Life Onboard Serenity: #40 - Burnt Stew, Dinner and a Job - Let's Celebrate!
POSTED BY: EnglishIvy
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 19:54
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Story so far:
Pain suspected that the marks on Ivy’s back were not what she said they were; Ivy finally waved Grayson, who then started to search for her; After some intense accusations, Ivy got scared and slipped into Pain’s bunk to sleep; Mal and Pain discussed Ivy, which involved Mal hitting Pain; Ivy left Pain’s bunk after a good night’s sleep, collided with Jayne and received a concussion; Aiko woke up.
Ivy talked Pain into letting her recuperate in his bunk; however nothing resembling rest occured. Instead, they got to know each other a lot better.
Mal and 13 were still distrustful of Ivy; 13 guessed what Ivy’s secret was, but she narrowly convinced him otherwise; Ivy was starting to remember things from her past. The more she began to remember, the less stable she was becoming.
John was unsettled by a loss of time he experienced while in his bunk.
The Crew rescued Isahiah from escape pod. A man with mystery all around him. Isahiah attacked Simon in a fit of confusion.
Pain started to get an inkling of Ivy’s condition, but kept it to himself. Later on, he asked her a question when she was nearly asleep and her answer confirmed his suspicions. Ivy feared that Pain wanted her to leave, but he assured her that he still liked her and asked her to move into his bunk.
John went to investigate Isahiah, but was overwhelmed by the strengt
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Everyone found a place to sit around the table.
Pain and Ivy sat together with her chair as close to Pain as she could get it, using his shoulder as a head rest. She needed his touch to keep her together and grounded. 13 glared at them, concluding that his fight with Pain didn’t change anything. Jayne leered at Ivy who looked down at herself and realized that she was only wearing Pain’s T-Shirt. Luckily, due to their size difference, it looked more like a short dress.
“Pain!” she whispered to him. “I didn’t put pants on!”
“Don’t worry, bao bei, you look just fine,” Pain reassured her. “Just ignore Jayne. He’s always like that.”
River sat down on the far end next to Simon. She seemed jumpy and a little unsettled. Simon leaned over to her.
“Mal said you wanted to talk to me? And that you had an episode?” Simon asked with a concerned look on his face. “I want to see you down in the infirmary as soon as we finish here.”
“Everything is fine, Simon,” River told him.
“You had an episode! That’s far from fine.”
“I’m OK, Simon. No infirmary visit needed,” she reiterated. She leaned in closer to him and whispered to him the reason why she wanted to see him earlier. “Wait until he says something to you directly, but Pain will have some medical questions to ask you.”
Simon looked at her strangely.
“About what? Is he injured?”
“Not enough to warrant looking at, but this is something different. I can’t say why. Just let him come to you.”
Simon nodded.
The stew Jayne “cooked” is passed around.
“Gorram it, Jayne,” Pain exclaimed after he took a bite. “Did you have to burn it?”
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“Gorram it, Jayne,” Pain exclaimed after he took a bite. “Did you have to burn it?”
"Did ya go and have to get in a fight with Bot Boy, causin' me to burn it in the first place?" Jayne shot back, leering at Pain.
"First off." Pain pointed out in a calm manner, trying not to worry Ivy, to which he had resorted to giving a reassuring back rub to. "I didn't start the fight and secondly, I don't think it's the best in dinner manners to discuss who did at this point."
He took a bite of his bread, swallowed it after chewing it, and added with a playful smile, "Course, Jayne, you ain't ever been one for manners."
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Ivy leaned down and sniffed the stew only to wrinkle up her nose at it and push it away. She grabbed some bread and tore off a piece.
The back rub Pain was giving her was very reassuring. She knew he was going out of his way right now to make her feel better and she appreciated it.
Ivy popped the bread into her mouth as she leaned up against Pain’s side. He winced visibly, but covered well. She looked over at 13 and glared at him. If bread could somehow become a lethal, robot destroying weapon, she would have used it. But unfortunately, it was only food and all she could muster up was the glare.
She tilted her head to whisper into Pain’s ear.
“Are you OK? We can postpone our later plans,” she offered. “Cuddling could be a viable option. It is one of your hobbies after all.”
