Wash tried to distract himself with drink and with friendly chats with the locals.
When the locals turned out not so friendly, he mostly just talked to himself. Luckily, that seemed to be the norm.
'Positives and negatives,'he muttered, 'let's think positives and negatives.
'Negative. My wife and her "Captain" are off together, and I'm here alone. Yeah, that's definitely a negative.
'Ah! Negative! He's probably getting her shot at by some angry maniacs right this very second. Big old huge dinosaur negative.
'Negative. They're probably so close because of all the shared danger and whatnot. Later they'll just joke that it was just like that one time in the war, and no one will know why they're laughing, but hey, who cares if they have a bunch of private superspecial jokes, because who am I to care?'
He gritted his teeth as he slammed his empty glass on the bartop, signalling for more. When the bartender obliged (with a dirty look), he kept muttering.
'Negative. If it goes crap-shaped, they won't even tell me because they won't want to hear me freak out about it and it's too late for me to have any affect on their idiotic choices anyway, so why even let me know? They'll just have their own little secret, just them -- okay, this isn't making me feel better. If anything, the strong alcohol is making me more aggressive. Oh that's right, that's the usual effect. Quick, think of a positive!'
Wash seemed to be concentrating hard, and it appeared that a drunk concentrating Wash looked a mite peculiar since the other patrons started to keep their distance. Finally, though, he had his Eureka moment.
'Positive!' he said a little too loudly, 'They have to spend all day with Jayne! And I don't!'
'You say my name Wash?' he heard a gruff voice near the door say.
"What the hell are you doing here Jayne?"
"Zoe and Mal said they could handle this'un on their own. Just the two of them together. Thought I'd grab a drink or ten, so I might as well join you.... Wash, why is your face doing that?"
"No worries, Jayne. This is just the face I get when I realize there's something more depressing than drinking alone."
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Date: 2009-12-22 11:46 am (UTC)When the locals turned out not so friendly, he mostly just talked to himself. Luckily, that seemed to be the norm.
'Positives and negatives,'he muttered, 'let's think positives and negatives.
'Negative. My wife and her "Captain" are off together, and I'm here alone. Yeah, that's definitely a negative.
'Ah! Negative! He's probably getting her shot at by some angry maniacs right this very second. Big old huge dinosaur negative.
'Negative. They're probably so close because of all the shared danger and whatnot. Later they'll just joke that it was just like that one time in the war, and no one will know why they're laughing, but hey, who cares if they have a bunch of private superspecial jokes, because who am I to care?'
He gritted his teeth as he slammed his empty glass on the bartop, signalling for more. When the bartender obliged (with a dirty look), he kept muttering.
'Negative. If it goes crap-shaped, they won't even tell me because they won't want to hear me freak out about it and it's too late for me to have any affect on their idiotic choices anyway, so why even let me know? They'll just have their own little secret, just them -- okay, this isn't making me feel better. If anything, the strong alcohol is making me more aggressive. Oh that's right, that's the usual effect. Quick, think of a positive!'
Wash seemed to be concentrating hard, and it appeared that a drunk concentrating Wash looked a mite peculiar since the other patrons started to keep their distance. Finally, though, he had his Eureka moment.
'Positive!' he said a little too loudly, 'They have to spend all day with Jayne! And I don't!'
'You say my name Wash?' he heard a gruff voice near the door say.
"What the hell are you doing here Jayne?"
"Zoe and Mal said they could handle this'un on their own. Just the two of them together. Thought I'd grab a drink or ten, so I might as well join you.... Wash, why is your face doing that?"
"No worries, Jayne. This is just the face I get when I realize there's something more depressing than drinking alone."