The duck pond, Saturday night

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River lay on her back next to the pond and watched the sky getting darker. An airplane crossed the sky, its lights brighter than the stars. Sometimes, now being ones of those times, she really missed the black, emptiness of space. It scared Simon, but for her it was strangely comforting and fascinating at the same time.

"Quack?"

River turned her face and stared into the beak of a duck.

"Now you're prepared to talk?" River glared it it. "I've been trying to communicate with you and your friends for week and you've been really rude. What do you want now?"

The duck shifted nervously from one webbed foot to another. "Quack?"

"Get lost."

River stubbornly stared up into the sky again.

((ooc: see here))

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Walking back from their still being played douple date through the park, Pippi was skipping through the grass with her shoes in her hand.

On the whole she was happy, but she happened to catch sight of a certain tree (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/830064.html) from that weekend (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=strongestgirl&keyword=Evil%21Plotty&filter=all). Deciding not to let that spoil the fun, she pushed the memory away.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia wasn't even close to thinking about such unhappy things. She was just wandering after Pippi, humming softly to herself.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip followed, lighting a cigarette as he ducked under a tree branch. "Why are we frolicking?" he asked.

[nadiathesaint]

"Because we're in a good mood?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"nothin wrong with a good frolic!" Pippi said flouncing up to Pip. "It's good cardio vascular... stuff."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River heard the sound of someone skitting and sat up. When she noticed it was Pippi she grinned and waved. "Pippi!"

They had both been busy doing other things lately. Besides, there was no one better at getting her out od strange moods than Pippi.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hi River!"

:::That weekend was just before I met River... She never had to see me like that::

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Rivers eyes widened as Pippi came closer, and her whole body tensed. "You're not her."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi's brow furrowed.

"I know I'm dressed up but I'm pretty sure I'm me..."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair wandered up and flopped onto the grass by River. "What are we looking at?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"The sky. It's not an empty comforting black void like in space. It has clouds and airplanes in it." River sounded annoyed.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"What's wrong with clouds and airplanes?" Blair propped himself up on one elbow to look at River.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Nothing. Sometimes I just prefer emptiness." She frowned thoughtfully.

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

Kaylee happened to be wandering by when she spotted River. "Hi River. Whatcha doing?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Looking at the sky. Missing the black." River sounded melancholy.

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I miss the black, too," Kaylee said, assuming River was talking about being up in space aboard Serenity.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"It can be comforting. But it scares Simon."

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

"The black scares Simon?" Kaylee repeated. "I ain't all that surprised to hear that."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy came into the park, and began to mosey. He liked being able to mosey. Plus he liked the word. Eventually he might find a tree to hang from and meditate, but for now, mosey.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy had been close enough to see people fighting, but too far away to get to the scene until everything was over. Le sigh...

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"River stop it!" Pippi said more sharply then before. She reached out to grab River and toss her up into a nearby tree, but there were so many people around and she was trying to be careful...

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

There were many of them now. River's brain registered their movements. The weapon was the main target. She grabbed it and twisted it around, giving it's holder the choice of letting go or getting her wrist broken. She chose the former.

But there were two of them trying to hold her. She pushed her elbows backwards, hard, aiming for their faces.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter saw the blow coming too late to duck. His head snapped back at the blow which caught him hard on the cheekbone, but he continued to try to get a hold on River's waist.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grunted as the elbow caught him in the solar plexus due to his height, knocking the wind out of him. He struggled for air and tried to keep his weaking grip on River.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia was disarmed, and her knees and wrist were aching, but she was trained for situations like this.

Well, sort of. The training hadn't included someone quite like River as a combatant, but Nadia could improvise.

She grabbed a large sized stick, holding it like a bo staff, and swung it quickly for River's head, careful to avoid hitting Pip or Peter, hoping to knock the other girl out and finish the whole thing.