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“Are you OK? We can postpone our later plans,” she offered. “Cuddling could be a viable option. It is one of your hobbies after all.”
Pain leaned over, placing his left hand over his mouth and whispered into her ear, "I'm fine, baobei. I'm still up to havin' some after dinner fun with you and Tommy." To show her what he meant, Pain placed her left hand on his lap. With a sly smile, he whispered, "We can cuddle afterwards."
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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As Pain placed her hand in his lap, Ivy's back straightened and her eyes went wide.
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"We can cuddle afterwards."
She looked around the table, quickly scanning to see if anyone took notice to the current location of her left hand. She only noticed River shifting uncomfortably in her chair and Jayne was smiling slightly as he looked back and forth between Pain and her.
Her mouth had suddenly went dry, but she took a bite of her bread anyway. After she did that, she reached up, grabbed her water and drank a sip.
Pain started rubbing her back again and it ran shivers down her spine. With his other hand he reached for his own bread. So if both of his hands were accounted for, then why hadn't she moved hers?
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Cate quietly ate her stew, not minding the fact that it was a little burnt, the bread helped mask the charcoal aftertaste. She listened to the murmur of conversation, mainly of Jayne making lewd comments about Pain and Ivy that Cate, while a bit put off by the mans bluntness also found it quite funny, but she didn’t let it show in her demeanour or face.
She took a gulp of the beer and continued with her meal, trying to find her place with this rag-tag crew who seemed to be … missing something about them that she couldn’t quite place……
Well, just yet anyway.
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Isahiah's followed the cast iron stewpot as it circled around the table, pinning his eyes on it as if to peer through the flaked red enamel. Once it was passed over to him, he slopped a generous helping of stew onto his plate and began gobbling it down gluttonously. Sitting beside him was an exquisite young lady clad in plain yet fashionable apparel. She momentarily gaped at his glaring disregard for proper table manners before surreptitiously edging away from him.
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BigWolf18 "Way i remember it, you said you was leavin', dare say that saved us a whole peck o' trouble. now i gotta wonder what could spur on a fine disreputable man like yourself to show your fine disreputable face here again."
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Simon looked over at Ivy, who seemed a little tense. He noted tired look to her features.
“Ivy?” he asked. Her eyes whipped around to his, a slightly alarmed look on her face. “You look tired. Do I need to remind you that you need your rest?”
“N-No, Simon,” she stammered. “I’m good.”
“I’d say she’s barely gotten out of bed today,” Jayne snickered beneath his breath. Ivy pulled both of her hands into her lap and started scrutinizing her cuticles. Pain’s leg shot out underneath the table, connecting with Jayne’s shin. “Ow! Whad’cha do that-“
Another kick followed, along with a glare from Pain and Jayne got the hint to shut his mouth. Pain smiled at Simon, then at Mal, who was regarding him with suspicion.
“She’s slept a while today,” he retorted. “Honest to God.”
13 snorted at Pain’s comment and Kaylee suppressed a giggle.
Simon looked at Ivy again.
“Just don’t make me come down there and dope you,” he warned. “Concussions don’t go away by themselves. It takes rest.”
“Yes, doctor,” Ivy acquiesced.
"I’m sure she’ll be good and tired soon enough,” Jayne said smirking at Pain as he scooted back a little, putting him out of Pain’s reach.
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John was glad to be back. He sat in his spot between Inara and Kaylee and quietly sipped his soup. As the exchange between Jayne and Pain went on he couldn't help but snicker. He was reminded that he liked these people, loved most of them like family. He had missed them. Inara looked at him knowingly. She had noticed his absence and was waiting for him to talk about it. She was one of three people on the ship who knew his past. That thought struck him. River and Inara would know exactly what had happened, but would anyone else even care?
He looked at Kaylee. She had her arm wrapped around Simon's and was smiling. Would she notice? He was just about to talk to her when the captain interupted.
"Where you been John?" he said mostly to get of the intercrew relations topic.
"My bunk most of the time," John replied nonchalantly, "around, too." River gave him a knowing look, as did Inara. It was enough for them. The captain would want more.
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