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Post by Medieval Kevin on Mar 15, 2014 17:16:00 GMT -8
Serenity's Mission Ready Shuttle
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Post by Medieval Kevin on Mar 15, 2014 17:34:08 GMT -8
Wash
"Oh this is bad, this is really really bad!" All he could do was talk to himself. How did it always come to that. He had his uses but take away his options and he just wouldn't shut it. He couldn't! The pilot stopped pacing and stared hard at the frozen control panel in front of him. "Damn it!" He jumped across the compartment into the chair, banging at the instruments before he even came to a stop.
A moment or two revealed nothing had changed since his previous crack at it. Out of frustration he leaned his head in his palms looking out the window trying to think when- "OH GOD!" Wash screamed as an incoming shuttle was on a collision course. The man futilely threw his arms in front of his face leaning as far back in his chair as possible. When nothing happened he peaked threw his defenses to see clear sailing. Those gorram suits had laid in a course too low in the lanes. Somebody was going to get hurt he thought as the shuttle continued to speed over the New Melbourne docks not very far below.
It was at that moment Hoban noticed the blinking light on the console. A message. He hadn't seen it before. There just hadn't been a moment to check it. He knew the man on the recording. It had been a long time but he was a... friend on Inara's. They needed help with something. So did he. It was a long shot but maybe they had a bearing on Serenity. That thought was not comforting but Wash wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. "Cobblestone this is Serenity if you're out there please respond!"
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Post by Medieval Kevin on Mar 16, 2014 10:32:42 GMT -8
Wash **To Cobblestone Road II**
"Serenity, this is Cobblestone Road, I'm all ears. Go ahead." came the speedy reply. Hoban was relieved to hear them, they had to be close. Every second counted as he knew Mal was on the way back to the ship. "A lot has happened Captain. It's bad, someone has taken control of the ship. I don't know who they are or were they came from but I can tell you they had a pressing doctor's appointment!" The pilot hoped they would get the reference since he didn't want to say any more on an unsecured channel. "I'm half way to Timbuktu at this point, if you fellas need help you need to get to the ship. I'm sending you the coordinates. The others... they are walking into a trap! You need to be careful. These guys are no joke, and there was only two of them."
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Post by Medieval Kevin on Mar 18, 2014 6:49:32 GMT -8
Wash
"Roger that," was the response. "Co-ordinates received. Tuck in someplace safe and I'm going to apologize in advance for any damage I do to the ship. These two guys won't know what hit them." That thought did make Wash cringe just a little bit. "Those coordinates are docking bay 4, Serenity is likely still on the ground." Odds are those men would have some trouble locating River, which would buy Cavanaugh some more time to get there. "They probably have their own ship in one of the nearby bays. One with guns... If they try and make a break for it you're going to have your hands full. I think you're going to be better off getting them on the ground. Good luck captain!" Hoban closed his end of the comm and sat back assessing the situation for the fourth time. "I'll just be... right here." he added to himself.
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Feb 8, 2015 21:52:39 GMT -8
"Wash? What's your status? Wash? You get that thing under control yet?" Wash was arms deep in wires, grunting as he was shocked a couple times. "gos se," He groaned and tried to untangle himself, by the time he was free she was gone. Not like he could get the com system working. He pressed a few buttons and flipped some switches, trying to get the signal back. "Zoe, can you hear me? Anyone? Hello?" Sighing he closed his eyes, "So close and yet so far."
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Post by Medieval Kevin on Feb 21, 2015 8:23:21 GMT -8
Mal **Serenity to shuttle comm**
The comm burst to life. "Wash give me some good news. Did you get control of that thing?" There was a brief pause with some static before the captain came back on, "I hope so for all our sakes because if not, this is going to get interesting."
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Mar 7, 2015 16:47:19 GMT -8
Wash was so glad to hear a voice, he didn't care if it was Jayne but a sigh of relief hit when it was Mal. "Mal, i'm doing my best but so far i got comms to work. You know what would come in handy right now, a tractor beam from one of those old space movies. I need about ten more minutes and i should have this baby back in my control."
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Post by Medieval Kevin on Apr 2, 2015 5:55:44 GMT -8
**Comms: Mal to Wash**
Mal
"Well that would just about make my day Wash, in ten minutes we'll be right on top of you! Don't know what you're expecting me to do for you if that's not the case besides..." the transmission ended abruptly.
