InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "bite me, thats right, bite me!"

Captain Jack Harkness (flexibledancer) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-01-17 03:10:00

Entry tags:

jack harkness, mia jesbar

Who: Jack Harkness and Mia Jesbar
What: Drinking, at the ~~Star Wars~~ cantina
When/Where: Right the heck now-ish, starting in Central Park
Warnings: PG-13 for intense flirting situations, and much much boozing.

Jack couldn't help but hum along with the makeshift radio in the ship as he set her down, admittedly glad to be doing something social for once. He loved his family of course- and there were certainly plenty of them to keep things interesting- but he was above all else a social man. He needed the company of people he could talk to without the constant reminder of... everything.

Today, that person was Mia, which only served to make Jack's smirk wider. Not only was she beautiful (and unfortunately taken, Jack kept having to remind himself), but she was one of the good platonic friends Jack had in thsi place, which made her even more special in a way. It took a lot to keep Jack's attention without sex, but somehow, she managed.

Hopping down from the wing, he turned the invisibility shield on, and started towards the bridge where he and Mia usually met, looking around to see if she'd actually beaten him to the punch. Also not easy to do to a time traveler, but she was good.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

flexibledancer
2009-01-18 02:54 am UTC (link)

The laugh was contagious, Jack glad to see her so relaxed. Time-space travel had much the same effect on him, and it showed in his posture, the slight tension that had been in his lines completely erased as he moved to pour them each a drink.

"Not too bad. It's somewhere between Earth whiskey, and vodka. Tastes kind of like..." He had to take a minute, and a drink, to remember the association. "-Root beer, though."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-18 03:03 am UTC (link)

Mia picked up her glass and took a sip, seeing how it settled on her tongue. "I like it. I'm a fan of the lighter, fruitier flavors, so this works for me."

She looked back out the viewport with a content sigh, feeling more and more tension leave her body. She didn't even need the Force to do that this time. And Jack's aura seemed more relaxed too, which lent to the whole time to kick back and relax feeling.

"I need to just come out here for 2 weeks straight. Like the good old times. Especially if we really get to my home."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

flexibledancer
2009-01-18 03:07 am UTC (link)

"Want to know a secret?" Jack gave her a little look, smile turning a bit drier. "I do it all the time. More than most people think. One benefit of a fine-tuned time ship. I can make a monthlong trip in a night or two." He glanced down at his glass, finger tracing the rim.

"Don't get me wrong. Earth's a nice little rock. But I really can't just... stay, you know?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-18 03:17 am UTC (link)

Mia brought her feet up to rest on the seat of the chair, then rested her arm across her knees. "I so understand. I love it there, my friends are there, but I'm so used to being on the move it makes me antsy. I dunno how to make it work with X-Factor and my Jedi training, but I have to." She looked over at Jack. "Well, you're immortal, so you don't really age a month, right? And whether I time traveled or not, it'd still be a couple weeks for me, so I'd probably have to bring Jamie along, cause I couldn't stand to be gone from him that long."

A shadow passed over her face and clouded her eyes as she thought about the time she was separated from him, and the chance of fate that had brought her back.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

flexibledancer
2009-01-18 03:23 am UTC (link)

Jack scoffed lightly, nodding his way through another drink. "I'm lucky not to age, I guess. At least not noticibly. I think I'm starting to feel a little older, but after this long, that's fair. And any time you need to get away- I'm serious, I can take you. Give you pointers. Help you hijack Jamie away from his precious agency," The last was said with a wink, and a light nudge from his knee to hers, a gentle reassurance to try and help the look on her face.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-18 03:31 am UTC (link)

"How long have you been alive? I mean, do you even have a birthday anymore?" she asked curiously. "How would you even keep track of how old you are if you're jumping around in time all the... time?"

The shadow passed, mostly, to be replaced by a half-grin, but there was still a lingering sadness in the back of her eyes at the memories and the fear one of them would disappear again. "He's been much better about being kidnapped or taking vacations since I got back. And my Jedi training, that could be done on a ship too, or, if we can get back to before the Jedi Purge--" suddenly she sat up straighter and got excited again, "--in the last reality, we went to a different time and I went to the Jedi Temple with my Master before the Empire took over, and there were so many Jedi there, the Force was so strong, it was amazing. Almost... spiritual, and I hate religious terms, but that really was incredible to feel so many Jedi around."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

flexibledancer
2009-01-18 02:25 pm UTC (link)

He actually had to think about the questions, before he was able to answer them. "I don't know what my birthday is, on an Earth calendar. I've always just celebrated whenever I felt like it, actually. As for how old I am- don't you know that's a rude question to ask?" He took another drink to hide a wry smirk. "If you add up the amount of time I've spent in various eras, I've been around about 200 years, so far. Part of why I forget some names here and there, don't really have a grasp on world evens so far. It kind of blends.

