[Mal looks beautiful and serene-she couldn't be more different from the half-mad hysteric she was when she arrived on the Barge.I have graduated. I ... well, as some of you know, I suppose that I technically graduated a fortnight ago, but I have been trying to decide what it is that I will do next. And I have now decided that I will be leaving ( Read more... )

[Filtered to anyone Mal encountered during the flood. She's clearly been crying and is distraught beyond words. If you look carefully, you can see that she's clutching her totem in one hand.]

That was not me. I didn't-I'm not like that, I'm not. She was a monster. I don't understand-

[She breaks off and wipes her eyes with the back of her hand.I' ( Read more... )

[Projection!Mal has a more dangerous light in her eyes than the normal one does these days; she's a lot more like Mal was when she first arrived on the Barge, but sneakier, deadlier, and 100% obsessed with her husband. She's got something of a femme fatale vibe too, and is dressed accordingly in a slinky blue dress. Thankfully for everyone, she is ( Read more... )

[SOME AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER THIS (i.e. long enough for Arthur to go on his give-'em-all-the-kick rampage and for Perry to get worried) Mal turns on her communicator. It's at a really crazy angle, but she can't see straight enough to hold it steady; plus she's lying on the floor. There's blood on her face from a scratch left by Arthur's gun, but she ( Read more... )