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Ianto Jones (readystopwatch) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-04 10:41:00

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bro strider, dirk strider, ianto jones, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), martha jones, penelope garcia, raven darkholme, rose, sam winchester, shining armor, spencer reid

Day 226 l Christmas Party Mingle
[Ianto has, predictably, gone a bit overboard for the Christmas party he and Jack are throwing. The entire apartment has been decorated; there's a tree with gold and silver ornaments and twinkling lights, garlands draped over doorways, candles in every window and festive nicknacks scattered about. It looks like something out of a magazine, and may make visitors a little afraid to actually touch anything. There's also a lot of mistletoe around (one of the side effects of living with Captain Jack Harkness) so it's probably a good idea to keep one eye on the ceiling at all times.

Of course he's made plenty of coffee and some appetizers, so he hopes people really do respond to the invitation Jack sent out, otherwise there are going to be a hell of a lot of leftovers.]

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tallerthanthou
2013-08-31 12:38 pm UTC (link)

[He shouldn't ask. He shouldn't ask because he needs to stop his before it goes full tilt and he doesn't need any more pressure bearing down on him about what happens if he fails. He shouldn't ask because it might be entirely different between their two worlds. He shouldn't ask because it obviously still weighs on her and she's already upset. So, in conclusion, he shouldn't ask.]

What was it like? [And yet...]

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notrosesshadow
2013-08-31 09:50 pm UTC (link)

[Well isn't that a big question. So much for drinking the second one slowly. Martha bottoms the glass before slamming it down on the table. She starts tracing the water rings made by the condensation of the glass as she starts talking. It's easier to focus on the table.]

Mine involved an alien. He managed to get himself elected Prime Minister. And within two minutes, he ordered his alien minions to kill 1/10th of the population. He kidnapped my family, my friends...

And I escaped. I escaped his capture... I escaped the slaughter... But I couldn't escape the screams. I walked. I walked around the world, watching as he killed more and more people. If he didn't kill them, he enslaved them. And the ones who helped me?...

I was captured in Japan. There was a... a different alien race. They got stuck on the planet when he took over. They captured all the people into work camps. I remember it so vividly. You had to work or you were shot. That much was clear. The guy next to me... he stopped working one day. I tried to get him back to it. Whispered to him. Tried working extra hard. And then there was blood everywhere and a gun to my head and...

[She bites her lip having a hard enough time talking about it and knowing it gets worse.]

I escaped Japan too. I forced the aliens to show themselves. The Drast. I knew he'd punish them. I thought it'd be with embargoes. Thing people can survive from if they're savvy. I didn't expect... didn't expect...

He destroyed Japan. Every man, woman, and child. I was on the last boat out...

[Martha's fingers have started tapping out a four beat rhythm. tap tap tap tap... tap tap tap tap.]

I shouldn't... it's been two years.

[But Martha had never had a chance to get over the Paradox Year. It was erased, and no one could possibly understand. Then there was Tom. And he was so wonderful and she was so happy. That's what has her probably the most upset. That she couldn't tell him. That's why Sam is getting all this information. She had been unable to tell her fiance, and her fiance was gone now. She had to tell someone. Had to get it out. But oh god did it hurt.]

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tallerthanthou
2013-09-23 11:48 pm UTC (link)

[When she starts there is a flare of argumentativeness that he swallows down. "It's not really the apocalypse if it involves aliens and not Satan." But it's only a flare and as he listens he can imagine all too well watching people being struck down all around him. He has a lifetime of watching people he couldn't save die to fuel his imagination after all.

Other questions come up like, "Why Japan?" but it isn't important. It's not the point. The point is a world out of control and more wrong than the wrong he's always known. And the point is she saw it—lived it—and now it's over and she just has to keep living.]

There aren't enough years or bottles of alcohol for that. [He looks at her even if looking at the bar top might be easier.]

I don't know how you come back from something like that, but I think if someone does it's you. [It may be a little more than he has a right to say. He knows her better than most people in this prison which is really just at testament to keeping too many hours in the library and having a hard time really letting people in, but it still doesn't mean he knows her that well. Still, he can see how strong she is even when she shows her less than strong side.

