RP: "Badger's Betrayal" or "Adventures in Gunrunning"

OOC All good billiards enthusiasts know jeannette lee. She kicks ass.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:05 PM

OOC and SWERVING OFF TOPIC at 'seeing' Jeannette Lee ...

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That is for you Channain ... have Haken shrink it and make it your avatar, if you like!

Don't watch billards much, but when Jeannette is on ... man ... she can really 'lean'

... "I'll be in my bunk"

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:17 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

Rowan's Move
SCENE: The Hara Cary Bar, where Thorne is STILL waiting but happily entertaining himself.

Now the fella at the bar is vandalizing that poor unsuspecting buddha statue. Gotta wonder what they put in the martinis in this joint.

The seven in the corner is a no brainer and the eight is set up even slicker. Moving around the table, she sets her feet right and bends over right in front of her mark to focus on the eight.

MARK: "So, after you're done taking my money, you got any plans?"

As the eight floats into the pocket, Rowan smirks and straightens. Slowly, she turns and crooks one eyebrow at him. Letting her gaze travel lazily down to his boots and back up again, pausing only briefly.

ROWAN: "As a matter of fact, I do."

Shifting slightly to her right, she bends down again. The Nine ball is just sitting there, waiting for the sweetest little bank shot. It's all just too easy.

Sending the nine ball into the pocket, she grins and reaches over to take the two 50-credit platinum pieces from the edge of the table. One is hers, kept on hand for emergencies such as these. The other is now also hers, and will provide something in the way of passage off planet. Someplace she needs to get to, and pretty gorram quick. She slips both pieces into the back pocket of her leather pants and turns to give the mark a parting smile.

ROWAN: "Thanks for the game, xin gan."

The mark is left speechless as he watches her walk over to where her cue case is, disassembling the two-piece cue stick as she goes. Slipping the pieces into the case, she snaps it shut and turns her smile back on the mark.

ROWAN (sweetly, a bit pouty with feigned regret): "Zài-jiàn qin ài de."

And with that, she moves toward the door.

EOM

TX (Abbreviation for Translations):
xin gan - Sweetheart
Zài-jiàn qin ài de - Goodbye darling

OOC: Okay, I think I'm going to be having some kinda fun with this. The hardest part is writing in first person present tense. Not exactly used to that.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:24 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

OOC I'm getting that. Now I have to see her play, I think. You know, I only went with 9-ball because I'm getting a little tired of Texas Holdem poker all over the place, I didn't know the rules of the card game in Shindig and really, professional Majong seemed just plain silly. I haven't played in years - I forgot how much *FUN* it can be.

I'll try to do justice to Jeanette, fellas. No worries.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:29 PM

LOCATION : INFIRMARY
Door is locked and the blinds on the windows have been closed

Simon
"Ok, the reanimating serum is ready, Professor West warned me that it may have 'side effects'. Can you help me hold him down, Shepard? The straps may not be enough."

begins to inject Niska in his carotid artries as Serenity lands

OOC again
Rowan could make a nice new addition to the regular crew

- Does she cook?

Mal was looking fer a cook in the flashbacks in "Out of Gas" ...

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:35 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
OOC again
Rowan could make a nice new addition to the regular crew

- Does she cook?

Mal was looking fer a cook in the flashbacks in "Out of Gas" ...

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

OOC: Yup, she cooks - one of those many jobs she's had. she's one of those people who can throw stuff in a pan at random and it comes out edible, although she's got several recipes memorized too.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:46 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

Thorne's move

As the drum solo reaches its crescendo, the Buddha shatters into a thousand pieces. Placing the chopsticks back in an inner pocket of his coat, Thorne spots the two asian chicks leaving the bar, and notes their amazing resemblance to Jeanette Lee, the seven-time WPBA champion and, later, first female President of the North American Federation, back in the 21st century on Earth-that-was. Thorne loves ancient history.

Idly, he wonders what's taking the Serenity crew so long to get to the bar, and then forgets them as he sees that the fallen fragments of the Buddha have formed the Chinese idiograms meaning 'you will engage in intercourse' on the floor. Later he realizes that 'intercourse' has more than one meaning.

OOC edit: "Later he realizes that 'intercourse' has more than one meaning." Oops, probably not in Chinese, but...

