( Amesbury has never been on the mobile clinic circuit before. )

Lavinia
September 12, 2522In the spaceport, Simon finds a seat near the exits to the commuter monorail and taps out a quick textwave to let his father know he's here. Sends it, and then rereads the original reply from the person he intends to meet: the perfunctory agreement that confirmed this trip ( Read more... )

[From here.]He takes the stairs to the upper corridor two at a time, hoping fervently that the captain's taken the night watch on the bridge, that he won't have to comm Inara's shuttle to wake him with this kind of news ( Read more... )

It's late.

Simon's heading into the kitchen, to rinse out a mug; it's not his turn to do dishes tonight, but since he left this one in his room this morning, he's decided it wouldn't be fair to leave it for someone else.

[From here.]

It's the old room, the instinctive first-last refuge in this place.

He closes the door quietly behind them, and makes a move to help Kaylee off with her jacket.

He's finished unpacking, and put his things away; Kaylee's already gone to sleep, and he's planning to do the same shortly.

First, though, he's going to go say goodnight to River.

Gage MedAcadThe young receptionist catches her breath when he tells her his name. No flush shows on her dark skin, but she won't meet his eyes when she hands him the card with the room number on it ( Read more... )

Simon reaches the plaza a little before sunset, and finds Kaylee sitting on one of the benches there. Which is exactly as they planned, a thought that should bring some stability to his spinning mind.

Possibly he looks a little dazed.

Their passenger ship from Persephone arrives on schedule, settling down gracefully into a berth at the Isis Spaceport just a couple of hours after noon local time. The rented skimmer is waiting; the drive doesn't take too long.

The Tam estate has been once again opened up and aired out, and is ready when they arrive.

It's Simon's turn to wash dishes.

He's scrubbing a frying pan, and going over symptoms of glandular disorders in his head.