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'''River:''' (via running lights) I know. Go.<br><br>
 
'''River:''' (via running lights) I know. Go.<br><br>
  
Looks like River's recovered. In medbay, Oksana's numbers are going green, one by one. Two decks apart, Stone and Xiu start singing the [[Those Who Stare In The Black, Game 17: Méfiez-vous du Chien#MUSIC FROM THE VERSE|Hokey Pokey]] on all-ship. <br><br>
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Looks like River's recovered. In medbay, Oksana's numbers are going green, one by one. Two decks apart, Stone and Xiu start singing the Hokey Pokey on all-ship. <br><br>
  
 
'''Xiu:''' Captain, is this one of your sex things?<br>
 
'''Xiu:''' Captain, is this one of your sex things?<br>
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'''Oksana:''' Of course you can. It's a chair dance. <br><br>
 
'''Oksana:''' Of course you can. It's a chair dance. <br><br>
  
The Hokey Pokey is still playing over the speakers and he sits and dances. Xiu cuts in with a complaint about all-English children's dances. A second later the [[Those Who Stare In The Black, Game 17: Méfiez-vous du Chien#MUSIC FROM THE VERSE|Mexican Chicken Dance]] blares from the PA.<br><br>  
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The Hokey Pokey is still playing over the speakers and he sits and dances. Xiu cuts in with a complaint about all-English children's dances. A second later the Mexican Chicken Dance blares from the PA.<br><br>  
  
 
'''Stone:''' (still dancing) Thanks, Verity.<br>
 
'''Stone:''' (still dancing) Thanks, Verity.<br>
 
'''Xiu:''' I am so losing my Zen now.<br><br>
 
'''Xiu:''' I am so losing my Zen now.<br><br>
  
River is flipping switches on Serenity's bridge, powering the ship up and away from us. Zoe wants to run. Meanwhile in ''Otter's'' medbay, Stone starts to stabilize into his final lucid period before his brain starts to fry. Oksana starts the meds fabricator to making another batch of the antidote. She's got everything programmed in. All she needs to do is flip that switch. Switch flipped, it will take 20 minutes for it to spit out another 8 doses.<br><br>  
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River is flipping switches on Serenity's bridge, powering the ship up and away from us. Zoe wants to run. Meanwhile in Otter's medbay, Stone starts to stabilize into his final lucid period before his brain starts to fry. Oksana starts the meds fabricator to making another batch of the antidote. She's got everything programmed in. All she needs to do is flip that switch. Switch flipped, it will take 20 minutes for it to spit out another 8 doses.<br><br>  
  
 
We don't have 20 minutes before the Feds arrive. Before that 20 minutes is up, the squadrons have us surrounded. They have us under close surveillance. We can't sneak the antidote to Serenity … <br><br>
 
We don't have 20 minutes before the Feds arrive. Before that 20 minutes is up, the squadrons have us surrounded. They have us under close surveillance. We can't sneak the antidote to Serenity … <br><br>
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'''Verity:''' (via Morse) One dose per person.<br><br>
 
'''Verity:''' (via Morse) One dose per person.<br><br>
  
The music on our ship changes over to lounge music. [[Those Who Stare In The Black, Game 17: Méfiez-vous du Chien#MUSIC FROM THE VERSE|Tony Bennet]] croons from our speakers. Out in the black the Longbow decelerates. She'll be here in 45 minutes.<br><br>
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The music on our ship changes over to lounge music. Tony Bennet croons from our speakers. Out in the black the Longbow decelerates. She'll be here in 45 minutes.<br><br>
  
 
Stone asks if we're far enough apart for maneuvers. Well, no. Surrounded. Hello. Oksana impatiently waits next to the med fabricator. Still waiting on it. Waiting … waiting …. waiting … Done! 8 doses spit out and she starts racking them into injectors. <br><br>
 
Stone asks if we're far enough apart for maneuvers. Well, no. Surrounded. Hello. Oksana impatiently waits next to the med fabricator. Still waiting on it. Waiting … waiting …. waiting … Done! 8 doses spit out and she starts racking them into injectors. <br><br>
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'''Oksana:'''  We need only to wait for the Longbow crew to get stupid, then we'll board them and steal their ship.<br><br>
 
'''Oksana:'''  We need only to wait for the Longbow crew to get stupid, then we'll board them and steal their ship.<br><br>
  
She's joking, but the idea seems attractive to the other crewwomen aboard ''Otter''. Verity is still tracking the movers' trajectories and even as she watches, the movers get halfway to the Longbow … and disappear off our sensors. <br><br>
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She's joking, but the idea seems attractive to the other crewwomen aboard Otter. Verity is still tracking the movers' trajectories and even as she watches, the movers get halfway to the Longbow … and disappear off our sensors. <br><br>
  
 
What?!<br><br>
 
What?!<br><br>
  
The meds take a little time to start working but Stone can feel his head starting to clear after about twenty minutes. Good thing, too, as the Longbow pulls up nearby and hails us. The screens on the bridge flicker with the incoming wave and resolves to show us a [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:NPC_01_G17.jpg clean-cut bald man] of indeterminate age, with a mustache and goatee, in something not quite uniform, not quite tactical clothing.<br><br>  
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The meds take a little time to start working but Stone can feel his head starting to clear after about twenty minutes. Good thing, too, as the Longbow pulls up nearby and hails us. The screens on the bridge flicker with the incoming wave and resolves to show us a clean-cut bald man of indeterminate age, with a mustache and goatee, in something not quite uniform, not quite tactical clothing.<br><br>  
  
