The Sereni-Tree: Quest For The Giant Firebreathing Space Chickens!
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Thursday, September 21, 2006 06:07
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Sitting at a table in the corner of the village inn, TheRealMe studies the menu. "Hmmm... 'Two-egg omelette, serves twenty'. Must be made with eggs from the giant chickens. That sounds tasty to me, but..."
As TheRealMe looks up from the menu at Jake7, he stops. "What's that?" he whispers.
Behind Jake7, floating up among the rafters of the room, is a small silvery eye. It seems to be staring at Our Heroes.
TheRealMe shrugs and waves at it.
TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree
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What's what?
**jake7 turns around to see what TRM is waving at. She sees the bizarre eyeball thing. She looks back at TRM**
Um, do you think you should wave at it? Might be a security camera, but if so, it's the strangest one I've ever seen!
As for the omlette, there's not enough of us to share one. Anything more normal in portion size?
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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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Sir Kei walks into the Village Inn. He has replaced his armor with a simple peasant style shirt and brown pants made from what looks to be a combination of some sort of leather and cotton. (Actually, it's chicken skin but it has to be blended with cotton for strength.)
He smiles and waves at the serving girl. "Hiya Ruby!"
"You want the usual Sir Kei?" Ruby smiles back.
"Ya, two two-egg omelettes, but only one loaf of bread. I'm trying to cut back. Need to be in shape for the next tournament."
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"Stop doing that thing"
"What thing"
"That thing where your mouth moves and noise comes out"
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ooc - Well... i was having it progress at just a bit faster than RL, and waiting for the best (or would that be worst) time to work it into the story. Around about five months the sickness is over and the back pains have yet to begin and mostly women are just doing that 'glowy' thing before another hormone shift makes all your hair fall out. (my sister had a baby, and she likes SHARING)so just beginning to show but not yet awkward.
But apparently Serenitys baby is two months old already! does that meen mine is slow or hers is precocious? Argh! ok, better get a move on.
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"Well, i was intending to call him Kaspar, but we can go with Spawn if you must. But you have to explain it to his school teachers.
Don't worry, the back ache and the swollen ankles and the mood swings and cravings will begin and your life will become hellish soon enough, so just savour the calm."
"So no running... did you have another plan or are we just going to twiddle our thumbs until something turns up?"
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Behind Jake7, floating up among the rafters of the room, is a small silvery eye. It seems to be staring at Our Heroes.
TheRealMe shrugs and waves at it.
*LMD walks back into the inn to see his captain waving at something he can't quite see. He moves to join the crew and partake of breakfast when he finally sees the oddly floating orb. Also shrugging, he pulls up a seat and picks out a banana from the bowl of mixed fruits sitting at the center of the table.
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Hey guys,
Welcome to breakfast. I've ordered some toast with a variety of jellies and jams, also plenty of juices. The omlette sounds great. I'm really hungry, and the others will hopefully join us soon.
* JadeHand puts his elbows up on the table and leans forward, asking loudly, "So, how did everyone sleep? I think I got the first great rest I've had in a long time. I really like this place." His hand comes up to shield his mouth from view as he looks forward as if anticipating their response. He mumbles to Captain TRM, "It's been watching me for about an hour. It came through the open window in the back over my right shoulder. I've not been able to get a good look at it, as I've tried to be subtle and it tends to move about. Ever seen anything like it?" JadeHand leans back taking a glass of Orange Juice in his hand and sipping it slowly. His right hand slips into his bag as he begins to fumble for a tool.*
"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
Goodbye to all that. III-The Opium Den (Brave)-Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.
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*Completely oblivious to JadeHand's use of diversionary tactics, LMD looks at him with a face contorted by concentration
Y'know, now that I think about it...I'm not really sure how I slept or if I even did. I, uh, I can't recall anything from last ni- wait, I remember receiving a package with a note attached from Serenity, though I'm not really sure where it came from...I never forget. What did happen this night past?
*LMD's voice trails off and an expression of confusion falls upon his face.
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IN THE VILLAGE INN:
Quote:
Jadehand wrote:
Hey guys,
Welcome to breakfast. I've ordered some toast with a variety of jellies and jams, also plenty of juices. The omlette sounds great. I'm really hungry, and the others will hopefully join us soon.”
JadeHand puts his elbows up on the table and leans forward, asking loudly, "So, how did everyone sleep? I think I got the first great rest I've had in a long time. I really like this place."
His hand comes up to shield his mouth from view as he looks forward as if anticipating their response. He mumbles to Captain TRM, "It's been watching me for about an hour. It came through the open window in the back over my right shoulder. I've not been able to get a good look at it, as I've tried to be subtle and it tends to move about. Ever seen anything like it?"
JadeHand leans back taking a glass of Orange Juice in his hand and sipping it slowly. His right hand slips into his bag as he begins to fumble for a tool.*
“Oh, right, subtlety!” TheRealMe stops waving at the silvery eye floating in the rafters and sheepishly goes back to studying the menu.
Meanwhile, the silver eye swivels about until it spots Sir Kei at a nearby table. It flies closer to him and seems intent on observing him in particular. Sir Kei notices and nods to the eye. “Greetings, Your Majesty! Is all here as you think it should be?”
