The Sereni-Tree, the Second Gala Pageant, and NO PERIL!

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THEREALME

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 3:58 AM

This is Thread 47 of the adventures of the Sereni-Tree!

For “The Guide to the Clubhouse / Treehouse / Sereni-Tree Threads”:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=11877

Following this post will be the very long post containing “TheRealMe’s Guide to the Sereni-Tree, V6”. This post will be a description of the ship and crew.

Below is the summary of the previous thread at:
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=20127

On Sereni-Tree in orbit:

The “Alliance” Cruiser that is launching fighters and threatening the Sereni-Tree and her people is determined to actually be a “Blue Sun” Cruiser. Jadehand, Wisp, and Jake7 crew the turrets. TWG, Trey, and Quincey are on the bridge. Bride6 offers to take care of Shadow and Ghost, but Shadow stays on the Bridge to help. Jadehand goes down to Engineering to show Jet the Somebody Else’s Problem field that can turn ships invisible. She figures out how to install it into Sereni-Tree. Also, she programs a crybaby to duplicate the Sereni-Tree.

On Commerce:

TheRealMe and Sparky, in the shuttle Napoleon, are dodging fighters from the cruiser, keeping the fighters’ attention away from the “kidnap Serenity” plot. Just as TRM is using a teleportal to get out of that situation, Washie disappears on the Sereni-Tree. This distracts TRM, and he ends up in the same Monty Pythonesque dimension where Ath and Kelly have fallen (and where they are enjoying a nice swim, and where Kelly latere has an elf-looking-West moment). Soon, TRM makes a portal to return to the Sereni-Tree’s Bridge.

Serenity and Seryn are rescued from the building where they had been held. ScopionRegent has gone missing from the Serenity rescue group. Safe and the crew of the Dagger (Jennings, Bear, and Grunt) make a diversion at the Leighton Docks starport while others (Citizen, Soul, Seryn, McQ, Needy, and perhaps Jazaf) carry the unconscious Serenity and drunken Cozen in a dress to the ISSCV dropship. Citizen blows something up, causing more diversion. Seryn gets in the pilot seat of the ISSCVwhile Needy and Citizen crew the turrets. They lift off, as do Safe and the Dagger crew in the Dagger. For a short time, those two craft and Sparky in the Napoleon fly in formation, but Sparky tries to interpose his shutte in the line of fire to protect the fighters. The fighters are eventually shot down. Sparky veers off. Throughout this time, Needy is having conversations with the Serenity-like angel that only he can see. Apparently, he is some Chosen One who will accomplish great deeds to save the ‘Verse… or he is hallucinating. He tries to ignore his angelic visitor.

ScorpionRegent has already taken the Admiral Nelson off, and is on his way to rendezvous with Sereni-Tree.

Mai and LightMeDark end up in a helicopter hovering over Commerce City. Eventually, they are picked up by Sparky in the Napoleon who offers to return them to the Sereni-Tree.

On Sereni-Tree:

With the enemy fighters approaching, Quincey drops the crybaby, activates the SEP field to turn the ship invisible, and does a quick burn to get them moving. Unfortunately, using the engines allows the enemy to spot Sereni-Tree.

At this time, ScorpionRegent is flying the Nelson to rendezvous with the crybaby that is simulating the Sereni-Tree.

TheRealMe comes onto the bridge, and has the main engines shut down and the reactionless thrusters activated. This allows the ship to maneuver unseen. TRM has Quincey chase after the Nelson while he gets ready with grappler arms to grab it and ThatWeirdGirl gets ready to take over piloting the Nelson, after she tinkers with the com equipment.

As the main hanger doors are opened, the fighters spot Sereni-Tree and TRM has Quincey perform a crude but quick barnswallow move on the Nelson. It crashes inside the hanger and starts a fire, which TRM and Wisp work to put out, which is done by op

THEREALME

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 3:59 AM

THE REAL ME’S GUIDED TOUR OF THE SERENI-TREE, V6

Hello! I am TheRealMe. I will provide another tour of the Sereni-Tree, my sixth. I have paid careful attention over time, and I believe that this layout is consistent with all the stories that have occurred in the Sereni-Tree to date.

WARNING: This post is very long.

Below, I also list the crew that we seem to have now, without bothering to track down every poster we have ever had. If I have missed crew or if anyone would like to change my one-line description of them, let me know. There is always the possibility that some missing folks have just been sleeping in their quarters for the last dozen threads, or perhaps they have been placed in the secret cryogenic freezing chamber of the Insidious Doctor Rat. CageyBee? CosmicFugitive? BadgersHat? Apple? ManiacNumberOne? KaySky? Knibblet? Aramina? ImEarly? GreekToomey? PyreFX? See also the ‘missing in action’ section of the crew list.

The Sereni-Tree’s Past

The Sereni-Tree is our home. Originally, it took the form of a tree house built by Ebonezer, and this is the image it has on our flag, the Flag That Shw Made, an interpretation of which can be found in ThatWeirdGirl’s Blue Sun items. The tree house was the immediate successor to “The Forgotten Not a Guy/Girl Clubhouse”. Later, PsychicRiver and a few others, including myself, modified the tree house to make it an air-ship, floating through the sky on numerous butterfly-shaped reactionless thrusters. In this form, the converted tree house was named and christened “Sereni-Tree” by Mal-licious, and we left the actual Tree behind as we flew off. Later, TheGreyJedi made even more modifications, and the Sereni-Tree became a starship. We have since been traveling the ‘verse, leaving the destroyed planets of Rukus and Black Diamond in our wake (we REALLY have to stop that). We returned to Earth-That-Still-Is to fight the Evil / Enemy Invaders and to face our own dark selves. After relaxing among dandelions and facing some Reavers, we boarded the nightmare ship Arkham. After that, we recovered ThatWeirdGirl and went on a second Mai-Quest where we befriended pirates. Then we got all caught up in the Boros Incident, where the Sereni-Tree was heavily damaged in a battle with two Alliance cruisers. Finally, we have faced a lot of peril on the planet Garrison and its moon Commerce, and are now headed back to Earth-That-Still-Is and are about to hold our Second Gala Pageant.

