The Junkyard [Sunday, March 25, Afternoon]

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Rose arrived in the Junkyard, picnic basket in hand and following River's directions to her squirrel built ship. River was going to show-off her ship and Rose promised to bring the snacks to the showing. There were a lot of ships here, more than she's seen in the last four years, just walking through this felt like old times.

She paused at the end, where the map had an 'X' sign and studied River's squirrel built ship.

(For River, but open for Junkyard purposes)

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

No flying today. A little disappointing perhaps, but she could see the sense in that, especially since she needed to have the possible leak checked. River arrived finding Rose standing in front of the Acorn ans sneaked up quietly behind her.

"Good ship," she commented.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose almost jumped but turned instead, "River, sorry, didn't hear you."

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"I was sneaky," River grinned. "You brought food?"

She waved for Rose to follow her inside the ship.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Food and spaceships, seemed to be a perfect mix," she said, returning the grin. She stepped inside the ship.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River gestured around the cargo hold. "Some redecoration needed. And the furniture got ruined in the flood." She took a blanked out of her bag and spread it out on the floor. "Need to have the leak checked too."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose made a face, "Yeah, that flood was terrible, didn't feel dry even after I left Fandom." England wasn't as dry either.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Rainy?" River asked without thinking in response to her thought. "And Pippi and I took it out flying on Thursday and ran out of fuel." She giggled. "But we now know it can do barrel rolls."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Barrel rolls are fun!" Rose agreed, remembering her time out with Anakin, "Anakin and I went out to an asteroid field and he did some moves, let me tell you, that boy could fly!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River's eyes glittered. "Oh! And he's nice?"

She took a seat on the blanket and reached for the picnic basket.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, very nice," Rose said with a nod, "Probably one of the easiest blokes I know to blush."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

That made River giggle. "That's fun too. Used to make Blair blush a lot."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Always fun to do that," Rose grinned and began pulling out some food and cans of soda. "So, how're you doin' River? Doin' well?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Oh, much better than when we last spoke," River said, reaching for a can. "Am seeing someone else no, in a way. Less problematic."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

She opened one canned soda and nodded approvingly, "That's good to hear, anyone I know?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded with her mouth full of soda, looking quite happy. "Jack. Although I'm sharing him with Sam and Cedric. Not sure how he has the time for all of us."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Witness Rose execute a perfect spit take right out of the movies. After the coughing and the wheezing, Rose managed to croak: "Jack? D'you mean Jack Harkness?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River blinked, a little surprised by the reaction. "Yes." She looked questioningly at Rose.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Right, okay," Rose said, wiping her mouth, "Sorry, 'bout that, was just a bit surprised."

That's a bit disturbing to think off considering the past, future, whatever. And three partners? I should be surprised and yet... Rose belatedly realized River was a telepath and stopped any thought further.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River blinked again. Somehow that wasn't the reaction she had hoped for. Still, she just shrugged. "Am happy. But he wasn't pleased that I almost crashed the Acorn, so he got me to promise to ask Sam to teach me. Which I did." She decided to change the subject. "What have you been doing?"

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's Jack," she said, "And, yeah, I think you should refrain from flying solo for a bit. Goin' out is always better with an entourage."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Possibly," River said. "I do need to learn. What food did you bring?"

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Biscuits, cake, chocolate bunnies, banana," She looked at River solemnly, "Never leave home without bananas and of course assorted canned drinks for us to consume. We will leave this ship properly hopping with sugar and adrenaline."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River's face lit up and she reached out for a banana. "Fresh fruit was so rare on Serenity. You never told me what you'd been doing."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Oh, nothing much really," Rose said, pushing all the bananas to River, "Went back to London for a bit, helped fixed a problem," there's mud and grime everywhere and the exhilarating feel of running for her life, "Then my mum guilt tripped me to staying a couple days more and still I ended up coming back to Fandom on Sunday. One day I'll study the temporal mechanics of this place but I'm afraid it'll only drive me mad."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded. "Have not been able to solve that puzzle either."