∂ first found object

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[The scrape of metal against wood floors is loud, heavy in her ears.]

Si- [Her throat feels raw, the voice tired almost.] Simon?

[There's a bit of panic. She remembers, she knows she went to sleep.]

Simon? [The panic grows, becoming more aware of the actual where of her situation. Where did they take her? What could she have done? Serenity, the hum of her is gone. It's so different... so full of echoes and the ghosts, she knows they had names... things have names and proper nouns are never to forget their - forget. She was supposed to forget. Erase it. It's gone. Like a gap. A space. Empty.]

They took it... Simon? They took it and I can't find something that fits... [she gets up, her arms still bound in the handcuffs, the weight of them heavy as they clunk to the door as she opens it, heading into the hall]

Go to ground. When...? When did we go to ground?

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[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

River!

[She's so wishing Simon was here, but since she's part of the crew - she's gonna go out looking for her]

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[she's in the hall, with an instrument for hunting fish and two people in one person...]


[ooc: feel free to have Zoe hop into the thread up there with Sweets and York or if you want she can run into her after that, totally up to you]

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

[And she's looking around until she finds her]

River? You okay?

[OOC: UM I'm going to be off and on all day because I'm doing stuff at home, so I'll just have her run into her after that, so I don't slow you guys up :) ]

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[she's still not in her room, because it's not her room...]

Zoe? [glances up] Hostage situations don't always work.

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

[She'll head over to her]

Yeah, I know. Lucky this ain't a hostage situation.

Anyone told you where you are yet?

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

Kidnappings don't work out either.

[a beat]

Paradisa. Castle. It took me. Not Simon. [a sigh] Things were wrong and time isn't meant to overlap. It's an unstable continuum. It took you. [glances up to her] Who else does it have?

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

Nope, they don't.

That's...a good start on it, yeah. Wash's here too.

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[she nods]

Just the two. [her hands rub to her wrists] Simon put me to sleep. There was a fight. I woke up here. I didn't mean to...

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. We know this ain't your fault.

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[shakes her head]

We shouldn't be here.

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

I know.

Don't worry, we'll get back to Serenity one day.

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

Simon and I... we were leaving. It wasn't safe.

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

Leaving...Serenity?

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

Yes. Simon thought it was time. [she's sort of distracted, this place is extremely creepy]

How many people? How many are here?

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

Time, huh...[must be from a time ahead of hers]

Few hundred, roughly. Changes a lot.

Don't mind me, just wandering through...

[just-the-pilot.livejournal.com]

[have a Wash jogging up the stairs, stopping when he catches sight of them, and then grinning] Hey! River!

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[it's the land of who knows what floor they're on... because River doesn't have a room number yet, come, join us!]

A lot of them. [looks up at Wash and smiles] Then there were three.

WASH <3333

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

[She looks behind her to see Wash and smiles]

Yeah, looks like she just showed up.

[just-the-pilot.livejournal.com]

[returns the smiles, moving over to them] Yeah, that happens.

You had the welcome speeches yet?

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

Speeches. [she nods] Explaining the lack of consistency in a world created for holding people against their will.

Something is taken. Things get lost. People come and people go.

There's you and you. Now me. Simon... [a bit of worry on her features] Simon will come.

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

[Gives Wash a look of GOT ANY IDEAS since she usually left River watching to Book, Simon or Kaylee]

That's...about the jist of it.

[just-the-pilot.livejournal.com]

And the kitchen's on the first floor. [because that's the important part, yup]

[returns the look - and was debating mentioning it, but she knows people come and go, and since she'll probably hear about it anyway if she hasn't already...] Simon was here for a while and went home. But, so did I, and I came back, so it's not out of the question that he will too.

[aint-quiteright.livejournal.com]

[she nods, she's positive that Simon will show up, he always comes for her]

How long have you been here? [because time is important suddenly]

[someoneto-carry.livejournal.com]

[She'll nod along with Wash, and at that question she already knows]

About eight or nine months for me.

[just-the-pilot.livejournal.com]

I've been here a little over a year.