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Friday, June 25, 2004

Jubal Early has an interior monologue as he drifts through the boundless reaches of space. I hope I got his character right, leave me your comments good and bad. The only way to learn is with feedback.


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“Well, Here I am.”

As I floated along in space it came to me that I may have always been HERE. Maybe it was I who stayed constant and the universe moved around me. Maybe by enacting my will I could force the universe to move in such a position that I was floating within the airlock of my ship. Then again, maybe I could give myself a splitting headache trying to do the impossible. After all, the universe is a very big thing, and I don’t think I have enough will to move it all. That girl had no right to go poking around in the depths of my head, much less mess around with my ship. I watched the stars for a while, steady dots of light, spread out on the dark curtain of night. I hate deep space.

I wonder if there really is a here if there’s nothing there. Is it here if no one travels to or through it? Am I here if no one thinks about me? Do I exist anywhere except in people’s thoughts? Well I exist in my thoughts, so I guess as long as I’m thinkin’ them I exist. That’s sort of comforting.

I wonder if I should turn off the oxygen in my suit. It would mean this interminable waiting would be over. I could find out what comes after. That’s not the way I was raised. Leave each moment like it’s your last, experience life to the fullest. Well I guess in this case it is a literal truth, any moment could be my last. Maybe I’ll be able to experience my death to the fullest.

That girl was more trouble than any two arsonist midgets. I can see now why her reward is so high. It seemed odd to me that a little girl was worth so many credits when she had never appeared on the ‘nets. Maybe she’s a lion.

I like the thought of imbuing myself with the spirit of an animal. A lion is a perfect beast for me. Noble, fierce, strong that’s the creature I am.

Am I going to continue pursuing this girl? I have 200,000 very good reasons to pursue her. Next time I’ll be more careful. Maybe I’ll gas bomb the ship. I’m definitely going to shoot that doctor again. I think I’ll find out all of the wounds he’s treated, and inflict them upon him. That seems only fair, maybe make him a better doctor. It’s funny, I thought that mercenary Jayne would’ve been trouble. I guess he’s a sheep in wolf’s clothing.

Ah, here’s my ship, it finally got my locator signal, hope I’ve got enough oxy to make it if I squirt to the air lock. Those punks on Serenity had better watch out for this lion. Pushing me off to drift in the black? That's so childish.

COMMENTS

Friday, June 25, 2004 1:50 PM

GMAJOR


Well done! You've captured his "external monologue" very well. I like especially the opening paragraph about him remaining constant and the universe revolving around him. He's my favourite villain of the series.

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Friday, June 25, 2004 3:26 PM

AMDOBELL


Very good. I always imagined that Early never died but used a call-back device to get the ship to come pick him up after he was sure Serenity had left so loved this. Ali D :~)
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