RP: "Adventures in Gunrunning" - Act 14
POSTED BY: FrauDirektor
UPDATED: Saturday, April 24, 2004 00:52
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Book's Move
LOCATION - Leaving his room
Book waits until Merz has ascended the aft stairs before he clicks off the light in his own room and walks to River's door.
Double-checking that she isn't in her room, regardless of the light being off, (you never know with that girl, she could be curled up in a ball in the corner) Book quickly walks through the common area and glances through the window of the infirmary. Damon is inside with a towel around his neck looking dubiously at a shaving implement and appearing to be ready to cut his thumb checking it's sharpness.
As Book walks through the doorway to the cargo bay, continuing his search for River, the purple light in the small container in his room begins to pulse again.
"River?" Book calls as he goes towards to stairs at the back of the cargo bay. He walks halfway up the stairs to the small landing and stops. "River?"
EM
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MAL's Move
LOCATION: GALLEY
MAL has just finished his first muffin when ZOE enters and pours herself the last of the coffee.
ZOE: "Thanks for the wake up call, Capn. Didn't much need it, but it's nice to be thought of."
MAL: "All part of the service, Ma'am. Besides, WASH'd sleep the clock 'round if I let him. Not like our new folk. They've been up an' about for a while.
ZOE nods and sips her coffee. MERZ glides quietly through the aft entrance and makes a bee-line for the empty pot. MAL watches as she finds the fixings and starts another brewing. Holding her empty cup, she turns, pauses, and carefully arranges herself in a pose that would look relaxed...if her effort to maintain it wasn't so obvious.
It looks like she's washed her ship suit, anyway. It's now two or three shades lighter, and has shrunk a bit, making it tight in interesting places. Maybe he should have KAYLEE or ZOE show her how to use the washer properly, and maybe find her some other clothes from the slop chest.
Apparently satisfied with her 'relaxed person' imitation, she finally acknowledges his presence and speaks.
MERZ: “Good morning again Captain. I think I am ready now. What do you need from me today?”
MAL: "Nothin' much. If you'd like to check out the lazer, that'd be good. I asked DAMON to rig up some seat belts for the bridge chairs so you don't go flyin' if we have to 'Ivan' again. You might get with him on that."
"By the way, I decided that you, he, an' ROWAN have earned a half crew share for this trip. I'll pay you off at New Hokkaido, an' you'll at least have some walkin' around money."
"Now sit down an' have a muffin"...and as he sees her start to straighten up..."An' dont salute!"
EOM
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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River, as I last remember was using the handrail as a balance beam. Very nice touch, Geezer! Maniac, borrowing Book.
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River lightly leaps off the handrail, her eyes still closed. She opens them, and becomes aware of the outside world.
BOOK: River?
She walks towards the voice, and almost runs into him.
BOOK: River, where-
RIVER: (cutting him off) How can you find me when I wasn't lost?
She walks towards her room, leaving Book in a half-stunned silence.
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Maniac- you can stop her if you want.
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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2 plus 2 make 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.
"No one reads these things any way."- Bart on Blackboard
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Rowan’s Move:
LOCATION - INARA'S SHUTTLE
Quote:Arching her head a bit against Inara’s fingers, Rowan indulges in the smallest form of bliss - a true treasure for someone who has been alone as long as she has. Such a soft touch leads Rowan to fantasize a bit about a full body massage, lingering a bit on the notion of what a companion’s warm, sensuous hands can do. What would cause such a lovely creature to venture so far from civilization, let alone keep company with a crew who gets shot at every other day?
INARA: "You look just like her, you know...except for the eyes of course."
Reflecting on Inara’s words give Rowan cause to smile, though, wondering if being out in the black hasn’t disoriented Inara’s perceptions just a bit.
ROWAN: "So you and Aislin were acquainted?"
Opening one eye, she sees Inara smile and nod. Nodding with her, Rowan closes that eye again.
