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One of my favourite things about Firefly is the love the cast have for each other, even 10 years after the show ended <3

Serenity The Movie Part 4/4

“I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar.”   Hoban “Wash” Washburne

From the official Serenity movie magazine (2005)

By jewelstaite “#tbt A shoot with my favourite cast ever to promote Serenity’s release. Coincidentally shot at the Jaynestown set from Firefly.” via @PhotoRepost_app

By jewelstaite “#tbt the Pebbles to my Bam-Bam. Miss you sean_m_maher even though you’re prettier than me” via @PhotoRepost_app

He’d been working on machines most of his life–putting them back together when they were taken apart, mostly. He knew his way around an engine or two, so there was that. But Jamie wasn’t sure if he was on the same level as this woman. He wondered if she was just naturally gifted, like himself, or if she’d learned somewhat. Probably the former.

He couldn’t help the smirk that crossed his face at her blush. “Well, might not be, but you’d like it, yeah?” He wiped the back of his arm across his brow. “But you’re right. Ain’t many fellas like that around. Especially not on this rock.”

             kaylee took the opportunity to change the subject, hoping not to let herself become even more flustered ( because yes, in fact, she would like it quite a lot. ) instead she locked her attention onto his latter statement, shrugging her shoulders in a nostalgic gesture. “it ain’t so bad out here, though,” she said. she had a particular fondness for some of the smaller planets they visited. “kinda reminds me a’ where i grew up.”

             she missed it sometimes. not that she would ever give up her place on serenity, but she hadn’t ever realized how much she liked working in her father’s shop until she left it behind. “you ever been to kowlonshi?” she asked. she crinkled her nose immediately. “probably not, huh? it ain’t exactly a tourist destination.”

  ❝ How curious is it, ❞ he mused, ❝ that my box should find itself amongst an assortment of others it wouldn’t exactly stand apart from to the casual eye? Or even to a partially trained eye. Never mind what I was doing in there, what exactly are your instructions on what to do with these boxes? ❞

           kaylee might have argued that there was nothing on this ship was quite as curious as serenity’s newest passenger. she kept that particular observation to herself. if, indeed, being mixed among their cargo was unintentional, then it seemed fair that he would have plenty of his own questions. it might even be true that their current employer had arranged just such a mix up.

           she suspected the rather curly addition must have been an accidental trophy. he was a full grown man, and there was no reason to think anyone could have suspected he would be inside the phone box when they acquired it. chances were slim that even an eccentric like the man in the scarf would spend enough time cooped up in a box that anyone could predict he’d be there.

           kaylee finally shrugged.

          “ain’t nothin’ particularly strange ‘bout this job ‘cept you,” she told him. “most a’ these crates ‘re just junk -- leftovers from some exhibit on earth that was. got hired by some collector nut who figures he might find a couple a’ genuine artifacts in ‘em. don’t make no sense, if you ask me, but we ain’t the type t’ argue with anyone lookin’ to pay us.”

           kaylee glanced around the room, sizing up the crates. the phone booth was certainly the only thing that wasn’t in a box, but they hadn’t’ thought too hard about it at the time. fake blue earth junk didn’t exactly seem like a common thing to leave lying around. “he got some other folks t’ smuggle it out to the pick up point; we’re just transport. droppin’ it all off on some crusty ol’ moon. pretty sure he owns it,” she explained. she paused suddenly, looking as though she’d just remembered something of utmost importance. “i gotta go get the capt’n.”

{{ @shiiny }}

It was just his luck to meet a mechanic on the planet below. This Kaylee had never worked on a living ship, but she seemed competent enough that John felt he could trust her opinion on whatever was happening with Moya’s systems. Aeryn wasn’t too thrilled at the thought of John bringing someone back aboard with him, but this girl wasn’t a threat. John was sure of it.

He’d been giving her the grand tour for about half an arn when Pilot’s voice sounded urgently through his communicator. “Peacekeepers! They’ve found us!” The entire ship started to shake, clearly the beginnings of Starburst.

There was no time to get Kaylee back aboard her ship. All John could do was issue the warning, “Hang onto something” before Moya was off, taking her passengers God-knows-where.

            kaylee had been all too excited for the opportunity to get a good look at a leviathan, and she had, perhaps, forgone certain precautions that people in her line of work ( crime, not mechanics ) ought to follow when visiting a new planet. namely, she had boarded an unfamiliar ship with an unfamiliar crew. in fairness, it wasn’t as if she had wandered blindly after a complete stranger -- they had spoken for a time ( certainly longer than the discussion she’d had with mal that earned her a place on serenity, ) and her own crew had scattered. three days in one place was enough to make most of them stir crazy. just a quick look couldn’t hurt, right?

            only ‘a quick look’ had turned into a guided tour, and long before she’d realized how much time she’d spent marveling at the miracle of a living ship, her footing surrendered to moya’s sudden rumbling, and she could do little more than heed john’s warning, pressing herself back into the wall and clinging for dear life. by the time all was calm, kaylee found herself on the floor without remembering exactly how she’d sunk there, and she slowly turned her head to look at john, unwilling to accept the situation in which she found herself.

           "that don’t mean... we ain’t moved, right?” she asked, her voice soft and hesitant. in that moment, she wished for a crash, maybe even hoped that the ship had been captured by peacekeepers. anything, if it meant she hadn’t just shot halfway across the gorram universe with a ship full of strangers. “let me off -- i gotta get back t’ serenity.”

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Take my love, take my land. Take me where I cannot stand.  I don’t care, I’m still free. You can’t take the sky from me. 

“Firefly“ by Ralf Crawford