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MAL: (walking through crowded dock area with Wash beside him) Says to Wash: "Sorry to keep you in the dark on the plan for today, but I know you had your hands full with your pilotin' duties, plus I know you're a bit tired. Had Jayne prep some mikes and recievers for the meet. Here's yours (Mal passes equipment to Wash), just so's ya know, Jayne is settin' up top on a rooftop with Vera and an infra-red scope coverin' the front and Zoe is out back with a street howitzer. Now, this is just a precaution in case Badger gets a notion to turn us in to the feds. (Mal continues walking, but pats handle of pistol for reassurance)

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:21 PM

..WASH'S MOVE

Walking further away from Serenity, with his 'piece' on his hip and a growing sensation of anxiety, Wash picks up the pace of his walking and tries to keep up with Mal long enough to be at his side while he's talking rather than two steps behind. This is moderately difficult as Mal appears to be confidently and briskly walking towards Badger's headquarters.

"So Mal mah man what's the game plan? Just you and me against Badger and twenty of his goons? That's good cuz I'm sure I could take out one of their ankles." Wash looks around them, "We left Jayne and Zoe behind."
...END MOVE

How do you know where Zoe & Jayne are? No one's come forward to play the roles yet. Or are you taking control of THREE characters instead of one?

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:23 PM

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"Kaylee is being with a friend."

"Mal left. He didn't care, any way."
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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 1, 2004 3:32 PM

MAL: (Looks at Wash) Says:"Don't worry, like I said before, Jayne and Zoe are ALREADY in place outside Badgers. (Gorram it! Where's that River when I really NEED a mind-reader?!) "Okay Wash, looks like we're just about there. Pop on your electronics. (Mal dons his mike and transmitter)

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:48 PM

Book calling to Mal on the intercom...
"I can't find Kaylee, Cap'n. Shall I head up to help out Jayne? I think I may be of some use, I'm fair handy with a rifle."

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:51 PM

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To Book.

"No touching guns. Mal wants me."
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Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:57 PM

MAL: (over intercom to Book):"I'd be much obliged for the help Shep'. Don't know where Kaylee went and got herself to. (Gonna have to put locators on crew) Might want to double-time it though Shep', me an' Wash are almost arrived! Wash, you set on the game plan once we get to Badgers? Ok, I'll fill ya in. Badger's gonna make all nice with us for screwin' us on our last dealing. Then, he's gonna try settin us at our ease with a drink and whatnot (small talk). If it looks like he's 'bout to rat us to the feds, I'll say to Badger "I like your suit, where can I get me one o' those?" At which point, Jayne will open fire. You an' me get scarce out the back where Zoe'll be waiting to cover our escape! Dong ma? On the other hand, if all goes well, we'll stay and listen to Badger's proposal."

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:01 PM

ZACHSMIND-no, i'm trying to "buy" us time in the game play 'till some more browncoats step up to fill parts.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:01 PM

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To Mal, over the intercom

"Books can't touch guns. Besides, you need me. He can come, but no guns."
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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 1, 2004 4:15 PM

MAL:(To River)"This kind o' book CAN touch guns lil' lady. He's a special type of gun-usin' book! Now why don't the two of y'all high tail it on over here? I need you to give me a little fortune-telling with my friend Badger so's everything goes scruth today. Dong ma, mei mei?

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:20 PM

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"Bad winds coming. We must go."

Starts toward hatch.
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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:22 PM

Wash turns on his mike and transmitter. He stifles a laugh but not very convincingly.

"Game plan? You call this a game plan? Look, I'm just gonna follow your lead and stand right behind you so that when they start shootin' they hit you first, okay?"

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"Hang on, travelers..."

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:23 PM

On our way, Cap'n

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:30 PM

(I'm adding a little spice. River hands Book a gun, but it's not loaded.)
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Hands Book a gun.

"You need it."

Goes out of hatch.
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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 1, 2004 4:30 PM

MAL: (To Book):"Copy that Shep'." (To Wash):Just don't get your face in front of no bullets. Zoe would never forgive me an' pilots are a pain in the ass to replace! Now, let's sit a spell 'till the others arrive"

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:33 PM

HUMBLE-We're just experimenting so there are no hard and fast rules on how to do this. You're opting to go in the direction you're going and I'll follow your lead. I do not want to be bossy. However I do wish to caution that you're opting to set a dangerous precedent of being able to describe the actions and placement of characters when they're not being played. Admittedly, I was doing the same thing at the start when I said everyone except you me and River were asleep, but I did that to keep those players out of the roleplaying arena UNTIL someone could come along to claim them. You got Zoe and Jayne awake and ready to shoot at things and we don't even have hands in their puppet heads yet.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:35 PM

So, does that make all of us puppeteers?

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:39 PM

ZACHSMIND-i concur with your thoughts on unclaimed characters. took a risk that if i upped the excitement in the storyline that more people might be "sold" on participating in rp. probably, due to holidays not as many people as normal are up for participation. maybe we could write zoe and jayne out and have the shepherd on rooftop instead of jayne, but continue on form there?

whaddaya think?