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:48 PM

Book's move

Location: Infirmary

Book to Simon

"My past is long and colorful and we've got no time now for a lengthy rendition. Perhaps after our present troubles are sorted out..."

Book, collects the uncommonly brutal combination of drugs Simon has asked for, and they work together to prepare an extremely effective stimulant. Book hands the syringe to Simon's now somewhat reluctant hands.

"When he comes out of it, he might just buck like a horse right outta those bonds. I've seen men gain the strength of five. Maybe an extra set of straps?"

Book goes to a wall cabinet and removes some straps. He returns to the table and doubly binds Niska to the table.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:50 PM

OOC

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
the fallen fragments of the Buddha have formed the Chinese idiograms meaning 'you will engage in intercourse' on the floor. Later he realizes that 'intercourse' has more than one meaning.

you want to have intercourse on the floor?
bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:57 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

Quote:
Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
OOC
you want to have intercourse on the floor?
bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha

OOC: The floor's good. Can't fall off the floor.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:31 PM

SAINT JAYNE

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
have Haken shrink it and make it your avatar, if you like!

No way! Shiny has a great avatar.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:36 PM

TEELABROWN

Man, I leave for 8 hours, and this is what happens. Like 50 new posts. Hookay, now I do my turn...
__________
River was last seen near a hidden hatch, but she has moved on. She suddenly stops near the kitchen, and says:

Nine ball in the corner pocket. She won.

She acts like nothing happened, and continues wandering.
___________

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:53 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
have Haken shrink it and make it your avatar, if you like!

No way! Shiny has a great avatar.

OOC: I think maybe CapnRahn meant I should change mine. Little miscomm there. I'll have to work on that.

Rowan's Move:
Location: The Hara Cary Bar

Hearing the Buddha crash, Rowan turns and sees that the fella is staring at the floor with a peculiar expression. As he looks up, pie-eyed and gin-blossomed, and gives her a huge grin, Rowan rolls her eyes, shakes her head and walks right out the door. She has to find a ship that's headed as far away from Hara as possible, as soon as possible. A ship with the kind of captain who won't ask pesky questions, maybe take part of the passage in barter, with a kitchen that has a nice big table to practice on. Yeah. That'd be right shiny.

EOM

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
have Haken shrink it and make it your avatar, if you like!

No way! Shiny has a great avatar.

I frelled up at first, but then fixed my post, it was to Channain, not Shiny.

DOUBLE EDIT - Channain got to the x'splanation first!

Oh well, off to bed ...

Book: nice cliffhanger fer us to come back to, yes?!

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:58 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

OOC: See, I totally got that too. However, that's not my favorite picture of her

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:01 PM

OOC
Channain:
Got a better one somewhere ... if you don't have one, I'll take a peek in me massive stores.

I have a drenn-load of pictures of folks I would like to hire as actors. She was one of 'em ... very nice looking and near perfect for a part in "Vanguard Armada" ... just dunno if she can act.

OR, I could get you a good head shot of Lucy Liu?!

EDIT ...
here is another of the beautious J. Lee ... and yes, you have hit my I LUV Asians button ...

{Pics removed to speeeeeed up this thread load!}

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:04 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
OOC
Channain:
Got a better one somewhere ... if you don't have one, I'll take a peek in me massive stores.

OOC:

I do that too - save pictures of people I'd like to see play the parts that I write, or I use them as subjects in artwork. I actually downloaded three of Jeannette that I liked from her site. I've got someone else in mind too. But if I end up not entirely happy, you're the first fella I'll go to.

Thanks! Now, off to ER and thence to bed. It's been fun folks. Looking forward to loads more.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:17 PM

OOC - if anybody else wants an Avatar from ANYWHERE in the FF DVDs (or any other venue), just ask ... your wish is my digital manipulation!

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:19 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

OOC: I also toddle off to bed, as 5:00 AM EST comes awful early. Feel free to have adventures on the way to the bar. I'll be back in play around 6:30 tomorrow morning.

BTW, those Jeanette Lee pics may cause a modification in my character's motivation if Rowan is gonna look anyhing like that. "I'll be in my bunk.", indeed.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:22 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
... your wish is my digital manipulation!

You can get arrested for that in Brazil. Now off to bed for sure!

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:35 PM

OOC ...
drum riiiiiimmmmm-shot to Geezer!