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Apr 8, 2015 10:14:24 GMT -8
"Well that would just about make my day Wash, in ten minutes we'll be right on top of you! Don't know what you're expecting me to do for you if that's not the case besides..." Wash sighed as the communication was cut off abruptly. Rolling his eyes, she started to get back to work. "Okay, see you in ten. I should have all the controls back by than, hopefully." Sighing, "Okay here goes nothing."
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Post by Medieval Kevin on May 30, 2015 17:01:37 GMT -8
**Mal over the coms**
"Are you awake over there? I ain't paying you for any sightseeing." it was a short burst followed by the shuttle being scooped up by Serenity.
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Jun 11, 2015 5:58:11 GMT -8
When Serenity came into view, it was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen... well besides his lovely wife. "Are you awake over there? I ain't paying you for any sightseeing."
"Glad to be back Captain."
*Exits to The Galley*
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Dec 16, 2017 15:16:20 GMT -8
The day Niska's men then the Hands of Blue had attacked finishes out, luckily without any further fanfare.
It is now mid day of the following day.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jul 15, 2018 10:17:40 GMT -8
Travel time from New Melbourne to Newhall passes.
The ship is nearing the vicinity of Newhall.
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Jul 15, 2018 10:50:13 GMT -8
"Hey guys, we got a distress called coming in."
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Sept 9, 2018 18:44:51 GMT -8
Travel time of Serenity to Shadowheart passes.
Serenity has reached the disabled Shadowheart ship to assist with repairs and an injury.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 24, 2019 14:17:12 GMT -8
About a half hour passes.
During that time, Dex Wilde returned on the Shadowheart away shuttle to reconnect with his crewmates aboard the Serenity and Mal calls for everyone to collect in the Dining Area for a meeting with Dex volunteering to collect Wendy and River for the meeting.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on May 9, 2021 10:59:11 GMT -8
*** River enters from Kitchen, dining, and lounge area ***
River had managed to make it here in time without anybody noticing. They probably would be holding another meeting anyway before they head towards the mission. They did that a lot. She didn't like those meetings. Too many people with too many feelings, especially when the captain and Inara were around. Although, once again, River had to smile at the memory of that latest knot of feeling around them.
She focused on her surroundings. They couldn't just send her back once the shuttle had covered a good way. She only had to find a place to hide for as long. Not too hard to find with all the stuff around. River started circling some of that stuff before deciding on one particular box to hide behind. She rather not wanted to hide inside of it. She didn't like to be inside of something.
With her arms wrapped around her knees, River was waiting. She was good at that. There always was something to do. Something to observe. Or to count. Counting stuff was fun. As long as she would be staying with Simon and also with Wendy, it didn't bother her to kill some time on her own.
***
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Nov 17, 2021 11:45:31 GMT -8
(tempplay by DarkSideCookie)
*** Mal, Dex, and Wendy enter from Cargo Bay ***Mal was at a smart pace as they had been dawdling about a lot already. And maybe also because he was, unconsciously, fleeing from the situation with Inara. Not that she would be right behind, but getting as many miles as possible between them kind of helped him to rebuild his walls, so that they could act as their good old selves once back from this mission. Or so Mal hoped. Did he really? Well, yes, because everything else would be too difficult and just not right. Mal ignored Wendy's comment about Jayne and, instead, looked around to check if everyone was here. He found one person missing, rolling his eyes at that realization. "Where's our doctor?"
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Nov 25, 2021 20:52:55 GMT -8
Wendy had been completely open and honest with everyone up until now, but putting her plan into effect was bringing that to an end.
After years of training as a child and decades more of putting it into practice, Wendy could expertly lie with no one the wiser. Well, unless the person was a mind reader or perhaps if they've been around her long enough to get to know her really well, which was extremely rare. So rare that there was only one such friend. Well trained and well practiced, Wendy had already imagined vast scenarios of questions, reactions, and comments and had prepared answers, replies, and reactions to every one of them.
