The Join the Flight Crew Fan Dance

[dino_zarf]

[Wash is looking a bit frazzled, but he's still managing a friendly smile]

Hi Tranquility. Reckon I've had time to get to know a lot of you over the past year or so, but with folk always coming and going it doesn't hurt to introduce myself. I'm Wash and I'm a pilot by trade.

And in a lot of ways it's the going I want to talk to you about. I'm on the Flight Crew and as of the last jump, there's just three of us left. And one of us is a kid. [No offense intended, kid, but you haven't learned to fly]

We're always looking for more members on the crew, but we're particularly looking right about now. Have experience but already in another department? We could still use a hand now and then. Already doubling up too much but know how to fly? We'd at least like to know who we have available if we have to get out of here in a mighty hurry. No experience but eager to help? I'll show you the ropes myself if I have to.

And it's probably worth mentioning that a lot of what we do isn't flying. The shuttles get damaged every jump, so we need people who can help us get them back into working order. [Seriously this job is never ending.]

So if you want to help, just give me a wave and let me know what skills you've already got. We can figure the rest out from there.

Comments

[talkingaintdoin]

I'll keep that in mind for next time.

[Because there's always a next time.]

No guarantees about timing. Need my beauty sleep after all.

[dino_zarf]

Nothing could ever diminish your beauty.

[You knew he was a cheesemeister when you married him]

Sleep has its advantages though.

[talkingaintdoin]

I'm hearin' a certain bias there, Mr Washburne. Not sure everyone board the ship would agree.

[She did and she doesn't care. She happens to like that part about Wash. Among the many other good qualities he possesses.]

It does, but I don't think you should be listing those advantages over a semi-public network.

[dino_zarf]

Well. Everyone else is wrong then. Mrs. Washburne.

[He is the most biased.]

Demonstration's better than a list anyway.

[talkingaintdoin]

I'm thinking you want them to be wrong, Wash. Less time I spend havin' to beat them off with a stick and more time with you as company.

[She knows. It's cute.]

I'll remind you of that later.

[dino_zarf]

Well when ya put it that way... does leave more time for demonstrating.

[He likes demonstrations. They're exciting. And not a particularly subtle euphemism.]

[talkingaintdoin]

Always with the work, right?

[She's good with demonstrations too. More time for fun that way.]

[dino_zarf]

It's a hard job.

[Innuendo? Probably.]

But someone has to do it.

[talkingaintdoin]

Hm, better you than somebody else.

[Like Jayne. Or anyone else for that matter.]

'Course, if you're looking to back out, sure I can find a replacement.

[dino_zarf]

I think I can endure the workload. Somehow.

[He sounds so very put upon. Except utterly not.]

Wouldn't want anyone else having to do it after all.

[talkingaintdoin]

Sure that your work ethic is to be admired. An example for folk everywhere.

[Because that's half-true.]

No? I think I remember a time you gave Mal permission.

[dino_zarf]

Only way I could have made it through the strenuous interview process.

[Such a hardship.]

Yeah, and we saw how that worked out.

[talkingaintdoin]

Couldn't make it easy now. Then everybody'd pass and I'd have to shoot 'em.

[Keep whining. Sure they can't hear you in the remote parts of the ship, Wash.]

Well, you also took it back, so hard to measure the success.