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:42 PM

ASTRIANA

Zoe's Move:

Getting ready to attempt a second wave to THORNE, ZOE hears the beep of an incoming wave. She flips the appropriate switches and receives THORNE's automated message, giving all the security codes and clearances the crew could possibly need for a smooth entrance to atmo and elsewhere on Hera, as well as the appropriate meeting place.

Presses the button to activate the ship-wide intercom.

"Cap'n, got the meet info from Thorne. We're to meet up at the Hara Cary Bar & go from there. How do you wanna play it? Who's to go to the meet and who's to stay with the ship?"

Turns back to WASH, whose sentimentality lights up her face. She smiles at her darling crazy pilot for a moment, then realizes he hasn't eaten anything in nearly two days, between the hallucinations and the passing out. A concerned look replaces her smile.

"Dear, I think the lack of food might've gone to your head. You haven't eaten in two days. Since we've set down, why don't I fix you something while we wait for time to meet Thorne?"

Tugs WASH to his feet, leads him to the galley, and begins to prepare him some Wife Soup.

End Move.

OOC: Good grief! Y'all act FAST when you want to!

I go away for a bare 5 hours and there are 40 new posts!!

Channain: I think the second pic CapnRahn sent was right shiny! If I didn't look like Gina Torres (in RP, of course!), I'd wanna look like HER!

G'night all! See you in the AM!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:03 PM

TEELABROWN

Capn Rahn- Great pic! I sometimes wish I looked Asian, I always thought that they were beautiful.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:25 PM

HUMBLE

MAL:[Apparently reentry went ok? Goes towards Bridge. Finds Wash and Zoe in Galley.]Says to Wash:"Nice landing. How you feelin' now? All rested or do ya need some more bunk time?" Says to Zoe:"Been pondering our meeting. Figure we might run into some trouble here. Why don't you and I get the lay of the land at this Hara Carey Bar. Have Jayne stay and keep watch with the ship. We'll keep in radio contact though, just to be on the safe side. If we get into trouble, I'd like to have Jayne as our trump card. Got Kaylee doin' a sweep of the ship for surveillance devices. Doc and Shepherd Book are with Niska. Inara, well, I don't rightly know if she'd like to come with us or might be she has her own affairs. Wash, I'd like you to remain on the ship for now in case we need to make a quick departure. Wish I could get River to join us, but don't think she's been quite right lately. Maybe she'll feel up to it though. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Zoe, Wash, any thoughts?END TURN.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:34 PM

..WASH's MOVE

Wash follows his wife gladly and let's her dote on him thankfully, and he's very appreciative and loving in response to her, but it's impossible for him to hide from her that something weighs heavy on his mind. He consumes the wife soup and compliments her highly and with sincerity.

..END MOVE

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"Hang on, travelers..."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:36 PM

CIARA

ooc: gee---I take a little holiday, and posts go flyin everywhere!

Inara's world is a deep red. Whorls of crimson and orange spin behind her eyelids. She can see the tiny, pink tracery of the many vessels there. She can hear the rush of the blood in her veins, actually feel each beat as it enters first one chamber of her heart, then the other.

Her mouth tastes of copper and salt. Her lips tremble as she runs her small, pink tongue over her teeth.

Every muscle in her body throbs with agony. Not the hot, sharp pain of a clean, deep wound, but the slow sickening ache of overexertion and tension.

She moves through the pain, and is able to stretch her legs. She forces her jaw to unclench, and slowly opens her eyes. She has no idea where she is....she can feel silk and satin beneath her bare arms and legs, but the ceiling is an unfamiliar one.

Rolling her head to the left, she sees Jayne, crouched in a chair to the side of the bed, looking all the world like a very large, worried bear.

Oh Tianna...did anyone...does anyone else know, Jayne? Mal's face flashes before her eyes. His brows knit, his eyes dark with disgust.

"We don't want it known that Serenity carries damaged cargo, now do we Ambassador? I'm sure you will understand when we drop you off on the next habited planet we come across...."

She closes her eyes-long, black lashes laying against her cheeks like soft, dark wings. A tear courses from beneath them, making a shiny trail on her pale skin.

