Life Onboard Serenity: #41 - Changeable Weather
POSTED BY: Isahiah
UPDATED: Monday, February 9, 2009 04:48
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Ivy stood at the counter waiting to pay for her chocolate purchases.
“Did you get everything you were looking for?” the clerk asked.
“More than enough,” Ivy told her, her smile wide and face flushed from the slight buzz of excitement.
Ivy pulled her money out of her bag to pay the clerk, but clumsily dropped it. She didn’t see Pain look through the window, then move on while she had been kneeling on the floor gathering up the wayward credits.
“Sorry about that,” Ivy said as she handed the clerk the correct amount.
Ivy slipped the treats into her bag that was being protected by the poncho and moved to the door. She flipped the hood up over her head, effectively covering her face and headed out of the store and into the rain.
“Hope Pain isn’t upset that I took so much time,” she whispered to herself. Then she smiled slyly. “But I think he’ll forgive me.”
With the smile still on her face, she headed towards the cowboy store.
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On the lookout for Ivy
Window after window, store after store and Pain had yet to find Ivy. Where was she? What was taking her so rutting long? And why did he have a feeling he was being followed? Those were the questions that flew through Pain's paranoia filled mind as he continued on his quest to find Ivy. He had stopped at a candy store and looked through its windows hoping that she was in there. The place was loaded with lots of sweets even the ones of the chocolate variety. Pain knew Ivy had a sort of fetish like affinity for chocolate, so it stemmed to reason that she would be in there. Alas after a few scans into the window, Pain didn't find one navy blue poncho wearing, blond haired and green eyed goddess by the name of Ivy.
With a grumbled curse in Chinese and a sigh, Pain turned and started to walk onwards. Halfway past the candy store, Pain glanced back just in time to see someone in a navy blue poncho walk out. He stood there for a moment wondering how he missed her when he saw Grayson in the corner of his eyesight. A chill ran down Pain's spine and through his veins. What would happen if Grayson walked over to Ivy not knowing who she was until he saw her face? Would he take her away right there and now or would he wait for Pain to try to stop him? Pain didn't think about the answers to those questions as his brain signaled to his legs to move and move they did, in an intercept course with Ivy. Grayson must've read his mind because that's exactly what he was doing.
They were about the same distance from where Ivy was walking to. Pain knew he could get to her faster because of his height, but he knew next to nothing about the old lawman. For all Pain knew the guy could've been an ex-track star or something. They were less than a third of the way to Ivy now and Pain was getting more tense and paranoid. Pain's hands wanted to go for his guns, but his mind told them otherwise. Plus the sight and sound of Pain shooting someone might scare Ivy and alert whatever security forces this place had. Time seemed to tick slower as the two men got closer to their target and Pain's ears filled with the sound of his own adrenaline addled heartbeat. Was he going to be the one to reach Ivy first or would it be Grayson?
A slender man dressed in a red winter coat, black pants, and tan boots burst out of the doors of the cowboy store. Clutched close to his chest in both hands was a woman's purse, its strap broken. The man glanced back at the doors he ran out of and brushed past Pain. The man stopped briefly, looked at Pain, and continued running, just as an older woman accompanied by a store employee came out and yelled for someone to stop the man. Pain looked at Grayson and Grayson looked at Pain. Ivy was too bewildered by the fact that someone would steal a woman's purse to notice that Grayson had started to chase after the man. That and the fact that Pain entered her vision was the only reason why she didn't notice him right off the bat.
Pain ran up to Ivy and embraced her with both arms. He gave her a quick kiss and said, "We should go now."
"Did you see that?" she asked astonished.
"Yes I did." Pain said almost robotic in tone. He placed her hand in his and continued, "We should go. Now. It ain't safe for you here."
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Ivy agreed that it didn't seem safe anymore. But what bothered her a bit was the way they went back to the ship. He had his hand on the small of her back, guiding her along at a brisk pace, almost rushing. He seemed distracted and kept looking over his shoulder.
"Everything OK, Pain?" she asked him as they walked.
"Yeah," Pain answered curtly. "Just want to get back."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure," he said as he looked back towards where they had come from again.
"OK."
