RP GR "Adventures in GunRunning" ACT 15
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UPDATED: Monday, May 3, 2004 06:49
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MERZ move
START LOCATION - BRIDGE
Her thoughts circling again, tomorrow, will see him tomorrow, who else will be there? ah, what if he . . . they have forgotten me . . . ? tomorrow . . . tomorrow . . .
She has reached the cargo bay without being aware of a single inch of the journey. It is empty, but MERZ would not have cared if a squad of purple-bellies had been present. Despite the rather too snug shipsuit she is wearing, she starts into her hand-to-hand kata without a thought or a pause the instant she has stepped through the door. She fights memory demons only some faceless. Her concentration is . . . almost . . . total. But too much has happened, too many changes, too many fears, too many revelations.
She cannot submerge herself completely in the safety and the calm of routine.
EOM
END LOCATION - CARGO BAY
OOC Edited - looks as if the end is no longer valid 
If Justice is the dish, then I am your waitress
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Thorne's Move:
Location: Common room/His Quarters
RIVER: "They're out there. Looking. Waiting. Plotting. And they don't know it. They can't see. But one, his voice changed. His mind tried to come to life. He knows. He tries to rid himself of it."
RIVER straightens up and walks out of the common room, leaving a puzzled THORNE to respond to the empty air.
THORNE: "Well, glad I could be of assistance. Any time... Poor child really needs help. Hope her brother can find something for her on this wild-goose chase of his."
Shaking his head, he enters his quarters and closes the door.
EOM
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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OOC: Decoy, I'm going to move Wash out of his chair so Damon can finish. Hope that's ok.
Damon's turn:
LOCATION - BRIDGE
Damon turns Wash's chair around when he gets up and continues attaching the straps. After a few short minutes, he gestures for Wash to sit down again.
"Ok, I'm finished. All you need to do is adjust them to fit and you'll be good to go."
He starts picking up the tools from the floor and puts them back in the box that he assume they came in.
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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Wash gratefully takes the cup of coffee from Zoe. "More'n a bit. But if it's really the health of me she's concerned about, I got no qualms. Just wish they came in silk or sumthin."
Wash's ears perk up at Damons words. "Actually, if you really want something to do, I bet Kaylee wouldn't mind some help on the port 'burner. Maybe you could volunteer." He takes a swing of coffee, not seeing Damons reaction.
You see I cannot be forsaken/Because I'm not the only one.
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Wash's Move:
LOCATION - BRIDGE
(getting up and moving to the starboard (gunnery) console, looking at the screen with the cross-hairs on it)
"Zoe, how's about we practice shakeing the ship around while you test out your new chair? I promise to warn everybody"
Decoy, they make me go first.
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Damon's turn:
LOCATION - BRIDGE to ENGINE ROOM
Quote:
Wash: "Actually, if you really want something to do, I bet Kaylee wouldn't mind some help on the port 'burner. Maybe you could volunteer."
Damon opens his mouth to reply, but Wash has already turned to Zoe and his coffee, so he picks up his box of tools and heads for the engine room instead.
Passing through the galley, his stomache reminds him that it's lunch time. He puts food on the top of his list of things to do after putting everything away and continues on to the engine room.
He steps inside and looks around for Kaylee. Working on the port burner sounded like a fun idea, though he isn't sure Kaylee would agree. He spots her tinkering with something, looking a little distant.
"I got your tools here. We finished puttin' the straps on the bridge chairs. Wash said that you might need help with the port burner. I was just going to grab a bite to eat, but I can come back when I'm done and help with somethin' if you'd like."
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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Kaylee's Move
Location: Engine Room
Kaylee hears the voice from far away. Looking up, she sees that Damon has appeared in her doorway, saying something about the port burner.
"Sure, whatever...see what Wash wants ta do 'bout it..."
Turning back to her work, she sinks again into her reverie.
End Move
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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Damon's turn:
LOCATION - ENGINE ROOM to CARGO BAY
Quote:
Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:
"Sure, whatever...see what Wash wants ta do 'bout it..."
Turning back to her work, she sinks again into her reverie.
Damon watches her for a moment, realizing that whatever is bothering her, it isn't him. He sets the box of tools down out of the way and takes the bundle of remaining straps out to take down to the cargo bay.
When he gets down there, he sees Merz warming up for some excersize. He makes his way down to the floor of the big room and, staying well out of Merz's way, puts the straps back where they belong.
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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Book's Move
LOCATION - BOOK'S ROOM
Book listens to the background interference generated on the other end of the communicator and meant for multiple purposes; masking, anti-interception, and multi-wav scrambling to outside listeners. They are wasting time and resources. Book thinks. I should them to consider those operatives that are out of communication to be compromised. No. I can't get involved again. Book turns to the cracked mirror and the battered Bible sitting on the counter below.
{pause}
{Book} "Continue as previously instructed. Return communication when another of the NOC holders becomes available. The location of that transmission is very important, even if it's general. The man who made it has no doubt moved somewhere else by now, so an exact pin-point would be... pointless."
[Voice of communicator operator] "Confirmed. You will be contacted within 16 hours."
Book snaps the communicator shut and walks to the counter by the mirror. He picks up his Bible, holds it close to his chest and walks out of the room. Intending to finally find River, he crosses the small hallway and notices that her bed has been messed up since he last peeked in. "I'm chasing the girl in circles."
A sudden inspiration strikes Book as he walks by the infirmary and he enters it and begins opening drawers and cabinets. "Where is that thing? What was that thing?" Forgotten for the moment is his search for River, as Book tries to recall exactly what the machine was that Simon used to connect himself to Niska. Maybe there's some sort of information left on it that will help me know if what I think about Simon is right. he thinks.
EM
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ZOE'S MOVE:
LOCATION - BRIDGE
Quote:ZOE turns and looks at her husband for a moment, then shakes her head in amusement.
WASH: "ZOE, how's about we practice shakeing the ship around while you test out your new chair? I promise to warn everybody."
ZOE: "Dear, don't you think I outta learn how to shoot from the new chair before we go shakin' folks around? Gotta wait for MERZ to get herself together an' have her show me the ropes on this thing... Although I could get a head start..."
ZOE sits down in the gunner's chair and straps herself in, beginning the process of committing all the buttons and dials to memory, hands never actually touching any of them.
End Move.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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