End Inara's turn
EOM

--edited for oopses

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:32 PM

..WASH's MOVE (supplemental)

Wash takes Zoe's hand, and motions for her to sit down a moment. They look into each other's eyes. He's smiling. He wants to tell her something. It's.. his jaws move but his lips remain closed. It's like he can't form the words, or they just won't come out. Then he sighs, "Oh you'd probably think I'm just silly." He laughs and focuses his eyes into her eyes again.

Suddenly, Zoe witnesses Wash's eyes dialate briefly. The pupils grow wide as if it suddenly got a little darker in the room but she knows there has been no such change. Then a second later, his pupils return to normal, but Wash suddenly has a dramatic change in his face: one of concern and puzzlement. He's still looking at Zoe, and never lets go of her hand, but he's got a distant look about him. Like for just a couple seconds he's there but he's not there.

"Ten. Nine and one.."

He blinks hard and is suddenly back with her.

"Something's wrong, Zoe. Uhm... Our weird chosen family here? The nine of us? Someone's in trouble."

Suddenly he stands up and looks around worried, still holding on to Zoe's hand.

"Ai ya! Where's River? Is she okay?"

..END MOVE

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"Hang on, travelers..."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:05 PM

SERENITYSSON

OOC: Who the ruttin' hell needs sleep...

Jayne's turn:

Jayne notices Inara start to awaken. He grabs a cup of water and heads to the side of the bed.

"Uh, Inara, you okay?"

Inara groans and tears shed from her eyes but otherwise, no response...

"I didn't know what ta' do but I could tell ya' didn't want nobody nohow knowin' you was sick. You wouldn't a been playin' like all was right and good with ya' if'in that were the case. I ain't wantin' to git all in your buisness an' stuff so I just went an' took ya' down here, hope I did right by ya'."

"I don't rightly know if this will help but, I got some of these here pills to help with the siezures, Doc don't know nothin', he thinks they're fer me. I'm assumin' now that we're on Hara, you can git what ya' need but untill then, I dont wan't ya goin' all fainty again..."

"Inara?" Still no response...

Jayne begins to worry that maybe he should have brought her to the Doc after all. Sometime secrets get people killed...

Jayne begins to fade back somewhat into his memory, visions appear in his head of a teenaged Jayne and a young pigtailed girl riding hard in a two horse drawn wagon. Jayne remembers his little sister Delilah, whom would follow him on every misadventure with adoration for her big brother in every look she gave him. Sometimes things were tough for their family yet out of all the siblings a bond existed between the two that surpassed all others.

JAYNE: "Yeeeeehaaaaa!"

Whipping the horses faster the wagon begins to buck from the uneven ground.

DELILAH: "Jaynie! Pa's gonna be powerful mad at you if you break the wagon! Were supposed to be goin' to market, not practicin' for some stupid race. You know pa' don't want you enterin'..."

JAYNE: "Don't worry Di, this will just be our little secret, I ain't gonna break it, just need ta' see what this ruttin' rig can do. If'in I win that race, I can buy us a whole new wagon, an maybe if ya' keep quiet about this, there'll be some of that there candy Ma' don't want ya' havin'."

DELILAH: "I ain't never told on you before, what makes you think I'm a gonna do it now?! It's you an me always!"

A big grin comes across her face and she hugs her brother tight. Jayne kind of shrugs the hug off like shes bothering him but inside it makes him feel good to know his little sister loves and adores him so.

Jayne continues to drive the horses faster
bouncing the wagon around. as the ground becomes more uneven the horses start to have problems obeying the tugs of the reins. To avoid the trees coming up, Jayne tugs hard on the reins, whiping the horses heads around. The wagon bucks like mad, threatening to throw a wheel, fishtailing as the horses bolt to the right. Jayne hears a small scream and turns to see Delilah is no longer sitting next to him. Jayne Pulls back on the reins so hard they almost snap. The horses slow almost immediately from the forcefullness. Jayne looks in the back of the wagon to see where Delilah fell but, sees nothing. He jumps out of the wagon and sees a tangle of skirts and little limbs about 200 feet back. He takes off running to see if she is okay.

Arriving next to Delilah, Jayne skids to a stop and falls to the ground. He turns Delilah over and sees a nasty gash stretching from her temple to behind her ear. Jayne wipes some of the blood away with his shirt but it just seems to never stop flowing. He tries to get Delilah to talk to him...

JAYNE: "Oh my god, Di! Wake up! You got to be okay, little sis!" Tears start rolling down his face seeing the damage his foolish actions have brought upon his sister.