That, and a little encouragement can go a long way.]

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notrosesshadow
2013-09-23 11:59 pm UTC (link)

[Martha does finally look up at him. As much to see his reaction as to make sure he really did mean what he was saying.]

I don't know Sam. I can pretend everything's OK. Mostly. But in the end, it never happened. When we finally stopped it? Time reversed. The world was fine. The dead were alive. And no one knew. No one except those who were at the epicenter of it all.

My parents couldn't begin to deal with it. Or my sister. My brother had escaped. He doesn't understand what happened. And I have to be the strong one. Let them know that it'll all be OK. I can't have nightmares, or flashbacks.

[She finally realizes that her hand is still tapping out that damned rhythm. She stops it with her other hand, staring openly.] He still managed to leave his mark. Just a small bit of hypnosis left... keeping the fear just under the surface.

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tallerthanthou
2013-09-24 12:04 am UTC (link)

[He almost says she doesn't have to do that here, because they aren't here, but he pauses. There's something about telling someone their family is gone and completely inaccessible that doesn't exactly ring of comfort. Besides, sometimes being strong for someone else is the only way to push a person into being strong for themselves. He chooses to follow up on the last bit instead.]

The tapping? It's something he did to you? [The alien who took things over he assumes.]

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notrosesshadow
2013-09-24 12:10 am UTC (link)

It's how he got elected Prime Minister. He started this network that ended up in everyone's mobiles. Time Lords can carry a bit of mind control as I understand it.

Once he was elected, he used the network to promote fear.

[She pauses... trying to decide if she should continue offering up more information. She's given him plenty. More than she probably should. Hell...]

It seems to have dissipated from the general public.

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	tallerthanthou 2013-09-24 12:12 am UTC (link)
	You still feel it. [Just finishing the obvious conclusion of that statement. No question mark to be heard.] What happened to him? The Prime Minister alien. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-09-24 12:13 am UTC (link)
	His wife shot him. ... He refused to regenerate. So he died. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-10-21 12:15 am UTC (link)
	He could just...regenerate himself out of a gunshot? [Good trick.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-10-21 12:20 am UTC (link)
	[She nods.] Something they do. Time Lords. Seems they can just live forever an' ever. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-10-21 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Must be nice. [As if a Winchester can really complain about getting second chances at life.] Why did he opt out? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-10-21 01:13 am UTC (link)
	To get back at the Doctor I think. The Doctor begged him to regenerate. They were the last two of their species. And to stop the drums. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-10-30 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Drums? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-10-30 12:43 am UTC (link)
	[To illustrate she taps out the pattern again paying enough attention to stop it after going around twice. She's stopped from saying more by a Robot telling them all it's last call.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-11-07 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	[Okay, he understands what drums are, just not the significance of them, but the robot is distracting.] That late already. Do you want another? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-11-07 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	[Martha hadn't been expecting it to be that late either. Stories always too some time to tell.] Two hardly covers what I'm feeling. A third would be nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-11-09 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Maybe it's better to stick with one? [He might worry a little about her going out too drunk.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	They've already had two. notrosesshadow 2013-11-09 09:28 am UTC (link)
	It's not hypervodka... [She stands and holds onto the table to steady everything.] On second thought... two is plenty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ahh, I just meant one additional one. I wasn't thinking total. I thought she wanted 3 more. tallerthanthou 2013-11-10 01:32 am UTC (link)
	Maybe we should just head home. I'll walk you there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Haha! Woo boy that'd be interesting... I thought I read somewhere the bots only offered two total. notrosesshadow 2013-11-10 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	Home... yeah... That's probably a better idea. I should have paced myself better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	At restaurants, yes. At places designated as bars it's more. tallerthanthou 2013-12-01 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Probably a bad night for pacing. [But he will definitely make sure she gets home okay. ~~The end?~~] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ah... now I know notrosesshadow 2013-12-01 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	[She shrugs.] Homeward bound then. </small>~~[The end works for me too...]~~</small> (Reply to this) (Parent)

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