2.28.2011
Feb 28
“This is just something I got to do for myself.”
“No. No, it’s not,” she said decisively.
“You know, one of these days you are going to have to give me this list you got of things I do and don’t got to do for myself.”
“Oh, no, sir. Figuring that out is something you got to do for yourself.”
“No. No, it’s not,” she said decisively.
“You know, one of these days you are going to have to give me this list you got of things I do and don’t got to do for myself.”
“Oh, no, sir. Figuring that out is something you got to do for yourself.”
2.27.2011
2.26.2011
Feb 26
“Your husband’s going to kill me, you know,” Mal said dryly.
“Oh, you’re a much better shot than he is. You could take him,” Zoë said.
“That’ll be a comfort in the ten seconds I have until you kill me for taking down your husband.”
Grinning, Zoë said, “Wouldn’t take me ten whole seconds. I’m much faster than that.”
“Oh, you’re a much better shot than he is. You could take him,” Zoë said.
“That’ll be a comfort in the ten seconds I have until you kill me for taking down your husband.”
Grinning, Zoë said, “Wouldn’t take me ten whole seconds. I’m much faster than that.”
Feb 26
“All I want to know is, who the hell licked a horse blanket in the first place to compare it?”
2.25.2011
2.24.2011
2.23.2011
2.22.2011
Feb 22
“Good. Might as well put it to a vote then. All in favour of the revised plan?”
“Whoa ho! We don’t vote on my ship. ‘Cuz my ship ain’t a ruttin’ democracy.”
“All in favour of making this ship a democracy?” Five arms shot up.
“Six to one—that settles it.” Zoë smirked. “You know, sir. Think I’m liking this
civilized thing.”
“Bunch o’ insubordinates,” he muttered. But he was smirking into his coffee mug.
“Whoa ho! We don’t vote on my ship. ‘Cuz my ship ain’t a ruttin’ democracy.”
“All in favour of making this ship a democracy?” Five arms shot up.
“Six to one—that settles it.” Zoë smirked. “You know, sir. Think I’m liking this
civilized thing.”
“Bunch o’ insubordinates,” he muttered. But he was smirking into his coffee mug.
Feb 22
The knob turned easily in his hand. Mal stared down at it, dumbfounded. A trio of assassins but no door locks.
“Rich people,” he muttered, unholstering his pistol.
“Rich people,” he muttered, unholstering his pistol.
2.21.2011
2.20.2011
Feb 20
“You ever get the feeling there’s a few too many females on this boat?”
“My sister’s a government-trained assassin, and my wife has access to power tools. I fear answering that question may be hazardous to my health.”
“My sister’s a government-trained assassin, and my wife has access to power tools. I fear answering that question may be hazardous to my health.”
2.19.2011
2.18.2011
Feb 18
“Who’s your next in command, Captain?”
“It’s my ship, they’re all just the help.”
“I’m second in command, Agent,” Zoë spoke up, raising her manacled hands.
“Not after I demote her. Damned bunch o’ insubordinates, I tell you.”
“It’s my ship, they’re all just the help.”
“I’m second in command, Agent,” Zoë spoke up, raising her manacled hands.
“Not after I demote her. Damned bunch o’ insubordinates, I tell you.”
Feb 18
“So what are we thinking? The old poison-the-nog routine?”
“Is that actually a routine of ours?” Simon asked.
“Sounds more promising if we pretend like it worked before.”
“Is that actually a routine of ours?” Simon asked.
“Sounds more promising if we pretend like it worked before.”
2.17.2011
2.16.2011
Feb 16
“You ever been tortured, Jayne?” Zoë asked.
“Walked in on the cap’n showering once.” Jayne shuddered. “There’s a day I’d like to forget.”
“You think that’s bad?” Simon whispered back. “I’m the one who has to see everyone on this ship naked. Every time someone gets shot or stabbed or tortured, to bring up current events, I—”
“I’m so sorry to interrupt, but, children? Perhaps we can stop bickering for five seconds and work out a rutting plan.”
“Inara, did you just say ruttin’?”
“Actually she said ‘rutting.’ With a ‘g’,” Simon offered.
“Walked in on the cap’n showering once.” Jayne shuddered. “There’s a day I’d like to forget.”
“You think that’s bad?” Simon whispered back. “I’m the one who has to see everyone on this ship naked. Every time someone gets shot or stabbed or tortured, to bring up current events, I—”
“I’m so sorry to interrupt, but, children? Perhaps we can stop bickering for five seconds and work out a rutting plan.”
“Inara, did you just say ruttin’?”
“Actually she said ‘rutting.’ With a ‘g’,” Simon offered.
Feb 16
“I, uh.” Mal was fidgeting uncomfortably. “This some sort o’ female troubles?”