Delilah's eyes open a little bit and she tries to look up at Jayne.

DELILAH: (weakly)"J-Jayne... my head... hurts..."

JAYNE: "I'm sorry Di, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean for you to git hurt!"

DELILAH: (weakly)"Jayne, I.. I'm s-so c-cold..."

Jayne, openly weeping now, picks up his sister and runs back to the wagon. He jumps into the seat, cradling her little form in his arms and grabs at the reins one handed. He turns the wagon back towards town and sets the horses galloping as fast as he can. The blood coming from her head has stained his hands and clothing crimson yet still, there is no sign of it stopping. Feeling helpless, Jayne dosn't know how to make it stop.

DELILAH: (voice growing more faint) "Ja-Jayne..., ma-maybe now Ma'... will let me... have some c-candy w-when we git h-h-hooohhhhh...."

Delilah's little form grows slack in Jaynes arms, head lolling to the side. A gutteral scream rips from Jaynes throat and he spurs the horses on, nearly whipping the skin from their backs.

The wagon plows through town barely stopping before the horses crash into the local doctors home. Jayne, still carrying Delilah, leaps over the horses and kicks open the front door.

JAYNE: "I NEED THE DOC NOW!"

After a quick moment, a well dressed man emerges from a side room and says...

DOC: " Now just one minute son, who do you think you are barg..."

The doctor sees the blood and the little girl and quickly rushed to take her out of Jayne's arms. Jayne colapses to his knees like a great burden has just been lifted. He thinks to himself, Doc's gonna make it all right.

The doctor lays Delilah on the kitchen table in the next room. He feels for a pulse but there seems to be none. After several minutes of tring CPR, there is still no response. He turns to the boy still kneeling on the floor and says...

DOC: "I'm sorry son, there is nothing I can do, she's gone..."

Jayne hops up, grabs the doctor, and hurls him across the room.

JAYNE: "YOU GORRAM FRAUD! FIX HER NOW!"

DOC: " Son, she was dead 'afore you brought her in here. I'm sorry I cant do anything. Now how about you tell me what happened..."

Jayne stares vacantly down at his hands, still dripping with Delilah's blood. He starts backing towards the door mumbling, "My fault, all my fault." over and over. Tears still streaming from his eyes, he turns from the house and runs off towards the woods.

OOC: Okay sorry for the long post 3 am and creative juices wouldn't stop flowing. Hope to continue a little more with some of this back story as to my version of why Jayne took up the outlaw life, and explain a little more of his mindset and character.
Ciara, great job with the interplay between the two characters.

Also... I can kill you with my brain...

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Friday, January 16, 2004 12:44 AM

BARNEYT

Quote:
Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
OOC

__--__ Hi RP Readers.
--__--

I am curious how many non-player readers there are who are willing to chime in.
Nothing sinister, just curious what kind of following, if any, there might be.

Well, there's me

I try not to interrupt too much, but I am really enjoying it! (it's awful confusing sometimes though...)

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

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Friday, January 16, 2004 2:48 AM

Keep the Shiny side up

Thorne's move

Gradually, the patrons at the Hara Cary begin to understand that they are witnessing a bender of epic proportions. Disgusted at the non-arrival of the Serenity crew ("Heard 'em land hours ago...Gorram dock's only a few hunnert meters away.") Thorne has started mixing beer, wine, and liquor in combinations and volumes that make even the most seasoned drinkers in the bar queasy. Clutching a bottle of mescal, he finally sinks back to the floor and falls into an uneasy sleep. He dreams.

[The floor of Serenity valley is covered with neat rows of agave plants. On the leaves of each plant is scratched the name of an Independent soldier. Thorne, dressed as the commedia dell'arte character Harlequin, is running for the last shuttle out, his parti-colored tights being ripped and torn by the spikes of the plants; his legs bleeding. But no matter how fast he runs, the shuttle never gets any closer. "Wait. Wait for me, Mister. I want an Ice Cream too." The still-distant shuttle lifts and floats away, bells ringing. As he had somehow expected, the agaves now turn into tombstones. All except the one directly if front of him. As massed pipers play "Amazing Grace", the ground under the agave splits and a Conex container rises to the surface. Thorne, now dressed as Ali Baba, walks to the doors, raises his staff, and shouts. "Mellon!" The doors open and he walks into the darkness. ]

EOM

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Friday, January 16, 2004 2:54 AM

CIARA

ooc--wow I need to start posting at 3am!

