Silence [open]

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

She'd been met by silence. Silence so loud that it hurt.

That's all there seemed to be.

It was eerie walking around Serenity and not running into Zöe or Wash, strange not seeing Simon in the infirmary, and it felt wrong not seeing Shepard Book studying his bible at the table. It was even strange not running into a leering Jayne.

Inara was finding that she missed them all. Missed the cheeriness that at most times could not only be found, but felt aboard Serenity.

That's part of the reason she found herself standing beside the ship, her hand resting lightly on the hull and staring up at it - her eyes wide and dark. Her fingers brush slowly against the cool metal and she shook her head. It wasn't right not having the whole crew there.

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[am-alwaysfree.livejournal.com]

Mal had spent several hours walking around Serenity, taking into account the things that needed to be fixed. Everytime he encountered something, he wrote it down, so he could tell Kaylee exactly what needed working on. He told himself for the tenth time that he was really glad Kaylee was with him. Serenity needed a lot of fixing up, and although he figured he could manage some of it, there was some stuff that he'd be at a loss how to fix.

Having scanned the interior of the ship to his satisfaction, Mal headed outside, to check up the ship's exterior. That was when he spotted Inara, one hand resting on the ship and looking a bit lost. He stepped up to her, list in hand, and asked casually, "Somethin' wrong, Inara?"

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Inara hadn't expected to be caught staring up at the ship sadly, more so she hadn't expected Mal to catch her. She quickly dropped her hand, and quickly her serene look replaced whatever Mal had seen.

She was silent for a moment before she whirled to face him, her silky robe dancing around her. "No, of course not. Why do you ask?"

[am-alwaysfree.livejournal.com]

Always with the defensive reply... Mal hadn't expected anything else, really, but he wondered why she was looking at him like he was the last person she wanted to see. Well, maybe he was, but he figured their current situation would change things a bit.

"No reason. Sorry for pointin' it out, but you look like someone knocked you over with a broom." Mal shrugged lightly as he replied.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

She turned her head slightly away from him, "Well I did only just recently find out that everything I've ever known is no longer there."

She turned back to fully look at him, almost defiantly. "I'm sorry if I'm unable to just pretend that I didn't."

[found-myway.livejournal.com]

There's someone she didn't expect on the ship.

A soft noise from the bunk areas, and a boy climes out of Kaylee's bunkroom. His left eye is massively scarred, and when he catches sight of Inara his eyes widen briefly, the look of one who recognizes that he has been intruding, and has now been caught, whether he meant intrusion by his exploration or not.

"Hello," he says, at length. "Is this your . . ." but he has no word for what the ship is. "Machine?"

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Inara's eyes widened as she hadn't expected anyone else to be around - let alone by someone not apart of Serenity's crew.

She stared for a moment longer - long enough to realize that he isn't going to harm her, and that he's probably caught off guard as much as she is.

Shaking her head, Inara drops her hand back to her side and offers the young man a slight smile. "No, she's not my ship, but I do live here..."

[found-myway.livejournal.com]

"I was just looking," he says, before realizing that that's still a bad thing to say. He knows the room he was just in belonged to a girl, probably about his age, and that is improper in any society. "I'm searching for information about a friend of -" not of his. "A friend of a friend who's being held hostage somewhere, I was just . . . I have to look everywhere."

It's the truth, but still a bit of a shaky one.

"I apologize for intruding."

This woman is beautiful. It would be hard for anyone, teenage boy or not, not to notice.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

"It's alright," Inara assured him quietly. "Though I'd make sure you have Captain Reynold's permission before you search his ship again." She knows how Mal gets about his ship, and really she's just trying to save the young man any headaches that might come his way.

"Did you find anything that was helpful?" she asked, her eyebrows arching questionably.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Arha had come to stare at the X-Wings, one of which would be her own once training was finished as part of Wedge's Rogue Squadron, but the sight of a woman standing next to a large ship pulled at her curiosity and she wandered over. Her strides were fluid, lending her a certain motion that almost made it seem like she was floating as her red-brown Jed-Eye robe swirled around her.

