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Tweak says, "where does the good go?"

Ianto Jones (notjusta_teaboy) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-09-24 02:09:00

Entry tags:

ianto jones, jack harkness, rose tyler

Backdated prior to September 24th.

Who: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler
What: Arrival in the library
Where: In the library and outside it, then Rose's house
When: Prior to September 24th
Status: In progress

Ianto woke up lying on a cold marble floor. He could feel the stiffness in his muscles as he pushed himself into a sitting position; he must have been here awhile. He got to his feet, patting his pockets. Wallet, cell phone, keys...He pulled out his phone. No reception. Well, that wasn't surprising, he could be anywhere, in any time. The Rift wasn't picky. It did seem to have an unnatural attraction to him, though. At least he had his memory this time, as far as he could tell.

The room he was in was cool and silent, with shelves built into the walls. Shelves full of books. A library, then, and a very nice one from the looks of it. He spied a door on the other side of the room and started towards it, and something skittered across the floor as his foot connected with it. He bent down to pick it up. Some kind of PDA, apparently, although the design was slightly unfamiliar. It appeared to have power, which was more than his phone did at the moment. He briefly considered that it might be a bomb or a tracking device or something else he didn't want to pick up and carry around. But it wasn't like he had been kidnapped; the Rift acted at random. No one was trying to hurt him. He slipped it into his pocket.

He walked through the library, every sense alert for a sign of danger. Or even another person. Libraries were supposed to be quiet, he knew, but this was bordering on eerie. There were no signs that he could see, either, in any language. He went over to one of the shelves and pulled down one of the books, flipping through the pages. Blank. He pulled down the next one to find it the exact same way. And the next. The next. As many as he cared to check. Now this was really starting to worry him.

He made his way to what appeared to be some kind of central rotunda, decorated with suits of armour on plinths. Even here, the place seemed deserted. Suddenly, a soft scraping sound broke the silence. He turned, his heart leaping into his throat as two of the suits of armour stepped down from their plinths and made their way toward him. Not menacingly, and they didn't have weapons, but they were deliberate and looked heavy. “Hello?” he tried. Nothing.

He took a few steps backwards, then to the side. They followed him, not changing their pace. He was sure he could outrun them, but what purpose would that serve? He could tell the place was huge, and he could just end up wandering aimlessly. The things stopped a few feet from him. One pointed towards the door he had entered the rotunda through, and both started walking again. After a few steps, they stopped, and turned to look at him. He took a step closer. They continued.

Well, they certainly weren't threatening, although they were disturbing. Still, he followed, even more on edge than before, if possible. The clank of metal armour on the marble floor echoed loudly in the stillness.

After walking for what seemed like miles, because, he knew, it probably was, they arrived at a huge set of double doors, easily four times his height, although they opened without a whisper at his slightest touch. He could see the sunlight beyond, eager to be out of this place. It could be more dangerous out there, but a person trying to hurt him might also be a person not trying to hurt him and there were clearly no people inside. He made his way through the door and down the steps, on to the street. The doors shut behind him as silently as they had opened.

He found himself in what appeared to be a fairly sizable city. Unfortunately, he didn't know nearly enough about architecture to try and learn anything from the buildings around him. The air was warm and definitely breathable, and the sky was blue, which was reassuring if not significant.

There was no one in the street, at least not as far as he could see, but the city did not feel empty in the way the library had. Information was what he needed, though, and he had just left one of the most likely places to find it. That meant people.

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	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"Oh god. That sounds terrible." "All right. Do you need help carrying things?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 03:22 am UTC (link)
	"I don't personally know anyone whose ass he's kicked, but that's what he does. A little bastard superhero." "Sure. You take a bag, I take a bag." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"If he's a hero, shouldn't he only kick bad guys' asses?" "No problem." He took one of the bags from Jack. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

timeaftertime
2011-09-26 04:02 am UTC (link)

"I hope he limits it to bad guys!"

If it weren't for fridge items, he might have invited Ianto to dawdle in the park, take this place in-- but they needed to get the groceries put away. Very good thing Jack went shopping, then, since otherwise, Rose and Jack would've have had much food to offer. "I wonder if 'Asaph' was doing a test run with Margate, or if he knows what was behind that."

