Life Onboard Serenity: #41 - Changeable Weather
POSTED BY: Isahiah
UPDATED: Monday, February 9, 2009 04:48
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Serenity's Cargo Bay
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Originally posted by johnthetheatrefreak:
"Pain go stay with Ivy. If he comes by the ship I'll handle him, trust me."
"Uh huh." Pain stubbornly snorted, not moving an inch from where he was.
Pain was all kinds of tense and it didn't take an empath or a reader to figure that out. His nerves were on edge, his muscles were taut, his senses were all on high alert, and Pain's trigger fingers were primed and ready to go at a moments notice. He wished he had a smoke right now. A nice smooth cigar or even a pack of Blue Sun Golds would do the trick and mellow him out about now, but such wasn't the case. He started to wonder if he had any wayward smokes laying around in his room. If he didn't he'd have to risk sneaking into Jayne's room and borrowing some of his.
Breathing out a frustrated sigh, Pain said to John, "His name's Grayson and he's a lawman lookin' for Ivy. Might need to convince one of the womenfolk that they were the one with me durin' the shoppin' spree and not Ivy in order to throw him off. Probably ain't goin' to be easy especially with him sniffin' around."
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Quote:
Originally posted by JaynesMane:
I've never been too into this stuff, but it sounds good, so I may give it a shot if I can find the free time.
OOC: Well we're always looking for fresh faces here and we'd be more than happy to have you aboard, JaynesMane.
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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"Oranges, you say?" Ivy asked Aiko. She started looking around her plants. "While it is true that I don't have actual orange trees in here. I do have a new hybrid fruit in here. They look like grapes, but they are red in color and tastes just like an orange."
She found it and hefted it out of it's place. She carried it around to Aiko.
"I think you'll like them," she said smiling. "Eat as many as you like, just make sure that there are a couple left over in case I have a customer who might want to try them."
"You know, I am thinking about trying to market my plants out here, you know, putting up a notice on the cortex for worlds we are going to visit?"
Ivy pulled off one of the fruits from the vine and handed it to Aiko.
"Try it. They're awesome."
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Grayson continued his search on the docks, stopping by two other firefly class transports, but finding nothing. He was getting frustrated, but he pressed on. If he had to walk the entire dock area, he would. Luckily the rain was tapering off.
Maybe I should’ve gone through and asked every ship if they had seen her, he thought.
That’s when he saw it. Another firefly. He looked up at the body of the ship. Serenity was her name. Although he wanted to run up there as fast as possible, he knew he had to play it cool and he probably needed to play the official card. Maybe if he sounded authoritative enough, they would let him search the ship.
As he got closer to the ship, he caught sight of the large man he had spoken to and that accompanied the girl in the blue poncho.
“Well, well,” he said to himself as he kept advancing on the ship. “That’s a mighty big coincidence.”
Meanwhile, on the ship, Pain leaned in close to John.
“Down there. About 100 feet away,” Pain subtly motioned with his head, his hand resting firmly on the handle of one of his guns, ready for anything. “The guy that’s dressed rather spiffy with the beard. That’s him. I don’t care if he is a family friend. He’s not going to find her. He’s not going to take her away from me.”
Pain paused before adding the next thought under his breath.
“I’ll shoot him if I have to.”
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"For now, I think shooting is a decision of the bad variety. I'll handle him. River be ready incase you need to help me."
John walked out of the ship and up to the man who seemed to be staring at it.
"You seem to be staring at my boat. Well not mine exactly but the one I'm on. I'm sorry, but we're not taking passengers. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
John stood calm and colected in front of the man. If he was lucky he could spin this so as to not flat out lie to the man.
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In the Cargo Bay
As John headed in Grayson's direction, Pain turned and started to head up the stairs towards the galley. Truth be told he was a little on the hungry side. He didn't know if it was the shopping or the fun times he had with Ivy that were making him hungry, or if it was both of those things. Needless to say Pain needed to fill his stomach with food and why not do that while John dissuaded Grayson from the ship?
Galley
Pain made his way into the galley and walked over to the pantry. He opened the pantry's door and stepped inside to have a gander at the food inside. He quite honestly didn't know what to have for a snack, so while John was with Grayson, Ivy was talking with Aiko (which Pain didn't know was going on), and everyone else either doing their own thing aboard or waiting for the captain and Isahiah to return, Pain pondered on what to snack on.
