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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_wizzard
2009-01-05 08:58 am UTC (link)

Rincewind stumbled backwards as the door slowly and noisily lifted itself up.

"Fantastic," he muttered to himself as the inhabitants of the ship were revealed. Then he pasted a big smile on his face, slightly scared to death of the man.

"Oh, this thing? I'm sure my Luggage could find more if we knew what we needed."

The Luggage's lid opened and closed with a creak, as if in agreement.

"And is this your lovely mechanic? It's nice to meet you. I'm trying to think of what I need, other than a place to live and people not to be trying to kill me. Rincewind the wizard, at your service."

He swept into a bow, his robe trailing on the ground into a puddle. He cursed at the dirt, which obliged him by flying off his robe in a whirlwind and flying off.

"Huh. That's never happened befo...I mean, of course I meant to do that! My spells do seem to work in this strange land, fabulous!"

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i_fixthings
2009-01-05 08:54 pm UTC (link)

"I feel weird with the outside lookin' all beat up She don't like to be beat up Mal." Kaylee frowned.

But when he opened the door, instinctively Kaylee stepped up closer to Mal. She nodded a little. "I could use a lot of random bits and peices for Serenity. Anything else in that.. uh.. Lovely? Really?" Kaylee brightened up.

....Kaylee blinked a few times as the dust flew off.

Huh.

"I could use a lot of things for Serenity. Think you luggage has more?"

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i_wearbrown
2009-01-05 10:04 pm UTC (link)

Mal grumbled a low response as the door mechanics whirred. "Kaylee, I'll worry about the outside, you just concern yourself with the inside and why this door is sounding so loud. Don't need it flyin' off when we get going."

Mal eyed his flustered mechanic as she wrapped her head around the wizard's compliment. Shaking his head slightly, Mal stepped forward to 'welcome' the wizard onboard. Welcome was a relative term. Mal was going to permit the other man to board his ship, but he wasn't keen on the swirling gusts of dust and the fact that their only hope for parts was a walking suitcase. Mal didn't do.. magic.

"If you can give Kaylee here what she needs to get my ship running; you've got yourself the use of one of Serenity's passenger dorms. Considerin' we're currently down by one Jayne Cobb, you don't have to worry about anyone trying to kill you while on my ship. So long as neither you nor your... box there... bring cause to looking into the subject."

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i_wizzard
2009-01-08 05:42 am UTC (link)

Rincewind grinned at the pretty mechanic, then at the captain, despite his apparent hostility. Rincewind had palavered with Cohen the Barbarian and escaped from dragons, he could deal with one surly burly man.

"I would be happy to give Miss Kaylee anything she needs to run the ship! This ship is quite....quite, you know. Unique. I am very glad to hear no one will be trying to kill me, do you think I could have that in writing? No, never mind. It never lasts anyways. Hopefully, all the deadly adventures will occur at the hospital. I work there now, you know."

The Luggage shoved him aside and walked up to Kaylee. It stomped two little legs then spit out a fancy wrench.

"You know, I think he likes you. This is going to work out wonderfully! Um, there's nothing explosive on board, right? He might eat it."

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i_fixthings
2009-01-08 02:49 pm UTC (link)

"I'll work on the door once I've finished with the engine. Promise." Kaylee smiled brightly at Rincewind. "That's awfully kind of you."

She nodded a few times. "Don't you worry about anyone trying to kill you. As long as you don't get between them and their meals most of us are quite friendly. When Jayne gets here the luggage just needs to give him firearms and everything will be shiny." She grinned.

Of course then the luggage shoved him aside and spit out a very fancy wrench. Kaylee grinned and squated down. "For me? Thank you!" She picke dit up and patted the luggage. She turned her head up to look at Rincewind. "I'd prefer ..he?.. not eat anything aboard the ship. It'd make me upset and I'd cry and no one wants to see that. Serenity is out home. No eatin' anything on her that wasn't meant for you to eat." She patted the luggage again.

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i_wearbrown
2009-01-10 09:45 am UTC (link)

"Hey! If that walkin' footlocker so much as eats a protein wrapper.. deal's off." Mal called after the mechanic, the wizard and the... tool spitting suitcase. Now that he'd given them permission to come aboard, it seemed like he was fading from the equation.

Well, he wasn't feeling conversational-like anyway. Not with a wizard and a piece of luggage. Mal was getting the feeling that the less he saw of them, the less aggravated he'd be. Though, if they got the ship off the ground, he just might kiss them.

"When you get what you need, Kaylee, you can show 'em to the passenger dorms. The bridge, the engine room and the crew bunks are off limits without an escort to anyone that ain't crew. "

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