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Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat) (kitty_has_claws) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-07-18 08:04:00

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:mingle, anya jenkins, artemis crock, bonnie bennett, data, ianto jones, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), piper halliwell, sam winchester, spike, tieria erde, tyki mikk

Day 280 [Spike Resouling Mingle / open*]
[It seems peaceful enough on surface. Just another average evening in the dome. Get some new inmates, have lunch, put a vampire's soul back.

Tonight is the night. They'll either come together as the team she wants them to be or this will fall apart. She gave out the final assignments yesterday. Now, it's a matter of having a little faith that they'll all do their part, and this spell will work.

She can feel the weight of the stake on her belt. It's not that the wood is heavy, but what it represents is—a choice she'll have to make to whether or not to take someone else's choices away.]

(OOC: *Open in that there are areas for different people like those mentioned by name in this OOC organizational post are welcome to tag into the appropriate stage below. Unnamed force members are also welcome to encounter Spike early on or be stationed at the Headquarters. Non-DF players are welcome to tag into the Library thread as uninformed library goers who will be turned away.

Not a DF member, hate the library, and didn't get in on the ground floor, but you have an idea now? Please discuss it on the OOC post!

Stages: Encountering Spike | Headquarters | Library | Final Showdown)

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readystopwatch
2014-08-05 11:59 pm UTC (link)

"I wouldn't have tried to stop you, not when you were in that much pain." Ianto replies. Maybe he fussed too much, made too big an issue of wanting to keep Jack safe. It feels impossible to strike a balance between worrying about death and pain.

He glances down at their hands as well, awkward and unsure and suddenly very conscious of the blood on his as he tries to think of how to explain what he's feeling. "I've seen you die so many times, and you never seem bothered by it. Like it's alright to let yourself be hurt and killed just because you can be. And I know how painful it can be for you to die, and that scared look in your eyes when you come back. I suppose I just feel like I need to take care of you because you don't take care of yourself."

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foreverjack
2014-08-06 01:22 pm UTC (link)

Jack looks at him for a long moment, absorbing this, because there's quite a lot to absorb. Just how much Ianto has seen of what this does to him - quite possibly more than he's realised himself. How much Ianto understands what drives him to do it, even if he doesn't like it. All at once, he feels very humble.

He doesn't know what to say, but he knows what to do. He leans in slowly, his own (also still bloody) hands going out to gently clasp the sides of Ianto's head so he can kiss him: quietly, but deeply, without reservation, and with a lot of love.

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readystopwatch
2014-08-06 01:58 pm UTC (link)

Ianto makes a sound partway between a sigh and a sob as Jack kisses him, melting against him until he looses track of where each of them begins or ends. They've come a long way in their time here. He never would have been able to say any of that at home, and even if he has he doubts Jack would have accepted it like this.

He takes a few shaky breaths after breaking the kiss, remembering abruptly what led to Jack's injuries in the first place. "Did it work? The soul?"

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foreverjack
2014-08-06 08:41 pm UTC (link)

As he kisses Ianto, and Ianto kisses him back, it feels almost as if a weight is sliding off his shoulders, another part of him he's been holding back from Ianto all this time and now he's letting Ianto have it.

God help him if he loses Ianto now.

He gives an odd little laugh as Ianto abruptly returns them to the subject at hand, and leans back, blinking a moment to try and clear his head.

"Yeah, it worked. I saw it go into him. Pretty weird to see, actually."

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readystopwatch
2014-08-06 09:53 pm UTC (link)

For now Ianto is content to stay curled up together on the floor. They've done enough for one day, let someone else deal with Spike for the moment. This moment together is important. A part of him is still freaking out about pulling that trigger but having Jack here like this makes it all worth it. To know he trusted him with something this important is stunning and wonderful and makes him forget about the fact that he's got blood on his clothes.

"What was it like?" And do they need to worry about more vampire attacks?

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foreverjack
2014-08-07 09:57 am UTC (link)

Jack's pretty content to stay right there too, for the moment. He may be physically recovered, but there's been a massive build-up to this and that's bound to have an impact, even without the emotional impact of what he and Ianto have just done together.

"It was like a little warm breeze went past me and into him, and his eyes glowed golden for a moment, and then he just sort of collapsed. Right on top of me." He grins, faintly. "Never ever thought I'd be hugging him right afterwards!"

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	readystopwatch 2014-08-10 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	"You hugged him?" Ianto asks, very skeptical and quite amused. He can't imagine that happening between Jack and Spike and somehow the image is a funny one. What's not so funny is his next question. "And just where did the stake come into play in all this?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-08-10 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't think he was really aware of who I was," Jack shrugs, wryly. "And comforting him seemed like the thing to do." He gives Ianto a vaguely embarrassed look at the question about the stake. "Would you believe me if I told you he grabbed it off me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2014-08-11 01:05 am UTC (link)

"What sort of state is he in?" He realizes Jack may not have had time to make a full analysis thanks to his injuries but even this badly hurt he can't imagine he would have left unless he was sure Spike was harmless, even momentarily.

That admission gets a very long suffering look. "Why am I not surprised? Let me guess, you spent too long giving some big heroic speech and he pounced." Not that he doesn't love Jack's big erotic speeches but there is a time and a place.

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foreverjack
2014-08-13 08:28 am UTC (link)

"Pretty docile, when I left. He just sort of... curled in on himself, like he had a lot of processing to do, which I guess is exactly what he's doing. He's hoping he comes out the other side of it a changed man!"

He meets Ianto's long suffering look with another self-conscious one, and doesn't correct his assumption. It's not, to his mind, that far off what actually happened, anyway. "Something like that, yeah. Fortunately, the soul arrived at just the right moment before he managed to get any further!"

((OOC: LOL @ Jack's big 'erotic' speeches! *g*))

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readystopwatch
2014-08-13 11:54 pm UTC (link)

"Well as long as changed means no more biting people I support it." Ianto replies, because frankly he thinks they've both had enough vampire attacks to last a lifetime.

He rolls his eyes at the admission, looking genuinely amused for the first time tonight. "Why am I not surprised? Next time maybe try not to hand the bad guy a weapon?"

((Sometimes I hat my autocorrect and sometimes, like now, it is beautiful.))

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foreverjack
2014-08-14 11:06 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, me too - on both counts!" he agrees, grinning. Even if he really did ask to be stabbed with a stake tonight. At least that bit of violence - even being on the receiving end of it - seems to have quelled that odd need within him for the moment. Perhaps it was just him getting all caught up in the excitement of the night.

He lets out a little sigh and shifts his weight in preparation for getting up. "I really should get back in there and make sure he's still okay. Then, if he is, I am taking you home for that celebration we were talking about before!"

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