FIREFLY MOMENT

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:09:26 PM

So a certain author (moi) posted a chapter lately where Mal felt sincerely sorry for Jayne. Which got me to thinking if it was the first time. Which got me to thinking about him swinging at him in Ariel, and then on to Jayne's comment: 'Don't tell anyone'. And that got me to thinking 'How would Mal explain Jayne's sudden death, if he's not allowed to mention the reason?'

I invite you all to have a stab at this scene. Here's mine:

Mal: (entering mess) Jayne's dead.
All: (gasping) OH NO!
Zoe: (phlegmatically) What happened?
Mal: I shut him in the air lock and then opened it.
Book: (sternly) That was bad, Mal! Why did you do it?
Mal: He made a morally reprehensible decision that compelled me to execute him.
Inara: (angrily) How could you?
Mal: Weren't difficult: hit him round the head hard enough to kill a lesser man, then dragged him...
Simon: (laughing happily) You did the right thing Mal!
River: Jaffa cakes.
Kaylee: (sadly) Poor Jayne. I really liked him.
Wash: (cheerfully) Oh well, never mind.

The End.