The Sereni-Tree and the Neverending Peril by TheRealMe

'...the Neverending Peril'

(ooc - no, i'm pretty sure the peril is over, Soul & Co. saved the day and we're all just going home, look - Mai's having a nap. What? It's not over? Awwww hell in a handcart.)

"Wait, hang on, sorry, i've had a long day and i'm feeling a bit dense, how are we getting back, who is causing a distraction and who are these guys?"

*eyes Bear and Jennings*

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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:18 PM

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

Wisp climbs down from the turret and looks up and down the hall.
'This is one big ship' he thinks to himself as he begins walking towards the turrets as pointed out by JadeH. He finds the turret after a long walk down the corridor and climbs inside.
He settles into the seat and mans the headset, then he spins the turret a full 360 degrees back and forth and lets out a long whistle.
"Its been a while since i manned one of these" he recalled his original escape from the Ariel Youth Military academy. He'd rigged a turret similar to this to begin firing wildly during a night exercise then during the commotion he slipped onto the maintanenece craft and when they left after reapiring his sabotage he sneaked out in a fuel station and hitched a ride to persephone.
"Ok Jadehand Im ready"

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:49 AM

Great Wisp. Wait for orders. They seem to be ignoring us for now, let's keep it that way as long as we can.

*JadeHand pulls a small cord from the batterypack on his belt and plugs it into a socket near the turrent, recharging the pack. Digging into his bag, he pulls out a much larger device that he made in the hanger below. JadeHand hits the com switch*

"Jet, If you have a minute, I have something that you may be interested in. Can you meet be at the bridge in a few minutes?"

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But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:51 AM

Bobbi Sue comes hobbling up to the Bridge, still nursing her bandaged hand. She looks at Shadow and Ghost.

"Hey, WeirdGirl, I can take these little ones off your hands."

To the girls: "So, would you like to go riding ponies, swimming, playing arcade games, or getting something to eat?"

Bobbi Sue, Bride6

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:55 AM

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Originally posted by Jadehand:
*JadeHand hits the com switch*

"Jet, If you have a minute, I have something that you may be interested in. Can you meet be at the bridge in a few minutes?"

Jet returns his call: "Sure, we can talk, but do I have to leave Main Engineering? I'm the only one left down here and if we have to spin up the FTL drives for a quick get-away..."

Jet, Bride4

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 4:27 AM

"Jet, I can swing by engineering. I just need your input on where to plug in a new device I made. I'll see you there shortly."

*Jadehand slips out of the turrent's harness, unplugs the batterypack and heads to Enginneering. He knocks on the door, and enters when Jet opens up.*

"Hey, yeah I was hoping to install this up on the bridge. I need your input on power supplies and such so it doesn't take power away from other systems."

*Jet holds the device and examines it closely.*
"What is it?"

"I had some extra parts, so after making one for Ocean Cloud I made one for the Nandi Then this one for Sereni-Tree . I even had enough to make this personal one..."

*JadeHand pulls his coat back to reveal the device on his belt. A miniture of the one Jet holds. He hits a switch and vanishes. He walks around behind Jet and flicks the switch again reappearing. Jet turns and stares.*
"A cloaking device?"

"Better, it's a SEP field. Somebody Else's Problem. I wasn't invisable or cloaked, just not your problem. You just didn't notice me, which makes you a lot like so many people I've met. So Can we hook this one up to the Tree?"

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"Finding the answer It's a human obsession
But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows And so few can see
There's only beauty and caring and truth beyond darkness." -Estonia(This Strange Engine) -Marillion

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:26 AM

JAKE7

Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:
Great Wisp. Wait for orders. They seem to be ignoring us for now, let's keep it that way as long as we can.

**jake7 calls from the other turret to Wisp**

We don't fire unless we absolutely have to. The ship is not in good enough repair after our last "adventure" to start blasting away at anything that moves.

We wait until we have shuttles coming at us in attack formation. Right now, the Alliance does not appear interested in us, and we hope it stays that way.

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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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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:30 AM

MCQ

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Safe grins at the other man, "I was just going to ask if you had any more surprises in that case of yours. Bear, McQ, follow me." He sprints towards the front door.

