Ginger Cat
3rd March 2003, 08:43 PM
Serenity
“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.
Take me out to the black
Tell ‘em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land and
Boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me.
There’s no place I can be
Since I’ve found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me…”
Haven’t seen Firefly? You aren’t alone… Most haven’t, and now it’s goneeee! *cry* Honestly, it’s not terribly difficult to catch onto. Not at all. The show is set five hundred years into the future, and takes place in the wake of a universal war. And yes, if you’re wondering and have any idea, I did try this before under a different name…
The characters in this RPG, and on the show, are on board the ship ‘Serenity’, a type of ship known as a firefly. The members on board are together for reasons which may not be apparent, but their goals is to survive, and the jobs they take usually involve plundering, theft, and other tasks that aren’t quite legal (though they do occasionally take on some legal jobs).
In the outside world, the planets are somewhat random, but for the most part seem to be older. Many seem to have a Western feel, while a few almost seem like Old England. Nearly all of the organizations that are known as ‘legal’ are run by the Alliance, which is pretty much out to get all lawbreakers… Obviously providing a problem for the crew of the Serenity.
The goal of this RPG is to survive… Survive the obstacles that will come both from outside sources and from the other people on the ship. Yay fun!
If you want, you can go here for more info:
http://www.fox.com/firefly/info.htm
The current cast:
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds - Ginger
Jayne Cobb - Ginger
River Tam - Hyperness
Andrea Fileppi di Bancco - CHikory
Simon Tam - Anjana
Richard Daniels - Thargor
Wash - Mike
Now, for the forms… Feel free to sign up another character, or simply a character if you haven't joiend already...
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Position on Ship:
Appearance:
Personality:
Reason For Being on Ship: (If you don’t want to give it, you don’t have to…)
History: (Not really necessary… Optional)
Interests: (Objects, places, people…?)
Other:
The following words and expressions are often used. These can be found at www.fireflyfans.net …
Humped - to be in trouble.
"We're Humped!"
Boil - used to describe the process the crew use to open a sealed ship.
"... gonna Boil it..."
Shiney - analogous to good, or in a good situation.
"We look shiney."
Gor'am - Corruption of 'God damn'.
"The Gor'am law."
Back birth - similar to an idiot or a fool.
"Do you think I'm some kind of a back birth?"
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Let it be known that "Gor'am" is oen of the coolest Gor'am words ever... ;)
When we start out, the ship has just left a planet where the group has performed a “drop”. Basically, they delivered a bunch of stolen medicine for money. No one was seriously injured, or even injured to the point of needing any medical attention. Right now they’re pretty much just hanging around the ship, waiting for the next drop or for, perhaps, something else… Oh yeah, btw, if Chikory-sai doesn’t mind, Andrea is currently undiscovered in the cargo hold, having joined at the drop-off spot without being noticed. So that’ll come out when Chikory posts… Or after. Whatever. :) Oh, one more thing while we’re at it… Inara, the “Companion” (registered whore…) and Book (the preacher) left at the last planet. Yuh.
Posty time! *using psots form last time because too tired to come up with ne woens... sorry*
Name: Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Position on Ship: Captain
Appearance: Doesn't usually appear to be as dangerous or intelligent as he can be. Anything else...? Like the pictures show. O_o (http://www.fox.com/firefly/images/cast_nathan.gif)
(http://www.fox.com/firefly/episodes/images/trainjob.gif)
(http://www.fox.com/firefly/photos/mal.htm)
Oh, also has an ear that was cut off and sewn back on, and severeal scars on his body from the recent torture inflicted...
Personality: Has his own set of ideas about what to do, but honestly doesn’t always know exactly how to interpret them. He’s often torn, but doesn’t show it much. Works to keep the crew working together, and has a sense of honor that, though laced with the obviousness of his rough nature, is undeniable and often strong.
Reason For Being on Ship: He's the Captain, and he doesn't like the Alliance, they don't like him... Where better to go than away on a ship?
History: Was in the war, fought for the side that ended up losing; he still supports his decision. La la other than that for the moment. O_o
Interests: Meh.
Other: ...
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds ~ Captain
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Stretching, I walked through the corridor to the docking area, aka the main space, aka simply—the Dock. I wasn’t tired, just a bit sore. Being thrown to the ground tended to do that to a person. Not that I minded, of course; there were much worse things that could happen. My ear was evidence of that. I touched it lightly to find that it was still there. Apparently, it hadn’t fallen off as I thought it would—just as well.
All in all, the drop had gone well. A little bit of violence at the end, which was regrettable, but when didn’t something get a little violent? In any case, it hadn’t been any thing we couldn’t handle. Once Jayne had broken the arms of one of their guys and Zoe had nearly shot the hand off of another, they’d settled down and given us the money. After that it’d been a simple errand of heading back to the ship and having Wash get us into the air and off of the Gor’am planet.
