Mightier than the Gun

[sin_fin]

Mightier than the Gun
Firefly/Deathnote
2054 words, PG, crew, gen

Note: This is another one of the promised 'drabbles' in this post. claireoujisama asked for a certain crossover we'd jokingly discussed a few days earlier. It turned out a bit more heavy handed that it could've, but I hope you like it

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[claireoujisama]

Zoe’s also been noticing something funny ‘bout their luck for a while now, but hasn’t quite managed to put words to it until Jayne wipes out a notebook in the middle of a job getting steadily sourer by the second.

“Pay up,” he growls. “Give us the cash of your pretty name’s going in here,” he continues, far too menacing for a man armed with naught but paper as far as Zoe’s concerned. And everyone would appear to agree with her, because the hired goons that have them surrounded are staring at him mockingly, and their employer even more so, and Mal, who’d been holding it together quite well despite the circumstances, is suddenly letting worry flicker over his face, to those who know how to read him.

“What the... Jayne, I ain’t paying you to terrorize people with calligraphy. You’re here to shoot ‘em!” But Jayne’s already writing.

“Jayne,” Zoe also reminds him. But he’s looking at that ridiculous pink wristwatch he’s recently taken to wearing, and smirking. Zoe thinks he must’ve borrowed it from Kaylee, and has been trying to decide whether it makes him look ridiculous or more fearsome, although at this precise instant, it’s blatantly the former.

“Jayne,” she says again, with more urgency. “Gun.”

“Hush,” the merc replies, that baffling smirk still in place. “The pen is mightier than the gun.”

His comment only begins to make sense when, two minutes later, Niska drops dead right in front of them.

This entire paragraph? Made. Of. AWESOME! I can just hear all of the character's voices so strongly in this. XD Overall, though, the entire STORY is made of win! You really nailed it, I think, and I love how you brought the Death Note in as a kind of family heirloom. And River's line at the end...oh, beautiful! [wipes away a tear] Seriously, this is just fantastic. :D

[narie]

Man, your icon!

I'm so glad you liked it; it was meant to be a lot more light-hearted and I'm sorry that didn't happen! More Jayne, less Simon, but then Simon's family drama took over, and I couldn't think of any other way to get the notebook to him, anyhow - there's no way he would own one of those because he wanted to, it has to fall into his hand in a more haphazard way.

I do love love love the image of Jayne pulling out a notebook in the middle of a heist gone wrong and killing everyone off. It's just hilarious!