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Captain Jack Harkness (timeaftertime) wrote in tempus_alt,
@ 2010-07-26 22:45:00

Ongoing Archive Notes: Volume I-01

ONGOING ARCHIVE NOTES

VOLUME I-01

ALIEN ACTIVITY: Considerable and bad. Really bad. Though thankfully we also had a good alien-and-a-half on our side, too. Except I'm really, really worried for one of them. If the Doctor and the other Doctor can't sort out Jenny, I don't know what we'll do. I'm not expert in Time Lord anatomy. Well, not that area of anatomy. Or sadly any, but I'd love to do more studies, especially dual studies.

RIFT ACTIVITY: The good and lovely Jenny got used by the Master to do we-don't-know-what-yet to the Rift. Maybe the Doctor knows, but we were all in a hurry, so there wasn't time for one of his explanatory spiels. After all the Rift's been through lately, it can't end well. I only hope we can figure it out fast. And I hope Jenny will be all right.

SECURITY: Really must figure out how to keep anyone teleporting into the Hub uninvited, in particular how the hell to keep the Master out. I don't doubt he knows where we are after that Himalayas stunt.

STAFF: Technically Rose isn't staff at my Torchwood, busy with her own, but I'm thinking I'll unofficially second her without even telling her. She'd probably volunteer anyway. Probably made her Doctor's and my Ianto's lives flash with my driving to Jenny's rescue, but really, special circumstances. Anyone's daughter in danger calls for that sort of speed. Of course, they might argue that I always drive like that and thus it's not special. Let Ianto drive back from the warehouse for sanity and blood pressure's sake.

OTHER STAFF ISSUES: Still getting my head around John bringing Toshiko back to us, but my heart's very much around it already. That came out grosser than intended. Much as I'd love to have her back on the work side, I don't want to do anything to rush her getting used to life again. When she's ready and she asks, I'll gladly show her to her desk. We kept it hers. Also Owen's. I don't know if it's sunk in yet for her that he didn't come back, too.

Capt. Jack Harkness.

For all that Ianto drives more safely than me (allegedly!) the boxes of the Master's equipment are still sliding around back there. My wriststrap's beeping away and I'm thinking of blaming it on the driving.

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	so_hartless 2010-07-28 04:52 am UTC (link)
	Having just arrived back at the Hub, Tosh and new-Owen in tow, John heads straight for an empty workstation and sits, propping his feet up on the desk, munching away on what's left of the greasy chips in the bag he's got. "And now," he says, mouth full, "We wait." He starts flipping randomly through the security camera logs, looking for something interesting to watch. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tensairedux 2010-07-28 05:14 am UTC (link)
	"Don't... don't do that." Tosh debates unplugging the whole work station. Who knows what trouble John could cause. "Those logs are secure for a reason, and it's not afternoon entertainment for you." She goes over to her old station, and is surprised to find everything how she left it. Even some of her old post-its are still stuck around her screen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	so_hartless 2010-07-28 05:26 am UTC (link)
	He snorts. "So very secure...especially since I coded my manipulator to the same frequency as Jack's." He tilts his head to look at her. "Oh, like you've never done it. It's always the quiet ones." (Reply to this) (Parent)

timeaftertime
2010-07-28 05:14 am UTC (link)

After he's finished with logging the recent events and climbing back to the front of the SUV (the equipment needed securing), he opens up his wriststrap to check what the beeping's about. It's a message beep, definitely, and that means it's gotta be from John since nobody else could message it. What would John call about?

He adjusts the projection so John will appear in tiny form on the dashboard instead of full size on the bonnet. That'd be a little alarming for other drivers and not great for Ianto, either. "Okay, here we go."

The recorded John says, "Look, I know I was all adamant about the Tosh is Tosh thing, and didn't get your distrust, but this is totally different and I had nothing at all to do with it, I swear, but there's someone else from your past here on your doorstep who shouldn't be, and he really ISN'T who Tosh thinks he is...hope you get this soon..."

His expression goes dark; yeah, a person from his past all right, and not at all the suddenly-went-crazy politician that Tosh would think he is. But when would they have seen him? And how would John have a clue? "... The hell?"

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goldenwolfrose
2010-07-28 04:30 pm UTC (link)

There is a bright blue flash in the med-bay, followed by a loud crash. Suddenly Rose is on the floor of the med-bay with an unconscious Jenny under her and her Doctor on top of her, looking very grumpy and concerned.