Now the money had been divided among us, and it was time for whatever sort of relaxation we allowed ourselves. Right after the drop… Probably one of the best times on the ship, in some ways. Personally, I liked the rest of it as well, but this was the least dangerous. Usually. There was always the risk of River setting someone off, or of some member of the crew driving some sort of grudge—those situations were bad, but usually the sort that could be handled. Usually easier than a whole heap of armed men ready to blow our heads off, in any case.
Probably the worst part about the last drop had been our loss in the ship’s bodies… We’d known that it was going to happen, and had tried to stop both of them—most of us had, in any case—but we’d been severely unsuccessful. They were both gone. Inara and Book… Needless to say, I wasn’t very happy about either. The preacher had come in handy at times and Inara, well she… She’d been Inara. She’d said that she had to get back to a planet, and he’d needed to find a steady place… Why not the ship? Inara had said that she’d be back one day, and Book had said something along those lines—he’d said it like a true preacher, though, and it’d pretty much gone over my head. I never was much for religion.
There wasn’t anything to be done about it, though. We’d find them some day and, until then, it was probably better for the both of them that they weren’t in our company. We seemed to take our reputation with us wherever we went—a lot, a lot, of trouble seemed to follow us. Or maybe we took it with us. Never mind.
Where was everyone? Probably in their rooms, in the kitchen, maybe… Dreaming about what to do with the money. That medicine heist had been the most successful operation yet, and we still had drops and money to collect from it. The doctor had schemed well in that aspect.
For the time, we had our bit of freedom. No better place than up in the sky, away from everyone and everything. Just the stars, the crew, and Serenity.
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Name: Jayne Cobb
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Position on Ship: Crewmember; mercenary
Appearance: Here(http://www.fox.com/firefly/episodes.../jaynestown.gif). Strong, looks like he’s ready to fight at any time, but also seems to be almost humorous at most times… Yeah. Look at the picture. And, for pics of the actor in the role of Knowle Rhrore (looks pretty much the same only alien hybrid :D) go here(http://www.geocities.com/myonlyenem...nddoggimage.htm)
More picciness:
(http://www.fox.com/firefly/photos/baldwin_rifle.htm)
Personality: Not exactly the most trustworthy or intelligent, but willing to work, even though he may ***** about worthless tasks, and dedicated when he feels the need to be. Tends to make a rush for control when he gets a chance. Often difficult to restrain, and his motives are often hidden. The tough guy sort- doesn’t usually seem to understand why people are upset and doesn’t seem to care. Seem to. What really goes on in that thick skull? You’ll find out… fwah.
Reason For Being on Ship: His own reasons. The job was available, it was good. He took it.
History: Prefers not to talk about his past… Not his style to reminisce out loud.
Interests: Guns. People…? Not really. Not that he’ll say, in any case… He dislikes the fact that Simon and River are on the ship; doesn’t feel that they should be there.
Other: He’s got a gun that he calls ‘Vera’. O_o
Jayne Cobb ~ Crew/Mercenary
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Bwah, more money. Not for very much fuss, either. It’d been an easy one. Gor’am fools had thought they’d best us and take the medicine without leaving us the money, but we’d shown them. Sh*t, they shouldn’t have even thought about it. Almost funny, in a way.
Let’s see… Preacher gone, whore gone. Sort of a pity to see the whore gone, though I’d never understood what the preacher was trying to get at. A whole bunch of garbage was all. And with him gone, the money was split between less people, so there was more. Always a good thing.
I’d been a bit more… generous since the incident at the hospital. They couldn’t explain it, and I wouldn’t explain it; neither would Mal. I still beat myself up over that one. Not that it plagued me at all times, but it did hurt… I should never have done it. If there’s anything in my life that I’ve regretted furiously, it’s that. It’s when I tried to give them up for money… And failed.
Gor’am Alliance. Maybe it was for the better, though. Better? What did I know about better? I wasn’t the most intelligent guy, and, hell, it didn’t matter anyway. What it boiled down to was that I’d been making up for what I’d done even though I never really could and they didn’t know about what I’d done. Mal had figured it out. They hadn’t. Ah, what the hell.
That girl was still annoying—maybe not as much as before, but still bad at times. Did she have to be so loud? And the doctor… All right, he wasn’t as irritating as he had been, but he could still. Meh.
Anyway, none of that mattered at the time. What mattered was that I had money, that there was the prospect of more money, and that it was time for a bit of kickback. Everything was shiney. How very nice.
Lunch time soon? Probably. That gave me some time to go to my room and put the money away, though, and then… Dunno. Just see what was going on. Just go with it. As long as we were away, might as well find something to do.
------
Start time.
