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Ianto Jones (notjusta_teaboy) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-11-14 01:11:00

Entry tags:

ianto jones, jack harkness

Who: Ianto Jones and OPEN
Where: The streets of Colligo
When: After this and any subsequent events.
What: Walking and looking for clues

It was difficult, working without leads, contacts, allies. He was good, he was one of the best, but he wasn't a magician. He couldn't conjure the man out of thin air. Still, all his intelligence pointed to Harkness being here. They wouldn't have sent a top agent if they weren't completely sure; at least, he hoped they wouldn't.

He'd settled into his assigned flat, although that hadn't taken long. He didn't expect to spend much time there, it wasn't like wanted assassins just came up and knocked on the door. Once that was done, he headed out into the streets, not sure what he was looking for. Yet.

OOC: Meet Jones. Ianto Jones. Ianto was fired from Torchwood One and had his memory erased for voicing doubts about the use of the Ghost Machine. The government was still interested in him, though, so he was transferred and became a secret agent. He never returned to Cardiff and never worked for Torchwood Three. As far as he knows, Jack Harkness is a suspected assassin he has been assigned to track.

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	timeaftertime 2011-12-01 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"How do we both not bring me in and still show up?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-01 05:34 am UTC (link)
	"Well, the implication was more that if we don't show up, people are going to very very upset." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-01 05:36 am UTC (link)
	"I'm going to be very, very upset if I get stuck there... And even if we got me close enough to a wall to risk a teleport outside, that'd really get Torchwood's attention on me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-01 05:48 am UTC (link)
	"Right, so like I said, easier if you don't go in in the first place. But by not going in, people will look for us." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-01 06:45 am UTC (link)
	"Y'know... I've done some classes about temporal paradoxes, but somehow what you're saying makes me think a headache's coming on." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-01 06:52 am UTC (link)
	"Okay. It is easier to keep you away from them, than to take you away from them. Therefore, bringing you in and then trying to escape is the harder option. However, if, instead of taking you in to face charges, we just...become fugitives, or something, the government will send even more people after us." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-01 06:59 am UTC (link)
	"Okay, so if it's easier to keep away, but keeping away means more people are after us, which do you think we should do, then?" He had started unconsciously talking about 'we' and 'us' in it together, or maybe Ianto-- no, Jones-- whatever-- had started it first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-01 07:07 am UTC (link)
	"It's hard to say. I mean, neither of them really sounds like the best option." His heart sank a bit as he realised just the position he had put himself in. He didn't dare turn Harkness over, knowing (or even suspecting) what Torchwood would do to him. But a life on the run wasn't appealing, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-01 07:13 am UTC (link)
	"There has to be something... Hey, do you remember anything now about that drug they gave you? Anything we could use?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-01 07:18 am UTC (link)
	"They used it a lot, usually on witnesses. It has to be ingested. I don't know how far back they can make it go, but obviously fairly far, in my case. But I don't know how to make it or how to get any, or anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

timeaftertime
2011-12-01 07:22 am UTC (link)

"Okay, maybe this is crazy, but... I've got pretty good specs on it from the readings off of you. We might be able to make a batch, assuming we can get whatever ingredients it needs. But I don't know how that'd help with physical records they have, and how the dosing works. It'd be bad to accidentally wipe them back to childhood instead of just forgetting about sending you out to get me."

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	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-02 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"That sounds very risky, just trying to make it from that." He shifted, a bit uncomfortable. "Besides, do you really think we should? Erase their memories, I mean. Just because they did it doesn't make it right." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-03 07:29 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah... yeah, and the people you work for now aren't Torchwood, so it really wouldn't be right to use it on them. I'm good with chemistry, but memory is... delicate. ... Shit, what do we do?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-03 07:35 am UTC (link)
	"....I'm not sure that it's right to use it on anyone, regardless of where they work." He thinks about that. "I don't know if we have a choice..." He laughed, something haggard and forced behind it. "Maybe we could fake our deaths." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-03 07:39 am UTC (link)
	"Then good, we have a moral line to stand behind. Heh..." He unconsciously shifted over closer. "We could, if we had to, yeah. But... do you have family, friends?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-03 07:58 am UTC (link)
	"That's a good thing to have." He made a small sound. "A sister, yeah." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-03 08:00 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, it really is. Gets forgotten sometimes. Are you close?" He wasn't sure why he was going to volunteer something so personal, but he did anyway. "I had a younger brother." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-03 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	"It might be important, down the road. He nodded. "Yes, very. She's away in Africa now, though." He turned his head to look at Harkness, picking up on the past tense, but not wanting to pry. "And were you close too?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-05 03:35 am UTC (link)
	"Africa? Wow... I don't suppose we could run away there and pretend I was leading you on a wild manhunt." He turned his head as well, and nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-05 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"Well, you could...And then just disappear. It's certainly a possibility." He returned the nod, not sure what else to say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-05 03:42 am UTC (link)
	"What about you, though?" He felt like he had to fill in the silence with something. "So yeah, faking our deaths... wouldn't want your sister to think she'd lost you, or not know if it was some cover-up. Worst feeling in the galaxy, not knowing if your brother's even alive or not." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-05 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"What about me?" He nods. "You have a point. So maybe I could just lose track of you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-05 04:41 am UTC (link)
	"If I went and disappeared, what would you do? In the depths of... somewhere. Except not really. I can't look for my friends in Africa." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2011-12-05 04:53 am UTC (link)
	"Probably just go back, say I lost you, and face the disciplinary action. We do lose track of people sometimes." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timeaftertime 2011-12-05 08:22 am UTC (link)
	"Disciplinary... what would they do to you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)