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[OOM: For the past few weeks, Gabriel has been busy researching a particular issue. Finally, all the pieces come together to yield the answer he's been looking for.

As a result, Senator Gabriel Tam meets with Senator Fred Atwood later the same day. By the time their discussion is done, some things are made very clear.]

gonna_live

[OOM: Remember the 'verse's new Most Eligible Bachelor?

Yesterday afternoon, the crew gets Crowley's package.

Hi-larious.]

gonna_live

[OOM: Everybody knows the old saw about actions leading to consequences.

Simon Tam is a free man. Actions were taken to get him to this point.

Here, then, are the consequences.]

gonna_live

There's a small group by the door -- five Tams and a captain -- who have somewhere to be, because there's somebody who played a huge part in this whole affair who deserves to see for himself that River and Simon are all right. And Andronicus Crowley can't come into Milliways.

Therefore, Regan Tam opens the front door onto a small alley on Lavinia, where a few blocks away, Crowley...

...has no idea they're coming.

The front door to Milliways closes behind them (Regan first, then Gabriel with his arm around River, and Simon and Kaylee, and Mal bringing up the rear). It'll reopen in a few hours, when Mal comes back to get the rest of the crew, because Crowley's going to let them stay at his place for the night -- soft beds are good things, after all, and if Crowley's offering, the crew isn't going to turn him down. Especially because it affords them a little privacy.

(Which Simon and Kaylee are more than happy to take advantage of.)

It's not over yet -- there are discussions and decisions and things to do in the coming days. There's still a storm.

They'll pass through soon enough.

regan_tam

Gabriel and Regan Tam had been waiting in Andronicus Crowley's flat on Lavinia. There's been too much waiting already, too much helplessness, and now that the end was in sight -- it has to go right, she thought desperately, sitting in tense silence next to Gabriel on Crowley's couch, waiting for the wave that would tell them everything was okay. It has to go right. If something happened now, so close to the end of this horrible nightmare... she doesn't know what she'd do. She doesn't want to think about it. She couldn't help thinking about it anyway, and shying away from the thought, her mind skittering in frantic little circles, and a cold knot of worry in her stomach.

And then--

We got 'em, Wash said.

And, they're safe.

And, for a moment, that was all she could hear, and the smile that started then hasn't left Regan's face yet.

Part of the reason they came to Lavinia with Crowley is that -- besides being familiar territory for them and for their children, and not being the stronghold of Alliance government like Londinium -- it has a reliable, stable door to Milliways. For Andronicus Crowley it opens on the same bar 500 years from now, but for Gabriel and Regan it opens on... well. Right here and now.

As soon as they're through the door, they're hurrying over.

gonna_live

[OOM: Tonight, it's the endgame.

There's treachery, trickery, and murder afoot.

Good thing Mal Reynolds is a wily kind of man, with a crew to back him up.

Hilarity, as they say, ensues.]

river_meimei

[After this.]

The door opens, and -- well. Here's a group that hasn't been seen together in a while.

Kaylee's guiding River, holding her close, and Simon's arm is around both of them. River is sobbing, clutching at both of their shirts as she cries. Mal follows them -- looking concerned, and businesslike, and with a vast grinning relief underneath -- and Inara with him, looking much the same. Jayne, with the beginnings of a large goose-egg forming on his forehead, takes up the rear.

Simon stops, just for a second, as they step into Milliways, and he looks out over the bar. And exhales, and starts unconsciously to smile again.

Because.

They're really back.

[OOC: Jayne, Inara, ~~and Mal~~'s muns are not around to respond to tags, say sorry. Edit: Mal-mun is present and accounted for now.]

righthandwoman.livejournal.com

Zoe walks into the bar, Naomi in her sling.

Nothing unusual there, but there's a tense alertness to her that might suggest this isn't a run-of-the-mill visit to the bar.

She ends up at a table with a clear view of the door, glancing toward it often. If it seems as if she's waiting for something, that would be because she is.

gonna_live

Simon and River are coming home.

They're free.

Even if that senator is likely to try something underhanded for who knows what reason.