:D
“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.
Take me out to the black
Tell ‘em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land and
Boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me.
There’s no place I can be
Since I’ve found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me…”
Haven’t seen Firefly? You aren’t alone… Most haven’t, and now it’s goneeee! *cry* Honestly, it’s not terribly difficult to catch onto. Not at all. The show is set five hundred years into the future, and takes place in the wake of a universal war. And yes, if you’re wondering and have any idea, I did try this before under a different name…
The characters in this RPG, and on the show, are on board the ship ‘Serenity’, a type of ship known as a firefly. The members on board are together for reasons which may not be apparent, but their goals is to survive, and the jobs they take usually involve plundering, theft, and other tasks that aren’t quite legal (though they do occasionally take on some legal jobs).
In the outside world, the planets are somewhat random, but for the most part seem to be older. Many seem to have a Western feel, while a few almost seem like Old England. Nearly all of the organizations that are known as ‘legal’ are run by the Alliance, which is pretty much out to get all lawbreakers… Obviously providing a problem for the crew of the Serenity.
The goal of this RPG is to survive… Survive the obstacles that will come both from outside sources and from the other people on the ship. Yay fun!
If you want, you can go here for more info:
http://www.fox.com/firefly/info.htm
The current cast:
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds - Ginger
Jayne Cobb - Ginger
River Tam - Hyperness
Andrea Fileppi di Bancco - CHikory
Simon Tam - Anjana
Richard Daniels - Thargor
Wash - Mike
Now, for the forms… Feel free to sign up another character, or simply a character if you haven't joiend already...
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Position on Ship:
Appearance:
Personality:
Reason For Being on Ship: (If you don’t want to give it, you don’t have to…)
History: (Not really necessary… Optional)
Interests: (Objects, places, people…?)
Other:
The following words and expressions are often used. These can be found at www.fireflyfans.net …
Humped - to be in trouble.
"We're Humped!"
Boil - used to describe the process the crew use to open a sealed ship.
"... gonna Boil it..."
Shiney - analogous to good, or in a good situation.
"We look shiney."
Gor'am - Corruption of 'God damn'.
"The Gor'am law."
Back birth - similar to an idiot or a fool.
"Do you think I'm some kind of a back birth?"
-----------
Let it be known that "Gor'am" is oen of the coolest Gor'am words ever... ;)
When we start out, the ship has just left a planet where the group has performed a “drop”. Basically, they delivered a bunch of stolen medicine for money. No one was seriously injured, or even injured to the point of needing any medical attention. Right now they’re pretty much just hanging around the ship, waiting for the next drop or for, perhaps, something else… Oh yeah, btw, if Chikory-sai doesn’t mind, Andrea is currently undiscovered in the cargo hold, having joined at the drop-off spot without being noticed. So that’ll come out when Chikory posts… Or after. Whatever. :) Oh, one more thing while we’re at it… Inara, the “Companion” (registered whore…) and Book (the preacher) left at the last planet. Yuh.
Posty time! *using psots form last time because too tired to come up with ne woens... sorry*
Name: Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Position on Ship: Captain
Appearance: Doesn't usually appear to be as dangerous or intelligent as he can be. Anything else...? Like the pictures show. O_o (http://www.fox.com/firefly/images/cast_nathan.gif)
(http://www.fox.com/firefly/episodes/images/trainjob.gif)
(http://www.fox.com/firefly/photos/mal.htm)
Oh, also has an ear that was cut off and sewn back on, and severeal scars on his body from the recent torture inflicted...
Personality: Has his own set of ideas about what to do, but honestly doesn’t always know exactly how to interpret them. He’s often torn, but doesn’t show it much. Works to keep the crew working together, and has a sense of honor that, though laced with the obviousness of his rough nature, is undeniable and often strong.
Reason For Being on Ship: He's the Captain, and he doesn't like the Alliance, they don't like him... Where better to go than away on a ship?
History: Was in the war, fought for the side that ended up losing; he still supports his decision. La la other than that for the moment. O_o
Interests: Meh.
Other: ...
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds ~ Captain
---------------------------------------------------
Stretching, I walked through the corridor to the docking area, aka the main space, aka simply—the Dock. I wasn’t tired, just a bit sore. Being thrown to the ground tended to do that to a person. Not that I minded, of course; there were much worse things that could happen. My ear was evidence of that. I touched it lightly to find that it was still there. Apparently, it hadn’t fallen off as I thought it would—just as well.
All in all, the drop had gone well. A little bit of violence at the end, which was regrettable, but when didn’t something get a little violent? In any case, it hadn’t been any thing we couldn’t handle. Once Jayne had broken the arms of one of their guys and Zoe had nearly shot the hand off of another, they’d settled down and given us the money. After that it’d been a simple errand of heading back to the ship and having Wash get us into the air and off of the Gor’am planet.
