Post by MAL REYNOLDS on Aug 8, 2013 16:02:49 GMT -5
DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CANNOT DO
DON'T YOU THINK I'VE GOT TO RUN FROM YOU
There were plenty of spaces where you could find Mal - Serenity being the foremost of them. Bars, on whatever planet they were at, were also a good bet though. Local color tended to be good at pointing him in the right direction (or the wrong one, depending on what he wanted and why) or providing some entertainment. A little too much, sometimes, actually. And well, there was the part where he occasionally was the local entertainment. Luckily, Badger seemed uninterested in him right now, so he was able to slip in under the radar, insofar they went under the proverbial radar. Shrugging a little to himself, he adjusted his long coat, briefly reveling in the familiar weight of it before entering the bar.
At least you weren't crucified for wearing it right away here. There were planets where he hardly dared to take it out of the closet - or well, he would if he had even a lick of common sense, which everybody kept telling him he didn't. Maybe they were right. Then again, most of the time they were around the Rim anyway, where the
Which was one of the reasons he had left Zoe to mind the ship, Jayne to do whatever he liked to do so he could skedaddle off and do his own thing. Most likely that meant getting drunk in some seedy dive of a bar somewhere, but he wasn't too particular about it. Leaning against the bar, he ordered his customary whiskey, prepared for the swill that usually got the name rather than the liquid fire he had a single bottle of stashed next to his bunk. Bottles were better bed partners than those Jayne had - cheap whores or hand grenades, neither held his preference. Slinging back his first shot, he wordlessly held up his glass for a refill which he promptly received, smiling vaguely at the bartender as he settled on a barstool, idly adjusting his coat and thigh holster.