A few minutes pass. The serving maid Ruby brings Sir Kei’s breakfast, but as he begins to dig in, there is a rumble from the ground.
“Not again!” Ruby says, and dives backward.
The floorboards below and around Sir Kei explode into a shower of splinters as perhaps a dozen giant snakes rise up from the earth to attack him. Patrons of the Inn scatter.
Sir Kei seems more annoyed than anything else. He calls out, “Again, Ouroborous, with the snakes? Show some originality!”
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ON THE SERENI-TREE, IN ORBIT ABOVE ZANZIBAR:
Doctor SimonWho returns from checking on Corbin the Yeti and her new-born baby SimonYeti, named in honor of him. Mother and son seem to be doing fine, assuming that his wild guesses on Yeti physiology are anywhere near to correct.
SimonWho enters his medical office to find seven women waiting for him.
Bobbie Sue jumps up and down with glee, causing her numerous blonde curls to bounce. She claps her hands. “Goodie! Goodie! The doctor is here!”
“Welcome back, Doctor,” Serenity tells him, though her attention is focused on little Seraphina in her arms. Serenity changes position in her chair and refolds her angelic wings in order to shift how she holds her baby.
Sitting in a corner, Deuce is calmly sharpening one of her katanas. “Huh! About time he got back! Can we get on with this? I’m late for my gymnastics practice. Then I have sword training this afternoon.” She pauses to secure her red hair in a headband, then she gets back to her work.
Quincey slinks over in her short, tight, low cut red dress and hugs SimonWho. She looks up into his eyes, gives him a long, lingering look, and whispers, “We have a favor to ask of you.” Then she kisses him gently.
“Wonderful, Quin!” Bride7 sneers, looking away. “You struck out with every other human male on this ship, why not strike out with the doctor, too! Then you can start working your way through the Yeti.”
Quincey flashes a searing glance back at Bride7. “At least I try.”
“Whatever!” Bride7 looks down and crosses her arms.
Trey and Jet stand together, side by side. They are a mis-matched pair, for Trey is dark and tall, over six feet in height, while Jet is pale and stands not quite five feet. “Doctor…” they both begin. They pause and look at one another, then look back at SimonWho.
Trey continues alone. “Doctor, we would like your help on a special project. As I’m sure you remember, we Brides came aboard this ship as a group of seven. And we have recently welcomed Serenity, here, as the new Bride8. But really, our number has been incomplete for a long time, since the incident on Black Diamond with the FemaleReaver.”
“Really?” Bobbie Sue’s brow furrows as she wonders aloud. “What happened?”
“Idiot!” Bride7 scowls. “Bride1 got turned into a reaver by the FemaleReaver, attacked us, and then was killed and eaten by Needleseye!”
“Oh, yeah,” Bobbie Sue mutters, pouting, eyes downcast. “I forgot.”
“That’s only because YOU didn’t help clean up the mess!” Quincey responds, shuddering at the memory.
“It was… yucky.” Bobbie Sue protests.
Jet brushes back an errant strand of black hair and adjusts her smudged glasses. “Bride1 was PARTIALLY eaten by Needleseye,” she corrects. “We saved some of her remains and stuck it into cryogenic storage to preserve it. That’s where you come in, Doc.”
Trey nods. “Yes, we’d like to take the remains of Ace, Bride1, out of cryo and regenerate her or clone her or something. We want her back with us.”
Jet pulls an odd device from a pocket of her grimy coveralls. She turns it back and forth in her hand, displaying lots of control knobs, pointy projections, and blinking lights. “Look, I invented a DNA duplicator / resequencer just for this job!”
Deuce stops sharpening her blade and considers this. “It’s been a while since my own sensei was around. But Ace was a very skilled swordmaster. She could probably teach me a thing or two about fighting if we can get her back.”
“Get her back?” Bride7 laughs. “Bride1? That nutcase was a psychopath BEFORE she became a reaver. I say keep her in cold storage, or better yet, space whatever’s left of her. Safer for everyone that way! Besides,” Bride7 turns and points at Deuce, “you’ve gotten to be too much like her as it is!”
“Good! I want to be a good fighter!”
Trey shrugs at SimonWho. “We would want to leave out the reaverized bits, of course.”
“Yes,” Jet agrees enthusiastically. “This will be fun! Just like playing Mad Scientist!”
Somewhat stu
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"Well, i was intending to call him Kaspar, but we can go with Spawn if you must. But you have to explain it to his school teachers.
Don't worry, the back ache and the swollen ankles and the mood swings and cravings will begin and your life will become hellish soon enough, so just savour the calm."
"So no running... did you have another plan or are we just going to twiddle our thumbs until something turns up?"
"I was thinking of Spawn of Seryn as more of a title than a proper name. I have no right to name your child. I was just thinking whimsically. As for a plan I intend to soak here comforably for a while longer, then I will take a liesurely nap and finally I will go down stairs and stuff my face at dinner. The nobles set a excellent table on this planet. That sounds just about perfect, unless of course you would like to make that a strenuous nap."
Scorpion Regent
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