Firefly letter from "Evolution" 5
Jayne

My dear son,
I thank you very much for your last letter. We were all very pleased to receive it. Mattie was very cheered when we sat down to read it. I think it worked almost as well as the medicine.

The length of your letter made me very happy. Your letters are usually short so I was surprised that you had filled up so many pages. I hope you are doing better after the very traumatic experience you mentioned in your letter. It sounds like your crew went through a very rough time and I hope you will all be all right. It made me very sad to hear that Shepherd Book was killed. I know he was your only friend on the boat and it must be very difficult for you without him. I am also very sorry to hear that the pilot Mr. Washburne did not make it. Please be kind to his widow – it is very difficult to lose your husband, I know.

She is no doubt going through hard times. And I know that she does not re-spect you now, but if you show her that you are worthy of that respect, I am sure her attitude will change. After all, it sounds like this crew is all some of you have; you all need to learn to trust and rely on each other. An’ don’t cause too much trouble for your captain. I have doubts that he is quite as self-righteous as you have described. At least pretend to listen to him; I think it will make things easier for you.


I also think you should be nicer to the mechanic. She sounds like a very sweet girl and I am sure that you tease her. That is not nice. And I know how much you care for your sisters, so you should treat Ms. Frye with just as much respect. If she has taken up with that Core doctor then I say good for her; even though you do not seem to like him much, a doctor is very useful and if he is from the Core then he is probably still getting used to the way of life out here. Cut him some slack. However, if he calls you an ape again, then I give you permission to hit him because you are certainly no ape. Anyway, he sounds much better than the Ms. Serra you have written about. I do not care if she is the most beautiful woman you know, she should not treat you like that. From what you have said, it sounds like she thinks she is better than you and does not mind letting you know. There is no reason for such disdain, and you can tell her I said so.


I wish you had written more about the doctor’s sister. You said that she was the one who brought down the trouble on your crew, but you said that you were glad to save her. I imagine she has had a hard life and I am curious about her story. Tell her if she ever needs a hat or blanket, I will be happy to make her one. I love you very much son, and I want to thank you again for all the money you have sent us. It helps a lot and we all want you to know how much it means. You are a very good boy, Jayne.

Take care,
your Mother.

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The full chapter to be posted at acidandink in like... five minutes. Or close to it, anyway.

-ILB

Drabbles
Rayne
Mad Melodies
A Worthy Trade
Little Red
The Lift
Partners
Taking Advantage
Ten Little Moonbrains
Nice Dreams
The Wandering Ones
Seeing Stars
Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
Poker
Target Practice

Non-Rayne
Cuddling
Whore
What He Sees

One-Shots
The Reluctant Suitor
An Undisclosed Courtship
Observation
Dancing in Beauty
Attraction
Daughters
Just a Walk in the Park
Borne
Sick
Non-Rayne: Options
Good Boy
Extinguisher
Non-Rayne: Alone
Wonder
Her Beauty Overthrew You
River Versus the Incapacitated Merc
They Just Work
Chatter

Finished Fic
From Start to Finish
Desire (4/4)

Unfinished Fics
Out of Sight (2/4)
String Theory (7/?)
Throwing Pearls to Swine (3/6)
The Emperor's New Clothes (4/?)

Other (Poems)
That Shakin' Spear Go Se
Mistress Tam's Response

Non-Story

So I has a news. Or a few. First off! I am sick, so I'm not exactly sure how much I'll be able to on - I'll be sleeping a lot, because curse and drat and -insert expletive here- I have mono. X( Yuck. Please don't shun me! I know I have the plague! I'm just going to take it easy and hope my spleen doesn't explode.

Also!
I'm going to put in my app at sorting_elite (for the comm hogwarts_elite) some time today, so hopefully that'll work out well for me! I get really nervous when I put in applications, but I like that the whole comm votes instead of just the moderator. Anyway! We'll see how that goes, hmm?

