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Aug 15, 2007 03:51

Hiss.

The sound of one of Serenity's lesser airlocks swinging shut ( Read more... )

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gonna_live August 15 2007, 03:22:49 UTC
Which looks better in red, really.

It's not true red -- pinkish; muted. Rose madder. The casing is done; now she's painting the walls, kneeling, by the base.

The room isn't sparkling. This is always the place to get down and dirty, to let deceptively strong hands manipulate a machine and make it sing.

Kaylee didn't take care to line the deckplating so to keep it free from drops of red paint. There's not much of it anyhow.

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aj_crawley August 15 2007, 03:35:56 UTC
Crowley doesn't - it looks like this is important, somehow. Maybe not the fresh coat of paint, but the painting. Or maybe it's just that it's Kaylee, in her space, working, whilst beside her, Serenity's heart sings.

Crowley doesn't want to interrupt, so instead he picks a crate, and takes a seat, helmet on his knees.

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gonna_live August 15 2007, 03:46:35 UTC
After a while she coughs, and straightens, spine making a snapping sound or two. The brush gets left, delicately, in the pan; Kaylee drags her sleeve across her eyes and sits back on her heels.

And mutters, barely audible: "Son of a whore."

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aj_crawley August 15 2007, 03:51:03 UTC
"Maybe if you got a cushion and sat on it," Crowley suggests.

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