The Park, Sunday afternoon

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River sat in a tree, eating an apple and watching a small spider wander down her leg. Eventually it let go of her, lowering itself on a thin thread suspended from her big toe. She wouldn't stay long enough for there to be a web. The spider would have to start all over again somewhere else.

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[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Bored?" Lee asked, figuring he could just make conversation with River while he was passing by.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"No." Her eyes were still on the spider rather than on Lee. "Are you?"

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"No," he said, trying to see what she was doing. "Just passing by. Cabins today and all. Figured I'd go get some snacks or something."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River moved her toe gently, making the spider swing back and forth. then she turned her gaze towards Lee, hesitating for a moment before pulling another apple out of her pocket and offering it to him. Kerrigan might approve, after all.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

That was unexpected and, after a moment's hesitation, Lee reached up and took the apple.

"Carrying fruit on you now?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Always do," River replied, taking another bite out of her own fruit. "You like apples?"

The spider started to climb up again, then made a jump on to her little toe.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"When I can have them," he said, taking a bite of the apple. "We don't get them a lot on Caprica. Or, my mom doesn't."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Not often available on Serenity either," she replied. "Used to pick them in the orchards as a child."

[atreideslioness]

There was a rustle of leaves in one of the larger trees, and anyone looking carefully might see a flash of blonde hair as Ghani tried to climb higher. This place had clouds in the sky, and she wanted to see if she could touch one.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

There was a small girl in another tree, feeling oddly familiar although her mind wasn't accessibe. River frowned, then reached out, wanting to know if the girl could sense her.

[atreideslioness]

There was a startled yelp, and Ghanima dropped to a lower branch, hand reaching for her wee (plastic) knife.

"Alia?" she called out, frowning. It did not feel quite like her aunt, but it was close.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Not Alia!" River called back. "Who are you?"

[atreideslioness]

"The wind!" Ghanima answered back warily, moving to a spot where she could peek out of the leaves and look in the direction of the other voice. "I'm on a mission to find my clouds."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

The blue eyes were familiar. "Ghanima Atreides? You won't reach the clouds without a ship."

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima flipped a braid back over her shoulder and sighed, regarding the other girl. "I could! If I climbed to the top!" She looked up, tilting her head at the sky. "They're so close here."

"You made it tickle. Like a feather." Blue eyes focused back on River, curiously. "Alia can do that, sometimes. She says I might be able to do it when I get older, but I can't, yet."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I think you will." River smiled a little. "I have a ship."

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

After visiting Adah at the clinic, now with a much better feeling ankle, if still a wee sore one, Murdock made his way to the park.

The dog had faithfully followed him from the clinic. After a thorough greeting of face licking, that is.

Yesterday had taught him to look upwards and that's when he spotted the girl in the tree. "Hi," he waved a little. "You ain't gonna shoot me wit' water are ya?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"No," River replied, looking a little uneasy. The boy was so loud! "Can throw apples at you, but that would be a waste of good fruit."

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"And it would hurt. I already has an owie. I don' want another."

The dog pricked its ears up and raised its head, sniffing at the air as it moved closer to the boy. Its head cocked a bit as it spotted the person in the tree.

"Can I..." he hesitated, wondering if it was rude, but... "have one? To eat? Please?" he added. Grammy was always telling him to mind his manners since he often forgot to. But he remembered now. Maybe she'd give him one of her apples if he was real nice to her.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Maybe if she gave him an apple he would be quiet or go away. River pulled another fruit out of her pocket and threw it for the boy to catch.

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Stumbling a little to go after, since he was being very careful of his ankle like Adah had told him to, he caught it.

"Thank you!" he smiled up at her. "Can I sit by your tree? It's a pretty tree."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River sighed. "Only if you keep quiet and still!" She whispered loudly, giving him a stern look.

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

"But I have been quiet," he protested. Well, he had. He wasn't shouting or anything like that. He was on his best behavior, in fact. Maybe she was just a weird girl. Girls were strange anyway!

"I just wanna sit wit' my doggie."

Huh. How did that 'my' slip out? Really strange around here.

[wannabe-samurai.livejournal.com]

Kurogane had been out looking for Yuui's brother, whom he was started to think didn't really exist when he ran across the park.

He saw the tree's and grinned, he'd be able to get a better view from up there... yah that was it.

He climbed up into the tree and started swinging from a branch, looking over at the girl there. "HI!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River smiled back at the fellow tree climber and waved.