne remembers his little sister Delilah, whom would follow him on every misadventure with adoration for her big brother in every look she gave him. Sometimes things were tough for their family yet out of all the siblings a bond existed between the two that surpassed all others.

JAYNE: "Yeeeeehaaaaa!"

Whipping the horses faster the wagon begins to buck from the uneven ground.

DELILAH: "Jaynie! Pa's gonna be powerful mad at you if you break the wagon! Were supposed to be goin' to market, not practicin' for some stupid race. You know pa' don't want you enterin'..."

JAYNE: "Don't worry Di, this will just be our little secret, I ain't gonna break it, just need ta' see what this ruttin' rig can do. If'in I win that race, I can buy us a whole new wagon, an maybe if ya' keep quiet about this, there'll be some of that there candy Ma' don't want ya' havin'."

DELILAH: "I ain't never told on you before, what makes you think I'm a gonna do it now?! It's you an me always!"

A big grin comes across her face and she hugs her brother tight. Jayne kind of shrugs the hug off like shes bothering him but inside it makes him feel good to know his little sister loves and adores him so.

Jayne continues to drive the horses faster
bouncing the wagon around. as the ground becomes more uneven the horses start to have problems obeying the tugs of the reins. To avoid the trees coming up, Jayne tugs hard on the reins, whiping the horses heads around. The wagon bucks like mad, threatening to throw a wheel, fishtailing as the horses bolt to the right. Jayne hears a small scream and turns to see Delilah is no longer sitting next to him. Jayne Pulls back on the reins so hard they almost snap. The horses slow almost immediately from the forcefullness. Jayne looks in the back of the wagon to see where Delilah fell but, sees nothing. He jumps out of the wagon and sees a tangle of skirts and little limbs about 200 feet back. He takes off running to see if she is okay.

Arriving next to Delilah, Jayne skids to a stop and falls to the ground. He turns Delilah over and sees a nasty gash stretching from her temple to behind her ear. Jayne wipes some of the blood away with his shirt but it just seems to never stop flowing. He tries to get Delilah to talk to him...

JAYNE: "Oh my god, Di! Wake up! You got to be okay, little sis!" Tears start rolling down his face seeing the damage his foolish actions have brought upon his sister.

Delilah's eyes open a little bit and she tries to look up at Jayne.

DELILAH: (weakly)"J-Jayne... my head... hurts..."

JAYNE: "I'm sorry Di, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean for you to git hurt!"

DELILAH: (weakly)"Jayne, I.. I'm s-so c-cold..."

Jayne, openly weeping now, picks up his sister and runs back to the wagon. He jumps into the seat, cradling her little form in his arms and grabs at the reins one handed. He turns the wagon back towards town a

BARNEYT

Friday, January 16, 2004 10:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
OOC

__--__ Hi RP Readers.
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I am curious how many non-player readers there are who are willing to chime in.
Nothing sinister, just curious what kind of following, if any, there might be.

Well, there's me

I try not to interrupt too much, but I am really enjoying it! (it's awful confusing sometimes though...)

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

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