Mal's 33rd birthday in Las Vegas

[badinlatin]

"Lilly, I don't know, I ain't really in too much of a mood to be goin' anywhere," Mal starts as the pair walk toward the door exiting Milliways Bar. "'Sides, where are you takin' me?"

"You'll see," Lilly responds. "Would I ever lead you astray?"

With Lilly's question, Mal leads the way through the door.

Comments

Arrival

[awesome_lilly]

Waiting for Mal on the other side of the door is a private suite at Caezar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, Earth-That-Was (or well, one of them) filled with his crew, his friends... and a small monkey. Clearly, this is going to be a good time.

Lilly steps through the door with Mal, beaming at the assembled folken.

"I got him! Captain Malcolm "Mu Ji" Beauregard Reynolds is here to party!"

Re: Arrival

[sai_delgado]

Susan's on one side of the room, close beside Cuthbert, half keeping an eye on Chuchu and half simply beaming at the bright lights and excited for the evening to begin.

She waves cheerfully to Mal.

Re: Arrival

[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

Susan's not the only one keeping an eye on Chuchu. Bert did not come to Las Vegas to get his hat eaten, thank you very much.

Another part of him is just generally alert, seeing as this is a large and strange city. But mostly, he's simply prepared to enjoy himself.

Mal, as he enters, gets a casual, slightly smirky salute.

[simon_doctor]

Simon and Kaylee both start to applaud as Lilly comes in with Mal. They're grinning like thieves.

Red Square

[awesome_lilly]

"This is the place," Lilly says, pushing open the door and waving people inside.

"Every kind of decent vodka made anywhere is served here. How many do you think we can get Mal to try before he throws up?"

Re: Red Square

[badinlatin]

"Per-maybe-haps y'all should give me a chance 'fore considerin' me to be some kind o' lightweight." Mal strides triumphantly up to the bar, but hesitates and looks back at Lilly.

"...Any suggestions?"

Re: Red Square

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly smiles at him.

"Something with Grey Goose in it. But don't get any ideas about juggling, okay? I want to stay here for a while."

Because it's his birthday, she is very carefully not mentioning outdrinking him to the point of grass skirts. Well. Not yet, anyway.

Re: Red Square

[badinlatin]

Mal orders two shots of Grey Goose for himself and downs them quickly, letting his grin stay plastered to his face.

"Not bad at all," Mal adds. "What'd everyone else be havin'?"

Treasure Island gambling

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly has managed to herd the now fairly drunken mob of people over to Treasure Island.

"Okay guys, this place has everything; blackjack, poker, slots, roulette, and pirate shows. Whoever wins the most has to buy a round!"

Re: Treasure Island gambling

[badinlatin]

"I think it's time...to play cards." Mal eyes the nearest blackjack table.

"I wonder if they play Long Pai..."

Re: Treasure Island gambling

[sai_delgado]

With an amused glance at Cuthbert, a cheerfully giddy Susan moves to Mal's side and links her arm with his, saying,

"It's not yer world, I wot-- do'ee really want to be explaining the rules of yer games to them?"

Re: Treasure Island gambling

[badinlatin]

"You're right, I wager," Mal responds slowly.

... is that a twang we're hearing coming from Mal's mouth?

"Pfft. Pro'lly never even heard o' Long Pai."

Mal scouts around for his next Big Idea.

Shadow strip club

[awesome_lilly]

People are drunk, flush with cash, and wandering into Shadow. No, not the planet. The strip club. Mal's mother isn't here, Lilly's not that mean.

There are rather a lot of naked girls, some dancing behind screens and some not. There's a sign to a woman's lounge, as well.

"All right, I brought you to the naked people, now you're on your own!"

Re: Shadow strip club

[badinlatin]

Mal stands just inside the door to the strip club, eyeing some of the girls behind the screens lining the walls. The way the violet light hits the expression on Mal's face gives him that 'dumbfounded kid in a candy store' look.

"Ain't nothin' like this on Shadow, I'm fair certain."

Re: Shadow strip club

[awesome_lilly]

"That, my dear mu ji, was kinda the point," Lilly says, grinning.

"Birthdays parties, or at least ones I throw, are supposed to contain at least one thing like nothing else you've ever known."

Fountains at Bellagio

[awesome_lilly]

[ooc: Here's the Bellagio fountain info and music list, Christmas songs are not playing but otherwise accurate.]

Lilly'd told everyone to meet up in front of the Bellagio fountains at the end of the night, but that covers a lot of ground. Everyone'll get together eventually, but in the meantine it's a beautiful night, and there's a show going on.

Re: Fountains at Bellagio

[awesome_lilly]

The group's broken up a bit and after making sure Mal was in good hands, Lilly takes advantage of the confusion to slip away. She just... needs a break. She's having fun, yeah, but it's more of an effort than it's ever been before and there've also been a couple moments where she could have sworn she was partying with Logan, Duncan, Veronica, etc. instead of her Milliways friends.

It's quiet now, though. Not in Vegas, of course, but in Lilly's head and that's enough for her. She leans against the railings in front of the Bellagio's artificial lake, staring into the water and trying not to think about another lake and a fin cutting smoothly through its waters.

Re: Fountains at Bellagio

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

Alain hasn't been dogging her footsteps, and he's been enjoying the party. But he's been keeping an eye on her, too, discreetly.

Several minutes pass in which Lilly is alone by the fountain. Then he approaches, silent and inobtrusive.

Re: Fountains at Bellagio

[awesome_lilly]

In Vegas, it's the quiet stealthy approach that stands out a bit. Lilly turns her head as Alain comes up to her, smiles a little.

"What up, sai?"

Re: Fountains at Bellagio

[gonna_live]

It is beautiful.

Still warm, too. Desert and asphalt and a hot day's sun mean it takes a while to cool down. It's pleasant.

Kaylee's watching the show, hands touching the railings, smile small and far away.

[simon_doctor]

Simon approaches slowly.

He's watching the show, too.

...And watching Kaylee watching the show, but that's almost the same thing, isn't it?

[gonna_live]

Depends on your point of view.

Her head turns; her smile brightens.

"Hey, you."

Re: Fountains at Bellagio

[flybywash]

Wash, by this point, is only very slightly drunk.

...Okay, maybe a little more than slightly. Enough so it's going to be an autopilot night once they're back on Serenity, at any rate.

He isn't watching the show, but he's listening to it: seated on the ground, back resting against the railing, knees up and head tilted back to touch the vertical supports. The breeze skidding across the fountain lake is just warm enough to be comfortable.

His eyes are closed. The view in his mind is a lot better than the one in the Vegas sky.

Re: Fountains at Bellagio

[righthandwoman.livejournal.com]

At some point while Wash's head is tilted back, a hand runs through his hair.

This possibly has something to do with the fact that Zoe is standing next to him, leaning her elbows against the railing.

[flybywash]

Smiling, slow and lazy, Wash leans into the touch and opens his eyes, looking up at her.

"Heeey."