Space Traveler's Meetin'
Mal'd taken down the notice 'bout the meetin' earlier that morning, when he'd actually got it in hisself t' go up t' the compound n' fetch some breakfast for him n' the crew. The mindset had been that it'd more'n likely be tastier than the...food...Kaylee'd try t' concoct in their kitchen. Girl was a gorram genius when it came t' engine-fixin' but Mal thought all discrete-like that mayhap she were e'en worse than River 'round a cooktop, n' that was sayin' somethin', in truth.
By the time he'd got back t' Serenity, Mal'd scanned the notice but good, glad for a few new names n' a bit displeased that some names were noticeably lackin'. Lots o' folk'd got sent back t'...where e'er it was they'd come from. He knew his own crew was still suff'rin' the loss o' Wash n' Simon.
Once all the manifestos had been finished, Mal set 'em outside n' watched as folk started t' 'rrive.
Grabbin' the stack o' manifests, he headed outside n' held up a hand in greetin'.
"Salutations. This here's Serenity. She's a Firefly midbulk transport n' the purtiest ship in the 'verse. She got a lot o' love, n' she's seen me n' mine through more'n a few tall tails t' tell. Ain't 'xactly flyin' just yet, but give 'er time. Bit o' my crew's here n' we're continuin' t' work on her."
Handin' the stack o' manifestos t' the nearest person, he gestured for 'em t' be passed about, then continued. "Been a while since we had the last meetin', n' we got some new folks 'mong us, fillin' in the places o' folks who've left this gorram place. Me n' my crew just lost two o' ours. I reckon some o' y' lost folks y' knew as well, some folks who would've been right here with the likes o' all us. All y' all out there've been out n' the 'verse, n' that makes us alike. There's a common thread, n' we ought t' see how's we can get that thread t' join in with other threads t' create somethin' new, fix somethin' old, n' just be. If'n you've folks here from your 'verse you ain't gettin' on with, don't be bringin' that here t' me n' mine's part o' the island. Don't care much for what problems you've got with each other. What I do care 'bout is movin' forward. That's all a man can do."
Mal paused, lookin' o'er the crowd. Lots o' folk from diff'rent walks o' life were standin' 'bout. "There'll be more meetin's after this'n -- promise I won't take this long 'gain 'til we have 'nother one. I know I said that last time, but I can tell y' one o' my crew done came back after bein' gone so long - l'il Kaylee - n' she sure as hell won't let it pass. Now let's get conversin'."
[[Gathering post! Tag Mal or each other. I will not really get to return tags for Mal specifically until later on tonight as I am Doing Other Things and am likely Going Out this evening.]
By the time he'd got back t' Serenity, Mal'd scanned the notice but good, glad for a few new names n' a bit displeased that some names were noticeably lackin'. Lots o' folk'd got sent back t'...where e'er it was they'd come from. He knew his own crew was still suff'rin' the loss o' Wash n' Simon.
Once all the manifestos had been finished, Mal set 'em outside n' watched as folk started t' 'rrive.
Grabbin' the stack o' manifests, he headed outside n' held up a hand in greetin'.
"Salutations. This here's Serenity. She's a Firefly midbulk transport n' the purtiest ship in the 'verse. She got a lot o' love, n' she's seen me n' mine through more'n a few tall tails t' tell. Ain't 'xactly flyin' just yet, but give 'er time. Bit o' my crew's here n' we're continuin' t' work on her."
Handin' the stack o' manifestos t' the nearest person, he gestured for 'em t' be passed about, then continued. "Been a while since we had the last meetin', n' we got some new folks 'mong us, fillin' in the places o' folks who've left this gorram place. Me n' my crew just lost two o' ours. I reckon some o' y' lost folks y' knew as well, some folks who would've been right here with the likes o' all us. All y' all out there've been out n' the 'verse, n' that makes us alike. There's a common thread, n' we ought t' see how's we can get that thread t' join in with other threads t' create somethin' new, fix somethin' old, n' just be. If'n you've folks here from your 'verse you ain't gettin' on with, don't be bringin' that here t' me n' mine's part o' the island. Don't care much for what problems you've got with each other. What I do care 'bout is movin' forward. That's all a man can do."
Mal paused, lookin' o'er the crowd. Lots o' folk from diff'rent walks o' life were standin' 'bout. "There'll be more meetin's after this'n -- promise I won't take this long 'gain 'til we have 'nother one. I know I said that last time, but I can tell y' one o' my crew done came back after bein' gone so long - l'il Kaylee - n' she sure as hell won't let it pass. Now let's get conversin'."
[[Gathering post! Tag Mal or each other. I will not really get to return tags for Mal specifically until later on tonight as I am Doing Other Things and am likely Going Out this evening.]