Safe takes out Citizens tube of explosive and spreads a thin bead around the edge of the door. The three the flatten themselves against the wall on either side of the door. the explosive ignites blowing the hinges off the door, but the heavy door remains in place, dented and burnt, but intact.

Bear steps out from the door, takes a few step back, and throws his shoulder into the door. It buckles but remains in place. McQ, steps up and he and Bear each grab a bent edge of the door and pull. It groans and finally rips free.

Safe peeks around the door frame. Inside is a flight of stairs leading up. At the top, a figure appears. Soul!

"That's some trick you have" Safe says holstering his gun.

"It comes in handy." Soul says. "I think we should get out of here quickly. Judging by the comm. traffic inside, company is comin'."

McQ, plucks the man from Seryn's shoulders. "Allow me."

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"Oh, cheers McQ, he's bleedin' heavy.

Mind you at the moment he about 90% alcohol. So that could account for it.

And the aroma."

She hands the goof over, then goes back to trying not to step on sharp stuff. On hearing Serenity mumble something, she perks up a bit,

"hey sweetie, nice to see you back in the land of the liv.... aaaand she gone again."

As they hit sunlight, she shields her eyes and looks hopefully around for a shuttle, or vehicle, or even a pushbike.

She wave vaguely at Safe and Citizen and the others,

"hey guys, nice to see you..."

OOC - Umm, who's this guy I'm carrying now?

McQ holds the drunken man he took from Seryn over his left shoulder and upon seeing Seryn walking cautiously to not step on anything sharp, offers to carry her as well. Seryn looks over the bulky cyborg for a moment.

"That's a sweet gesture, but really not necessary," she says to McQ.

"Very well," McQ reponds. "But let me know if you change your mind - I wouldn't want for you to cause harm to yourself by stepping on something sharp." McQ turns to the others. "Are we finally getting off this rock and if so could someone please lead the way to the shuttle? Personally, I've seen enough of this place."

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:32 AM

KELLYOFLUTHIEN

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Originally posted by CallMeAth:
(OOC: Just thought I'd clarify: pool, as in a small, deep body of usually fresh water, not a man-made swimming pool.)

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

Kelly dips her head under the water and swims gracefully to the bottom. The water is so clear she can see the multicolored stones littering the floor 30 feet below her. She resurfaces, treading water, and looks over to see Ath standing hesitantly on the bank.

"Aren't you coming in?" she asks cheerfully.

"Uh, I would, it's just that...." he trails off into silence.

"What?"

"There's a huge water monster behind you."

"What?!" Kelly's head whips around but sees nothing.

Ath doubles over, crying with laughter. "I can't believe you fell for that! I thought Elves were supposed to be wise and all-knowing! Ahahahahahha!"

"Oh, that's it, you're getting it now!"

Kelly darts over to the edge and drags Ath kicking and screaming into the water.

"Fear my Elven wrath!"

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by mai:
Hey you. *gently nugdes* Scoot over, if you can have a nap, then so can I.

erm, hm? oh, uh...hi.

/me drapes an arm over mai and nods off again.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:43 PM

APRILISE

OOC: Shhesh haven't been able to get to the tree in what seems like forever. Since I'm semi lost and have no real clue what shadow and Ghost are doing I'm assuming that they are doing as they are told on the bridge of the ship with TWG. Oh yeah this post is to catch up from last post and into this post. :OOC

Shadow sat at a console, she didn't know a lot about how to operate it. Luckily the others left on the ship did and told her what to hit and when, and Shadow could take direction when she wanted to. She was also a quick learner, learning as much as she could.

Ghost had at first helped as much as she could, going from person to person doing whatever was asked of her, making sure she stayed in eyeshot of Shadow at all times. Now however, she sat at Shadow's feet, watching what was going on and dozing off. The last few days still catching up with the six year old.

The time seemed to both stretch and speed by as the duo listened to the transmitions from the planet and too the crew in the serenitree.

Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Bobbi Sue comes hobbling up to the Bridge, still nursing her bandaged hand. She looks at Shadow and Ghost.

"Hey, WeirdGirl, I can take these little ones off your hands."

To the girls: "So, would you like to go riding ponies, swimming, playing arcade games, or getting something to eat?"

Shadow looked up as Ms. Bobbi Sue entered. She frowned at the woman calling her a little one, She was ten! Then she looked down and shook her little sister gently.

