Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth

[RBMidknight]

Taryn paid little attention to the beginning battle in the episode. Not that she didn't like it...she was just waiting for a certain scene. Four minutes the battle lasted. Then there was the sound of an acoustic guitar strumming and the theme song Taryn knew would be in her head for days. Then after a few minutes of spacewalking the camera cut to a man in a pilot's suit playing with toy dinosaurs. 'Yay...'

Spoiler: Scene

INT. SERENITY - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Wash sits in the pilot's seat. He's concentrating intensely.

WASH
Everything looks good from here...
(beat)
Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land,
and we will thrive.​

He's playing with little plastic dinosaurs. He holds a Stegosaurus and a T-Rex.

The dinosaurs look out over his dash/console, toward the window.

WASH (cont'd)
(as Stegosaurus)
We will rule over all this land, and
we will call it... "This Land."
(as T-Rex)
I think we should call it "your
grave!"
(Stegosaurus)
Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable
betrayal!
(T-Rex)
Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now
die!
(Stegosaurus)
Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!​

He makes them fight. As he does, a light near him flashes red.

Taryn smiled, then laughed at the antics of the red-haired pilot who often served as comic relief. She made a note to see if Netflix had the movie that came after the series. 'I wonder...wait.' Taryn leaned back to sit up straight and turned to look at Levi.

"Wait...you've never seen Firefly?" she asked.

 

[tsatoma]

"I declined going out when the tour was up in Canada to watch a few hockey matches, perhaps should have done that. I never really tried to get into sports, mainly because I didn't have a chance. Did like it when the Union would have it's annual football game; those were good times. Myself as the quarterback because I can actually throw really well, mom was the catching god, Major Crime was the best lineman, and Ethan over there is a grand tightend," Leland explained, a smile on his face as he thought about some of those matches.

"Good times..." he said as he nodded his head, "Anyways perhaps we should one day get the Society to play some sports together! I think that'd be fun."

 

[CounterAttack]

After leaving the Merriweather, Rowan and Katie left the airship and wandered back into the lounge together. The shapeshifter immediately noticed that his suitcases had been moved in from the limousine; he had obviously forgotten about them. Enlisting Katie to help him move into the hallway and pick a room to occupy, Katie left Rowan to unpack all his clothes and suchlike, as she left for her own room out in the gardens.

"Okay, Silhouette, let's see... business suit, casual wear - Ooh! I'd forgotten about this," he mused to himself as he lifted a small framed photo from one of the cases, setting it on the desk that had been provided for him. "Where are you now, I wonder," he asked the photo before resuming his unpacking. After a few minutes of solid work, everything had been completed and sorted out.

"Now then. Pool party," Rowan said to the last empty suitcase before kicking it under the bed to join the others. With that, he quickly changed into swim shorts, taking a quick look at himself in the mirror before he left. Upon entering the hall containing the pool, he gave the others a wave and made his way over to the coolers... stopping short at the sight of the most unusual eagle he had seen in his life. But then, that wasn't really saying much; Rowan only knew eagles from movies, TV and Wikipedia.

The bird seemed to be guarding the drinks. Sigh. What does a man have to do to get a beer from the coolers, Rowan thought with a chuckle to himself.

[hr]

Once Katie was in her room, she "closed" the door behind her and opened up her footlockers and suchlike. After mulling over what to wear for a good fifteen minutes or so, and trying on a few outfits to see how she looked in the wall mirror (held up by restraining vines and hooks made of thick bark), she eventually picked a two-piece outfit that kind of complimented her hair now that it was longer than in previous years.

A towel wrapped around herself to both preserve her modesty in the hallway and use after having been in the water for a while, Katie soon found almost everyone to be already in the pool... plus Leland, Requiem and Talbot. She pulled her towel off and put it to one side, stepping into the water and making her way to Leland soon after.

Ducking underwater to slip through the group a little easier - and inwardly shuddering for a second the instant she put her head under - Katie resurfaced and put her arms around Leland. "It's been a while, babe," she said after giving him a brief peck on the cheek. "I missed you."

 

[Lizmichi]

Alex smiled cuddling to him more. "We'll just let it met us as it comes. Hell we already live together both here and your mansion so no need for a house. What about umm an 'expansion'?" she stated.

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Eric swam away from Leland giving Katie and him some time. "Hey Leland if you need someone to fix shit let me know and I'll be willing to come with you.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi shook his head slowly. "Can't say I have," he replied. "Is that going to be a problem?" he asked with mock seriousness and a grin. On screen, a man played with dinosaur action figures before sweeping them away suddenly and hurriedly as a light flashed red on the console in front of him. Levi was already liking this show, and it was barely beyond the opening titles. As the man who had been playing with dinosaurs warned his comrades about an approaching starship, Levi's attention focused again on Taryn.

 

[NeoAC]

"Ah yeah, that would be cool," Brian agreed. "I was scouted to be a wide receiver, I practiced with the guy who ended up winning the provincial championship as a starting quarterback. Some good times back then man."

