Fourth flight - video

[hot4engines]

[The video clicks on to show a visibly-upset Kaylee, holding a small piece of paper.]

What in the ruttin' hell am I supposed to do with this?! A ticket on the rocket, to leave, escape this whole damned mess, and part of me ain't sure that leavin's all that bad an idea! What if there's a malfunction, and I could fix it, or-

But I can't. I couldn't. I couldn't be that way, and-

[She starts crying, and the feed clicks off.]

Comments

[notvictorious]

Kaylee, you're a mechanic, right? They need you on that thing.

[hot4engines]

So I just leave everyone behind to die?!

[notvictorious]

You don't know that, we might be okay.

[hot4engines]

But there's no way to know.

[notvictorious]

If they need a mechanic and you don't go, then nobody gets saved, right? You must've been picked for a good reason.

[hot4engines]

[She takes a shaky breath, trying not to break down totally.]

That was my first thought, yeah... but... I don't know. I don't know what to do.

[invisus]

You should prolly do whatever you're gonna do soon cos now you did this somebody'll come & try to take it from you.

[hot4engines]

Well, somehow I ain't surprised by that idea.

[insurgere.livejournal.com]

Kaylee ...

[insurgere.livejournal.com]

You should go.

[hot4engines]

How could I? I don't wanna leave you...

[insurgere.livejournal.com]

If you have the chance to survive this, Kaylee ... you should take it.

[hot4engines]

[And the tears are starting up again.]

No. No. I can't-

[SOB sorry for all the bawws, Simon!]

I'd leave you behind to die just t'save my own ass!

[misery-chic.livejournal.com]

Why is this even a question?

[hot4engines]

The question of savin' my own skin and leavin' people I love behind in the path of a meteor, you mean?

[misery-chic.livejournal.com]

Seems like the choice is pretty obvious.

[hot4engines]

Not to me.

[misery-chic.livejournal.com]

The instinct for self-preservation is a pretty basic survival skill.

[hot4engines]

Well, I do wanna leave, then I feel awful for thinkin' like that.

[horschestra]

D --> Fiddlesti%
D --> I can't believe I'm resorting to this

[hot4engines]

Resorting to what?

[horschestra]

D --> E%cuse me
D --> It is beneath me to ask you of this
D --> As you are just a lowly human and I am a STRONG highb100ded troll
D --> But
D --> Under the circumstances
D --> Which are e%tremely dire

[horschestra]

 

[horschestra]

D --> I require your ticket

[hot4engines]

Well, looks like things ain't so dire after all.