Now the money had been divided among us, and it was time for whatever sort of relaxation we allowed ourselves. Right after the drop… Probably one of the best times on the ship, in some ways. Personally, I liked the rest of it as well, but this was the least dangerous. Usually. There was always the risk of River setting someone off, or of some member of the crew driving some sort of grudge—those situations were bad, but usually the sort that could be handled. Usually easier than a whole heap of armed men ready to blow our heads off, in any case.
Probably the worst part about the last drop had been our loss in the ship’s bodies… We’d known that it was going to happen, and had tried to stop both of them—most of us had, in any case—but we’d been severely unsuccessful. They were both gone. Inara and Book… Needless to say, I wasn’t very happy about either. The preacher had come in handy at times and Inara, well she… She’d been Inara. She’d said that she had to get back to a planet, and he’d needed to find a steady place… Why not the ship? Inara had said that she’d be back one day, and Book had said something along those lines—he’d said it like a true preacher, though, and it’d pretty much gone over my head. I never was much for religion.
There wasn’t anything to be done about it, though. We’d find them some day and, until then, it was probably better for the both of them that they weren’t in our company. We seemed to take our reputation with us wherever we went—a lot, a lot, of trouble seemed to follow us. Or maybe we took it with us. Never mind.
Where was everyone? Probably in their rooms, in the kitchen, maybe… Dreaming about what to do with the money. That medicine heist had been the most successful operation yet, and we still had drops and money to collect from it. The doctor had schemed well in that aspect.
For the time, we had our bit of freedom. No better place than up in the sky, away from everyone and everything. Just the stars, the crew, and Serenity.
----------------
Name: Jayne Cobb
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Position on Ship: Crewmember; mercenary
Appearance: Here(http://www.fox.com/firefly/episodes.../jaynestown.gif). Strong, looks like he’s ready to fight at any time, but also seems to be almost humorous at most times… Yeah. Look at the picture. And, for pics of the actor in the role of Knowle Rhrore (looks pretty much the same only alien hybrid :D) go here(http://www.geocities.com/myonlyenem...nddoggimage.htm)
More picciness:
(http://www.fox.com/firefly/photos/baldwin_rifle.htm)
Personality: Not exactly the most trustworthy or intelligent, but willing to work, even though he may ***** about worthless tasks, and dedicated when he feels the need to be. Tends to make a rush for control when he gets a chance. Often difficult to restrain, and his motives are often hidden. The tough guy sort- doesn’t usually seem to understand why people are upset and doesn’t seem to care. Seem to. What really goes on in that thick skull? You’ll find out… fwah.
Reason For Being on Ship: His own reasons. The job was available, it was good. He took it.
History: Prefers not to talk about his past… Not his style to reminisce out loud.
Interests: Guns. People…? Not really. Not that he’ll say, in any case… He dislikes the fact that Simon and River are on the ship; doesn’t feel that they should be there.
Other: He’s got a gun that he calls ‘Vera’. O_o
Jayne Cobb ~ Crew/Mercenary
-------------------------------------------
Bwah, more money. Not for very much fuss, either. It’d been an easy one. Gor’am fools had thought they’d best us and take the medicine without leaving us the money, but we’d shown them. Sh*t, they shouldn’t have even thought about it. Almost funny, in a way.
Let’s see… Preacher gone, whore gone. Sort of a pity to see the whore gone, though I’d never understood what the preacher was trying to get at. A whole bunch of garbage was all. And with him gone, the money was split between less people, so there was more. Always a good thing.
I’d been a bit more… generous since the incident at the hospital. They couldn’t explain it, and I wouldn’t explain it; neither would Mal. I still beat myself up over that one. Not that it plagued me at all times, but it did hurt… I should never have done it. If there’s anything in my life that I’ve regretted furiously, it’s that. It’s when I tried to give them up for money… And failed.
Gor’am Alliance. Maybe it was for the better, though. Better? What did I know about better? I wasn’t the most intelligent guy, and, hell, it didn’t matter anyway. What it boiled down to was that I’d been making up for what I’d done even though I never really could and they didn’t know about what I’d done. Mal had figured it out. They hadn’t. Ah, what the hell.
That girl was still annoying—maybe not as much as before, but still bad at times. Did she have to be so loud? And the doctor… All right, he wasn’t as irritating as he had been, but he could still. Meh.
Anyway, none of that mattered at the time. What mattered was that I had money, that there was the prospect of more money, and that it was time for a bit of kickback. Everything was shiney. How very nice.
Lunch time soon? Probably. That gave me some time to go to my room and put the money away, though, and then… Dunno. Just see what was going on. Just go with it. As long as we were away, might as well find something to do.
------
Start time.
:D