Inara's turn
Jayne slides over to the bedside. She is still a bit confused....I'm in your bunk, Jayne? She stares up at him, eyes unfocused. Jayne seems to be somewhere else himself, his attention drawn inward, even as he helps her to sit up.

Jayne proffers two small pills in one meaty hand. She notices there is a bandage there, and a little blood had pinkened the weave. She licks her lips again...coppery. She takes the pills, and the small cup of water he offers. She winces at the bitter taste. Jayne watches as she swallows and tips her head back down onto his pillow.

Thank you, Jayne...that should help. I'm so sorry I've brought you into my deception. I was fine until a year or so ago...then I just started getting nosebleeds, shakes...not very becoming of a Companion, I'm sure you know. I've hidden it since then, using only the most discreet of medical staff. It has worked....until now.

Inara's mind turns back to the past--the tests, the worry...she brings herself back to the present...no. I won't think about that now.

"I need to get to a medical facility on Hara, Jayne. I can get what I need there. I can probably make it myself."

Inara swings her legs over the side of the bed.

You don't suppose anyone's looking for either of us, do you?

She struggles to rise, her muscles moaning in conmpaint. She catches a glimpse of herself in Jayne's mirror.

...all dishevelled, eyes wide and glassy, her hair is mussed, and there is a line of red from one nostril to the bow of her lip.

I should get cleaned up, Jayne. Can I....could you maybe go out for a bit?

my creative juices wouldn't start flowing this mornin :) think it's too early for me *yawn*

End Inara's turn

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Friday, January 16, 2004 3:30 AM

TEELABROWN

Quote:
I try not to interrupt too much, but I am really enjoying it! (it's awful confusing sometimes though...)

I'm doing the RP, and I can get confused. It can be hard when you don't know who's thinking what, and then dramatic irony plays in, and you want to tell the character something like "GET OUT!" or such. But it's very, very fun.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Friday, January 16, 2004 4:25 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn
OOC
I am trying something new here in the 'format' of this post .... tell me if you like it.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

I liked it so much, I'm copying it. Imitation, purest form of flattery! It's a little cumbersome with all the codes, but I like the end-result structure.

I draw, therefore I am
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Friday, January 16, 2004 4:34 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
OOC
here is another of the beautious J. Lee ... and yes, you have hit my I LUV Asians button ...

Rahn, you read my mind. I was going to size this down today (and get it posted as a suprise to the group), but you beat me to it!

I'll send it to Haken this morning.

Thanks!

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Friday, January 16, 2004 4:57 AM

From Thorne's recent move.. Gradually, the patrons at the Hara Cary begin to understand that they are witnessing a bender of epic proportions. Disgusted at the non-arrival of the Serenity crew ("Heard 'em land hours ago...Gorram dock's only a few hunnert meters away.")

OOC:

Point of contention here. It has not been several hours since we landed. In game time it's only been a couple minutes. Time is pliable in a roleplay. Generally one cannot turn back the clock, but it's certainly not feasible to assume time is moving equal to real time. In real time we're not all online simultaneously when the characters are together in game time. So we just touched down and only a few minutes have passed in game time.

Otherwise Wash would have been drinking soup for a day and a half straight.

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"Hang on, travelers..."

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Friday, January 16, 2004 5:08 AM

ASTRIANA

Zoe's Move:

Notices WASH's concern, and opens her mouth to ask him about it when he seems to "go away" for a second. Her brow furrows slightly when he tells her that someone's in trouble and asks where RIVER is. She puts the hand WASH isn't holding over his, while reacting for the moment as if this is nothing out of the ordinary.

"Can't say as I know exactly where she is at the moment, husband, but I imagine she's fine or we'd all know 'bout by now. Cap'n should be up soon to set up the meet. We'll check everyone out and make sure they're fit 'fore we leave the ship."

MAL enters the GALLEY just as ZOE finishes speaking and lays out his plans for the meet. Noticing WASH's grip on her hand, ZOE speaks up with a sidelong glance at WASH's worried face.

"Sir, with all the trouble we had in the gettin' here part o' this job, we might want to take stock o' the crew and see just who's been hurt and who ain't. I can always call Thorne and put him off for a bit if need be. We ain't due to meet him til nightfall."