It was a very large ship and Arha stopped to take it in and studied the woman for a long while. She missed family, perhaps, people she had known -- but such was an obvious thing for those aboard this ship. There was not much else to do than to miss those you were near certain were lost forever. And still, Arha had no one to miss.

"This is yours?" she asked, her voice echoing as she peered at the woman.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Inara's reflective moment was broken by a feminine voice and slowly she turned her head to see said woman. As she studied the woman, Inara's fingers swept once more along the hull of the ship. "No, it's not mine. But it is my home," Inara explained.

She turned to fully face the woman and upon further observation, her eyebrows quirked a little as she noticed her most strangest eyes. She couldn't help but wonder if she'd had some sort of cosmetic surgery, because the blue-within-in blue was most unusual - unusual but very becoming.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"Then it is a good thing that you have found your home in this place," Arha said with a warm smile as she laid her hand against the metal of the hull. "Such is a good thing amongst so many wrongs." She closed her eyes for a moment, listening to the ship though the Force for a moment. There were echoes of good and ill times, some that were more present than others and she nodded.

"It is a beautiful place to call home," she said quietly.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

"Xièxie nĭ, thank you," Inara smiled, her gaze moving once again to Serenity. "Captain Reynolds would be most pleased to hear you say such things. He takes great pride in his ship."

She looked back to the woman, her smile warm. "I'm Inara by the way."

[hexyeah]

Wanda was inspecting the ships, and was pleased to see that the Avengers quinjet was one of the ones there.

It appeared she wasn't the only one looking for a familiar ship.

"Hello."

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Freezing for a moment, Inara looked over her shoulder and let out a breath of relief that it was someone she didn't know. Not that she kenw many onboard as it was, but it was a relief nonetheless.

"Hello to you too," Inara greeted the other woman with a warm smile.

[hexyeah]

"I've seen you before but haven't met you." Wanda stepped closer and offered Inara a hand. "My name is Wanda."

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

"I'm rather new," Inara admitted before reaching out and taking Wanda's hand within her own and shook. "It's lovely to meet you, I'm Inara."

A warm smile began forming on her lips. "It's a little hard to get use to, don't you think?"

[bonnypiperlad]

The one place on the ship that Jamie hasn't been in a rush to explore was the vehicle bays. Mostly because he was afraid that something he thinks should be there won't be, and doesn't want to consider the implications if that's the case.

But as he walked by, he thought that maybe, just maybe, if he looked at the other ships instead, he wouldn't think to try and look for the TARDIS. And maybe even if the TARDIS wasn't there, he could pretend he just overlooked it. Or it was elsewhere. And...he really wanted to look at some of the other ships.

He's poking about when he notices a figure looking up at one of the ships. Not wanting to disturb her, he's just going to slip by when he realizes it's the woman from before - the one that he walked into a wall while looking at. Fortunately, he is nowhere near any walls, so he gets to keep his pride this time.

Wandering a bit closer, he tries to makes it look as if he's inspecting the ship. In reality, he's simply trying to work up the nerve to say hello, and not looking directly at Inara is helping to keep him from fleeing.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Inara had noticed the man before he'd slowly made his way over toward Serenity. It was hard not to since the vehicle bay seemed to be all but empty, save the two of them.

She peered at him out of the corner of her eyes as she pushed a loose curl off of her forehead. "She's lovely, isn't she?" Inara finally asked, breaking the silence.

[bonnypiperlad]

Even her voice was lovely. He mustn't look, can't look, shouldn't look...

He looks. It's an effort to not keep looking, but Jamie somehow manages it. "Aye, lovely." He's not entirely referring to the ship, but it's definitely interesting looking to him.

"I canna say I've ever seen anything like her," he says, completely truthfully.

"Is she yours?"

