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Zoe Washburne | Firefly

[alwaysready]

[ Zoe Washbourne has been in many a sticky situation. Some of which had literally been sticky, much like her current situation. But what she wasn't necessarily a big fan of was the fact she seemed to be quite naked. And in public.

There's also fact she doesn't seem to be anywhere she recognizes. Space, well that much is obvious, but it all looks very... New. But everyone seems to be moving on one general direction so she decides to follow, keeping her head down and hoping that she'll somehow find answers to who picked her up, why, and maybe even some clothes. And her gun. She would very much like her gun. ]

[thoughts]

[ it's not the nakedness that bugs river. it's hardly even the waking up in strange places. space? normal. kidnapping? manageable. it's the stasis fluid sunk deep into her skin what gets her, the soreness of her throat after the breathing apparatus is done pumping her full of chemicals. no ship in their time has the same natural o₂ processor as the tranquility but river can't cope with the idea of never having her own oxygen in her lungs again. being naked in public is nothing by comparison.

clothes are overrated anyway.

so it's without shame or hesitation that a small hand slips into zoë's from amidst the crowd ( though whether for the first mate's benefit or the space crazy's remains to be seen ) and tugs her away from the medbay, head lowlowlow so she doesn't see the clinical, clean lab that is her second least favourite part of the jumps. ]

Showers this way.

[alwaysready]

[ Zoe's not too sure what she expects to find grabbing at her hand through the slick and the slide. When she's got no gun to reach for, there's not much else she can do other than look down. See what it is. Even if her first reaction is to tense, the voice on the other end draws her eyes. ]

River? [ but she follows anyway, giving another suspicious look around just in case. ] River where're we going?

[thoughts]

It's organic. Not - harmful, but it's. Sinks in down deep and stays there. Stays in you.

[ blue on the outside, blue on the inside and she hates it. her hand squeezes zoë's just a little bit tighter as she pulls them past other lost children on a floating city. there are plenty showers, not going to run out any time soon, but she wants it off now. ]

Gotta wash it off. [ she only stops once they're safe ( away from the medbay and the pods and closer to the walls, where nothing is safe at all ) and turns to zoë with a smile in her eyes and fear in her heart. ] Plenty of hot water.

[alwaysready]

[ She sees the people they pass, how routine everyone seems to be moving, and she can't right remember pissing off any Alliance or any other similarly funded intergalactic crime syndicate, but who else could afford a ship like this, Zoë doesn't know.

But River does, and she's not sure if that comforts her or confuses her further. ]

Showers. Nice of them. [ It's a side-comment, a kind of under-the-breath remark she finds herself making at times. And it all still feels so very off, off in a way that somehow keeps her from heading straight into the shower, and instead keeping to their spot. When River looks up at her and smiles, Zoë just frowns a little more, repeats herself to see if she'll answer. ] River, honey. Where are we?

[thoughts]

[ river heard it anyway, the asides she says quietly and the ones she says loudly, screaming and hollerin' in her silence. not fear, because river is young and wide eyed and doesn't believe zoë ever gets afraid even when she knows better, but that wariness. alert. ready.

but not ready enough. ]

Colonisation vessel, Titan class. Synonymous. It's Tranquility.

[ not serenity by halves, but still a ragtag team of everyone from kings and queens to crooks and thieves. a box of toys nobody plays with but are always being used. river loves it and hates it. ]

[alwaysready]

[ Colonization vessel? Zoë frown grows a little tighter at that, because it doesn't explain what she, or River, is doing here. She doesn't remember signing up for this, docking into any ship, even being on a suspicious moon. ]

Tranquility? [ It sounds Alliance, but that might also just be because Zoë has already somewhat solidified her theory. Must be Alliance, even if the goo-bath and pods are very...new. Different. She doesn't remember hearing any rumors about new drive systems, but with the Serenity's last few stops being so far off-map, it's possible she's just missed it.

No one seems to be coming after them, though, which makes Zoë think there's something else going on. Her hand squeezes around River's for a brief moment as she checks the people closest to them, making sure they're not paying any attention to them. ] Did you see anyone else? Anyone from- [ No, best not to name any specifics here. ] from home?