Ghost whimpered a little as she awoke quickly. "Hey kiddo, why don't you go with Ms. Bobbi Sue and get something to eat, then get some sleep." Ghost clung to her arm for a moment then slowly let go and walked over to Bobbi Sue. She would be a big girl and do as Shadow said.

April

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:21 PM

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

Wisp sat impatiently in the turret. Goin into combat yea no probs, but waiting to go into combat, it drove him crazy. Its like deciding to do something wrong and naughty like sneaking into a girls bedroom when her dad was at home. you decided to do it and were all excited but when you were sat outside in the bushes waiting for the light to go out and you feel that sense of dread and nerves like it could all go wrong and you'll get shot (again) when her dad catches you.

He scanned the terminal in front of him, The shuttles were paying them no attention still.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:45 PM

(ooc- ha ha! thats brilliant! So tell me... just how many times have you been shot?)

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:03 PM

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

Ive been shot several times one of which was in the manner described above. Another was were a girl 'claimed' she was single but when her bf found us in an alleyway he was not pleased at the location of my tounge.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:28 PM

WILDIGSTART

OCC: oh....

You see? She's not a junkie or mentally ill, she's gifted!--Momma Roxy

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:16 AM

ITSAWASH

ItsaWash fades into the ether, dematerializing from the storage room in which she was sleeping soundly. Other people, places and times call her away.

During spring cleaning on the Serenitree, Sparky the robot will find the comforter from Washie's bunk in a heap on the floor of the storage room and will add it to the laundry.

Such small items as are left behind in her former quarters as are usable, she bequeaths to whomever can use 'em.

Pic courtesy of KellyofLuthien

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:07 AM

CALLMEATH

Quote:
Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:

"Oh, that's it, you're getting it now!"

Kelly darts over to the edge and drags Ath kicking and screaming into the water.

"Fear my Elven wrath!"

*Ath pops his head out of the water, sputtering. Once he catches his breath, he looks at a grinning Kelly and holds out his hand.*

"I'm sorry. That was mean of me. Truce?"

*Kelly looks skeptical at first, but seeing nothing but honesty in Ath's blue eyes, she shakes his hand.*

"Truce."

*Ath pulls Kelly toward him with the shaking hand and with the other, dunks her.*

"Truce on that!"

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by ItsaWash:
ItsaWash fades into the ether, dematerializing from the storage room in which she was sleeping soundly. Other people, places and times call her away.

((/me cries))

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:32 AM

double post...guess i really needed to cry over that ;(

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:38 AM

APRILISE

Quote:
Originally posted by ItsaWash:
ItsaWash fades into the ether, dematerializing from the storage room in which she was sleeping soundly. Other people, places and times call her away.

During spring cleaning on the Serenitree, Sparky the robot will find the comforter from Washie's bunk in a heap on the floor of the storage room and will add it to the laundry.

Such small items as are left behind in her former quarters as are usable, she bequeaths to whomever can use 'em.

OOC: sniffles... :( :'( cries...

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:31 PM

*JadeHand watches as Jet looks over the device, and runs several tests on it. She nods approval and pulls out a set of bridge schematics to find the best location for the new equipment. Attaching a mounting bracket she goes over the proper placement and power source for the device with JadeHand before ushering him out of engineering and getting back to her other duties.*

*JadeHand heads for the bridge.*

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But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows And so few can see
There's only beauty and caring and truth beyond darkness." -Estonia(This Strange Engine) -Marillion

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:12 PM

SAFEAT2ND

Safe looks around “Where’s Jennings?” At that moment Jennings and Citizen run out of the warehouse grinning.

“Heinz owed us for pukin’ in our ship. Plus he had somethin’ what was ours.” Jennings says as he tosses Grunt his antique rifle and pockets a small bag of credits.

“I never like to turn down a potential business opportunity. Blue Sun technology is worth its weight in gold” Citizen grins, patting his pocket. “Plus, we left a little parting gift.”

“Alright already, times a wasting.” Soul grates impatiently.

The group had no sooner enter the alleyway when a troop of men jog by on the road towards the warehouse.

“All plans are off, we gotta move!” Soul hisses urgently.

**

At the airfield, the well groomed gentlemen stand by their shuttle surrounded by a small squad of soldiers.