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:43 PM

puppet MASTERS maybe?

shan yu says "i want to meet the real you."

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:44 PM

Works with me. Let's continue.
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To Mal, smiling.

"Where to, Cap'n Tightpants?" (giggles)
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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 1, 2004 4:49 PM

Well I hate rewriting once something's been established but maybe we can resolve this through gameplay.

..WASH'S MOVE

As the two continue full down the lane towards Badger's place, Wash continues speaking in a forced whisper, pleading with Mal's sensibilities.

"Listen will you slow down and think things through for a minute? First off how do we know Badger has a job for us? Secondly, why are we storming to his lair guns at the ready when we know it's his lair and he's got the demeanor of a velociraptor? We're walking into his domain so yes something bad's gonna go down. We might as well be walking into a gorram trap. Dong ma? I say we regroup and think this through before we both end up notches on Badger's belt."

..END MOVE

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:53 PM

MAL: (To River)"Well hello youself, not in a cuttin' mood are ya darlin'? Good, I need you to tell me if my buddy Badger is gonna play a mischief on me in the near future. If so, you just go ahead an' whisper in my ear an'me and Wash'll handle it from there!" (To Book)"Shep' I'd thank ya kindly if you could position yourself on the roof o' that building over there and cover the front. Let us know if we got unexpected company coming>" (To Wash)"Any last words? You got your will made out right?"

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:56 PM

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To Wash

"Badger has a job. Whether it's for us, that's to be decided. Oh, and we wouldn't be notches on his belt. That's Niska. We'd be shot, or worse."
__________

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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 1, 2004 4:57 PM

..WASH MOVE
"Did I make out a will? Yeah I left everything I own to Zoe but you're probably gonna have her killed too with this zany stunt of yours. Can't we just once try to solve our financial problems without the threat of lead poisoning?"

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:59 PM

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"How about silver? That's what about half are carrying."
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Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:01 PM

Book grabs sufficient ammo for the gun River hands him as they exit the ship.
"where did you come across that gun, little River?"

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:02 PM

MAL: (TO Wash): "Badger sent me a wave about a possible job after we got done with Patience on Whitefall. We're not storming his place with guns at the ready, just hedging our bets 'case Badger takes a shine to turnin' us in to the feds for illegal salvage. Got Shep' as lookout in case it IS a trap, to warn us. River's here to get a feel for the meet. Wash, I promise I'll say something nice at your eulogy in case something bad happens!"

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:03 PM

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To Book

"Jayne left them on the table. He won't listen."
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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 1, 2004 5:04 PM

SERENITYSSON

Jayne's move...

Static laced transmission...

"Gorramit Mal, we gonna make a move on this offer Badger's got waitin' or are we just gonna sit here with our rump hangin' out fer the Alliance ta' come kickin'?!'

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

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:13 PM

Book (slightly winded from running) "I'm in place, Cap'n" "There's lots of folk around here. Not sure who's Badger's men and who are just part of the crowd." "I'll sort it quick enough though."
"Time to make your move, cap'n"

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:16 PM

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To Jayne

"Poor bird." (Waves and smiles)

To Book, tries to take the gun away and take out the bullets.
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Okay, I went to bed at 2 am. I woke up at 6:30 am for some reason, so I need sleep. Want to pick up tomorow? Or continue without me?

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Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:16 PM

..WASH'S MOVE
to River "Shot or worse? Oh. Well that's completely different! I don't mean he's gonna torture and maim us like Niska. I mean he's gonna shoot us or worse. Obviously my usage of the phrase 'notches on Badger's belt' has been misunderstood. I apologize for being so obsequious."

Wash looks back at Mal, eyes pleading. "Ai ya! You walk in on these kinda things with an attitude. Like you got a chip on your shoulder and then you dare people to knock it off. I'm just askin' ya to take it slow and not assume the worst cuz ya have a tendency of causing the worst to happen when ya do that, y'know?"

Wash & Mal's eyes meet and Wash searches Mal's eyes for some inch of recognition.

"You don't know, do ya? Fine. Let's just go in there and be target practice. It's not like I was doing anything important with my life anyway."

Into the intercom, "Love you Zoe wherever you are."
..END MOVE

(great to see ya 'Jayne'!)

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:16 PM

MAL: (Everything transpired ok with Badger, Wash was magnificently brave, and didn't get shot.Cut to Mal,Wash,River leaving Badger's) To Wash: Well now, that didn't go so bad did it? Badger givin' us a big money job of runnin weapons to an outer colony! Ok, lets hightail it back to the ship an' get ready for departure." To Book:"Shepherd, thank you kindly for all your help."To Jayne:"We're on our way back, sure the ship's prepped. We got us a job!"

END TURN.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:19 PM

Should we call of the night? I am so gorram tired.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:20 PM

Or you can continue. Either way's fine.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:22 PM

{My I make a suggestion? It would be eaiser if the person playing a certain character goes to '"My Firefly" and edit their profile and use the appropirate Avatar.}

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

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:25 PM

Mine's set.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:26 PM

TEELA: Get some rest. I got to do some bookwork anyhoot! I'm signing off for the night browncoats! This really is cool!!!

until next time, keep flyin'!