He watched as Katie came over and draped herself onto Leland. "Damn, is every girl in here taken? Man, that's harsh. Day late and a dollar short on the joining time for that, huh?"

 

[RBMidknight]

"No..." Taryn said slowly in response to Levi. She shook her head as she drew the word out. "As long as you don't mind watching all the episodes." she replied. "Annd...possibly the movie that comes afterward. Well, only if you like the show. And I...think you'll like it." she smiled. "I like it..." she trailed off quietly and shrugged one shoulder, her good mood still firmly in place. Taryn glanced at the screen and saw a large ship that looked vaguely Star Wars-esque.

 

[tsatoma]

"Two weeks isn't that long m'dear, but no matter what it always feels like it's been forever right? Still nothing compared to that month and a half away; that was certainly not fun," Leland replied to Katie as he gave her a long hug before giving her a kiss, "Glad to be back though for awhile. Should be a number of months before I have to start doing promotions and such. So how have you been Katie?"

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson picked up his bag and left The Merriweather after most of the group had gotten off. Tyson went straight to his room passing the majority of the team who were now in the pool. Arriving at his door Tyson removed the pencil lead seeing that it was still intact. So no one's been in my room. Tyson removed the gum from his door handle and entered his room throwing the gum in the garbage can. Tyson then closed and locked his door before putting his bag on the desk in his room.

Tyson opened his bag and started unloading boxes of ammunition into the top desk drawer leaving one half empty box out. Tyson then removed all the full magazines from his bag and inserted them into the same drawer and left the empty ones on the table. Finally Tyson removed his gun, his gun cleaning kit, and the spare parts for his armor. Tyson refilled the empty magazines using the rest of the box of ammunition and placed them in the the drawer before throwing the box out. Tyson then disassembled his gun and cleaned it before reassembling it and leaning it against the desk.

Tyson then removed his armor to inspect for broken and chipped pieces. Shit this is going to use up most of my spare parts. Tyson first noticed that most of the front shin pieces had to be replaced due to a large amount of broken or heavily chipped pieces from where the snake's tail had hit him. On the back of the legs were a few scratches from diving under the snake's tail but those didn't need to be replaced. Tyson then looked at his chest piece. A couple of the tips of the plates had been broken off by the punch. Okay. I'm a little impressed by that. Only a little. Tyson then removed all the broken plates replacing them as he went.

Tyson took a part inventory and got up to go ask someone where he would submit an order for new replacement parts for his armor. As he got up he hit his shin on the side of the desk and a large jolt of pain shot through it. Maybe I should get my shins x-rayed or something. Tyson lifted his bag from the desk to put it on the ground and noticed a key under it. Tyson grabbed a spare piece of string, looped it through the key, tied the ends in a knot, and put it around his neck. Tyson noticed a bit of blood on the back of his armor as he looked over the desk one more time to see if he missed anything else and felt the cut on the back of his head. I should get some hydrogen peroxide on that as well.

Tyson left his room, locking the door on the way out, having not bothering to change out of the fire retardant clothing he wore under his suit. Tyson inserted the pencil lead back on top of the hing and headed towards the pool. As Tyson got to the pool his saw some new people there. Okay so now we have a cyborg, a bird that looks like it previously belonged to a mad scientist, and that overrated so called rock star. Wow, I generally don't give a shit about his music I don't even know his name. I never thought I'd hit hat point, but it is awesome. Stepping outside Tyson asked, "Is there a doctor here? Also, where can I submit some order forms for the things I need?"

 

[CounterAttack]

"Oh, not bad, not bad," Katie answered, returning the kiss in equal measure. "Just been the usual until today. As you may have noticed, we picked up some new recruits for the Society. They've proven pretty resourceful in the obligatory training... some were possibly too resourceful," she added, remembering the little incident with Tyson and his gun.

"But yeah, that's pretty much it from my end. What about you, what've you been up to? I know you were working on a new album; I assume it's mostly the same as the first one?"

 

[socialtangent]

Being a Star Wars fan, Levi instantly noticed that the men on the much larger starship wore gray outfits that resembled those of Imperial officers. He wondered briefly if the resemblance was intentional or not. As Taryn's words trailed off, Levi spoke up. "I like it so far," he said with a smile. "Reminds me of the time we watched Star Trek," he added with a quiet laugh. Happily, Levi thought back to the early days of their relationship. Just about two years ago, but it felt as if they had been together for much longer.

 

[NeoAC]

"What is it man?" Brian asked Tyson. "You hurting? You come over man, I can fix that right up for ya." Brian set his beer on the side of the pool and hoisted himself out. "So, yeah, what's the problem?"

 

[Pm0n3y]

As Leland and Katie talked, Jason patted Brian on his back as the two got out of the pool, and walked towards Tyson.

