The Sereni-Tree, More Shopping, and Some Peril
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 02:08
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Seryn almost jumps out of her skin at the booming voice.
As the full implication hits her, she dumps the bundles. She stops, swears, attempts to kick a wall, and only just in time remembers that she's still not wearing any shoes.
Continuing the swearing with gusto, she plants her hands on her hips and attempts to walk off the frustration.
"They are going to be here any minute... can we head them off? S***! I still think the roof is our best bet. Try and get up high, to another roof, far enough away for our comms to work. What do you think?"
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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I agree, our only option is to run.
Let's go!
*They rush up a flight of stairs.*
One day.
One mission.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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*JadeHand Finishes strapping himself into a turrent and powering it up.*
"I appreciate the concern, But I'll hold 'til this passes. Going up against that cruiser before we've finished patching our hurt?... I'm not overly eager, but I'm in if that's our final option. Can we track the shuttles and eavesdrop on their communications from here? If the planetside crew dosen't get them before the shuttles land, we'll track which ever shuttle picks them up, and intercept that one. We should ready for a hasty retreat either way. With so many of our most capable down there, I think we give them the time they need. Maybe provide some distractions? "
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
Maybe provide some distractions?
Um, Seryn or Serenity, or both, could get nekkid?
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Just, y'know, offerin' up ideas....
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Crouched in an alley adjacent the warehouse, Grunt hands Soul his field glasses.
“What have you got Grunt?” Safe asks.
“Those walls aren’t the corrugated metal sheeting they’re made out to be. They’re a high density steel. The amount of explosive need to breach those walls would also take out half the block doing it. There are no guards, but a bunch of security cameras and what appears to be laser turrets.” Grunt says, clearly impressed. “To top it all off, there is some sort of electrical field embedded in the walls.”
“That must be what’s stopping me from opening a portal in there” TRM adds. “I didn’t think that was possible…”
“It is also stopping my scanners from penetrating the interior.” A metallic voice pipes up.
“Look who I found” Citizen says as he guides McQ and SR to the group.
“TRM, is it possible for you to open a portal just above roof level? If so, we could take a team up there. Soul, Jennings, Grunt and Bear could wait down here and SR and McQ could look for a back door. The way I see it, the ground teams will have to wait for someone inside to come out….” Safe catches himself and looks at TRM. “I’m sorry… I’m out of line. It’s not my place to be throwing orders around.”
TheRealMe reaches into his pocket. "Not at all, Safe. This is clearly your area of expertise, not mine. I'm smart enough to not stand in the way of a good idea."
TheRealMe drops something. It starts getting large. It is the shrunken shuttle Napoleon Bonaparte. TheRealMe reaches out, and a point of light appears before him. On the top of the roof, a second point of light can be seen. Both expand to become a ring of fire surrounding a dark void.
"There is your portal! You folks rescue the ladies and get back to the Sereni-Tree. Now, I will do something about these shuttles from the Alliance cruiser!"
TheRealMe notices Sparky with ScorpionRegent and McQ. "Come, Sparky! You and I must create a diversion so that Serenity can be rescued." Sparky does not move, and TRM continues. "If we do not accomplish this, then she will likely be captured and taken to some Alliance lab where she will be experimented on. Maybe disected. Come, I invoke Second Law."
"That is speculation," Sparky says.
"Yes," TheRealMe admits. "But the diversion I have planned is a dangerous task. I might need you to pilot the shuttle and complete the diversion while I escape alive through one of my portals. I invoke First Law."
With seeming reluctance, Sparky follows TheRealMe. They jump into the Napoleon and it lifts off. It flies directly up, until spotted by the Alliance shuttles. Then it speeds off in a random direction. Many of the Alliance ships follow, perhaps supposing that the 'special subject' was aboard trying to escape.
(EDITED to pick up Sparky)
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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on reaching the top of the flight, they realise that its not the right way, they run, reaching a first floor, and briefly spread out, looking for more stairs, Serenity yells, towards the back another rougher looking set of steps lead up, it looks promising, and they start to run up.
"Wait! I've had an idea. *looks ruefully at Serenity* it won't work, not with my track record today, but if the alliance are up there it'll buy us some time, confuse them."