End Move.

OOC: Man! Long thread again already!

Nice to see that the RP is flowing so well. I'll have to start another new thread by the end of the day, looks like. I really gotta finish the synopsis!

Edit: I think we can work around the time thing. I made it so that we're not due to meet Thorne for a bit, so maybe Thorne can play off that he was to 'floshed' know what time it was, and/or was hearing things...

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Friday, January 16, 2004 5:15 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
OOC: Man! Long thread again already! Nice to see that the RP is flowing so well. I'll have to start another new thread by the end of the day, looks like. I really gotta finish the synopsis!

OOC:
Here's a suggestion - what if we put the OCC posts in a separate thread. The Alpha chat is good for current green room chatting, but it doesn't provide an archive like a thread does. Maybe we could reduce the length that way?

Also, I'm saving the RP myself, mainly because this is helping keep my head in Firefly so I can get my fanfic finished one of these here weeks. Gorram holidays put me WAY behind in my Firefly-age.

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Friday, January 16, 2004 5:21 AM

ASTRIANA

OOC: That's a pretty fantastic idea, Channain. I'll take care of that right now, as a matter of fact & will post the link here when it's done. There'll probably still be some posting OOC when someone places a move, but for the most part, if we could post any OOC commentary to the OOC thread, that would help those who are reading the RP (not just us that are playing it) to get through it a little quicker.

Edit: Here's the new thread for OOC commentary:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3384

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Friday, January 16, 2004 5:22 AM

Keep the Shiny side up

Quote:
Originally posted by ZachsMind:

OOC:

Point of contention here. It has not been several hours since we landed. In game time it's only been a couple minutes. Time is pliable in a roleplay. Generally one cannot turn back the clock, but it's certainly not feasible to assume time is moving equal to real time. In real time we're not all online simultaneously when the characters are together in game time. So we just touched down and only a few minutes have passed in game time.

Otherwise Wash would have been drinking soup for a day and a half straight.

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"Hang on, travelers..."

OOC:Point taken, although I could fudge and note that in Thorne's current condition, his sense of time probably bears only a passing resemblance to the relativistic state of the rest of the 'verse. Hence:

Thorne's move

Thorne wakes from a half-remembered dream with a peculiar longing for a bowl of Rocky Road, and checks the time. Both watches on his wrist show that only a few minutes have passed since the asian chicks left the bar. "Sure sheemed longer." he mutters. "Wish shose guys'd get'chere 'nget dealin'."

EOM

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Friday, January 16, 2004 5:30 AM

SIMON'S MOVE
LOCATION-INFIRMARY {locked and blinds pulled}
Minutes Prior to landing on Hera

BOOK
"My past is long and colorful and we've got no time now for a lengthy rendition. Perhaps after our present troubles are sorted out..."

Simon nods

SIMON
Of course, anytime.

Book, collects the uncommonly brutal combination of drugs Simon has asked for, and they work together to prepare an extremely effective stimulant. Book hands the syringe to Simon's now somewhat reluctant hands.

BOOK
"When he comes out of it, he might just buck like a horse right outta those bonds. I've seen men gain the strength of five. Maybe an extra set of straps?"

SIMON
Over in the upper left cabinet. curt laugh Enough to make a mummy out of Jayne.

Simon turns and begins to place EEG transciver nodes on the varied neural plexi arrayed across Niska's body as Book goes to a wall cabinet and removes some straps. Book returns and doubly binds Niska to the table. Simon and Book share a final look of pained resigniation.

Simon injects the nearly leathal brew directly between the atlas and first cervical vertrabre of Niska's skull. Simon swiftly withdraws the needle as Book presses down on Niska's shoulders in preperation of the coming convulsions.

Amazingly, none appeared. Only a slight tremblor works it's way down Niska's limbs. Adruptly Niska's eyes shoot open.

BOTH IN SHOCK & NEARLY IN UNISON

SIMON
Ai ya, wo mun wan leh. Nee ta ma duh. Tyen-shia suo-yo duh run doh gai si.

BOOK
Huh choo-shung huh tza-jiao duh tzang-huo!!!

Simon, tears his gaze away from Niska's pinpoint pupils and still form to read the monitors. Book quickly does a check of Niska's vitals by hand.