"Yup. Don't worry though, you'll have a chance at finding love...if another girl joins the team, and doesn't leave without a trace. Or you could take the easy route, and just find a girlfriend from outside the Society. She'd just have to get used to all the superpowered shenanigans that go on around here." He told the newbie reassuringly.

 

[tsatoma]

"Sounds like you've been having an absolute blast then," Leland replied sarcastically, his hand pushing back some of Katie's wet hair back. "I can tell that the test for the new recruits must have been interesting. As soon as that new guy walked in everyone's attitude changed," he added, gesturing towards Tyson who had just entered the pool room and asked for a doctor.

Leland whistled to get Tyson's attention and pointed to the Doctor who was still sitting in the pool, staring off into space as he planned his revenge.

"Now that that has been taken care of...the new album! So my first album was this alternative arena rock-ish type thing with some influences here and there from many genres. The one that I just finished is going to be completely metal!" Leland said, clearly excited as he continued, "So once I start working on the next one, once my future tour is over and stuff, I plan on making like an EDM, French House type album. Each album will be a completely new thing!"

 

[NeoAC]

"Yeah, I guess so man," Brian said, as Jason was trying to comfort him. "I just don't want that whole damsel in distress sort of thing to happen to her, you know? Just all that kidnapping and having to go after her. I don't think many relationships could take that sort of strain over and over and over, you know?"

 

[CounterAttack]

Katie smiled when Leland tucked her hair back, but raised her eyebrows at his decision to change styles every time he produced a new album. "Hmm. Not a fan of metal myself. But hey, I'm not your manager, just your girlfriend." She gave him a grin and another fleeting kiss as she drew a little closer, lightly tracing a finger across one of the tattoos on his shoulder.

[hr]

Eventually Rowan plucked up the courage to grab a drink, and approached the closest cooler. Talbot squawked at him in what he presumed to be an annoyed manner and ruffled his feathers as soon as he opened it and took out a bottle. Needless to say, the shapeshifter quickly retreated to avoid provoking the strange creature, and slid into the pool to join the others.

"Hey, Garrus, um... what's a bird doing here? I didn't know we were allowed pets," he said before taking a swig of beer.

 

[tsatoma]

"Technically you can own pets here, it's not that big of a deal. I had a ferret though he stays at home now, and Alex has a cat. That alien eagle thing though is Talbot, Leland's pet of some sort. He's just a moody bird and doesn't really like anyone other than his owner and Ethan over there," Garrus explained as he pointed over to the cyborg who had taken a deep sigh as he continued staring at the door, "You don't have to worry about him attacking you unless you piss him off or he is ordered to do it.

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You hurting? You come over man, I can fix that right up for ya.

The Doctor's head perked up when he heard that, immediately looking around until he found the source: Brian. He got out from the jacuzzi (weighed down quite a bit due to still having worn his clothes into it) and started to walk over, grabbing out a syringe of sedative before deciding against it at the time.

He'd bide his time. He did however kick Garrus in the shin for letting a healer on the team and slapped Brian across the face before leaving the pool room to go into his office to plot.

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"I figured you wouldn't like metal. And that's fine by me, just like how I'm more than happy that you're my girlfriend," Leland told her, noticing the Doctor had left the jacuzzi and asking if she'd like to join him in it.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Mmm, yes, that sounds good. Although I know somewhere else where I'd like you to join me," Katie said quietly in Leland's ear, teasing him a little by slipping out of his embrace and heading for the jacuzzi under her own power rather than allowing him to teleport them both. Besides, it was only a short distance, and thus didn't really need to be crossed in a nanosecond.

[hr]

"I see. Wait... did you say alien?" Rowan asked, incredulous. "I mean, sure, the introductory paragraph of the application form mentioned a 'galactic Battle Royale', but I didn't think anyone would want to bring back a souvenir from it." The idea was just weird to him. He knew the concept behind Battle Royale... that alone was just plain creepy.

"Anyways, moving on," he added, hoisting himself out of the pool and crossing over to join Jason and Brian. "Seems the guy dressed as a medic doesn't like you, bud," he mused. "He a regular around here?"

 

[NeoAC]

Brian started rubbing his face for a second before the pain of the slap subsided. "Yeah, jeez, what was that all about? And why was he all wet? I mean, did he fall in the pool or something? It's not my fault...unless he stepped on that bottle over there. Then I guess it might have been my fault."

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson heard Brian offer to heal him which sounded a lot faster than a normal treatment, but Tyson was leaning towards finding out the full extent of the damage. However after The Doctor was pointed out to him, Tyson's mind pulled a one eighty and decided Brian was a thousand times better way to go. Before Tyson could ask Brian to heal him The Doctor slapped Brian and stormed off.

"That wasn't your fault Brian. He's a doctor and your a person with the ability to heal people through contact. If I was a doctor I'd be feeling extremely less useful when someone much more effective at my job comes around. Actually that feeling is universal in that situation. However I wouldn't mind if you could fix up my shins and the cut across the back of my head?" Tyson asked Brian.