RAWR! I am so frustrated. I've been trying to get "Evolution" chapter 5 finished for weeks, but for some reason it just won't come together. I'm thinking I'm just going to have to write out a really sucky version and work on it from there. Here's the newest bit:

( Teensy Bit )

I still haven't written a full version of the letter! *flails with anger* Yarr. I'm getting very, very annoyed with this - hopefully I can get some inspiration soon.

Also! Please, please, please if you're interested, go check out rayne_exchange and sign up if you'd like to participate! Is delicious!

Okay, so I love fic exchange. I just started housegift, an exchange community for the TV show House. I literally just made it, and I really, really need members! If anyone's interested, go sign up! *nudges* Hee.

Also, I'm working on a series of House/Cuddy drabbles based on the 7 Deadly Sins. That should be done pretty soon. :)

Firefly "String Theory"
Michael and Bonny, crew

( Father's Day )

That is just a sneak-peek! (Okay, so it's most of the chapter.) I still need a beta-reader for it, so if anyone wants to, let me know. Or if there's a good community/something you could recommend. Rayne-friendly preferrably, of course.

Hope you enjoyed! ^^ Also, I've decided to start a Photo Diary to help practice my camera skills and just because I think it would be fun. Heh. That'll be in my other journal, starting today. ^^ So yeah, that's neat.

Guess that's it! I'll probably write a little more - today was so very, very, very, very, very, very bad that I need a little recuperation time. Ciao!

-ILB

House drabble
House/Cuddy

“I don’t… I don’t know what you want, House.”

“Well what I want right now is – “

“Stop.” She looked at him hopelessly, her mouth pinched shut in a frown. “Don’t do this.”

Able to sense her discomfiture – and perhaps, in part, her fear – he stepped closer. “Don’t do what, Cuddy?” he asked, tilting his head slightly, his curiosity piqued.

Her brow furrowed and she opened her mouth to respond.

“Where I’m standing, it looks like you want me to do whatever you’re protesting so fiercely.”

Cuddy took a step forward.

House smiled wolfishly and wrapped both arms around her.

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And! To compromise. I'll try to keep all ramblings out of this journal, but if anyone's interested in my latest, it's here.

EDIT: 6/16/09 Still gotta pimp housegift. It's an exchange comm for House and it will surely be awesome. We need members, so rush on over, my lovelies.

Okay, everyone! Just a litte note: I haven't been very active in any community lately because I am taking a brief hiatus. I know! It makes me sad, too. But as soon as I get the next "Evolution" chapter finished, I'm going to concentrate on some original works - it's my goal to get published by next summer! Whoo!

Wish me luck, everyone! Hee.

I might work on translating a fan-fic or something, so if there's anything that anyone really, really likes that I've written or if there's something you think I could take the idea from, let me know - I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks, guys! And I look forward to getting back in the swing of things soon.

Firefly first bit of "The Real Inspector Tam"
Mal, Zoe - everyone eventually



The Real Inspector Tam
I. The Un-Usual Suspects

"Zoë? Zoë?!" Malcolm Reynolds stomped down the dimly-lit corridor, searching frantically for his secretary. "Zoë, where are you? I need -" He stopped short, seeing the very woman standing before him. "Oh. There you are." He cleared his throat and tugged at his left sleeve.

She raised one eyebrow, a smile playing at her lips. "You needed me, sir?"

He let out a quick breath. "Yes I need you; that's why I been callin' for the last ten minutes."

"Heard my name twice, sir."

Mal scowled a little. "Well you just need to listen more." He cleared his throat. "Now. Is everything ready?"

Zoë rolled her eyes and looked down at the pad of paper she held. "Kaylee's takin' care of all the food. Everything's cleaned up. Wash should be arriving with the guests shortly. Everything's ready. So stop worrying."

"Zoë, I ain't worryin' about it. I'm just..." He moved his head back and forth a little, trying desperately to refute her claim.

"Just worried, I know." She held up a hand to stop his forthcoming protests. "No, I don't mean to speak out o' place, sir, but does this... not worrying have anything to do with Ms. Serra comin' up?"

"What? Wha- Zoë, I am shocked you would suggest such a thing."