Hidden in the shadows of a nearby hanger, Grunt whispers to Safe “I’ve got a clean shot” Never taking his eye from the scope of his rifle.

“No, that would be akin to poking a beehive with a stick. We do this quiet like. You got us covered?” Safe asks already knowing the answer. McQ, Citizen, SR, Needy and Seryn all nod. Soul crouches quietly, still holding Serenity. “Wait for my signal. Then go in small groups.”

“Let’s do this then” Bear reaches down and grabs Safe, throwing him onto his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Grunt and Jennings fall into step and the three men walk nonchalantly towards the Dagger while the rest wait expectantly.

As they get closer, Grunt angles towards the soldiers. “Excuse me, I have a message from a Mr. Heinz for Mr.’s Johnson.”

Soul watched the exchange with interest. The plan was, Grunt was to relay a message to the leaders from Heinz, how he needed them back at the warehouse, thus thinning the squad and allowing time for the others to reach the ISSCV while Grunt, Jennings and Bear keep the remainder occupied. Safe was to be newly collected bounty, and he was doing a good job of it, hanging limply over Bear’s shoulder.

Safe raises his head slightly and nods. That was the signal.

Soul nods at Citizen, who produces a small device with a single button on it.

Grinning like a kid at Christmas, Citizen mouths one word as he presses the button “Boom”

**

The walls of the warehouse were built to withstand external force but still managed to contain the majority of the explosion. The force of the explosion, however, incinerates everything inside the warehouse including the late Mr. Heinz and the squad looking for him.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:08 PM

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Originally posted by Jadehand:
*JadeHand watches as Jet looks over the device, and runs several tests on it.

Jet spends a short time inspecting the SEP device that Jadehand had given her, turning it this way and that in her hands. She takes the device over to a workbench and plugs some wires into it. Then she calmly cleans her glasses on her coveralls while she examines readouts on the diagnostic instruments.

“Hmmmm…” She puts her glasses back on.

The small woman goes over to a nearby table and returns lugging a huge book, one seemingly as large and heavy as she is. With some effort she heaves it up onto the work bench, and starts turning pages. She smiles at Jadehand. “This is the book I call Grey’s Anatomy. It contains the complete technical specifications of this ship as designed and implemented by TheGreyJedi.”

Jet ties her dark hair into a ponytail to keep it out of the way. Then she leans over the book and slowly turns the pages one by one with her left hand, using the index finger of her right hand to carefully trace her way amongst a maze of circuitry diagrams.

“Here!” Jet calls triumphantly, pointing at some particular tangle of schematic lines. She takes out a red pen and makes a series of incomprehensible doodles on that page. Jadehand notices a number of other alterations in red on that and many of the other pages of the book. Jet is excited, animated, as she explains. “See, all we need to do is to boost the signal of your field generator a little, and then we can feed its output directly into our defensive screens. It’s almost ready-made. Your gizmo would just enhance their normal functionality.” She becomes quiet for a moment as she stares at the ceiling and thinks. “Ummm… I’ll need to provide some more power, though, and bring in some control lines. And I need to make a socket for this thing to plug into. Not too hard to do. An hour. Maybe two.”

Jadehand scratches his head, still looking at the large book. “Uh, wouldn’t it be easier and safer to store that information in the computer?”

Jet grins. “Oh, I do! I do!” She takes her com-link from her belt and uses it to take a capture of the recent changes. “There, stored all safe and sound. It’s just, well, I LIKE books. And I like THIS book, especially. TheGreyJedi wrote it. He gave it to me.” She seems a little sad. “It’s sort of like a good luck charm for me, and a memento.” She looks back at Jadehand, smiling again. “Plus, it’s no good to have our specs stored on the computer if we’ve lost all power!”

Suddenly, Jet seems startled, and reaches up to shake Jadehand’s hand. “Oh, hi, I’m Jet, but I guess you knew that already. It’s just that I don’t think we’ve actually met before. I’ve SEEN you, of course. I can see everything from down here.” Jet gestures to a wall full of security monitors. “But I don’t get out, much.”

Before long...