 
'''Fed:''' Please identify yourselves. <br>
 
'''Fed:''' Please identify yourselves. <br>
 
'''Stone:''' I'm Captain Allyne Stone of ''Space Otter''<br>
 
'''Stone:''' I'm Captain Allyne Stone of ''Space Otter''<br>
'''Fed:''' Your business in this sector?<br>
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'''Fed:"' Your business in this sector?<br>
 
'''Stone:''' Testing our engines. We got a wave from our friends and came over to help.<br>
 
'''Stone:''' Testing our engines. We got a wave from our friends and came over to help.<br>
 
'''Fed:''' Very well. We will have that checked out. Keep your engines powered down. Life support only. Any cargo?<br>
 
'''Fed:''' Very well. We will have that checked out. Keep your engines powered down. Life support only. Any cargo?<br>
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Oksana checks in with Verity and Xiu, urging them to stay calm, then joins Stone in the cargo bay just as the Feds arrive. The bald man from the wave steps aboard. He isn't alone. He's got ten armed men for back up.<br><br>  
 
Oksana checks in with Verity and Xiu, urging them to stay calm, then joins Stone in the cargo bay just as the Feds arrive. The bald man from the wave steps aboard. He isn't alone. He's got ten armed men for back up.<br><br>  
  
Xiu has Verity play [[Those Who Stare In The Black, Game 17: Méfiez-vous du Chien#MUSIC FROM THE VERSE|"Bad Boys"]] over our ship's speakers. In Chinese AND English.<br><br>  
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Xiu has Verity play "Bad Boys" over our ship's speakers. In Chinese AND English.<br><br>  
  
 
Gee, thanks, Xiu.<br><br>
 
Gee, thanks, Xiu.<br><br>
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'''Xiu:''' (clapping her hands) Yay! I'm an ultimatum now!<br><br>
 
'''Xiu:''' (clapping her hands) Yay! I'm an ultimatum now!<br><br>
  
We hear the door next door to us open. We hear Mal singing a children's [[Those Who Stare In The Black, Game 17: Méfiez-vous du Chien#MUSIC FROM THE VERSE|nursery song in Chinese]], followed by sounds of a scuffle. Silence. <br><br>
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We hear the door next door to us open. We hear Mal singing a children's nursery song in Chinese, followed by sounds of a scuffle. Silence. <br><br>
  
 
Our door is yanked open. Mal sticks his head in with a grin at Verity.<br><br>
 
Our door is yanked open. Mal sticks his head in with a grin at Verity.<br><br>
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Mal opts to take off. He's not taking part in stealing an Alliance Navy Longbow, for godsakes. That's a special kind of crazy he don't cotton to. <br><br>
 
Mal opts to take off. He's not taking part in stealing an Alliance Navy Longbow, for godsakes. That's a special kind of crazy he don't cotton to. <br><br>
  
Oksana and Verity '''''wake up'''''.<br><br>
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Oksana and Verity '''''wake up'''''.
  
 
They are strapped to hospital exam beds, their beds next to one another. They are bound at ankle, thigh, wrist, and bicep by straps. Electrical leads and IV lines snake under the straps and the hospital gowns they wear. The other ends of the leads and lines hook up to equipment built into the wall. Oksana and Verity are not aboard ''Otter'' at all but are in a sterile lab room outfitted with beds, medical equipment, and a nurse's station with a console full of lights and readouts. Two other beds in the room have Stone and Xiu similarly trussed up. They appear to be asleep. As Oksana and Verity watch, their crewmates' eyes twitch as if they are dreaming.<br><br>
 
They are strapped to hospital exam beds, their beds next to one another. They are bound at ankle, thigh, wrist, and bicep by straps. Electrical leads and IV lines snake under the straps and the hospital gowns they wear. The other ends of the leads and lines hook up to equipment built into the wall. Oksana and Verity are not aboard ''Otter'' at all but are in a sterile lab room outfitted with beds, medical equipment, and a nurse's station with a console full of lights and readouts. Two other beds in the room have Stone and Xiu similarly trussed up. They appear to be asleep. As Oksana and Verity watch, their crewmates' eyes twitch as if they are dreaming.<br><br>
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'''The Hokey Pokey in Chinese.'''<br>
 
'''The Hokey Pokey in Chinese.'''<br>
 
https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-49omzyXZE <br><br>
 
https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-49omzyXZE <br><br>
 
'''The Mexican Chicken Dance'''<br>
 
https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAKtTgQbzOg <br><br>
 
  
 
'''That Tony Bennett Song.'''<br>
 
'''That Tony Bennett Song.'''<br>
 
https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyHfZJWQdvA<br><br>
 
https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyHfZJWQdvA<br><br>
  
'''Bad Boys Song''' (In English)<br>
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'''Mal's song in the TDU.'''<br>  
https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH5rv3pYum8 <br><br>
 
 
 
'''Mal's song in the TDU:''' "Two Tigers" Liang Zhi Lao Hu 儿歌-两只老虎_动画<br>  
 
 
Listen to it here: https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjnC7dMVmNE <br><br>
 
Listen to it here: https: slashslash www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjnC7dMVmNE <br><br>
  
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Go to [[Those Who Stare In The Black, Season One: Purpose And Place|'''Season One: Purpose And Place''']] | [[Those_Who_Stare_In_The_Black:_Timeline|'''Timeline''']] | [[Those_Who_Stare_In_The_Black#Index|'''Those Who Stare In The Black''']]<br>
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Go to [[Those_Who_Stare_In_The_Black:_Timeline|'''Timeline''']]<br>
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Go to [[Those_Who_Stare_In_The_Black#Index|'''Those Who Stare In The Black''']]<br>

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