SIMON
Amazed expression on his face
He is ... normal. Much like deep REM sleep. Impossable...

BOOK
Finishes his crusory, yet through exam
I think you were correct Doctor. He may be more than he seems.

EOM

OOC: Niska and Book
I was gonna end up with Niska REMing it in Rivers old box while we do the Hera scenes ... but I really need to talk to ManiacNumberOne-Book and Kelso-Niska and see what their ideas are.

I may take a little license with your lines and actions, if you want to change them, let me know and I can edit it.

EDIT: I moved my other OCC post to
OCC: Confusion Advoidance
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3384

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Friday, January 16, 2004 6:19 AM

Zoe said to Mal, "Sir, with all the trouble we had in the gettin' here part o' this job, we might want to take stock o' the crew and see just who's been hurt and who ain't. I can always call Thorne and put him off for a bit if need be. We ain't due to meet him til nightfall."

..WASH's MOVE

Wash squeezes his wife's hand and then lets go.

"I'll make an announcement on the intercom and then go round ever'body up - we'll meet in the cargo bay area, howzzat?"

Wash keeps his body towards Zoe & Mal, so he's walking kinda backwards about three steps to visually catch their cues of agreement, but he's heading back towards the bridge, apparently a little antsy about something.

..END MOVE

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"Hang on, travelers..."

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Friday, January 16, 2004 6:23 AM

BOOMERGOODHEART

Kaylee's Move:

After having talked to Mal, Kaylee moves around Serenity, finding and removing little vid-cams. There seems to be at least 1 in every room. She comes to her quarters and starts her scan.

"What the...? That gorramit ming da wei son of a...!"

Furiously, she rips the intruder out of her shower and smashes it beneath her boot. Calmer now, she finishes up her room and heads to those of the other womenfolk on board.

End Move

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

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Friday, January 16, 2004 8:15 AM

Keep the Shiny side up

Thorne's move:

Looking at the flatscreen behind the bar, Thorne notices the live porn feed the owner blackboxed in a couple of days ago has gone off line.

EOM

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Friday, January 16, 2004 8:16 AM

Book's Move

Location: Infirmary

Book keeps his gaze fixed on Niska. The imagined accusing stare of the doctor making him increasingly self-conscious. His hand grips and relaxes on his leg as his mind ranges through his dilemma.

Without looking away from Niska's face - Book to Simon

"He should be extremely pliable right now. He should tell us anything we want to know, and not even know he's talking..."

Finally mastering his emotions, Book turns to look at his forgotten Bible, lying on the floor where he dropped it in his haste to reach Niska. Guilt wells up in him, and he swallows it back down.

"Let's get this over with. This kind of work leaves a bad taste in my mouth."

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Friday, January 16, 2004 8:18 AM

CIARA

Inara's turn

Jayne grudgingly turns heel and exits his bunk.
"gorram womenfolk 'an their modesty.."

Inara sighs and looks up a the ceiling for a moment.

She stands and begins rummaging about in Jayne's cabin for something to use as a towel. She pulls the edge of a large cloth protruding from beneath Jayne's bed. It turns out to be a large sheet wrapped around a dozen or so dangerous-looking weapons. Shaking her head, she pushes the bundle back under the bed.

Opening cabinets and drawers, she finds that nearly every space is housing some type of weapon or other...

Finally, under a duffel in the corner, she comes across a small towel.

Inara shrugs out of her gown and gets the tap running, to warm up.

The harsh light of the overhead lamps throw her pale skin into stark relief. There are a multitude of angry purple bruises all along her arms and hips where Jayne caught her as she thrashed. Her blood, being so thinned, rushes to the surface of her skin with almost no urging. She leans close to the mirror, seeing small purplish abrasions at the corners of her lips as well.

She wets the towel in the now lukewarm water and begins to daub the blood away from her nose and mouth.

End Inara's turn

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Friday, January 16, 2004 8:45 AM

Book's Move Supplemental

Location: Infirmary

Book stands and moves to each of the windows in turn, closing the coverings. He stoops to pick up his Bible, goes to the door, unlocks and opens it and goes sadly, but resolutely to his room - returning momentarily without his Bible. Book takes one last look around the common room, steps through the doorway of the infirmary and again shuts and locks it.

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Friday, January 16, 2004 8:51 AM