Quote:

She nods approval and pulls out a set of bridge schematics to find the best location for the new equipment. Attaching a mounting bracket she goes over the proper placement and power source for the device with JadeHand before ushering him out of engineering and getting back to her other duties.*

*JadeHand heads for the bridge.*

Jet, Bride4

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:13 PM

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Originally posted by ItsaWash:
ItsaWash fades into the ether, dematerializing from the storage room in which she was sleeping soundly. Other people, places and times call her away.

Suddenly, in mid-portal creation, all of TheRealMe's chakras become un-tuned and unfocused, causing a disturbance in his powers. He is sucked into his newly forming dimensional portal, lost somewhere in space-time.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:50 PM

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Originally posted by safeat2nd:

“No, that would be akin to poking a beehive with a stick. We do this quiet like. You got us covered?” Safe asks already knowing the answer. McQ, Citizen, SR, Needy and Seryn all nod. Soul crouches quietly, still holding Serenity. “Wait for my signal. Then go in small groups.”

On closer inspection SR seems to be strangely absent from the aforementioned group. Where might he be, where indeed?

Scorpion Regent

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ItsaWash:
ItsaWash fades into the ether, dematerializing from the storage room in which she was sleeping soundly. Other people, places and times call her away.

During spring cleaning on the Serenitree, Sparky the robot will find the comforter from Washie's bunk in a heap on the floor of the storage room and will add it to the laundry.

Such small items as are left behind in her former quarters as are usable, she bequeaths to whomever can use 'em.

Pic courtesy of KellyofLuthien

OOC: This can't be good. SR was going to get counseling when all the peril settled down and after all the armaments were built. It just goes to show, you just can't keep good help these days.

Scorpion Regent

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:18 PM

MAI

*elbows LMD

You snore!

*goes back to sleep

Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
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Friday, April 28, 2006 4:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
Quote:
Originally posted by ItsaWash:
ItsaWash fades into the ether, dematerializing from the storage room in which she was sleeping soundly.

OOC: This can't be good. SR was going to get counseling when all the peril settled down and after all the armaments were built. It just goes to show, you just can't keep good help these days.

OOC: TheRealMe had also been looking forward to long, pleasant evenings with Washie spent engaged in counseling.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

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Friday, April 28, 2006 8:14 AM

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

"Jadehand Get your shiny ass up here weve got action" Shouts Wisp into the comlink.
"what you got?" JH Replies "Cos Im Kinda Busy"
"Theres a gunship breaking off from the cruiser. It's only small but its making a B-line For our ass"

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Friday, April 28, 2006 8:38 AM

(ooc- 'counselling', is that what the kids are calling it nowadays? Where has Washie gone? We miss her!)

Seryn hangs back,watching out and keeping by Soul, smiling reassuringly whenever Serenity gains conciousness.

She watches as Citizen fiddles with his bomb gizmo and throws him a mock admiring glance as the sounds of the newly condemmed building reach them. She looks around the group for SR, benevolently choosing to forget that she's still mad at him, and realises he's no longer there. Frowning she creeps back the way they came a little, but he's not anywhere in sight.

Gone. For a long time now she'd had a very over developed sense of forboding. On her ship she'd always had a vague idea of when her men were in danger. She wasn't getting that feeling now... hopefully it was still working, and wherever he was he was ok. She briefly considers trying to find him, but realised with some chagrin that all she feel capable of is getting back to the tree and hibernating. Maybe cleaning her feet first.

She moves silently back towards the others, idly wondering if she'll have to have the foot cut off, and if peg legs are still in vogue for pirates.

In a low voice she addresses Soul,

"I'm not entirely sure what you're planning, but anything you want me to do just say it"

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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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Friday, April 28, 2006 9:01 AM

SOULOFSERENITY

The Man They Call Soul...

The explosion causes quite a bit of confusion. There is no ball of fire, but the whump is heard and the ground shakes beneath them. All across the tarmac, armed men go running past their hiding place in the direction of the building they had just come from.

Soul looks over at Safe and Jenkins as the former man nods his head gently. Soul turns back as Seryn whispers to Soul in a low voice.

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:

"I'm not entirely sure what you're planning, but anything you want me to do just say it"

"Pairs. Pair up and head for the ISSCV. Try to be inconspicuous."

Seryn nods. Looking like a scene from Noah's Ark, the TREEers head two by two across the tarmac to the awaiting ISSCV. Finally all that is left is McQ and Soul carring Serenity.

