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River Tam is disturbing people's calm (fixingyourbible) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-05-15 14:43:00

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! enterprise, ^ ic/ooc, ^ log, richard castle | castle, river tam | firefly

WHO: River Tam, Rick Castle.
WHEN: 226405.15.
WHERE: Hallway outside the mess hall.
SUMMARY: Mistaken identity shenanigans.
WARNINGS: TBD, none at start.

It was a good day to be River Tam, all things considered. Kaylee and Simon were there, and they hadn't left the Serenity stranded in the process. She hadn't somehow accidentally wished them there to the detriment of anyone else. The ship had calmed down, and though there were a few outliers - people more shaken up by the events than others, who couldn't put it right in their heads yet - River felt like she was finally back on an even keel.

Deciding it was time to get a snack, River flitted down the hallway towards the mess. It was one of her favorite places on the ship, most days. The galley had been the heart of her old ship, and River liked to people watch.

Today, however, she ended up stopping just short of entering. There was a guy in the hallway who looked like Mal. Without checking - Captain didn't like it when she read his mind - River ran up to him and pointed at him dramatically. "You were hiding! No one knew you were here and they didn't announce it, there wasn't any warning. Are you scared to use the Cortex?"

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fixingyourbible
2017-05-22 10:03 pm UTC (link)

"It's good that you're together. I feel lost a lot of the time without Simon. He looks after me, keeps me grounded." Which even River would admit was something she needed. There were times, though, when she preferred Book or Mal's way of keeping her grounded than Simon's, which was usually overly fussy.

Still, Castle's story made her feel at ease about something else. "You didn't disappear. She thought you were still there the whole time?"

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writeswrongs
2017-05-23 09:35 pm UTC (link)

"That's good." Castle could tell that she was the type of person who probably needed some looking after. Maybe she was autistic? He wasn't exactly sure.

"Right," he confirmed. "Kind of weird, yeah? But she had been here longer than me, and I never noticed her missing either... though if she was in my future, I guess I wouldn't have noticed anyway. This place is all about messing with the space-time continuum apparently." It was confusing, but still pretty cool that he was living it.

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fixingyourbible
2017-05-25 12:45 pm UTC (link)

River nodded her head. That decided that, then. "Of course, Book doesn't go on. He can't, only in our memories. But Kaylee left before that, that's when she came here. Only she was still there when I left. And the same with Simon. It's good, it means that the Serenity will be okay."

She'd been worried about her ship, and worried how the remaining crew would get on without her.

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	writeswrongs 2017-05-26 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Castle tried to catch all of that, and he thought he did. The girl had a tendency to talk in riddles. "It means you're still there too," he commented, "in some form or another." It was weird to think about that as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fixingyourbible 2017-05-26 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	"I hope so. I'm the pilot!" River said, grinning. "Mal could pilot her on his own, but he'd still need a copilot. I'm better, he knows it." It might have been weird to think about, but it was also a comfort. "I guess we keep going on, until we stop. No one misses us, maybe that's good." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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