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:27 PM

..WASH'S MOVE

"Huh??"

Rushing back in tow with Mal, Wash is shaking his head at how fast everything just transpired and that apparently he missed everything. Then realizes that he must have had a fit of narcolepsy while Badger & Mal were talking and completely missed everything, cuz he fell asleep standing up. Wash decides not to let Mal in on this since in his slumber Mal appears to believe Wash was acting brave and unflinchable. Thank God I can sleep with my eyes open, Wash thinks to himself.

"Uh yeah. That's dah bien-hwa! Badger givin' us big damn money for runnin guns to the rim. Tai-kong suo-yo duh shing-chiou sai-jin wuh duh pee-goo!"

Wash rushes back to Serenity, heads for the bridge and gets ready to take them out of the world.

..END MOVE

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"Hang on, travelers..."

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:30 PM

{Also, if I may, if you plan to write this out as a sceenplay or novella, it would be good to identfy and standardize the way we do this.

For example you may notice I am using 'editors' brackets on this post - because this is not in gameplay, more of an editorial.

In other online RPs I have played, they use the standard brackets for actions. Such as - [pulls his pistol and checks the mag]. OR using the astericks - *Turns and snaches the hypo off the table and injects Book in the neck*

Just depends on what the person who is transcripting the RP feels comfortable with.

Also, if there are RPs going on in other threads, should we change the title of this thread to a 'Episode Title' (based on the scenario, of course) of some sort?}

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:34 PM

OOC (out of character):

We can keep playing. At this point Wash is taking the ship out of the world and plotting a course to some planet based on coordinates we can assume Mal gave to him. So it'll take at least a day to get where their going. When they get their the plan will be to pick up the weapons and then smuggle them to the outer rim. As Kaylee might say, "easy as lyin'."

So in the meantime any players who still wanna roleplay on board the ship as we wait to arrive there can do so. We don't have to actually arrive at said location until we get more of a complement of crew puppet-master wise. Things don't have to move this quickly. The show's always more interesting when the focus is on character interaction anyhow. We can blow stuff up later.

So can we surmise that both River and Malcolm are turning in for the night, and we'll just say anyone not active is getting rest in their bunk? Would that work for everyone?

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:34 PM

Cap'n, it's fine. We understand. I italicise actions. There. My bit. If you don't mind, most are tired, and are going to sleep. We can discuss more tomorrow.

Pleasant dreams, keep flyin'.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:40 PM

appreciate suggestions capnrahn. say you interested in playin'? right now, we're just messin' around, getting a feel for rp. it's fun nonetheless!

don't mind me, i just a fly on the wall.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:40 PM

Good suggestions, Rahn.. Are you playing Simon, by the way? I'm just trying to keep track. I do agree with you that we need to delineate between in character (ICly) and out of character (OOC) behavior. What I've been trying to do since the start is specify what I specifically intend to be Wash's move by notating it as such. Demonstrated below.

..WASH'S MOVE

Once on the bridge, Wash flicks three switches just above his right shoulder and gets to work.

..END MOVE

Each person's going to come up with their own style and we shouldn't require one specific style that everyone has to abide by. It would be helpful if each player made an effort to specify what's in character and what's out of character, but I'm hoping we have as few rules as possible for this. So it's less like work and more like fun.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:50 PM

{ZaksMind - Yep I am gonna take a crack at Simon.

I agree about as few rules as possible.

Coming in 'late' as it were, it was a bit diffcult to follow. Until I got most by context, so again I agree with you, to a degree.

Fun is good!

What about the Episode Title for Thread Header Idea?}

*calls to bridge on intercom*
We leaving? I have been in infirmary sorting out the supplies.

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

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:58 PM

..WASH'S MOVE

From the bridge, Wash communicates to Simon on intercom, "Yeah Doc we're heading out again. Gimme a few minutes to plot the course and fight gravity's pull then maybe you can give me a pop for this pesky narcolepsy I've been suffering recently. I can meet you at the infirmary in a bit."

..END MOVE

OOC:
Episode title for thread header? Would that mean multiple threads? That'll further confuse the linear thread, wouldn't it? How might we keep all the threads straight? I'm not sayin' yay or nay cuz it's not my place but I just don't understand how that'd work without further confusing things.

We do admittedly need to perhaps retire this thread soon though cuz it's getting kinda long. Maybe if whoever starts the new thread somehow summarizes everything that's happened thus far? Like a "previously on Firefly" something or other?

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 6:06 PM

How long have you noticed the symptoms? You know this could be gravely serious. I'll meet you in the Infirmary in 5.

{I ment for this adventure and these folks already playing certain characters. Make this thread an episode, so to speak.

I will bet that once this gets started, others would want to start their own 'adventures' to be able to play other characters.

In addition, I would think that the one who is transcriping and fleshing out the story should be the 'guide' AKA gamemaster/dungeonmaster et al.

As to long threads, I would use the Pt 1, Pt 2 method ... example Badgers Folly, Badgers Folly Pt 2 etc.

I DO like your idea of putting a 'previously on' in the first post of a continuation thread(s)}

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 6:10 PM