"I managed to talk some sense into him, so it'll just be us," she said easily, but with a depth in her tone and on her features as if silently addressing the personal understanding of being like River and how important it was that she not lose Simon. She eyed the only two seats in the front section and grasped at the opportunity of privately pulling her unraveling self together and of staying out of sight in case the visual signs of her unraveling reappeared. "I'll stay back here. I could use a little meditation," was the reason she gave, lightly and easily.
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Post by Ariel on Dec 4, 2021 11:30:47 GMT -8
Following closely to Mal's lead, Dex boarded the mission shuttle. He tried his best to keep his head in the game, as time was of the essence and they had an important job to do. However, the tension between Dex and Wendy remained like an elephant in the room. Dex could only hope that no one else would notice. The last thing he wanted was to bring his personal feelings into the mission and throw it for the rest of the team - and any chance of survival for Wendy. Dex scanned the shuttle to bring the two seats in the front into view - not knowing that Wendy was doing the same.
"I'll stay back here. I could use a little meditation,"
Dex shifted a side glance in Wendy's direction as she moved to the back of the shuttle. He turned his head as she passed by, as if he was afraid of being caught in the act. Dex sighed inwardly, wishing that things hadn't had gone the way they did. Especially before the mission. But they did, and there was nothing he could do about it.
"I guess I'm shotgun," Dex remarked to Mal, his shoulders moved into a light shrug as he climbed into the front passenger seat of the shuttle next to the Captain.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Dec 31, 2021 7:00:05 GMT -8
(tempplay by DarkSideCookie)
"I managed to talk some sense into him, so it'll just be us,"Well, fine with him. At this point, Mal just wanted to leave for this mission finally. Maybe it was even better to know the doctor in his sister's close vicinity anyway. Since Mal was still way too occupied with his own emotional chaos, he would not care for anyone else's, so he left the obvious tension between his two companions uncommented. There were things he didn't have to know as long as this wouldn't affect anyone's motivation and capacity to act. "I'll stay back here. I could use a little meditation,"Without any reaction to that, Mal stepped towards the head of the shuttle to take a seat in the front passenger seat, Dex following right after, taking the one next to him. "I guess I'm shotgun,""Still no special treatment," Mal commented on that, a slight smirk forming around his lips while he pushed some buttons on the panel without looking at Dex. "All right, everyone. Get ready for take-off." ***
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Mar 3, 2022 1:50:38 GMT -8
(via comms)
The speakers crackled to life with Simon's stressed voice following, leaving no room for reactions until he finished.
"Mal! Can you hear me?""Wendy has no plans to leave that planet with you!""Wendy, if you hear me, too: You don't have to do that! We ensure you protection, no matter what."
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Mar 9, 2022 7:32:16 GMT -8
Mal made sure to check every box, warming the shuttle up for the flight. The take-off was delayed for just a minute as the shuttle refused to detach from the ship. "Gorramit it," He pressed the button to open and closed the door a few times, finally the doors settled and the light turned green. "Gave Inara the better of the two shuttles."
After all the complications, they took off without issue. Everything was going well and they were just about to reach planet side when Simon's voice came over the intercom.
"Mal! Can you hear me?""Wendy has no plans to leave that planet with you!""Wendy, if you hear me, too: You don't have to do that! We ensure you protection, no matter what."
Slowly Mal turned to face Wendy, stern eyes and a heavy sigh. Reaching up he pressed a button,
"Please hold." His attention never left Wendy, "I get that you trying to do what is right but staying behind, putting yourself in harm's way. It ain't showing an abundance of brains, Miss Carter. We've been staying ahead of the alliance for a time, we've kept Simon and River safe and we can do the same for you- but you have to let us."
A moment of silence before Mal pressed the comm button...
"Just about to reach planet-side now, Doc. Either way we're about to head down to the planet, looks like you'll be missing this trip. Sit tight and we'll make sure Miss Carter gets back onto the ship."
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Mar 26, 2022 15:03:02 GMT -8
Wendy sat in the solitude of the small cargo area of the shuttle, doing her best to meditated in her position, but something kept niggling at her mind. A couple times, she found her eyes drifting open and drawn to some old boxes piled in the corner, sitting there for time, judging by the dust. But they were just boxes. Why were they causing her additional distraction to the already existing one sitting shotgun?
She managed to regain control of her thoughts again and was finally drifting toward Zen when the comms came to life.
