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Kaywinnit Lee Fry (i_fixthings) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2008-12-28 01:58:00

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kaylee frye, malcolm reynolds, rincewind

A Little Help (Open)
There were a great deal of things wrong with the City, even Kaylee knew that, but it did provide when she really needed something. She was starving hours ago and when she rolled out from under the engine she found a sandwich waiting for her. Whenever she got thirsty there was always strawberry lemonade waiting for her to drink in her glass, even if she emptied it the last time she drank from it. She liked having everything provided for her. But at the same time, as much as she hoped for Serenity to spring to life it wasn't happening. Her mechanical know how was pretty useless when the city was living in the dark ages as far as she was concerned. Mal had his guns, Wash was alive, Simon had the hospital, and Kaylee had a dead engine and more repairs to do to Serenity than she'd ever done before. It was like her baby went through hell and back to get here.

It was enough to make anyone frustrated.

It just felt three hundred times worse with Kaylee. Serenity always talked to her, always told her what was wrong. Even when the engine died and they couldn't break atmo. Serenity talked to her and it was as if Serenity was just too tired these days to say one gorram thing. Kaylee sighed to herself as she hung over the side of the engine, grease all over her coveralls and hair a complete mess. Kaylee was ready to call it quits for the day again. They were lucky to have some power. She'd rigged a few batteries and even more electricity to the main power line and got the lights working. But the panel hadn't lit yet, just the normal lights.

Which meant her bunk at least had some power. So she could lay in her bed instead of laying in the hammock beside the poor dead engine. Kaylee felt all but useless this time. Mal really wanted it to work. She really wanted it to work. Serenity was their home. Wash had Zoe. Simon had the hospital. River had.. well she hadn't seen river yet, but River always had Simon. She didn't have Simon anymore because Simon wasn't her Simon. Inara had a really nice apartment in this place, and Inara could blend in anywhere. But Mal and Kaylee? Serenity was it, they both felt awkward outside of it. Kaylee had to fix it, for them. If the others didn't come, well.. It'd be her and Mal. Kaylee could live with that.

"Damn!" She muttered as she pulled her hand out of engine. She'd hit something and the wrench clattered to the floor beneath the engine. Kaylee got down on her hands and knees and started to look for it.

As if this day could be any worse.

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i_fixthings
2008-12-28 02:11 pm UTC (link)

Kaylee wasn't really used to people knocking on Serenity these days. In fact, the only people who seemed to notice her at all since Kalee boarded the ship with Mal and Wash were Zombies. But as Kaylee could recall, the Zombies didn't talk none. Kaylee got her hands on the wrench and slowly crawled out from under the engine and headed for the voice.

Sounded like they were calling from the back of Serenity, near the cargo bay. Kaylee kept the wrench firmly in her hand and flew down the stairs until she was at the door's controls. If it were a monster, well, she'd hit it. Or scream for Mal.

Or find a gun. Mal always had guns around.

She pressed open on the panel and the outside door started to lower (much like a draw bridge.. Kaylee had always amused the idea that Serenity was just a castle.) while the indoor one stayed firmly shut. This way she could see them through that porthole.

"I'm not in trouble, I dropped a wrench. State your business." Kaylee tried her best to sound more like Mal, but she couldn't really. "I mean, you know. I don't normally open the door to strangers."

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i_wearbrown
2008-12-28 02:41 pm UTC (link)

"And no one's openin' a door to nobody that ain't crew." Mal's voice echoed from the catwalk that stretched across Serenity's cargo bay. When the doors had shifted to open, Mal had noted the difference in the sound of the outer set versus both sets parting to allow someone aboard. Crew knew how to get in from the outside. After the zombie invasion, he was feeling awfully particular about just who was getting on his ship. Plus the undead en mass in addition to his beloved ship that just wouldn't get off the ground -- well, Mal was downright ornery as of late.

Boots clattered against metal as he headed down the steep steps. "You takin' passengers for a ship that won't fly, Kaylee?"

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i_fixthings
2008-12-28 10:04 pm UTC (link)

Kaylee dropped the wrench when Mal's voice echoed through the cargo bay of Serenity. She hadn't known Mal was around, or awake for that matter. She'd been so busy dealing with the engine and other problems she hadn't been paying much attention to people at all. Kaylee winched when it clattered on the floor and echoed one again.

Great. She really liked that wrench.

"No, I wasn't plannin' to captain! Just answering the knock is all, never know who would be knocking on Serenity like that. Could be someone got locked out or somethin'." Kaylee looked sheepish and reached down to get the wrench.

Hopefully Mal wasn't in a bad mood. She wasn't keen on watching some kind of gun fight or yellin' contest. Kaylee out the wrench back in her pocket and pushed some hair out of her face. "I'm sorry. I suppose I should head back to the engine room?"

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i_wizzard
2008-12-29 08:12 am UTC (link)

Rincewind ducked and staggered back when the door opened from the top...but there was another door! Clever. He could almost see how it would work, even without spells, but it was still a bit beyond him.

He was about the answer the damsel not-in-distress when an authoritative voice started arguing with her. He found himself experiencing the desire to save her, help her out - a feeling he rarely found in himself because he was usually running away from the pointy-ended weapon right after he got even a glimmer of feeling it.

Clearing his throat, he called out, "Good sir! I was just checking to see if the lady was in trouble or otherwise in need of a wizard. If that is not the case, then I will just be off. Please don't take it out on her. She even told me she wasn't going to open the door!"

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i_wearbrown
2008-12-29 06:22 pm UTC (link)

Mal held a hand up towards Kaylee signaling for quiet as well as for her not to move. It was a round about way of saying she didn't have to go back to the engine room. Moving towards the porthole, Mal glanced through the thick glass panel to view the self-proclaimed "wizard".

If this guy was a wizard, then Mal was a member of the Londinum Ballet. He smirked, his gaze flickering back to Kaylee for a moment. "You in need of some wizardin' there Kaylee?"

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i_fixthings
2008-12-30 02:40 am UTC (link)

"With the way Serenity is actin' I could use some help really. She's all sorts of messed up and I don't know if I can do much for her. It's like I get one thing workin and another conks out. Got me all sorts of distressed." Kaylee admitted. She wiped some of the grease onto her cover alls and stood closer to Mal.

"But I ain't fixin' for another fight with those undead characters either. Or anyone else for that matter. City's kind of strange if you asked me."

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i_wizzard
2008-12-30 01:03 pm UTC (link)

Rincewind smiled at the door, trying to look innocuous....which isn't hard, since he was generally only a danger to himself.

He pointed at his hat, since he still hadn't changed into his scrubs. He was waiting for tomorrow, his first real day of work.

"See? Wizard. I have a degree from the Unseen University and all! I was even Chair of Approximate Accuracy for a time. That was before I ended up on the Last Continent and...well. You don't want to know about that."

The Luggage spat out some sort of contraption.

"Maybe this tool will help? I found it in my Luggage."

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