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	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"That's pretty much what you're supposed to do." He followed Jack down the street. "I don't know. Can we message him and ask?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Unless you're an anti-hero!" "No idea if there's a way to contact him. But if there is one, and we find out, we should!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"Right, good point." "Right. I'll look into that, too. At some point." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"But he's a bit too short to be a Byronic guy, right?" He meant to look over to Ianto as they talked, but ended up impulsively hugging him instead. The groceries made things a bit awkward, but it was worth it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't know there was a limit." He hugged Jack back as well, trusting there were no eggs or anything in the bags. He understood how Jack felt. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 04:53 am UTC (link)
	"Generally, they aren't kids, right?" He pressed his face into Ianto's shoulder and just breathed for awhile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, an actual kid. I thought you just meant a young person. Yeah, you have to have enough life experience to brood in order to be Byronic." "It's all right. I'm here now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 05:01 am UTC (link)
	"Moodily gazing off towards the horizon..." He nodded and hugged a little tighter. "I'll probably be randomly hugging you for awhile." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 05:07 am UTC (link)
	"Tall towers, forbidden knowledge..." "I certainly don't mind. Always love your hugs." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 06:53 am UTC (link)
	"... Wait a sec, am I a Byronic hero, then? Or can you only call fictional characters that?" There would definitely be a lot of hugging in their immediate future, among other things. "I love you so much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I guess you're a bit Byronic, in some ways." "Kind of weird, isn't it, how we keep getting separated." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-26 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Hopefully only the good ways!" He considered that, keeping his arms around Ianto all the while. "Y'know... yeah, it is. But why? Really unlucky coincidence?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-26 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	"As much as you can only be a Byronic hero in good ways." He stayed snuggled in, even though that slowed their progress towards Rose's house. "Well, if this is being done on purpose, and not randomly by the Rift....Maybe we just really pissed someone off." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

timeaftertime
2011-09-27 03:32 am UTC (link)

"Okay, true... they aren't exactly known for their positives. But looking out moodily from heights?"

They were experienced at walking with lots of contact, otherwise they would've been tripping over each other. Still, they couldn't move at speed; they would eventually reach Rose's. "Some sort of 'stop saving the world' message by putting us somewhere we can't?"

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	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-27 03:45 am UTC (link)
	"You are very good at that. But you've had lots of practice." It wasn't the fastest way to move, certainly, but the closeness was more important than the speed at the moment. Especially for Jack. "Yeah, something like that. 'I would have gotten away with it if not for those meddling kids' kind of thing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-27 04:17 am UTC (link)
	"That's true! If you were more comfortable with heights, I'd give you lessons." That was definitely the case. Hugging Rose was nice, of course, but Jack would much rather hug Ianto. He laughed at the mental image. "I wonder if our own 'Mystery Machine' made it here. Sometimes vehicles turn up in the parking garage. We'll have to look!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-27 04:20 am UTC (link)
	"Well, even if I was comfortable with heights, I'd still have to be moody. And that's hard around you." "Of course, so you can recklessly endanger people on a completely differnet planet!" He grinned as he said it, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-27 04:32 am UTC (link)
	"Ooh, that's true. But I could teach you about dramatic coat flapping. You'd just need a coat." He smirked over at Ianto. "And I don't even know what traffic laws I'd be ignoring here!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-27 04:41 am UTC (link)
	"I would. I mean, I have my mac, but that's not really long enough." "And what's the point of breaking the law if you don't know you're breaking it?" That made him think. "Do they have a police force here, anything like that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-09-27 04:49 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, it's nice, but not flappy. Maybe someday, you'll have your own dramatic coat." He'd seen messages about law enforcement, but never gone to see for himself what the headquarters was. "I don't know much about it, but it does exist. Most of the employees are locals, few from the zoo. And yeah, not knowing you've broken a law, that's not nearly as fun!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-09-27 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe. Although I'm not really much for drama." "So, no hope of getting any answers there, then? About what's going on around here?" He looked around. "How many people are here? Not people who were brought here, but people who...live here. Or whatever they do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)