The Sereni-Tree on the Inside

The Sereni-Tree is a structure much larger on the inside than it appears on the outside, thanks to my ability to fold space-time in higher dimensions. On the outside, the Sereni-Tree is perhaps the size of a modest two-story house. On the inside, it is larger. MUCH larger.

The Common Room

The Common Room is the center of life in the Sereni-Tree. It is a huge cylindrical room perhaps 20 yards/meters across and three levels high. There are two encircling balconies, one above the other, around the Common Room. Equally spaced around the Common Room’s curving walls are the exits to the North, East, South, and West Wings. While it is true that the Sereni-Tree can move about and adopt any orientation, the names are traditional, coming from the time it was still a stationary tree house. There will be more about the Wings later.

In the center of the Common Room sits the pool table. In many ways, it is the critical nerve center of the ship, and battles have been waged for its possession. Underneath the pool table is the nest of Captain Ebonezer, where she always piles her stuff. The Captain has a designated room in one of the Wings, that room has rarely been used. The top of the pool table is where the Captain sometimes climbs to address the crew. Rat had once traded the pool table’s 8-ball for more Spam, but TheRealMe recently acquired a replacement. Its cue-ball is still stained purple from trav

THEREALME

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 4:06 AM

After all of the Sereni-Tree’s shuttles are recovered from their adventures on Commerce, TheRealMe uses Sparky to haul out of the Napoleon Bonaparte the many purchases he made. New couches and recliners, a new entertainment center, new tables and chairs for the bar, replacement DVDs to line the shelves, and many other such things. Soon, the Common Room is back to its pre-Boros normal state. “Sparky, please dispose of all the old broken furniture bits and other trash.”

TheRealMe looks about, satisfied at a perfect reconstruction job. “This calls for a celebration! Computer! Locate Washie!”

“Washie is not aboard the Sereni-Tree.”

TheRealMe rolls his eyes at the computer. “Computer, locate ItsAWash.”

“ItsAWash is not aboard the Sereni-Tree.”

“Oh. So she left...” Sadly, TheRealMe wanders over to the pool table and selects a cue. From the pocket of the suit he is still wearing, TheRealMe pulls an 8-ball and plops it on the table. He begins a game of pool.

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Meanwhile, folks decide if they will stay behind in the Garrison system or stay on the Sereni-Tree for the hyperjump to Earth-That-Still-Is.

Ath keys in the correct commands and the Sereni-Tree leaps into hyperspace.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

THEREALME

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 4:07 AM

TheRealMe crosses his fingers, hoping for more posts here.

LISSA

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 4:26 AM

*lissa plays pool with TRM. It isn't going very well for her, due to her terrible pool playing skills.*

Um...anyone wanna help me out here and give me some tips?

~lissa, retired spwhore

JADEHAND

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 4:59 AM

*JadeHand strolls over to the Pool Table and shows Lissa the proper technique for chalking her hands, and the cue. Followed by a brief discription of how to apply geometry to the game. Angles, bank shots, and English spin. He stands back to watch shaking the can of whipped topping in his hand to indicate the stakes of the game. He fills one hand with cream and hefts it in his hand. Suddenly from behind... JadeHand wipes the cream from his face and chases after his attacker.*

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KELLYOFLUTHIEN

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 5:04 AM

Not satisfied with merely making tacos, Kelly begins an adventure in Mexican cuisine. Soon she is surrounded by platters of rolled and flat tacos, veggie and bean burritos, cheese, chicken and/or pork enchiladas with red or green sauce (New Mexico style!), stuffed sopapillas, flautas, carnitas, chile rellenos, refried beans, spanish rice, fresh made tortillas and tortilla chips, red and green salsa of all heats, sour cream mixed with chopped and roasted green chile, and flan, fried ice cream and plain sopapillas with honey for dessert.

Mixing up the last of her famous guacamole (who knew Elves liked avocados so much?) Kelly locates a dinner bell and rings it loudly.

"Dinner for anyone who wants it!"

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JADEHAND

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 6:04 AM

Oh! Yay tacos! "Maybe I'll get a burrito too."
*JadeHand heads to the kitchen for a yummy meal*

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WASHSYOUNGERSEXIERBR

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:52 AM

ooc as wisp is not on board his post will be taken over by doris his talking goat.

Doris finally knawed throug her rope and wandered to the tacos
"can i have a taco please"
the drunken revellers look shocked
"im a talking goat and id like a taco please?"

THEREALME

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 1:46 PM

TheRealMe stares at the talking goat and drinks some more. This does not improve his pool game. He adds a burrito to the mix. Still no luck. He gives the goat a taco.

OOC: Uh, Wisp can still be on board, Wisp. So can Seryn. We can backtrack and rewrite those events. Or change your mind just before the hyperjump.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

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