“Yes, Mal. Some sort of female trouble. The kind that plagues every silly, idealistic heterosexual woman at one time or another. It’s called man.”
“Yes, Mal. Some sort of female trouble. The kind that plagues every silly, idealistic heterosexual woman at one time or another. It’s called man.”
2.15.2011
2.14.2011
Feb 14
“Listen, Zoë, I ever thank you for bandaging my arm that time?”
“Which time was that, sir?”
“Serenity Valley.”
“Going to have to be more specific, sir.”
“Upper arm, rights about here. I ever say thanks after that?”
“You stopped bleeding, sir. Figured that was your way of saying it.”
“Which time was that, sir?”
“Serenity Valley.”
“Going to have to be more specific, sir.”
“Upper arm, rights about here. I ever say thanks after that?”
“You stopped bleeding, sir. Figured that was your way of saying it.”
Feb 14
“My husband don’t bend under pressure.”
Zoe’s elbow dug into his side. Wash shifted and announced, robotically, “I will never talk. There isn’t anything you can threaten me with that rivals what will happen if I do.”
“See?” Zoë said.
Zoe’s elbow dug into his side. Wash shifted and announced, robotically, “I will never talk. There isn’t anything you can threaten me with that rivals what will happen if I do.”
“See?” Zoë said.
2.13.2011
2.12.2011
Feb 12
A string of Chinese profanity gracefully floated off of the tip of Captain Reynolds’s tongue. Crudely translated it remarked on the fornicating capabilities and proclivities of one scum-faced-badger-breasted-tit-sucking hominid which was, coincidently, at that moment monopolizing the captain’s attention. A rough translation, but one which conveyed the general attitude of the captain towards a certain lowlife whom which he was dealing with, although much of the subtle wit and irony, as well as the colourful sub context, is lost in translation.
2.11.2011
2.10.2011
2.09.2011
2.08.2011
Feb 8
“You’re quite the charmer, Wash. I can see how you won Zoë.”
“Didn’t win Zoë,” the man corrected. “Survived the courtship and she decided to keep me.”
“Didn’t win Zoë,” the man corrected. “Survived the courtship and she decided to keep me.”
Feb 8
“You lay one hand on her and I’ll kill you.” Jayne growls.
“We’re already going to kill him.” Mal points out.
“I’ll just make it last longer then.” Jayne replies.
“We’re already going to kill him.” Mal points out.
“I’ll just make it last longer then.” Jayne replies.
2.07.2011
2.06.2011
Feb 6
“Did you just roll your eyes at me? Did he just roll his eyes at me?”
“I believe he succumbed to some sort of facial tic, yes, sir.”
“I believe he succumbed to some sort of facial tic, yes, sir.”
Feb 6
“Do you think it was wise, breaking the nose of a paying client like that, sir?”
“The important part I think you need to remember is that he was paying – which before the breakage, he wasn’t.”
“The important part I think you need to remember is that he was paying – which before the breakage, he wasn’t.”
2.05.2011
2.04.2011
Feb 4
“Tell me we don’t have to worry about these things breeding,” Inara begged.
Mal shook his head. “Manifest said they were all male.”
“Manifest didn’t say they were insane killer mice.”
“And how were you figuring on explaining to the owner that his six live mice aren’t?”
“I hadn’t planned on telling any such thing. Wash tells me there’s a man who sells such things not a ten minute walk from here. Owner’ll get six male white mice, just like the manifest says.”
“And if he notices?”
“Then we’ll have a little talk about why it was his mice tried to kill my crew.”
Mal shook his head. “Manifest said they were all male.”
“Manifest didn’t say they were insane killer mice.”
“And how were you figuring on explaining to the owner that his six live mice aren’t?”
“I hadn’t planned on telling any such thing. Wash tells me there’s a man who sells such things not a ten minute walk from here. Owner’ll get six male white mice, just like the manifest says.”
“And if he notices?”
“Then we’ll have a little talk about why it was his mice tried to kill my crew.”
Feb 4
“And wishing that we could just go back two days, to before all this started, and maybe do things differently. Without the angry storming off, sucking chest wounds, or hostage taking.”
2.03.2011
2.02.2011
Feb 2
Wash had been the first to discover the chess set. That is to say, he had arranged a mock battle where the pawns from both sides had begun a revolution and were now eliminating the aristocracy, piece by piece.r
Feb 2
“I want us out of here as soon as she’s aboard—but don’t make it look like we’re in too much of a hurry to leave.”
“Right. Casual haste. One of my specialties, along with frantic inaction and direct circumlocution.”
“Right. Casual haste. One of my specialties, along with frantic inaction and direct circumlocution.”
2.01.2011
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