Trying to wiggle free so she can start helping Jenny she gasps, "Never did get the multiple person jump quite right. Glad we ended up here instead of somewhere else."

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	stillthedoctor 2010-07-29 03:40 am UTC (link)
	The Doctor jumps to his feet, pulling Rose up. "It's fine, we made it, help me get Jenny onto the table..." He slides his arms carefully under the unconscious girl, lifting her towards the table in the center of the med bay. "I need a full scan, I don't know what all he did to her." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tensairedux
2010-07-29 04:40 am UTC (link)

Tosh holds up a hand to silence John. "Someone else is here." She steps around Owen, grabbing one of John's guns out of the holster at his hip as she passes, and before he can stop her, she's heading for the medbay, where she heard the crash.
Logically, she realizes that checking the cameras is probably a safer option. But her stomach turns to ice when she reasons that anything that can break into the Hub might know just how to shut down those systems.
She stops before she rounds the corner, peering around to spot a skinny man in blue and two blond girls, one of whom is laying unconscious on the table.
"Alright." She says, slowly stepping into view, holding her gun on them. "Who are you? How did you get in here?"

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	stillthedoctor 2010-07-31 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Handy looks up, startled, then sighs exasperatedly. "Oh, I don't have TIME for you people and your guns...Jenny's hurt and I...WAIT, I know you!" He's pointing and gesturing at Tosh, then looking back at Rose. "She...SPACE PIG, you're the doctor who was on duty! Quick, put that thing away and come down and help me, you're a medical woman for goodness sakes!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	so_hartless 2010-07-31 04:18 am UTC (link)
	John jumps up as Tosh grabs his gun, following behind her pulling the other. "Hey, that's mine! Whaddya think you're..." he stops, pointing his gun down into the med bay. "What are you on about, Space Pigs? Who the hell are you then?" He smirks at Rose and the unconscious Jenny. "And who are your lovely friends?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tensairedux 2010-07-31 04:28 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not medical, I was only there that day be- wait." She looks at him, hard. "How do you know about the Space Pig?" She shoots John a 'you're worse than Jack' glare. "John, would you get Owen? Our world or not, it looks like we need him." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

stillthedoctor
2010-07-31 05:05 am UTC (link)

"I SAID, will you put those things away!" He watches them carefully, reaching for the scanner lying on the nearby counter. "I know about the Space Pig because I was there! Well, sort of. I'm the Doctor! Come on, surely you remember the Doctor, hell, you're all Torchwood, aren't you? So of course you'd know about me...well, that me anyway...look, I'm just trying to help her, we have permission to be here, my SHIP is down in the archives!"

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goldenwolfrose
2010-07-31 08:55 am UTC (link)

Rose starts fiddling with the primitive med bay equipment trying to help out as the commotion breaks out around her. Getting frustrated she grabs Jenny's wrist, with a worried look on her face, "Her pulse is weak love,.." more to herself than to the Doctor, "What did they do to you...?"

Realizing there are more people here then she expected she looks up at the two people in front of them. Not recognizing either of them right away, though she does sense some familiar pheromones, she reaches back over Jenny trying to hook up more of this Torchwood's equipment. Half way through sticking Jenny with a needle , Rose's head shoots up and before she can stop herself, she blurts out- "Prisoner Sato???"

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	tensairedux 2010-08-01 03:53 am UTC (link)
	The colour drains from her face and she lowers her gun shakily. "What did you call me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

goldenwolfrose
2010-08-02 06:57 pm UTC (link)

A deep red blush spreads across her face and she stammers for the right words. Oddly enough no useful words are coming, all she can manages is a half hearted, "Uhh Ummm Ahhh nothing! Probably a mix up....." trying to sound convincing "....totally different person not even sure why I said that!"

A small little bashful smile spreads across her lips as she hopes she has managed to dig herself out of this massive time and space mix up without creating some horrible paradox or some such catastrophe the Doctor is always warning her about.

Remembering where she is and hoping to take her mind off the "traitor" in front of her Rose looks back down at the still unconscious Jenny. Nothing she has done so far has been helpful and she starts wishing Jack would hurry back to the Hub so he could show her where all the useful med equipment was or how it worked here.