"Mal! Can you hear me?""Wendy has no plans to leave that planet with you!""Wendy, if you hear me, too: You don't have to do that! We ensure you protection, no matter what."
Wendy's eyes snapped open but Simon was ratting her out faster than she could unbuckle her belt. "Go-se," she muttered under her breath, annoyed rather than angry. He had every right. She'd been in the wrong, tricking him and locking him in. She just hadn't expected him to be found before they reached planetside.
"Simon, what a nice surprise," she said in a casual, cheery tone as she settled between the two chairs and looked at Simon in the small screen, not paying much mind to the collection of other faces staring back. She steadied herself with a hand on each chair, the one on Dex's gravitating further in toward the heat of his shoulder in that subconscious draw she had toward him. She ignored what Simon had said and ignored Mal's pointed stare, smiling despite it all as if catching up with an old friend rather than being in the middle of what she thought of as a futile mission. "Didn't think I'd get the chance to talk to you again. Sorry about the whole locking-you-in thing. No hard feelings?"
"Please hold."
Mal muted the comms and Wendy finally looked toward his pointed stare with one of those wide-eyed looks that innocently said, 'What?'
"I get that you trying to do what is right but staying behind, putting yourself in harm's way. It ain't showing an abundance of brains, Miss Carter. We've been staying ahead of the alliance for a time, we've kept Simon and River safe and we can do the same for you- but you have to let us."
Wendy sobered and the playful smile she tried using to brush this whole thing off as nothing melted away, particularly at the comment regarding the use of her brains, or lack thereof. Oh, Wendy had some comments of her own, but she did not speak or show that she was holding off. Now was not the time. Once they had the others off the comms and they were planet-side, she'd say her own peace and lay out her own decision and show just how abundantly she'd used her brains in making her decision.
"Just about to reach planet-side now, Doc. Either way we're about to head down to the planet, looks like you'll be missing this trip. Sit tight and we'll make sure Miss Carter gets back onto the ship."
'Not bloody likely,' Wendy thought dryly but her expression was calm and neutral.
"Where's River?" came the sudden question through the comms, alarm in Inara's voice as she turned back from glancing behind her.
The subject matter had Wendy immediately snapping to attention, current plans and her need to avoid using her gift as much as possible taking a backseat as she fully dedicated her skills and entire being to River. Wendy closed her eyes and reached out empathically. It didn't have to go far. The cargo area. Those boxes. She was hiding behind them. That's why her attention kept being drawn to them. "She's here," Wendy said on a heavy sigh. Things just got more complicated.
Wendy watched Inara relax in relief but then Inara made a casual gesture that looked as if she was merely placing a hand over her mouth in relief. It was the very subtle tap to her nose along the way that wasn't like Inara's graceful movements. Wendy immediately knew what she was silently saying and quickly turned away, fishing her handkerchief from her pocket as she made her way to the back under the guise of simply retrieving River.
Since the last incident shortly before leaving, Inara had known to keep an eye out for the side effects and Wendy was immensely grateful to her for not only taking notice, but for giving a silent signal in accord with her having wished to not concern others with the physical evidence of her declining state. While she was sure Inara had astutely been the first to notice it, she wasn't sure if anyone else might have caught it before she'd managed to quickly turn away.
Taking a settling breath, Wendy leaned against the wall and collected herself, wadding up the bloodied handkerchief to hide it in her fist, hoping she'd swiped away the evidence of it long enough for River to do as she requested. "River, come on out," she said from her casual lean on the wall. "Why don't you say hey to the folks on the comms, ease their minds a bit," she encouraged. And perhaps allow Wendy a few more precious seconds to continue collecting herself and make sure the bleeding had stopped.
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Post by Ariel on Mar 26, 2022 20:23:36 GMT -8
"Mal! Can you hear me?""Wendy has no plans to leave that planet with you!""Wendy, if you hear me, too: You don't have to do that! We ensure you protection, no matter what."
The plot was thickening faster than Dex could say molasses, and all he could think about was what in the world was Wendy thinking. Not that she would have been open about her plans with him in the first place, but for some reason he felt a tinge of betrayal and was left completely in the dark. And if he was still on board with carrying out his duty to the Alliance, his freedom had just about been thrown out of the window right before his very own eyes. Wendy popped up suddenly between him and Mal, and Dex couldn't help but to look completely gobsmacked as his bewildered gaze panned between the Doc on the screen, Wendy and the Captain.