While Mal is getting the plan together, Kaylee ducks in the bar, looking deeply cheerful (and her eyes a little red, maybe), figuring that any news this good deserves a beer.

gonna_live

[OOM: Today, it's all about showdowns.

Simon and River Tam make their debut court appearance, as their parents, Crowley, and the crew of Serenity watch from remote locations.

And after the proceedings, Crowley, Gabriel, and Regan have their own run-in, and then hold a spot of palaver with the crew.]

gabriel_tam

[OOM: Late at night on Londinium, while awaiting Simon and River's upcoming arraignment hearing, Gabriel and Regan Tam try to sleep.

They're not particularly successful.]

[OOC: Warning for disturbing and violent images.]

gonna_live

[OOM: Today, it's messages. Kaylee gets one from her father.

The 'verse knows that Simon and River Tam are going to start pre-trial proceedings. Their lawyer -- someone they've seen before -- lets them in on this piece of knowledge, and arranges to take some messages out for them.

And upon receiving those messages, Mal seeks out Kaylee.]

gonna_live

After the ice cream fest, Kaylee went out back to keep working on rebuilding the swing with Mal. Because sometimes...things are a lot easier to ignore if you're thinking about measurements, and not whacking the hell out of your thumb with a hammer.

Which: Kaylee did not do this. But she's got a wet bandanna that she's pressing to her forehead, and a tall glass of ice water.

Swing's coming along pretty nicely.

And after the day's news...well. Kaylee's not hopeful. But she's looking marginally less grim.

gonna_live

[OOM: Tonight, we have visitors.

This morning, with breakfast, Simon Tam receives Edward Chao in his cell. Then River Tam receives the same visitor, with results that are a lot more disturbing. Several hours after this, River gets another visitor.

In much lighter news, Lilly creates some visitors with a minor amount of aesthetic help from Kaylee.

And while all of this is going on, and after all of this is going on, there are many, many visits going on all over the 'verse.]

badinlatin

Mal is an expert in very few subjects, above average in more, and competent in many.

He would like to think that carpentry falls into Category Number Two, but it's probably somewhere a smidge lower.

In any case, he comes in the bar in a loose shirt and pants, looking, well -- about the same since Saturday. Just sort of flat. He's heading outside though - Kaylee and Mal have finished the framework on Kaylee's swing, but there's still the seat to do.

Remind him to check on Tequila for more than ten minutes at a time while he's at it, if you feel like catching his attention.

gonna_live

[OOM: Tonight, there are answers.

Simon does his best not to give any.

Nick Rosse tells Crowley, Gabriel, and Regan not to expect any if they obtain information in...supernatural ways. Good thing Mal has some answers.

After this, Crowley asks Kaylee a question, and she gives him an answer.

And after that, Edward Chao gives his loving uncle the only possible answer.]

badinlatin

[OOM: After Inara waves the Guild for help, Mal and Inara have a little chat.

Rated A for Avoidance.]

gonna_live

[OOM: Tonight, it's all about procedure. Eggs come first, this morning on Serenity. And this afternoon, Inara violates procedure, a little, when she sends a wave.

Elsewhere, River undergoes a procedure, and Simon gets to watch.

And not too far away from the Tam siblings, a low-grade Alliance officer gets new procedural orders, and then promptly violates them in the presence of Mal Reynolds, Jack Bauer, and Ace.]

badinlatin

Mal enters the bar, with a look of flat determination on his face; a man with a goal.

He sees Jack Bauer before Ace; Ace poked him in the shoulder to get his attention mid-wry commentary on Jack's choice of garments, no matter how appropriate they actually are.

Ace leaves a note for Raven - she says it's to tell him to not eat all the cookies while she's away - and the trio leaves as Mal opens the door to Serenity's bridge.

There's work to be done.

[ooc: exit post. Stay tuned, folken.]

gabriel_tam

It's late, on Londinium. He hasn't bothered to look at any of the clocks that show the hour on a variety of worlds. All Gabriel cares about is that it's somewhere in the darkened hours of the night here, with the dawn still too far away.

Over the past two days, they've discovered that this is the worst time-- when the circadian rhythms of various institutions in a number of locations overlap into that period known as 'outside business hours.' It means that there's nothing to do but wait... and think.