She pulls off her jacket, then seems to go very still and concentrate really hard on her toes. Slowly, then with gathering speed, two wings sprout and grow. Soom the passageway is blocked by wings exactly the same as Serenity's, and her hair has altered to the same shade as well.
"What do you think?" She balls up her coat and shoves it up her top, "ha, well, it should make the alliance double take, if they are there."
"Come on"
They get to the top, Serenity busting the lock, and escape onto the roof, guns and blades ready for trouble. The sun breaks over the top of the buildings, but aside from the distant yells of morning traders, there is absolutely nothing.
"well then..."
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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Originally posted by ThatWeirdGirl:
*twg runs to the turrets* Jake! Jade? Oh my gosh, you need to see the doctor *he gives her the look* okay later…I picked up a message, they’re dispatching shuttles to take Serenity. Do we engage the cruiser, the shuttles, or do we hope the others can sneak by the Alliance? Frankly, I don’t like our odds against that mammoth. Opinions?
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
"I appreciate the concern, But I'll hold 'til this passes. Going up against that cruiser before we've finished patching our hurt?... I'm not overly eager, but I'm in if that's our final option...
I agree with Jadehand. It's better if they continue to ignore us. With the new shuttle's SEP, they should be able to get by the cruiser. The Napoleon can shrink to avoid detection and I'm sure the other shuttle can do the same. If not, we'll intervene if necessary.
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Quincey pushes by Trey as she runs onto the Sereni-Tree's Bridge. She is in the process of zipping up some coveralls after having shed her slinky red dress. She is barefoot, but carrying a pair of boots in one hand.
"I'm here, Weirdgirl! Ready to pilot the ship!"
From the main Bridge level, Quincey climbs up into the pilot dome and fits herself into the specially designed cockpit. She wiggles about to get comfortable, then fits her feet into her boots.
She touches a few controls on the flat panel before her, and the console comes to life. With a grin, she powers up the twin-linked plasma cannons that are mounted just below the Bridge.
"I'm ready for anything," Quincey says, enthusiastically.
Quincey, Bride5
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(Temporarily taking over Bride2 for tour guide purposes.)
Jadehand and Quincey had left the shuttle Ocean Cloud in a hurry. Deuce shrugs. “This way, Wisp.”
Deuce escorts Wisp out of the Ocean Cloud and to one end of the large hanger bay. Wisp can see that just the interior of the hanger seems larger than the entire craft that the shuttle had approached. Something odd is going on. The hanger contains a few small craft, with room for more.
After passing through some airlocks at one end of the hanger, Deuce leads Wisp out onto the higher of two balconies overlooking and entirely encircling a large room. The room is perhaps 20 yards or meters across. “This is the common room,” she says. "We just came out of the top floor of the south wing. Spaced around the common room you can see the entrances to the north, east, and west wings. The lower two floors of each wing are crew quarters. You can pretty much pick a place if it’s empty. Brideland is at the bottom of the south wing, in case you’re interested. Each of us Brides who are left have an apartment there. Anyway if you lean over the railing of this balcony and look down at the common room floor and to your right, you’ll see Trey’s bar. That’s where I’m heading. Want a drink? Kitchen is behind it if we get the munchies.”
Deuce, Bride2
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Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
"Wait! I've had an idea. *looks ruefully at Serenity* it won't work, not with my track record today, but if the alliance are up there it'll buy us some time, confuse them."
She pulls off her jacket, then seems to go very still and concentrate really hard on her toes. Slowly, then with gathering speed, two wings sprout and grow. Soom the passageway is blocked by wings exactly the same as Serenity's, and her hair has altered to the same shade as well.
"What do you think?" She balls up her coat and shoves it up her top, "ha, well, it should make the alliance double take, if they are there."
Clever!
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They get to the top, Serenity busting the lock, and escape onto the roof, guns and blades ready for trouble. The sun breaks over the top of the buildings, but aside from the distant yells of morning traders, there is absolutely nothing.
"well then..."
No, no. This is good.
*CMS digs in her pocket for her comm link.*
Soul? TRM? Anyone? This is Serenity. Seryn and I are okay. We're on the top of a building and we would very much like to be rescued right now. There's some alliance headed our way.
Repeat, we are okay!
One day.
One mission.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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