[novembersghost.livejournal.com]

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Nova had spent the first few days on the ship, or at least, what passed for days on the ship, taking stock of her situation. She'd spent a great deal of time cataloging her equipment, ammunition, clothes (what she managed to scrounge up anyway), and other necessities. Once she was done with all that, she was sure she had enough to at least continue a tolerable existence on the ship. No, truthfully, she had a lot more than she had ever had for as far back as she could remember. A Ghost didn't accumulate a terrible many possessions after all. The ship was practically a luxury cruise compared to what her life had been like before.

After scrolling through the omnicom system however, she'd come across a person signing individuals up for some sort of space fighter squadron. Now, she didn't know what the hell an 'X-Wing' was, but if they had those, it would stand to reason that Stacy had procured fighters and vehicles from other worlds too.

So it was that she found herself in the hangar taking stock of the familiar vehicles. Cradling a daatapad in her arms, she counted off the Vultures she saw, making quick notes on her pad. She was just about done with the ground vehicles and was going to move on and see what airships they had when she caught sight of the woman standing near the ship.

Even if she hadn't had her telepathy, melancholy was pouring off the woman (the very very beautiful woman) in waves. She couldn't help but pause a moment. Setting her datapad down on a nearby table, she walked over, making sure the woman saw her a good distance away. It went against all her training, all her instincts, to so freely let herself be seen ran against a core principle of her identity as a Ghost. But she figured it would be best this way.

When she was neaby enough, she looked up at the ship, before her piercing green eyes lit on the woman again. "Holds a lot of memories does it?" She spoke softly, as if loathe to shatter the calm of the moment.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Inara had just dropped her hand back to her side with a soft sigh when she saw a woman walking slowly toward her. Slightly curious, she turned to face her as she approached. Her once reflective expression had turned that of her ususual serene Companion self.

She nodded her head in agreeance and glanced momentarily at Serenity. "It does. Though both good and bad, I find it calming to be able to touch her despite the situation."

[novembersghost.livejournal.com]

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Noting the woman's change in expression, Nova tilted her head, her eyes never leaving the woman's face. It was a rare thing to find a person of such striking beauty, and the Ghost wasn't one to let that go unappreciated. However, the challenge was striking the right balance between appreciation and staring. Nova was good looking, she knew that, seductive, beautiful even if she felt like being conceited. But this woman simply exuded a sort of calm elegance that was, in and of itself, incredibly attractive. The Terran found it terribly intriguing.

At the woman's words, her eyes finally left her face, sweeping up to take in the ship in its entirety. "The same could probably be said about the best things in most people's lives." She mused. "It the things we've seen through good and bad that soothe us the most."

For her, it was the feel of her rifle in her hands, her suit hugging her skin, and the knowledge that she was invisible, all powerful in the life of the person in her gunsight. Not that she would have told that little tidbit to anyone.

[smegging-hell.livejournal.com]

Lister's been hearing rumours for the last few days about ships being in Stacey. And while he's fairly sure that there is no way Red Dwarf would fit, perhaps, just perhaps, Starbug is there. Smeg, even Blue Midget would be good at this point.

And so he's made his lazy way down to the vehicle bay to start looking.

Considering that Starbug is big, and bright green, it shouldn't be hard to miss, but Lister still hasn't found it as he rounds another ship, and stops dead.

"Smeg me, but you're gorgeous," Lister addresses the woman with all the charm of a hormone riddled teenager, staring unashamedly.

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Startled, Inara spun around to face the man, the hem of her dress fluttering softly around her ankles. She'd been told a great many times that she's attractive, though it always amused her when it was blurted out at the most random of moments.

She observed the man with a slight shake of her head before flashing him an obviously amused smile. "Why thank you, that is most kind of you to say."

[smegging-hell.livejournal.com]

Lister can be more random than anyone sometimes, and this is no exception. It's with a great deal of willpower that he forces his mouth to close (with an audible click of his teeth), before he offers a slightly stunned smile back.

"You've gotta be new round here," he starts off by saying. It's a step up from 'buh' which was the first thing that came to his mind.