Just a couple of minutes later, they walked up the ramp of Serenity's cargo bay. Ivy saw that their things from the store had been delivered already. She squeeled in delight and ran over to them.
"They're here already!" she said as she threw off her poncho onto a nearby crate. She opened the bags to make sure everything was there. She turned to Pain with a big grin on her face. "I'm going to take all this up to your bunk- I mean our bunk."
"OK," Pain absently said as he continued to look out the bay doors.
"I might change into one of my new things," she told him, hoping that he'd be able to read between the lines. "You come up soon? I need to know where I can put this stuff away at."
John, River, and 13 were in the cargo bay too, so she couldn't exactly come out and say 'Hey, come upstairs cause I'd like to sex you up.' She just hoped he wasn't too distracted to pick up on the hints she dropped. So she grabbed the clothes and headed out of the cargo bay.
Pain took off his coat and shook his head to get rid of some of the rain that had soaked his hair. Now that she had gone upstairs, he could go about what he needed to do. It didn't take a psychic to recognize the fear, paranoia and determination to keep Ivy safe that Pain was feeling right then.
He sat down on a crate, took out his guns one by one and made sure that they were all loaded and ready to go if needed. Grayson would not take Ivy away from him if he had anything to say about it.
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Grayson had caught up with the purse snatcher pretty quickly and handed him over to a fast arriving deputy.
He hightailed it back to the street by the grain store. The big man and the girl in the navy poncho were no where to be found.
"Tā mā de," he swore.
He stood there for a minute, trying to decide what he should do. After all, the chance of the big man or the girl he was with knowing anything about Ivy was very slim. But he couldn't shake the nagging feeling in the back of his mind.
A thought popped into his head and he smiled confidently.
"Well, I wonder if there happens to be a firefly in port," he said to himself as he walked in the direction of the docks.
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Ivy grabbed all the stuff, plus the light source Pain had purchased on her behalf and left the cargo bay. She had intentions on going up to their bunk, but decided to quickly install the light source into the faulty terrarium first. She didn't want to have to come back down later.
So she set her packages down outside her room, got out the replacement part and headed in. After twisting and turning to get to the right terrarium, she removed the damaged piece and replaced it with the new one. One flick of a switch, it came to life. All was fixed.
"Yes!" she exclaimed as she extracted herself from her current position and headed to the door.
When she got there, she picked up her packages and looked up to see Aiko standing there.
"Hey! Aiko? Right?" Ivy said warmly. "Where have you been hiding? I heard you were sick a couple days back. You feeling better?"
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Yes, I am, thank you. I was wondering what kind of plants you have, so I though I would pop in and say hi. So, hi!
Aiko Kitahoshi, passenger aboard the LoS, frequently awol due to the phenomina that is rl.
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"I've got a bunch of different kinds of things. Is there something you were looking for? I was hoping to give some away to people on board," gushed Ivy. She just loved to give plants away to friends. "I have fruits, veges, herbs, flowers, greenery, just a bunch! Just point me in the right direction and I'll see what I have."
After this morning, the day had gotten better and better. Complete with some fun plant matching! She was excited to see what Aiko might like.
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Well... I do have to say that I am partial to oranges, but I understand those are grown on trees, and I have to seriously doubt that you happen to have any fully grown orange trees in this tiny room...
Aiko Kitahoshi, passenger aboard the LoS, frequently awol due to the phenomina that is rl.
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sorry for the absense. Had nothing to post
"Is something wrong Pain?" John asked rising from the seat in the corner where River and he were chatting.
"Coming for her." River said rising.
"Wait a minute who's coming for who?" John had barely finished the question when the answer became obvious. Ivy. Who else would have Pain this worried. He cycled through many things. Firstly, would this guy hurt them. Secondly, she had promised him no one was coming for her. Thirdly, what could he do to help.
"Pain go stay with Ivy. If he comes by the ship I'll handle him, trust me." Knowing Pain he wouldn't but hopefully John's less direct method would keep any bloodshed from occuring. He turned to the door and grabbed the folding chair he kept there. Walking outside he sat down and waited ready to do one thing he did very well. Lie.
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I've never been too into this stuff, but it sounds good, so I may give it a shot if I can find the free time.
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