"Walk beside me," McQ says. I'll try to block you from sight.

Soul nods and they walk to the ISSCV, not stopping until they are inside the hatch. As the others prep the ship for launch, Soul glances back outside to where Bear is holding Safe.

"Come on, Safe," Soul says under his breath. "I don't want to leave you behind."

______________________

Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.

Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."

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Friday, April 28, 2006 10:40 AM

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Originally posted by mai:
*elbows LMD

You snore!

*goes back to sleep

oh, uh, hm? sorr...

/me snores

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Friday, April 28, 2006 10:51 AM

MAI

*puts on earmuffs

maybe we should get up and go help with the caper.

so tired...

*covers up LMD and self with nice comfy knitted blanket and goes back to sleep.

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:30 PM

*JadeHand runs to the bridge with his new device and detailed instructions on installation. He thinks to himself, "We could fight them, or we could not be here when they get here. I'd rather confuse them than get shot at again." JadeHand arrives at the bridge and knocks at the door frame.*

"Hey guys. I think we can avoid this fight. Anybody wanna help me install this? It should fit in perfectly there, and plug in right there."

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:14 AM

Commerce city, Commerce: The Admiral Nelson lifts off from its pad at the space port blending in with all the other mundane air and space traffic.

Scorpion Regent

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:15 AM

From down in Main Engineering, Jet calls up to the Bridge. “Hi. Hey, since Jadehand’s gizmo lets us turn the Sereni-Tree invisible now, I’ve programmed a crybaby to mimic the ship in every way. It has a hologram generator for visual spotting, radio and heat emissions, com chatter, even the same radar signiture. So we can launch the crybaby, activate our SEP device, and fly off wherever we want. Any bad guy who cares to look will think that Sereni-Tree is still in orbit. We can even make it look like Sereni-Tree exploded. Well, it’s ready if anybody is interested.”

Jet, Bride4

OOC: McQ, that drunk fellow that you were carrying around was, I believe, none other than Cozen, the Infinite Goof. An avatar, no doubt, of the Trickster god.

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 5:32 AM

*JadeHand bolts the SEP to the console and makes the final power connections as instructed by Jet. Quickly going over it's simple use with those on the bridge, he turns to leave, pulling himself away.*

"Ok, so that's that. I'd love to stay, but just in case, I better get back to that turrent. And I might still need to see the doc."

*He stumbles out of the bridge, and heads back to the turrent, determined to defend his friends.*

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:35 AM

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

"Either make us not here or let me shoot cos its getting awful close to us not having either option"

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:27 PM

After hearing that, Quincey drops the crybaby and then sets the Sereni-tree for a full burn. She shuts the engines down, turns on the SEP field, and remotely activates the crybaby.

"HA! Okay, they'll think we're still there in our parking orbit, but now we're drifting down a bit."

Quincey, Bride5

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Monday, May 1, 2006 3:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
After hearing that, Quincey drops the crybaby and then sets the Sereni-tree for a full burn. She shuts the engines down, turns on the SEP field, and remotely activates the crybaby.

"HA! Okay, they'll think we're still there in our parking orbit, but now we're drifting down a bit."

Quincey, Bride5

The Admiral Nelson heads towards the Tree as it appears on sensors as no one has notified the pilot that it's a mirage.

Scorpion Regent

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Monday, May 1, 2006 6:33 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

*twg watches as her shuttle flies towards the cry baby. The subspace communications are still down, she can’t risk giving away their location...what can she do?*

Gorramit! I shouldn’t be in charge…it was my responsibility to make sure we were ready to go silent…wánquán yúchûn …*she watches as those aboard the Admiral get farther away…she kicks a panel and punches a viewer*

Bèn dàn! Ow…bloody…

*she stops moving. She stops talking. Her breathing seems to stop. Those on the bridge and watching her screen are suddenly fearful. twg is in constant motion…except when she’s been dead. They’re concerned. Though it’s only been 30 seconds, Tre walks over to her and touches her shoulder…she jumps and is moving faster than they’ve ever seen her move...with purpose. She drops to the floor and opens a panel beneath navigation*

Get me my toolbox.

*no one moves. She looks up, steel in her eyes, and repeats herself*

Get me my toolbox, mâshàng!