"Simon, what a nice surprise," "Didn't think I'd get the chance to talk to you again. Sorry about the whole locking-you-in thing. No hard feelings?" "Please hold."
"I need some air," Dex's tone was both filled with a sense of feeling overwhelmed and astonished at the same time as he picked himself up out of his seat and rubbing his forehead for relief he strolled behind Wendy and Mal to try and process everything that had just happened, as well as to allow Mal some room to be the Captain and take matters into his own responsible and capable hands.
"I get that you trying to do what is right but staying behind, putting yourself in harm's way. It ain't showing an abundance of brains, Miss Carter. We've been staying ahead of the alliance for a time, we've kept Simon and River safe and we can do the same for you- but you have to let us."
"Just about to reach planet-side now, Doc. Either way we're about to head down to the planet, looks like you'll be missing this trip. Sit tight and we'll make sure Miss Carter gets back onto the ship."
Dex was able to exhale with relief finally at the Captain's words. They still needed to carry the job out, but he knew that Mal wouldn't let Wendy out of his sight. And neither would Dex. He would make sure that no matter what Wendy did or how hard she tried to stay behind, Dex would work twice as hard to ensure that she would be returning with them.
"Where's River?" "She's here,"
Anxiety struck Dex again. Seriously, could they not catch a break at this point?
"River, come on out," "Why don't you say hey to the folks on the comms, ease their minds a bit,"
Dex's attention turned to the boxes over in the cargo area, "What in the world...," Dex's voice trailed off as movement began to take place between the boxes to reveal their next complication: a stowaway.
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Apr 1, 2022 7:20:58 GMT -8
(via comms)
Wash: "gǒushǐ," Zoe: "Mal will keep River safe, Doc, he won't let anything happen to her,"
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Apr 2, 2022 0:35:30 GMT -8
River had not so much paid attention to the voices around but the mental presence of Wendy. At first, she had tried to shield herself somehow, unaware if she'd be able to, but then, for some reason, River had felt more and more at ease, almost as if in a kind of trance state, which made it harder to concentrate at all. It was that meditative state making it not just harder to keep up her shield but also not bothering about it. She just felt at peace, smiling.
But then the emotions around her became different, stirred up. River concentrated back on the voices until it fell her name. Her eyes widened in shock. They mustn't send her back. She had to be with her brother, to protect him. They had been on missions without her before, but there was something about this one that brought up a knot of fear within her, almost like a foreboding.
"River, come on out,""Why don't you say hey to the folks on the comms, ease their minds a bit,"
Hesitantly River came out of her hiding behind the boxes, looking into stressed faces with worries on their minds; Worries that had not only to do with her. But then one view left her still standing, eyes wide open, directed towards the little monitor in front of the captain. "Simon!" Why was he there and not here?
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Apr 2, 2022 0:55:52 GMT -8
(via comms)
"I-... I- uh,""Never leave her alone." Before anyone could answer, Simon left the monitors, and with that, the view of everyone.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Apr 2, 2022 1:13:37 GMT -8
(via comms)
"Ahh- celebration time,""We better enjoy the silence before it's over again."
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Post by Lady Lee-o on Apr 2, 2022 19:27:56 GMT -8
"She's here," One thing after another, "River, come on out, Why don't you say hey to the folks on the comms, ease their minds a bit," The only thing that would ease his mind was River being off the shuttle and back on Serenity.
"Simon!"
"Never leave her alone." Mal didn't plan on leaving her alone, he wouldn't let her out of his sight. Mal looked right at Wendy, maybe this would be one way to get Wendy back on Serenity? River wouldn't let either out of their sight, he hoped.
"I got the perfect babysitter, Doc."
We better enjoy the silence before it's over again." Mal ignored Jayne with a sigh.
"I got it from here. Zoe, you're in charge. If things go sideways you come rescue me."
"Again I say, 'and risk my ship?'," Mal smirked and cut the feed before turning back to the others.
"Looks like we got a few bumps in the road, been in worse situations. We stick to the plan but we need to be keepin' River away from alliance eyes."
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