Crowley locked himself in another room several hours past, muttering under his breath about connections. Regan has finally gone to try to get a few hours of rest, if at all possible. Gabriel knows better than even to try. Whenever he closes his eyes he sees the too-bright, featureless room of his nightmares, with River and Simon trapped inside, and so he's given up the attempt.

Instead, he's prowling back and forth across the common room, trying to think of something else that he can do while he waits for the sun to rise, someone else he can contact, anyone who might be able to help, anything at all that he can do--

He almost doesn't notice, at first, that he's walked through the front door to Milliways instead of the archway to the kitchen. When he does, the temptation is strong to turn and go right back, but there are still a number of hours to wait through before daylight.

Gabriel scrubs a shaking hand over his face and heads for the bar in search of the strongest coffee he can obtain.

gonna_live

Two notes:

( Tom Riddle )

( Matilda Wormwood )

And once they're left with Bar, Kaylee looks around. No Antigone. Good.

One more note appears -- this one from Faith; it earns a tremulous smile, and she tucks it in a pocket.

She sits at a table with a cup of tea, and nothing else. Her fingers absently worry at Simon's ring; she has yet to take it off.

action-antihero.livejournal.com

Patrons would be forgiven for giving Jack a double-take today, or for approaching, thinking he was someone other than himself; namely, someone from Serenity's world. He looks like he's been filching from Malcolm Reynolds' wardrobe: dark blue cotton shirt, khaki-coloured pants tucked into tall, dark brown leather boots, black suspenders and a tan suede duster flung over one of the other chairs. All of it is worn and dusty with a few patched holes here and there, looking like it had gone most of the way across the universe and back.

He wouldn't have dressed in preparation for the recon job Mal had asked him about quite this early, but then the bar hadn't given him many other options in his closet, and at least this way he'll be ready to go when then summons comes. Until then, he's seated in the bar, sipping a cup of coffee and reading his world's current issue of the Globe and Mail.

[ooc: Back from dinner--go ahead and tag! Will be hopping out around 8 or 9 for an hour but otherwise will be around all evening.]

faithful-slayer.livejournal.com

Faith comes into the bar in high spirits, dressed casually - she's been training - but still wearing that somewhat ridiculous circlet in her hair. It comes off as soon as she's in the bar, and she goes up to Bar to get a cup of coffee.

This procured, she goes over to read the notice board, and sees Kaylee's note.

The coffee cup drops from suddenly-nerveless fingers, and Faith, staring in pale, wide-eyed horror, doesn't even notice the waitrats that scamper to clean up the mess.

River and Simon. Taken. Her friends - her good friends - in terrible danger.

The horror gives way, slowly, to the cold, killing fury of a very angry Slayer, and she turns on her heel and stalks over to Bar, acquiring paper and pen and writing a very brief note, which will be delivered to whichever member of Serenity's crew happens to come into the bar next.

If I can help, I will. - Faith

Then she gets another drink - whiskey this time - and stalks over to a table with a carefully blank expression on her face.

gonna_live

Kaylee's got some plans with her -- hand-drawn, not on a datapad -- when she comes through the lake door. Her head turns -- the note is still up. Good.

When she approaches the bar, she gets two notes, and a plate featuring waffles with syrup (butter pecan and maple both), strawberries, raspberries, hodgeberries, pineapple, and whipped cream. It's just about as big as her head, and she can't help but blink at it -- it's more than she's had to eat in the last thirty-six hours all on its own.

She reads Tom's note, and sniffles; she reads Matilda's, and looks at the waffles, and blinks. Quickly.

And asks quietly for a glass of orange juice -- and notices her tab doesn't change, and there isn't one, and now that she's looking, no other crew member has one, either --

Kaylee doesn't know who to thank. But once she's through eating (the fruit at least, because there's no way she'll be able to finish the whole thing, but with kindness like that she feels obliged to at least try), she'll start on thank-you notes to these two, at least.

Any plans for building anything can wait until later.

gonna_live

[OOM: Earlier this afternoon, Kaylee runs into Aziraphael outside the stables.

And, entirely elsewhere:

After some conversation and a hot date with some sodium thiopental, Simon finally gets to see River.]