ROWAN: "Then I guess I can forgive you a little generosity. Aislin was always the true beauty. Everybody always said it would get her somewhere. Last I heard of her, she was vying for second priestess at the house on Sihnon. That was before...well, before the war."
She almost said before the wedding. Interesting how a companion's very presence had the ability to pull out hidden truths.
ROWAN: "There's times now that I think she might have been envious of my relationship with our brother - and Father too for that matter - they both indulged me quite a bit. Probably more than they should have. I was always able to connect with them better, probably because I always felt inferior to her. She dazzled me from my first memories. I remember I once thought she was an angel."
She sighed, hearing ugly green-eyed troll ring in her ears as she always did, eventually, on the few occasions she thought of her sister.
ROWAN: "That's what probably caused the falling out we had. She said something awful to me once when I was eight years old, and we never really got past it. We got along better after her first session at the Academy, but we were never what you would call close."
Feeling the light touch of a makeup brush reminded Rowan of watching Aislin sit in front of their mother's mirror, experimenting with the colors, trying on earrings and testing perfumes. Rowan had always been more inclined to try working her way into her father's source box, and she always managed to discover his new password within three tries or less. Eventually he gave up changing it at all, since it wasn't much of a deterrent. It lessened the challenge somehow.
ROWAN (almost to herself): "I wonder where she is now?"
EOM
OOC: Ciara - I don't mind your acting Rowan a bit if you don't mind my doing the same for Inara. I'll be sending you a refresher on Aislin's current status. Later baobei!
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Damon's turn:
LOCATION - INFIRMARY to CARGO BAY to DINING ROOM
Damon runs his hand over his freshly shaven jaw and starts gathering up his supplies. He quickly puts everything back where he found it and throws away the empty patch wrappers.
Walking out into the common room, he pulls out his clean laundry and drops it off in his shuttle before returning to the cargo bay and his pile of boxes. Deciding to work around the heavy box, he resumes his search for the straps.
He finally finds it tucked away in a forgotten corner and pulls it out. Pulling off the lid, he finds a large bundle of tangled straps. Looks like every stray strap had been thrown in the box and mixed around for several weeks.
He runs a hand through his hair with a sigh. Untangling this mess will be a project all on its own. Best do it somewhere comfortable. He picks up the box and heads up to the galley.
END LOCATION - DINING ROOM
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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MERZ move
LOCATION - GALLEY
Quote:
Nothin' much. If you'd like to check out the lazer, that'd be good. I asked DAMON to rig up some seat belts for the bridge chairs so you don't go flyin' if we have to 'Ivan' again. You might get with him on that.
good idea that. glad he thought of it
Quote:
By the way, I decided that you, he, an' ROWAN have earned a half crew share for this trip. I'll pay you off at New Hokkaido, an' you'll at least have some walkin' around money. Now sit down an' have a muffin an' don't salute
MERZ nods and manages not to salute at what sounds to her like a direct order not to salute. Have another muffin so that is a muffin don’t need to twist her arm. Tasty, that was. “Yes Captain, can do. Also ZOE wanted to learn how to use the cannon, and it has a built-in training simulator. We can work on that today too.”
MERZ glances over at ZOE. “Does that work in with your schedule?” And at KAYLEE. “Kaylee, do you have a rivet gun I could borrow?”
She tilts her head at MAL. “Half share? Does that mean . . . payment? I was not expecting that, I thought I was working to pay my passage. Interesting.” Pause “Thanks.”
When the coffee pot falls into silence, she pours another cup, grabs another muffin and sits down to savor both in peace. confusing world, but i could get used to this, in time
EOM
If Justice is the dish, then I am your waitress
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Kaylee's Move
Location: Galley
Coming out of her reverie, Kaylee looks over at Merz.
"Sure thing. Come on back ta the engine room when ya need it 'n I'll get ya all set up."
Rising from the table, Kaylee moves towards the bridge. She needs to talk with Wash about the Crazy Ivan yesterday.
End Move
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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Book's Move
LOCATION - COMMON AREA
As River walks away through the doorway to the common area, Book turns around to watch her go, and tilts his head to one side. I'll never get used to that, he thinks.
