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kaylee (pretty_pretty) wrote in onaboatthreads,
@ 2009-11-21 20:40:00

WHO: Kaylee and Ender!
WHAT: The friendliest girl in the galaxy meets somebody who doesn't want to make friends. Or something.
STATUS: Incomplete!

The day couldn't be better. Kaylee loved being planetside. So many different places to see! So many new folks to meet! And while she loved Serenity to death, it was always nice to breathe air that wasn't coming out of a vent. And weather! Weather was great too. Sometimes she even missed rain.

Today wasn't raining, though; it was sunny and Kaylee thought it couldn't get more beautiful. And the nice man at the shop selling fuel cells had chucked in a couple of the really shiny kind because he liked her smile. (Sometimes she thought that was why the captain sent her out to do shopping. If she didn't get distracted by fruit stands or pretty dresses or anything.) Now she just had to wait for Wash to come by with the mule so they could get all this back to Serenity. Kaylee perched on the stack of fuel cells and wished she'd thought to bring along her parasol. Maybe she'd end up with some new freckles.

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dragonarmy
2009-12-02 08:49 pm UTC (link)

Ender was just trying to find work. Bean had everything all worked out, living rent-free and eating rats and stolen food and whatever he found lying dead on the ground, but it didn't sit right with Ender. That, and that wasn't how he wanted to live. It was far too unreliable, and honestly, it was unpleasant.

He was going shop to shop, giving the owners the same old story: yes, he was new here, yes, he was young, but he could work. But he had no friends, he had no connections on the planet, and people---drifters, especially---had a hard time trusting him. Understandable, but inconvenient.

While Kaylee was hanging out and waiting, Ender showed up, tired from a long, fruitless day. He spent a moment looking around, appearing interested---and he was, he was just getting to the end of his rope, being interested in a different thing every ten or fifteen minutes and having nothing to show for it.

It was only after being a polite customer that Ender went to the shop's owner. "Hello."

The man who had been so kind to Kaylee was still nice, but ... well. Ender wasn't as cute. "Can I help you, kid?"

"I'm looking for work, actually, and checking to see if---"

"Sorry. We just hired a new kid last week. Got no room for you."

Ender's expression fell. Great. He didn't stay and badger, knowing that complaining might be taken as being incredibly rude, and he couldn't risk his reputation being bad right from the start. So he turned to leave.

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	pretty_pretty 2009-12-03 05:30 am UTC (link)
	"Aw, don't mind him none." Yeah, Kaylee heard that. And saw it. "You might want to try the scrap dealer three doors down. I heard the à nǎi in there talking about how her grandson ran off with some pirate crew, an' if you smile nice at her she'll probably let you lug some things around." She grinned. Always glad to help! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dragonarmy
2009-12-05 08:58 pm UTC (link)

Ender looked over, surprised. He wasn't used to being helped out like that. Of course, Ender was so used to people kicking him down and making it clear he was on his own; Bean didn't, but Bean was different. Bean was his person.

"Thank you." She was pretty. Granted, Ender hadn't seen many girls in his life, but he was positive she was cute. He knew already that she was nice. "I'm Ender." ...Smooth.

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	pretty_pretty 2009-12-06 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"I'm Kaylee." She smiled easily at him. "You're from offworld, right? Metis is nice. Lots nicer than some other planets I've been on." The sun made her squint. He had one of those faces that meant he could either be much older or much younger than she was guessing. "Course, you can almost always find a berth and a job on a ship, but they might not be so nice." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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