"Uh-huh." Her eyes narrowed marginally, in obvious disbelief.

"Sure I hadn't seen 'Nara in a... well a long while, but I don't care." He shrugged. "Her invitation was last minute - don't make a difference to me one way or th' other."

"Of course, sir."

"That's right," he said stubbornly. Mal nodded, trying very hard not to see Zoë's smug look. "Right. It's just Inara, Zo. I can be civil. I don't care."

"Mal..." She shook her head, smoothing down her brown skirt. "Did you ever think about talkin' to her? Just a suggestion, sir. Just a suggestion." She gave a slight nod and walked past him down the hallway. "I'm going to check on Kaylee," she said over her shoulder. "Wash should be coming back soon. Try to find some way to occupy yourself until then - all right, sir?"

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Notes: Yay! Murder mystery! Okay, so obviously this is just the very meager beginnings. All the crew - plus a few of the occasional characters are going to show up, as well. There are going to be probably two murder victims - and yes, I already know who they are and who the murderer's going to be. Are any of those three part of the crew? Well! You'll just have to wait and find out! I seem incapable of actually finishing any sort of full chapter. For whatever reason, I only write bits at a time. But! I'm going to try. I keep going back and forth on all my projects so I get a little bit of a lot of different stories done. If that makes sense. Anyway! Back to this story.

It's going to be based sort of on Agatha Christie's style of mystery. I think River could translate to maybe a good sort of female Poirot, huh? Hee. It's - obviously - AU, but it's still in sort of the Firely universe. Mal's a wealthy estate owner on Shadow - and he fought in the war, I think, but some of the details of that will be changed. Simon and River live on the planet, too. Zoe is Mal's secretary, Wash is his driver/pilot, Kaylee is his chef, and Jayne is security detail. Book will live in the nearby town - still a Shepherd and all that, a prominent citizen and frequent visitor of Mal's.

Yeah. I have a good idea of where it's going to go, I just have to plan things out. And this is all I have written of it - I don't have anything else but notes. Er... and not even that many notes! Mostly in my head right now; I'll have to get things down soon. Ooh... Now that's an idea! Hee. Work on story notes! YAY! Okay, have to go do that! I'll be back with more of this soon. ^^

-ILB

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Chuck possible new fic
John/Ellie

( Security Breach )

And now! THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES! If people ever ask about a fic it's usually this one. As such, I have decided to make every attempt to get the next chapter done. YAY! Hee. It's my plan - as the selfish little thing I am - to get it done as a birthday present to myself (on the 28th). I usually do write a little story, just because I love writing so much I can't think of a better way to celebrate - heh. It's been Furuba mainly in the past, but I'm totally up for some good ol' Rayne. Hee. So expect an update soon!

Also! "Evolution" is coming, too. That should be in the next day or two. I was listening to something and it just really inspired me. So! That's coming. Then I have a "Sevenfold" blue piece I've been thinking about, and then I'm going to try to dig up something unfinished (any suggestions? If any Azureshippers read this, it'll probably be "ICOE". Heh.) and work on that.

Kay. All for now! ^^

-ILB

Non-Story

My internet access is limited right now (won't be for long, though - huhah!) so I am going to enjoy the time I have now. Hee. (Internet is a precious commodity; it's a little sad how much I need it, really. Heh.) But okay! Right. Erm... Work? Yeah, I'm getting to all of that. I sort of (REALLY) hate my job, so I've been sort of just zonking out on the couch and watching movies when I get home, but I have managed to cobble together a little more of "Evolution" chapter 5 (and "Wounds" - a Bleach fic). I'll try to finish that soon! Really I will. Heh. I just feel blah today; did not do quite as well this semester as I'd wanted to, so that is full of yuck. Ahh well. I shall just do better next semester! (Yeah...)

Okay! I guess, since this journal is for fic, I should get to the fic, then.

