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Culture Clash (Kaylee, San and Kang, backdated to a day or two before podpop)

Apr 08, 2010 23:24

The daily trek down into the City to the Drunken Dragon tavern was something Kang had come to consider normal on Stacy. Even if he only spent a few minutes there, it was still exercise, and a piece of home for him. Sometimes, like that day, Kaylee would walk with him, and they'd talk about various happenings on the ship, or share stories from ( Read more... )

!location: drunken dragon, kaylee frye, san, kang, !status: closed

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voiceofserenity April 9 2010, 05:24:40 UTC

All in all, it really had been a normal day. Light chatter as they approached the tavern, nothing out of the ordinary at all, until Kang noted the window.

Really, Kaylee was halfway surprised he let her follow him in. She'd expected the, 'stay outside where it's safe,' treatment, same as she got from anybody. Different people, different trust. It worked, whichever way.

She did hang back by the door, though, and carefully watched for movement as Kang walked further in.

thewolfdaughter April 11 2010, 01:13:40 UTC

San sat on the floor, with her back to the wall, chomping mightily on the dried beef she'd found. Slime wasn't food, it didn't have what San needed, no matter what the Ship Spirit had said. the first week she'd had terrible cramps and worse as her body struggled to compensate.

Nutritionally complete or not, the human-balanced version goofood was a rough adjustment for someone used to a diet of mostly raw meat.

So, when she'd wandered across Kang's tavern and found a window ajar, she'd poked around inside, looking for something edible. And boy had she found it. Of course, all good things must come to an end, which is what brought San and the last three bites of jerky to her feet as she finished chewing.

"What do you want," San scoffed.

governorkang April 11 2010, 02:17:28 UTC

Kang had picked up on the fact that Kaylee didn't like to be protected all the time, and it reminded him of the girls. If there was any real danger, he'd step in, but until then...

He'd seen this girl before, once or twice, but had never spoken to her. He felt a flash of annoyance at seeing her eating some of the beef, and crossed his arms over his chest with a glare, "The door was locked. Why the hell did you come in here?"

Her attitude didn't give her any points, either.

voiceofserenity April 11 2010, 02:22:36 UTC

Kaylee relaxed some when the girl spoke up. It wasn't so much that she considered her harmless--really, how many people on this ship were actually harmless? No, it was more relief in seeing that it wasn't some nightmare creature who had broken in.

"Don't look like she's hurt anythin'," she offered, moving to pick up the fallen chair.

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After... voiceofserenity April 26 2010, 06:56:36 UTC

Kaylee wasn't sure what to make of anything at this point. She knew Kang wasn't all sunshine and roses, but there were just some things you didn't expect to come out of folks. And it wasn't like he had outright attacked her, right?

The mechanic awkwardly shifted in her chair, and leaned over the kitchen table to get a better look at Kang. "So, you explainin', or do I gotta play Twenty Questions?"

governorkang April 26 2010, 07:29:47 UTC

Kang was extremely glad that Kaylee hadn't reacted too badly when he'd knocked San unconscious. He really didn't care what most of the others on the ship thought about him, but the idea of this girl being afraid of him or hating him... didn't sit well at all. He'd come to care about her a lot, and felt that Kaylee deserved to know everything ( ... )

voiceofserenity April 26 2010, 07:47:20 UTC

Well, she'd wanted an explanation, and now she was getting one. Kaylee couldn't say she was exactly happy with what Kang was telling her. It didn't seem right, in any form. Some of it struck Reaver cords, other parts brought up unpleasant memories of bounty hunters, but this wasn't one of the bad things from home. This was Kang.

"So you did what you knew." Her voice was a bit shakier than she would have liked, far too unsure to be good. But the undertone was matter of fact and to the point.

governorkang April 26 2010, 08:06:08 UTC

"We did. Even after we knew what we were doing was considered wrong by the rest of Krynn, a good number of us continued to do it. We lost the war; the officers and highlords were more concerned about status and killing each other for power than they were actually winning the damn thing. Instead of killing the Golden General, the elf princess calling the shots for the entire opposing army, they paraded her around like a damn trophy. We'd also grown tired of the way our allies were treating us, like dumb beasts," Kang snorted. "I'm really not all that upset we lost. No honor, no discipline; it's no surprise we turned on each other in the end ( ... )

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