SPOILERS!!!BEWARE!!! Fic for the BDM spoiled

POSTED BY: LordKinbote
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 6, 2005 23:25
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LORDKINBOTE

Sunday, June 5, 2005 2:14 AM

I am new to this whole fanfic thang. Hope you like this.

(Someday)

"That which is is a shell floating in an infinitude of that which is not."
-Sir Arthur Eddington, physicist, 1928

She won't stop leaving tokens for Zoe. She won't stop purring. She won't stop singing from the catwalks. Russian, I think. Whenever we land she climbs on top of Serenity, stretches her arms and calls to the far horizon.
Zoe still isn't speaking.

Jayne, if you can believe it, has been a godsend. He keeps her busy. They fight with sticks. When she inevitably wins, she squeals this unearthly squeal because it means she gets to climb him like a shady tree. She stands one foot on a shoulder and one atop his thick skull, then he tries to shake her off without using his hands or tools of any kind. If he tries to cheat, which he does, she punishes him. Hard. It really is an experience just to witness it. Yesterday, after his huffing surrender, she slid her legs down each side of his head and plopped down on his shoulders, leaned over and gave him a big kiss on the cheek, sprang back up to launch herself to the underside of the catwalk, jackknifed and was gone into Inara's shuttle in the blink of an eye, leaving just the whisper of a giggle hanging in the air.
"Dang," was all he said.
I try not to think about it.
"I don't think she was wearing any underwear."
On the bright side, at least now I know what my stomach tastes like.

Zoe, meanwhile, won't leave Mal's side while we're on the clock. She doesn't say anything. Just stands there and does what she is told. Won't or can't make eye contact with anyone. Captain won't talk about it but the strain is showing on him. When he says the work is done, she turns on a heel and goes straight to her quarters.
I don't think she's there at all.

I've begun hearing the engine hum in my dreams. Kaylee says that means I'm officially a space dog, something in a Pekinese or so she says. You know what else she said to me this morning?
"Lordy, I could lick every inch of you."
How can anyone not love her? She makes rations seem a lovely feast.

But back to my original thought. The tokens. Every day River leaves these little treasures outside Zoe's hatch in the morning. For some reason, Zoe ignores them all day long but picks them up carefully and takes them down into her quarters at night. They are nothing really. Scraps bent into vivid shapes. Energetic sculptures that fit into the palm of your hand. Zoe must have dozens in there by now. I've never seen River actually make one but she goes absolutely ballistic if anyone besides Zoe touches one of them. And she'll know it from anywhere on the ship, if you foolishly do. I can't explain it but it feels like they are having a conversation.

If one absolute good has come out of all this darkness, besides getting the jackals off River's back, is that Mal and Inara talk, finally. Not banter, taunt or insult. Talk. As if it were pouring out of them. Mostly when Z is in her bunk but not always. And I think Z might be largely responsible. You know how Mal can get but before Z fell silent she really got on him about that. I'm ashamed to admit I overheard this conversation. It's hard not to sometimes on this ship.
"You two don't have to hide your happiness from me, sir."
"We're not..."
"In point of fact, I'd rather wish you wouldn't."
"Hmm. Huh."
"Life is short."
Mal said nothing to this.
"Life is short. If you're not man enough to handle that, siiiir, then you aren't the man I thought you were."
As far as I know those were the last words she spoke. River started the treasures the next morning. Something akin to a swan lifting off, I believe.

I wish I had gotten to know him better. I wish I had paid him more kindnesses. He certainly deserved them, and more.

Book.
Oh, Book. I hope I'm not right about you.
Jayne's been reading the Book, though, on the sly. One does wonder.

We'r

BUGCHICKLV

Friday, June 10, 2005 6:19 PM

I am by no means a writer, but I liked this, and I think that you might be able to flesh it out a little. I think Simon might be a little more verbose.

LOL at Jayne fainting (I think...there were some pronoun issues as well, so a couple of times it got confusing).

I'd like to see this as a part of a longer piece, that way I don't have to write it (I have been hounded by a plot bunny since 5/5 and part of it is here). Let me know if you need or want a Beta, as I am usually an excellent speller and grammar fanatic (well, not in forum threads).

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"Do you know what the chain of command is here? It's the chain I go get and beat you with to show you who's in ruttin' command."

LORDKINBOTE

Friday, June 10, 2005 11:19 PM

Thanks for the kind words. I've already posted a few more entries over at buffistas.org (firefly spoiler sec, entries #1049-1053). One for Book and one for Jayne. Currently working on Kaylee's. It's entitled "Kaylee Frye vs. The Stone-Faced Killer Rufus T." That's a reference to the Marx Brother's "Duck Soup". In it, Groucho's character name is Rufus T. Firefly. Hee hee.
I'm pretty new at this fanfic thing. Do you know any good sites for submitting this type of spoilery stuff? They were obviously less than thrilled to see me over there at buffistas. Ah well. sad little dukes, ya know?
And I sorta agree with you about the Simon. But I made the decision that this Simon is slightly different than the Simon of the show. A little more terse, nay even laconic. ;-) More like his compatriots. Kind of like how his wardrobe got more and more casual over the course of the show. And I totally agree about the pronouns. Bad habit of mine. sigh.
Anyway, thanks again. Hope you like the other stuff.

"People, when left alone, can be very kind to one another." -Daniel Schorr

LEEH

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:35 PM

You need to be posting fic to the Blue Sun Room, not using threads; it clutters up the threads. Also, people are freakish about spoilers--you need to leave a full page of warning so they can't even GLANCE at spoilers. I know your heading gives a warning, but people still freak out. . . .

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

ABILITY6

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 6:05 AM

Honestly some of the best fanfic I've read on any site. Very different approach, which I found really refreshing, and a credible imagining of the next chapter.

"Yolanda?"

LORDKINBOTE

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 11:25 PM

dear ability6,

thanks for the kind words. this is only a snippet of the actual "somedays" piece, which includes a 'someday' for each of the nine main characters. i posted it here but i don't seem to be able to find it now. (not a techie to say the least) no worries though, i'll probably re-post the whole thing once the movie opens. also working on its sequel, "adobe spoons (the S=k log w Blues)".
and thank you again for your message . it was really nice to read. ;-) lk