Life Onboard Serenity: Journey To Beumount
POSTED BY: bigwolf18
UPDATED: Sunday, November 19, 2006 19:55
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"So...are you...alright?" I said plainly, awkwardly, biting the insides of my cheeks. The girl was curled up in the corner of the room, knees drawn tight into her chest.
" 'Alright' is impossible to define. Too many perspectives and too many views on the specifics. Even a generalized term can't be reached." She didn't raise her eyes to look at me as she said this, something that unsettled me a bit.
"Right then. I'll be...not here. Or really not anywhere, if you want to stay metaphysical."
She smiled at me, which re-settled me quite nicely, saying, "Maybe we're all everywhere at once..."
"...since we're all made of the same molecules." I smiled back. "It's good to see somebody with a sense of philosophy around here."
"My mother always said it was from my father," she said candidly, now observing her nails with rapt interest.
"Did she, now?" Regan. Still bitter, it seemed. Who could blame her? "Let's just say I'll definitely be somewhere and call it even."
With that, I was gone.
Alright. What had I learned?
A) She was a few miles above the speed limit, so to speak. Your average seventeen-year old wasn't very concerned with metaphysicism.
B) She was a few too many miles below in some areas as well. Such as the screaming, sneaking, hiding, crying, and the few mentions of 'smoothers' being used. For her protection, of course.
Which leaves me with what I have to learn:
A) What exactly was wrong, and B) exactly what I had to do to make it better.
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"Why am i on coffee duty again?" asked Choo.
"'Cause your good at it," said Kaylee sleeply, head resting on the table.
No one was really eating (except Jayne, who was giving a pig a run for its money) or talking. Last Nights (that short?!?) events had slowly sunk in. Just kind of sat there in mostly silence, trying to make conversation.
"Hey, Anyone seen 13? He didn't show up earlier. Amazing what some people can sleep through..." asked Guy, something clicking into place, lots of heads turned.
The crew had got 13 and his goons trailing there asses trying to take River back, and with their dear captain not in sight, there could be problems...
"oh..not good." was all Guy sad before Zoe and Fly headed downstairs to the passenger dorms...
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BUMP BUMP BUMP
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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BUMPING AGAIN! Will someone please make with the posty.
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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This is the military vessel Animinaru. The captain is sorry to inform you that we were unable to retrieve the man called Pain due to grave circumstances. The captain wishes to personally meet with your captain and offer his condolences.
The message came through as Choo was pouring the coffee for a second round.
Silence.
Then a shattering crash echoed across the kitchen. "GORRAM STUPID HWOON DAHN!" Fly's coffee cup quickly followed her plate as they struck the wall and slammed into the cabinets.
"I TOLD HIM! I TOLD HIM! If he was gonna DIE he was gonna let me DIE FIRST! BASTARD!"
No one moved to stop her rant, recognizing the fury as grief. After Jack, losing Pain was a bitter blow. Fly stormed herself out, and then sunk to a chair. "I... sorry, gang."
Standing up, she strode from the room, "I'll be in my bunk."
Suddenly, Sammy realized they were all looking at her. Someone was dead. Someone they said she'd shared a bunk with. Clearly they were expecting something from her. An outburst? Tears? She didn't have any tears left. When she thought of the name, Pain, it meant nothing. There was nothing there.
Sammy gazed around the dining room, her gaze finally meeting Mal's, and she shook her head. "I ..don't know what you want from me..."
"That's alright." Simon's voice, calm and reassuring, "Don't worry about it."
Another long silence, and then Mal sighed, "Y'all get things cleaned up and stowed, then I want us in the air. Shepherd? Maybe you could prepare to say a few words?"
"Surely can, Captain." Book assured quietly, "You worry about the ship, God will worry about her flock."
"God don't much worry about us, I reckon." Mal swallowed down the last of his coffee and reached behind him, producing E's black case. "Mei mei, you finish your breakfast and then see if you feel up to workin' some."
Sammy looked at the black case, and smiled. This, at least, was familiar to her.
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*Jayne watched as Fly stormed off to her bunk. He turned to everyone and said*
So since Pain's dead an' all can I have his guns?
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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nice one, Pain! 
So..you gonna take over writin' Jayne while Pain is off getting to know his daughter?
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Originally posted by DRPAIN:
*Jayne watched as Fly stormed off to her bunk. He turned to everyone and said*
So since Pain's dead an' all can I have his guns?
^lol. excellent. So no more Pain for a while. Well, less chance of getting shot then
Mal shot Jayne the "out-the-airlock" look. "What?"
"Kaylee, whats the soonest we can be in the air..." Mal asked
"'bout five minutes Cap'n!" said Kaylee.
"....Without fear of exploding?"
"'bout five hours."
"I'll take the first one. Get to work." Mal ordered. "Anyone needs me, i'll be on the bridge."
"I suppose you know Pain's next of Kin? They'd want to know what happened to him." said Choo as he picked up a broom to clear up Fly's mess.
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"You're nothing."
Sammy looked up from her computer to see the cold eyes of 13, glowing bright.
"Yeah. Nothing. I know that you can't remember him, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't care. You shrug this off like it's...like it's a bee."
"You make me sick."
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Originally posted by SameErtia:
nice one, Pain!
Yes I'll be taking over the writing for Jayne and Shipscat while Pain is off spending time with his daughter.
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Originally posted by Choo1701:
^lol. excellent. So no more Pain for a while. Well, less chance of getting shot then
Pain'll be back sometime in the near future and yes that means one less person to accidently shoot you Choo.
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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