"River! Wait a moment." Book jogs to River and catches her as she passes the door to the infirmary. Damon exits, freshly shaven, and walks by them on his way to the cargo bay.
River turns abruptly and Book almost runs into her. "I... actually, Simon..." Book stammers.
Book reaches into his pocket to produce the memory stick. Starting to explain to her what it is, she quickly recognizes it and takes it from his hand, rattling off a technical description of the device that defies normal comprehension. Book has a sudden feeling that River may very likely know what is going on much more than he does.
"You should probably give it back to me when you've heard what it has to tell you. I'll see that it gets to who it needs to."
Book leaves River alone, turning the memory stick over and over in her hand, and walks sedately back to his room and clicks on the light to it's lowest illumination.
The purple light from the communicator in the small container has just recently stopped flashing.
EM
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Mal's Move
Location: Galley
[That's a good idea, getting ZOE checked out on the cannon. MERZ has a fine grasp of military necessities. Someone does need to teach her to peel the paper off a muffin before eating it, though.]
MERZ: “Half share? Does that mean . . . payment? I was not expecting that, I thought I was working to pay my passage. Interesting.” ... “Thanks.”
MAL: "You're welcome. Should be thankin' THORNE, though. It was his suggestion...an' his money. Figgered that fightin' us out of atmo was above an' beyond normal duties, so he chipped in some extra for ever'body. I think he jus' enjoyed gettin' to play Space Captain again."
[MAL thinks: 'Played Space Captain pretty good, too. And has enough money to not worry about giving a good bit away.']
MAL: "Oh, an' if you're lookin' for work after we get to New Hokkaido, he said he might be able to line somethin' up. You might ask when you see him."
EOM
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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ZOE'S MOVE:
LOCATION - GALLEY
ZOE sits quietly sipping her coffee as MERZ enters, and nods approvingly as MAL and MERZ talk.
Quote:ZOE waits for MAL to finish his explanation, then blinks but otherwise keeps her face neutral in her surprise that THORNE offered up additional payment for that piece o' action; most clients would've just figured it was "part o' the service". She mentally chuckles at MAL's description of THORNE as "playing Space Captain." With all the stress, and MAL's possessiveness with Serenity, ZOE figured MAL would be fit to be tied this morning.
MAL: "By the way, I decided that you, he, an' ROWAN have earned a half crew share for this trip. I'll pay you off at New Hokkaido, an' you'll at least have some walkin' around money. Now sit down an' have a muffin an' don't salute."
MERZ:
(to MAL) "Yes Captain, can do. Also ZOE wanted to learn how to use the cannon, and it has a built-in training simulator. We can work on that today too."
(to ZOE) "Does that work in with your schedule?"
(to KAYLEE) "KAYLEE, do you have a rivet gun I could borrow?"
(to MAL) "Half share? Does that mean . . . payment? I was not expecting that, I thought I was working to pay my passage. Interesting." Pause "Thanks."
KAYLEE: "Sure thing. Come on back ta the engine room when ya need it 'n I'll get ya all set up."
MAL: "You're welcome. Should be thankin' THORNE, though. It was his suggestion...an' his money. Figgered that fightin' us out of atmo was above an' beyond normal duties, so he chipped in some extra for ever'body. I think he jus' enjoyed gettin' to play Space Captain again. Oh, an' if you're lookin' for work after we get to New Hokkaido, he said he might be able to line somethin' up. You might ask when you see him."
ZOE: "That's a nice gesture, and by the looks o' things, I'm sure some of our new arrivals could use that cash."
ZOE stands, nearly empty cup in hand, and heads to the coffee pot. She makes a cup for WASH, with just the amount of creamer he likes, then pours another cup for herself and heads toward the door. She turns to MERZ as she steps through.
ZOE: "MERZ, let me know when you're ready to talk about that cannon. CAP'N, I'll be on the bridge if you need me."
End Move.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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