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Wash (gunmetal_green) wrote in silverage,
@ 2011-09-10 09:33:00

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!log, hoban washburne

Who: Wash and Kaylee
What: He ain't so alone as he thought
When: Saturday morning
Where: A used-car lot in Brooklyn
Rating: Low, probably
Status: In-progress

Five days. Nearly a week of wandering aimlessly, eating food what wasn't packaged on some no-name moon and made of some sort of animal that may or may not have been a cow, sleeping in a bed with no cocoa-skinned Amazon to keep him company, and getting accustomed to all manner of things that simply didn't exist in his view of the 'Verse. The folk he could get used to, the technology was something of a challenge, but the bright open sky and having his feet stuck on this rock was almost too much. That and no Zoe. The no-Zoe thing was probably his biggest problem, but there was not much he could do about that.

Wash had yet to try actually driving an automobile, but it didn't look that hard. He'd ridden in bright yellow taxis on a few occasions, so he at least had most of the controls figured out. They weren't so different from the new Mule back on Serenity, though that thing could hover.

There was a sales-lot down the block from where he was staying, and he liked to go look at the vehicles. They didn't fly, that was a shame, but something about the sleek mechanics and shiny colors was comforting. Maybe today he'd work up the nerve to ask to drive one. And then maybe accidentally kill everyone by running into a building.

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fixesthings
2011-09-11 04:51 am UTC (link)

It hadn't been as hard as she thought to find a job; once she'd showed her skill, some used-car place had given her a job on the spot. She jiffied up cars right quick. Her boss was a womanizer, and somehow still managed to manage making sexist comments when she was all covered in grease. Sure, none of the cars actually flew, and there was very little else they did, but Kaylee's work at fixing them allowed them to be sold for higher prices, which she supposed was good for business.

She did a double-take at a man looking at the cars. "Wash!" she yelled. "Wash, is that you?"

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gunmetal_green
2011-09-11 06:52 am UTC (link)

Having his chosen name being a verb sometimes heard around machinery, Wash was used to hearing it said without getting all comically confused and asking if the nice man with the washrag was talking to him or not. Of course, there was the fact that it was a very familiar voice calling, and not a crazy old man with a squirt bottle, so he looked around for the source.

The sight of miss Kaywinnit Frye was almost enough to send him over the moon, a phrase he was beginning to understand. "Call me a feh feh pi goh," he said, "I'm not alone on this damned rock."

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fixesthings
2011-09-11 07:01 am UTC (link)

"Simon's here too, ganxie shangdi," Kaylee bubbled, wiping her hands on a rag so she could come give him a hug. "Gosh, I hope that means the cap'n'll be here soon! Ain't the same without him around." She looked around and frowned, "Miss Serenity. Whole darn ship's prolly fallin' apart without me!"

She looked him over, "Anybody tell you that we're in 1964 on Earth-that-Was?"

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	gunmetal_green 2011-09-11 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure the captain will manage, he's a big strong man with a very shiny gun," Wash replied when Kaylee had let him go. He ignored her question. "The fight with the Alliance and the Reavers... did everyone else get out okay? You get the signal off?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fixesthings 2011-09-12 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Kaylee shook her head, "That's his problem, most 'f the time." She was puzzled by his question, "Yes? Well, we pulled that crazy Ivan, 'member? Oh and look! My scar's just about healed up now!" She lifted her shirt to show him the edge of the fresh-pink scar. "So you guys didn't panic none when my shuttle jettisoned?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gunmetal_green 2011-09-12 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Wash scratched his forehead in confusion. "Ivan? That was months ago...." He stared at the scar on her stomach. "And unless you got shot again, then something weird's going on around here." He took another look around the gleaming city around them. "You know, besides the fact that we're on Earth." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fixesthings 2011-09-16 08:47 am UTC (link)
	"Months!" she exclaimed, "Diyu, Wash, how long you been flyin' without me for?" She beamed, "Ain't it pretty? Earth-that-Was? None 'f th' other planets are quite as pretty as her." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gunmetal_green 2011-09-16 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	"You were there the whole..." Wash stopped. He scratched his temple for a moment and then decided to just let it go. In a long string of weird shit, this was just one more, and a fellow had to pick his battles. "Sure is nice," he said, "can't quite get the hang of it, though. Is anyone else here? Zoe?" Oh yeah, the hopefulness was very present in his voice. (Reply to this) (Parent)