'easter' fic

[rivendellrose]

In my continuing tradition of writing a Firefly fic for every major holiday this year, here's a little Easter offering for you all. Bit of an odd one, I admit, and short... but it was the best I could think of amid a bit of seasonal egg-coloring



"So you're saying we been paid for this job... in eggs?"

Mal gritted his teeth. "I ain't in the mood to discuss this anymore, Jayne. We did the job. We got paid. End of story."

"Yeah, but..."

"Real food's hard to come by, 'specially lately," Kaylee put in. "I think it's real nice of 'em to pay us in something really useful."

"Sure, but eggs won't buy us those parts you've been wanting." Wash leaned back in his chair, giving the baskets in the center of the galley table a long and thoughtful look. "Might be a nice change of pace from protein packs for a while, though."

"Until they go bad. Eggs don't last forever, and we don't have any kind of refrigeration for those kind of things." Zoe shook her head, setting back the pale brown ovoid she'd been examining. "We'll have to eat them before they go bad."

"Ain't exactly putting us in ammo, either, and we're low after these last few jobs."

"Can't always be thinking first of our guns, Jayne." Book smiled and leaned over the table to retrieve one of the baskets. "I think we can get through these easily enough. I've had some baking I want to do and, well... it is the season, after all."

"We ain't talking about that."

"Rabbits and early flowers," River agreed. "Brightly colored eggs that smell of vinegar. We used to dye them red for good luck, remember, Simon?"

"We could always pickle them," Inara suggested. "Or salt them... or find some lime. There are probably still people who would pay good money for hundred-year eggs." Everyone turned to stare at her. "I don't know who, I just meant... someone. Somewhere."

"We ain't petrifying eggs on my ship, either. Shepherd, you do what you can with these things - get 'em used, and see if you can't spread out what else we've got in supplies in return. I'm gonna find us another job... gotta find something that pays real cash soon, or eggs'll be all we'll be eating, and Kaylee'll be seeing if she can make engine fuel out of the things, while we're at it."

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I loved this. What a great premise! "Kaylee'll be seeing if she can make engine fuel out of the things, while we're at it." HeeHeeHee, poor Kaylee!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

[nos4a2no9.livejournal.com]

This was really fun! It seemed *exactly* like an aside on the show, and I love how Kaylee tries to make the best of it, Jayne whines, Wash makes a joke and Zoe says something practical. Great work on the characters!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks! It was just a silly little bit, but I had fun writing it, and I'm glad it read right to you!

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

The characterization was really good here. :)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! So glad you liked it. :D

[ikona-rakasha.livejournal.com]

eggcelent *grins*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, the puns. XD Thanks!