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Quote:
Originally posted by johnthetheatrefreak:
"You seem to be staring at my boat. Well not mine exactly but the one I'm on. I'm sorry, but we're not taking passengers. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Grayson looked inside the cargo bay and watched the big man head upstairs. He was right that he was armed, but he seemed armed a little too much. A large gun in a shoulder holster and two sidearms strapped to his legs. Not something a regular joe would walk about town with.
Something is going on here, Grayson thought.
"My name is Grayson Cornwell with Allied Law Enforcement," he told John, showing him his badge at the same time. One thing with being in the WPS division, there was no jurisdiction limitations. "I was actually looking to speak with the man who is heading up the stairs and to the lady who was traveling with him."
Grayson looked over at one of the crates and sees Ivy's navy blue poncho.
"I have obviously seen him and the poncho she was wearing is right there," Grayson said pointing to her poncho.
Something is definitely going on, Grayson thought. And I am going to find out exactly what it is.
His expression changed from that of a friendly call to one of a seasoned lawman who was on a hot lead.
"I must insist on speaking to them both," Grayson said firmly and with authority. "Right now."
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'Of course he's alliance,' John thought, 'otherwise this could have been easy.'
River was out of the questions as far as pretending to be Ivy and that left two females onboard one who he had a much better relationship with. 'River get Inara and tell her what's going on.'
"Can I ask you why?" John said to the man, "far as I know Pain's just been out on a supply run and can't have done anything to you or yours. I know you'll probably just shrug me off and not tell me, but I'd really appreciated if you would."
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Quote:
Originally posted by johnthetheatrefreak:
"Can I ask you why? Far as I know Pain's just been out on a supply run and can't have done anything to you or yours. I know you'll probably just shrug me off and not tell me, but I'd really appreciated if you would."
“It’s official business,” Grayson said curtly. “You’re man’s name is Pain?”
“Yes.”
“That his real name?” Grayson asked as pulled out a CorePad and recorded the information.
“That you’d have to ask him,” John said. “He’s a very private man.”
Grayson looked up from his CorePad at John, suspicious by that statement. Is the guy a wanted man? That would make sense if John wouldn’t give Pain’s full name.
“What about the girl? What’s her name?”
“Inara.”
Inara. Grayson wished he had said either "Ivy" or "Tommy," but he said Inara. But the vibe he was feeling still bothered him. So he decided to throw them even more off balance. Perhaps adding another issue to the mix might let something slip or show details of a story that didn’t quite match up.
“I’ll need to see the ship’s registration papers and cargo manifests too.”
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River ran up the catwalk and into Inara’s shuttle. She looked at Inara. Inara was dressed in a stunning gown, her hair coiffed like she’d spent a great deal of time on it and her make-up was expertly applied. River frowned.
“What’s wrong sweetie?” Inara asked.
“Wrong. All wrong,” River said softly. “Too suspicious.”
River bolted from Inara’s room and to the galley when she ran into Pain. She looked at him and tilted her head.
“He still here, I take it?” Pain asked, jaw clenching.
“You need to go down there,” she said. “He has questions.”
Pain’s hand came to rest again on his gun as River started to leave, but she came right back to Pain.
“Aiko is Inara.”
“Huh?” Pain said, quite confused.
“Aiko is Inara is Ivy and Tommy,” River said sounding a little crazy.
“You OK, River?”
River closed her eyes and took a quick breath.
“Too many details and not enough time,” River said quickly. “Call Aiko ‘Inara.’ She’s your girlfriend.”
She tore off down the hallway that would lead to the passenger dorms. Pain stood there, still trying to process her instructions when he heard River’s voice again.
“No shooting guns!”
River quickly made it down to where Aiko and Ivy were talking. She smiled sweetly and leaned into Ivy to whisper in her ear.
“Pain is having impure thoughts,” River told her. “He’s loud and it’s unsettling. You should go to your bunk.”
Ivy smiled and picked up her purchases she had gotten in town.
“I’ll talk to you later,” Ivy said to Aiko. A happy smile swept across her face. “I have something to attend to.”
As Ivy left, River turned her full attention on Aiko, who became uneasy. Aiko wasn’t comfortable in such close proximity of a psychic.
“You’re needed,” River told her as she grabbed her shoulders. Aiko recoiled a bit, but River went on. “There was trouble in town. Ivy needs your help. Go to the cargo bay to talk to the lawman.”
“W-What?” Aiko managed to say.
“Your name is Inara and you’re Pain’s girlfriend,” River said sternly. “Ivy’s life is depending on you.”
River turned Aiko around and shooed her into the cargo bay.
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