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Tweak says, "Come blow the Horn of Gondor.."

cptn_tightpants (cptn_tightpants) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-08-25 20:11:00

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aidan reilly, bart allen, charlotte charles, malcolm reynolds, rose tyler, yuuri shibuya, yvaine, zero kiryuu

Day 233 Video and Action
[Open Video]

[Mal's wearing a cowboy hat and, though he looks a bit hung over, he's also grinning. Every once in a while, there's a whicker that sounds like a horse, and a horse's mane invades the video.]

Did ya'll know we had horses here?

[Private to Bart]

Bart? Suppose I should thank you fer findin' me yesterday.

[That's the closest he'll get to an apology.]

[Open Action]

Mal's pretty ecstatic to find the horses. He wasn't so happy about jumping through the hoops to get the license to be allowed to ride the horses, but any annoyance fled once he saddled one up and took her out. The mare ran quickly and he almost forgot his discomfort of the water as he rode along the beach. Anyone could encounter him either on horseback or later finishing up his ride and taking care of the horse after.

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	cptn_tightpants 2013-10-23 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	[All this talk about MarinaNova becoming a home to people makes Mal uncomfortable. He doesn't like being here. He especially hates it now that members of his crew were here and gone.] Has it now? [A non-committal question. He shifts uneasily in his saddle as he waits for an answer.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-10-25 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	[ He nods, fingers idly brushing through the horse's mane. ] There's a good chance we'll both end up dead back home. Pretty sure I will, in any case... 's better this way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-10-26 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	There's always a chance we'll end up dead in my world. Or prison. Fact is, I might be dead back home. Would rather be there than here though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-10-27 03:47 pm UTC (link)
	...So you'd rather be dead back home than alive here? What good would that do? [ Few months ago, he would've agreed. Lately? Not so much. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-10-27 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	I wouldn't be here. I'd be with my ship. [He has a very complicated relationship with his ship Aidan. And he hates being imprisoned.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-10-27 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	[ He kind of envies you, Mal. It seems so simple and it's been a long time since he could call anything simple. ] ...Good thing there's people around lookin' for a way back, then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-10-28 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	[Mal looks over at Aiden. He was on the verge of offering to let Aiden and Helix come back to his world when they get back. But then he remembered A) Helix was blue and his world doesn't have blue people and B) Chances are there's no air left on his ship and he'd be leading them into a death trap.] Well, we'll jus' have to see what happens then I suppose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2013-10-30 04:35 pm UTC (link)

[ Being stuck in another world doesn't seem too different from being stuck here. In the end, he still wouldn't see his parents or go back home to the farm again. It's a nice thought though. Very nice. ]

Yeah... looks that way. Ain't much else to do, but then again when is there anythin' else to do? You know that sayin'... make plans so th' Gods got somethin' to laugh at?

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	cptn_tightpants 2013-10-31 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	If any gods exist... an' I fairly doubt they do... but if'n they's out there... they's been laughin' at me for a long time now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-01 11:38 am UTC (link)
	[ A beat. ] To tell you th' truth... I ain't so convinced there are any gods. We sure don't got 'em in my village. Everythin' happens for a reason, even if you can't always see it. Sometimes it's bigger than you... bigger than everythin', so you just gotta keep your head up an' do your best. 'Least, that's what my dad used t' say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-03 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	Think so? [Mal ain't so sure. Either way he falls silent in thought as he walks his kicks his horse into a jog.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2013-11-03 04:05 pm UTC (link)

Yeah... I mean, I don't know or nothin'. Sure feels a whole lot better to think that there's a purpose behind all th' shit in th' world than just... just chaos for no reason.

[ He shifts his weight like they do back on the farm to get his horse to go faster, but soon realizes that this horse hasn't been trained to respond in those ways. Well then. A gentle encouragement with the heels it is. ]

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	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-03 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	It... what? No. That ain't any sort of comfort! Comfort is knowin' that there is no reason that the people what won the war... the people that experiment on teenage girls' brains... that they's in power for no reason but chaos. If that happens for a reason, I don't wanna be a part of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-04 08:20 am UTC (link)
	[ He gives him as solid as a look that he can while on a horse. This is important. This is about the very essence of his being. ] Maybe it happens so good people have a damn chance to fight to change it. You can't fight against chaos. Ain't no room for heroes if shit just happens with no rhyme or reason. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-04 01:29 pm UTC (link)
	An' I ain't no hero. But it things all happen for a reason, then I don't have a point of livin'. [And just as Aiden needs a reason for the essence of his being, Mal needs the chaos. How else can he explain the nightmares of his life?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-04 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	[ Aidan's quiet for a moment, contemplating whether he should argue it further before deciding to let it go. There's a sigh. ] Sorry... didn't mean to upset you or nothin'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-05 10:38 am UTC (link)
	I ain't upset! [Because yelling it really proves it to be true. Mal takes a deep breath and glowers, falling silent for a moment. Best to just change subjects.] Been teachin' a few other folk how to ride today. More importantly, how to care for the animals. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-06 05:37 am UTC (link)
	[ Sure you ain't. The subject change does sound like a good idea though. ] Lots of people don't seem t' know th' difference between a horse and a hyacinth in these parts... [ Little sigh. ] How did it go? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-06 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Fair enough. Got people ridin' and learnin' what to do before an' after ridin' a horse. Don't think some'll come back. Others seeme'ta enjoy it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-07 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	[ He nods a little, thoughtful. ] It's a good thing, if people take to it. I've been doin' th' same with th' garden. Not everyone gets it, but some do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-08 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	We have a garden? [ Not that he'll actually do anything with a garden. Mal lives in space. He's hard-pressed to even keep plants alive anywhere on his ship. And really, a garden isn't that impressive. They have parks. He's been through those. It's more the fact that they have a garden that people are allowed to touch. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-09 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, down in Sector 4. One of th' garden plots... it's communal, so anyone can come down and plant whatever they like in memory of th' people back home or if they've lost someone here. [ He really should advertise again soon, they get so many newcomers. ] I got my own little veggie patch too. Ain't much yet, but I've got some big plans for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-10 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	s'about th'only good thing of this place. Fresh fruit and veggies. We don't get so much of 'em out in the Black. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-11-12 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah... 's not hard to get hold of out in space. Pretty sure I'd go crazy if I had t' survive on those pre-packed, freezedried protein... thing for more than a few weeks. Heck, that was almost too much t' handle. Sure, we don't get th' freshest produce in th' city either but at least it's got some color to it that didn't come out of a chem lab. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cptn_tightpants 2013-11-12 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Oh... we end up with protein packs most of our time. Sometimes we do well with canned goods. Very occasional-like we can get our hands on plant material. Ain't cost-effective though. [And usually they were running close to empty on cash when it came to food. Serenity always seemed to be needin' help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)