Bleach "Wounds" chp. 1
Zaraki, Yachiru, and Kenpachi

( Title Needed, eh )

Firefly chp. 5 of "Evolution"
River and Jayne + crew

( A Full Revolution )

Bah! I can't find my notes. Curses. Double curses! *scrambles about madly, looking for her chapter notes*

-ILB

Title: Weapon Master
Word Count: 100
Summary: In lyricized Jayne's-brain-voice, he thinks about River.

They say I'm good with guns. And I know how to care for weapons - how to polish them up and make them shine. I learn every variable so I can always hit my mark. But you? Girl, I wouldn't even know how to aim. I watch you sometimes, try to match the workings I know are inside with the soft face of girl on the outside. Your eyes, sharp as bullets, tell all your secrets. You're the one weapon I can't master. I want to break you apart. And then, baby girl...

I want to put you back together.

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-Author Notes: I know this isn't up to par for me, but I've been mega-jonesing for some Rayne lately, so I wanted to try to get back in the swing of things with something easy. School has been crazy-stressful lately, but in three days I'm done! Expect more then, including "Evolution", "String Theory", and a new story based super loosely on Love in the Time of Cholera.

Thanks for reading, everyone! I hope you enjoyed the drabble. :)

Our Condolences

As some of you may have noticed, an_ardent_rain has been suspiciously absent for the past few weeks. This is due to a rather acute case of "education" going around. She has tried to resist it, taking copious doses of procrastination, but unfortunately the disease has finally caught up with her. The doctors are optimistic, however, that she shall make a full recover. They are working on a progressive new treatment now: end-of-finals.

Sorry guys, but braindead!Hannah's brain is dead. Heh. I've been so stressed out it's ridiculous. But only a week left and then the semester is over. YAY!

Bleach some of "Wounds" next chp.
Unohana, Zaraki, Yachiru

( Still Need a Title )

Firefly work on chapter seven
Crew + OCs

( Untitled, for now )

Rawhr! Must finish! *works furiously on the rest*

I HAVE TO GET MY WISDOM TEETH TAKEN OUT AND I AM SCARED!
Evil dentist, taking my teeth...

Firefly a little bit of "Evolution" 5
crew

( From 'A Full Revolution' )

And!

Random "Harry Potter" Remus/Tonks limerick:
A werewolf who had little gold
Said he was too dang’rous and old.
But a spunky young Auror
Met his statements with horror
And finally he had to fold.

Firefly beginning of "A Full Revolution"
River and Jayne

( Beginning! Only about 420 Words )

AND!

RAYNE ST. PATRICK'S DAY COMMENT-FIC-A-THON!

♥ St. Patrick’s Day Comment-Fic ♥

So yeah.

Heh. Real life has been ridiculously demanding lately, so I have been very, very busy. But! Now I am free and I have so much free time it is wonderful and fabulous and in all ways awesome! Huzzah!

So now my goal is to get "Evolution" chapter five finished by tomorrow. We'll see if I can. ^^

Firefly beginning of chp. 5
River and Jayne

( Not the Letter, But Still Good )

There we go! Now all I have to do is finish the letter and get all the stuff worked in around it. Whoo.

PS - Would anybody be interested in another comment fic-a-thon in the coming months? Maybe April or May or something? If it's Rayne-centric, I think I'll do it at the comm, if it's multi-fandom, I'll just do it here. ^^

Firefly Chapter 4
River and Jayne

( Why yes, Mal; it is about to 'Rayne' )

That is the completely unedited, unrevised, unread-over chapter four. I literally haven't read through it since I wrote it. Heh. But enough of that! I sent it off to my three lovely beta-readers: adverbia, mercuryandrain, and modernlove_89. Yay! Oh, the huzzah. As soon as I get it back from all of them and make the necessary edits, this sucker's goin' up. Oh yeah.

And! As an extra sneak-peek:

( Outline of Chapter 5 )

Okay! So there we go. ^^

-Note: I'm going out of town with a class for the next few days, so I (*sob*) probably won't have access to the internet until Wednesday. So if I don't reply to a comment or if I seem suspiciously absent, that's why. All right. Heh.

-ILB

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