*as Tre runs off to twg’s quarters, twg crawls over to the panel beneath communications and begins to pull at wires…*

I need a hand...somebody want to get over here?

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Monday, May 1, 2006 7:44 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

Needy stands dazed and confused.
So much has happened in a short period of time that he now finds himself struggling to keep up - where he was, what he was supposed to be doing.
Safe was talking now, but he had no idea what was going on

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:

“No, that would be akin to poking a beehive with a stick. We do this quiet like. You got us covered?”

Needy looks around him. Everybody seems to be paying attention and now were nodding in reply to Safe's question. Needy followed their lead and nods also. Seems like the thing to do

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:

“Wait for my signal. Then go in small groups.”

Okaaaaay Needy thinks to himself, before sighing. I kinda wish I was somewhere else right now

"Then you want to know more?" a voice sounds in his head.

"Sorry?" Needy asks turning around.
He finds he is no longer where he thought he was.
He is in the Gardens of Mella. A glorious scenic park on the outskirts of Londinum's capital city.
He is surrounded by beautiful green grass and trees. Flowers of yellow and red. And a being of light standing before him.

The light dims as it had before as the form of Serenity stands before him.

"Did I die again?" Needy asks the figure.

"No, of course not." The being says, smiling.

"Then how... why am I here?"

"Now is the time"

"Time for what, exactly?" Needy asks apprehensively.

"Time for answers. Time for you to begin."

"Begin what?"

"Your training"

"Training for what?"

"The battle"

Needy rolls his eyes and sighs. "I had to ask"

OOC: Just to clarify, Needy is still there with the group, even if he's not all there. He's there in body, if not in mind. Whether that means he's a walking zombie or going through the motions or he's collapsed unconscious, I don't know. Feel free to conjure up your own description for what his body's up to at the minute if you so wish. (Man did that sound dirty)

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Monday, May 1, 2006 10:56 AM

(ooc- howabout halfway between)

Seryn shove her thumbs into her beltloops noncholantly, jabbers away happily, strolls like she hasn't a care in the world.

All the while she acutely aware of the fact that she's conspicuously free of shoes, that she's the least conspicuous of the lot of them, and that Needy, walking, stumbling alone beside her, seems to be seeing a whole lot of things that ain't infront of him.

He lurches slighlty, and she slips her hand through his arm, pulling him in the right direction.

"hey, less of the sauce for you on our next trip i think buddy!"

the interminable walk to the shuttle over, they enter thought the hatch left open for them. She drops Needy into a seat, snapping her fingers in front of his eyes, trying to get a reaction, and failing utterly. His eyes continue to look around, focusing on things that arn't there, but he slumps in the chair and the only other indicator of life is shallow breaths.

She looks out, just visible, the next two are making their way over. Grabbing a med kit she leaves it next to Needys chair, then goes to the control console, and does her best to start the engines up, ready for Safe's show of nifty getaway driving.

Noises behind her indicate Soul and McQ's safe arrival, engines humming softly in what she hopes is correct working order, she crosses to them and starts trying to make Serenity comfortable.

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Monday, May 1, 2006 1:35 PM

With a flash of light, TheRealMe pops into thin air, which, being thin air, fails to support him adequately. He falls, performing a perfect belly-flop into what appears to be a small lake in the middle of a forest. He sputters as he rises back up to the surface.

“Wonderful!” he comments to himself. Seeing as fortune has placed him near to the center of the lake, he picks a direction at random and begins to swim to shore. Slowly, it dawn on him that the shopping moon of Commerce does not have any significant forested areas. Where was he? What had gone so wrong with the dimensional portal that he had created in order to escape the Napoleon Bonaparte? Did something happen to Washie? Something was... wrong.

Eventually, TheRealMe slogs up onto shore. He takes off the jacket of his suit and wrings it out. Then, he hears voices. They sound playful, happy. He starts moving through the thick undergrowth, thinking that he might actually recognize…

TheRealMe comes upon Kelly and Ath, together in this woodland paradise. He quickly averts his eyes, hoping that Kelly does not decide to turn him into a stag or anything. “Ahem! Excuse me!” Still looking away from the couple, he continues, “Uh, would either of you happen to know where we are?”

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

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Monday, May 1, 2006 2:08 PM