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	timeaftertime 2010-08-02 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	After trying and failing to figure out what the hell John was on about if not the Master, he sends a message along in reply. It's to the point: "What the hell are you on about? We're almost back to the Hub and you'd better explain. If you're around and want to be a help, get some carts ready so we can unload some equipment. Bye." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

so_hartless
2010-08-04 04:26 am UTC (link)

When his wrist strap starts beeping, he rolls his eyes. "Tosh, this could be Jack. Actually, wouldn't be anyone but. Hopefully he's nearby and can help sort this..." he's waving his gun in the direction of the med bay. "Can you keep them covered a sec?" Still pointing the gun in their general direction, he steps aside to listen to the message, which makes him eyeroll again. He hollers over his shoulder. "NO ONE leave this area...I'm going to meet Jack. With a cart, apparently. The things I do..."

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	tensairedux 2010-08-05 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Tosh swallows hard, but nods, raising her gun again. 'Prisoner Sato. Prisoner Sato.' The words echo around her mind, and she looks closer at the blonde girl who said them, trying to remember her. She'd blocked so much of that time... But there is nothing familiar about her. "What happened to her?" She asks, nodding to the girl on the table. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

stillthedoctor
2010-08-08 04:16 am UTC (link)

He runs a hand through his hair. "As near as I can tell, she's had all the energy of the Rift shunted through her. I have no idea what that's done to her, or what the Master did to her before that..." He slams a hand on the counter. "Damn it! If I was here, the full me, I could link up with her mind and get in there and try to help, but my abilities aren't as strong, it could kill this body if there's still residual in there..."

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owenharper2
2010-08-22 12:59 am UTC (link)

"Holy Hell."

Owen was dazed as soon as he'd entered the HUB. It was all so very much alike. The look of it was anyways. He could tell that there were different technologies housed in this version of the structure. They'd probably had different adventures or rather the adventures had probably led them in different directions.

After all this place was still standing.

Owen didn't waste any time slipping away as the HUB got crowded all of a sudden. It was almost like they forgot all about him in the commotion.

His slipping away wasn't a conscious choice so much as he just couldn't help wanting to take all of this in. The last time he'd seen The Hub it had been demolished, his poor Tosh inside.

Owens feet led him upstairs as he continued to stare at everything around him. He didn't pay any attention to the commotion or the potential patient below.

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timeaftertime
2010-08-22 01:28 am UTC (link)

After the cart is loaded up with the equipment from the warehouse, Jack races along with it, steering much like he drives the SUV but with slightly more care since it doesn't have the same suspension. And coming through the armoury from the garage, well, wouldn't want to crash the cart into a weapons case. It's not the time to get explanations from John (and that takes a lot of "not NOW, John!" to drown him out); that can wait until he delivers the equipment and sees Jenny's condition.

He's only a little surprised to see that Tosh is back from her excursion, but he's very surprised to see her with a gun standing over the med bay. Right, no time for all this.

"Hey, eyes over here! No time for whatever this is!" He gets the cart pushed in before he starts firing off orders.

"Tosh, put that thing away-- actually, hide it from John. Doctor, you can chew me out later for not following impulsive orders. We got his stuff in case you need it for Jenny and you'll probably end up eating your own complaints. Tosh, computers. Should be no problem for you to cancel out your final logout and if it gives you hell, Ianto can restore access, because you're gonna need it. We'll figure out your status later. Rose, fourth drawer to your left, there's a little device with a screen and lenses along the side, Bekaran deep-tissue scanner. Get that out for the Doctor, then I want you up here with all your lovely extra knowledge, you and Tosh figuring out what this equipment does and how it might help. Ianto, start a Rift activity trace, find out what the hell went on in that warehouse. I'm gonna play nurse for the Doctor."

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owenharper2
2010-08-22 01:46 am UTC (link)

The overlapping panic of multiple voices stopped when the newest voice broke through. It also broke Owen out of whatever state he was in. He made his way back down to the med bay where everyone seemed to be.

The man was yet another face in this world that he didn't recognize. Owen didn't care, for the first time he realized why there was so much panic. Owen went from lost to finding a purpose again in the heat of the moment.

"I'm a doctor. I can help." He walked up ready to do whatever needed to be done.

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	timeaftertime 2010-08-22 01:57 am UTC (link)
	He doesn't normally startle in a very loud way, but he does then, body jumping and letting out a yelp. Really couldn't have heard that voice. Psychic residue? Hallucination? In some kind of hypnotic thing of the Master's? His face has gone white with shock and he stares. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)