Mal: "Cut it out. Job's not done 'til we're back on Serenity."
Zoe: "Sorry, sir, didn't mean to enjoy the moment."
-- Ariel

Wonders never cease. Roa takes a whole day off, and she and Ashwin hole up in their weyr to hide from the world. They talk, and they play, and they sleep, and they talk again.

Warning: This log has lots of Grown ( Read more... )

Mal: "Well, we... may not have parted on best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets..."
--Serenity

Contestant #2, R'vain, shows up to say hi. He and Ashwin quickly become buds, and pinky swear to be friends forever. What? No, really.

( What d'I call you, anyway? )

Simon: "Are you always this sentimental?"
Mal: "I had a good day."
-- Serenity

D'ven and Ashwin finally meet. It goes... well, pretty badly, really.

Honey, I'm home!

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Nandi: "It's who I am, and it's my home. I'm not going anywhere."
-- Heart of Gold

Ash and Lorna are getting positively chatty. She delivers the promised haircut (Roa, stop sniffling) and the pair discuss the 'fall over Nabol, and other things besides.

( I know how to swim. )

Mal: "Now, you only gotta scare him."
Jayne: "Pain is scary…"
-- Serenity

Back when Ashwin was fifteen, he joined the Tillek guard. Every place has different traditions, but in Tillek, they know how to welcome a new guy. Like this.

OOC: Violence under the cut.

( Silence. )

Simon: "He's really very… gentle, and fuzzy. We're becoming fast friends."
-- Objects in Space

Ashwin and Lorna barely talk, but they say a lot to each other.

"She's all right."

I am so far behind in my editing that I'm never going to catch up. What to do? The obvious answer seems to be to pillage the journals of those more industrious than I, and by 'those more industrious', what I mostly mean is roatelgari. Thanks also to lorna_in_exile, from whom I hope to pillage many more times into the future. For those who keep up with their journals, ( Read more... )

Mal: "Are you saying I-I'm doing this deliberate, on account of you? That there's some reason I-I want you off the job?"
Inara: "Is there?"
-- Trash

( Ashwin's guilty pleasure. )

Better really, really late than never, right? Under the cut, a glimpse at Ashwin's past, set when he's about six. For more information on his parents, see +info Ashwin, and particularly +info/1 Ashwin ( Read more... )