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[swinging_cod]

So.

Jayne's got himself an actual date to a wedding.

It's safe to say that this is a new and unprecedented thing, and Jayne is pondering it, brow furrowed, over a glass of tequila.  Which does help with the pondering, somewhat.

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[matrelli]

There's a list of things she needs to get -- a short one, but even assuming that Peter is still around for breakfast, they can do a little better than the ersatz pasta sauce. And as long as this door is here --

Safer than venturing out into New York right now.

Jayne Cobb gets a moderately courteous 'excuse me' as Angela sedately settles on the barstool next to him, a very short list in hand.

[swinging_cod]

If there was ever a woman that shouted out Core from every inch of her -

Jayne grunts something, and does not shift over to give her more room.

Jayne's a big man.

[matrelli]

A big man who's getting a sidelong glance.

A very obvious sidelong glance.

...a very obvious, lingering sidelong glance.

It is not appreciative, either.

[swinging_cod]

This doesn't bother Jayne.

(An appreciative glance might, in fact, be more on the disturbing side, all things told.)

Still, eyebrows go up. "Got a problem?"

[matrelli]

"Several, as a matter of fact, only one of which is your business," is the crisp answer. "Why do you ask?"

[swinging_cod]

"Just wonderin' when I got t'be a museum exhibit."

If she's not used to rubbing elbows with people who ain't Core types - well, Jayne doesn't see how that's his problem.

[matrelli]

"Around the time when you deigned to eschew courtesy and thus entered my notice."

Angela only speaks quite like this when she's had a rotten day. Today qualifies.

[swinging_cod]

"Ain't done nothin' 'cept sit here an' enjoy my drink."

Jayne manages to loom a little larger without actually moving.

"So I'm askin' again: you got a problem?"

[matrelli]

Her response is a smirk and a carefully arched eyebrow.

...well, and this:

"It seems as though you might. And as I've already answered that question..."

[swinging_cod]

This earns an increasingly cold scowl.

"I got a problem with people starin' like I got a monkey attached t'my face, yeah."

[matrelli]

"If you had a monkey attached to your face -- "

Angela's tone implies that this is not a likely situation.

" -- I assure you that any expression that might cross my face would display decidedly more surprise."

[swinging_cod]

"Ah," Jayne says. "See, weren't sure how much expression exactly you'd be able t'display. Hear the cher juice* can cause problems with that."

He shrugs. "Honest mistake."

*Trans. BOTOX OF THE FUTURE

[matrelli]

"From rudeness to incoherence."

She sounds very pleasant.

"How...original."

[swinging_cod]

Jayne lets out a snort of a laugh.

He does not sound particularly pleasant.

"Ain't used to hearin' folk as don't speak prim and proper?"

[matrelli]

"Whatever," dryly, "gave you that impression?"

[swinging_cod]

Jayne raises his eyebrows.

"Well, folks that are don't tend to have a problem decipherin' the lingo."

River's the incoherent one!