When she started to ramble, Jack couldn't help but smile, listening as much as he could. "Well, adding a timestamp on the destination would only take another ten minutes or so. If you remember when that was. I'd be interested to see more real life Jedi,"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2009-01-18 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Mia smiled, a bit impishly. "I'm free to ask any question I want, and the other person's free to answer or not answer. Just cause I ask doesn't mean someone has to answer. And 200 years isn't bad. No wonder you have so many kids," she teased. "Can we see what the default time is first?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flexibledancer 2009-01-19 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Jack made a childish face at her, complete with stuck-out tongue, before shrugging. "It's... tiring. But I've done my best. "And sure. We'll just have to wait until we make it into the galaxy..." A quick glance to the meters. "Ten minutes, or so." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2009-01-19 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Mia pressed her lips together to keep from laughing. But she did ask a semi-serious question. "What about it is tiring? Just all the more living and memories and..." She shrugged to show she wasn't really sure what she was trying to say. Her fingers drummed against her glass and one leg bounced a little up and down as she got nervous. No, excited. Both. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flexibledancer 2009-01-19 12:35 am UTC (link)
	"And being expected to remember and the accumulation of family, and descendants. Avoiding ex-lover, evading taxes, staying out of jail, and changing your name every fifty years or so, to avoid the governments realizing you don't age. It's hell on a guy's social life," He had to grin at that, before settling into the silence, sipping at his drink. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2009-01-19 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Mia listened carefully and took another drink. "I used to do some of that, but I bet if I dimension hopped as much as you do, I'd probably get tired of all of it too. I mean, I get tired of just this vortex world, especially when crazy time hits. And you have enough descendants you need a picture family tree. Or a forest, maybe," she said with a teasing wink. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

flexibledancer
2009-01-19 02:12 pm UTC (link)

Jack laughed at that, shaking his head a little at the comment. "Trust me, I've lived the boring life. Really stuck in one place, no friends, no one else that's... different. It's not the better side of the coin." He sighed, finishing off his glass and pouring another, through the slight lurch that signified the ship coming out of subspace.

"Ah. Here we are. Now," A few buttons pressed, and a map appeared, complete with some sort of calendar. "Look familiar?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-19 06:48 pm UTC (link)

Mia looked at the map and calendar quickly. Her eyes started to widen. "Yes! This is it! Yes!" She had a wide grin and was nearly ready to bounce off the walls. So instead, she got out of her chair and hugged Jack around the neck, planting an excited, platonic kiss on his cheek.

She went back to looking at the calendar. "This is definitely it. Though the year looks like... a lot earlier than my time period. This has to be Qui-Gon's time period."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flexibledancer 2009-01-19 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Outstanding, beautiful. I mean... it's alright, right? We're not walking in on another war?" That wasn't a comment on her- he had had enough instances of walking right into the middle of standoffs, to not want a repeat performance. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-19 09:33 pm UTC (link)

Mia shook her head with a tiny grin. "This is before the galaxy starts having a war every 20 years or so. We're safe. I mean, there's still little wars, but nothing galactic. I can't believe we got here this fast. It can take 2 weeks in an X-wing to get across the galaxy. So... it should take no time to get to Coruscant?" It was a question asking if he wanted to go, then she remembered he'd never seen the movies. "It's basically the capital. The planet is one huge city."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

flexibledancer
2009-01-19 09:44 pm UTC (link)

Jack tilted his head with another thousand-watt grin, nodding slightly at the end. "Sounds like the place to be, then. Point it out, and I'll set the coordinates. Should take about five minutes, out of subspace." He set his glass aside, looking over the map of the area curiously.

"Anything I should know, by the way? Strange cultural rituals, forced nudity, that sort of thing?" He was, mostly, joking. But it never hurt to ask.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-19 10:16 pm UTC (link)

"It's right there in the Core Worlds region, just on the edge of the Deep Core." She pointed to a spot almost right in the center of the galaxy map."

Mia shook her head. "Nah, nothing like that. It's insanely busy though, and has levels that go down as deep as... I don't know if anyone really knows. They just keep building more levels on top of each other. I love seeing Coruscant at this time, before the Empire took over and before the Vong ravaged it."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flexibledancer 2009-01-19 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	A closer look, and Jack entered the coordinates into the computer, listening to her story with interest. "Huh. You'll have to show me around. Busy I like, but I don't have a great sense of direction. Go figure." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2009-01-19 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"You want me to fly? I don't know what kinda worlds you've been to, but Corsucant can be crazy depending on the time of day. New York rush hour traffic times 20 cause you got all the different space lanes. And depends where you wanna go. We can hit a cantina." She grinned at the idea of being home again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flexibledancer 2009-01-19 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	When they materialized above the traffic, he just laughed, righting himself to slide out of the seat. "Yeah, I think this is probably on you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2009-01-19 11:08 pm UTC (link)

She closed her eyes as they materialized, since all the Force sensitives in much closer proximity nearly assailed her senses. In a few moments, she had her shields up and opened her eyes to the best sight ever that was the Coruscant skies. It was like coming back home to the best bedtime storybook ever.

Mia grinned, more than happy to have the opportunity to fly again, especially here. She maneuvered Jack's ship easily into the nearest traffic lane, or at least, she made it look easy at the speeds they were going. Within a few minutes, she'd taken the ship through several dizzying lane changes until they were at a landing pad and could set the ship down.

"I don't have an identity in this timeline, but can whip one up for myself real fast so we can have credit chips to get drinks -- unless your ship's magical and has ways of spouting out the local currency?" she teased.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

flexibledancer
2009-01-19 11:18 pm UTC (link)

Jack watched with fascination as the traffic wizzed by them, unashamed to be impressed by a new locale- it was rare for him to be somewhere this different, and he wanted to take it all in. Once she set them down, he turned his attention back to her, scoffing at the tease.

"Oh, please. Amateur stuff," He rifled through his coat, pulling out an old leather folio, about the size of an identification card. Opening it, she would see whatever a valid local ID looked like, complete with Jack's picture and believable information. When she blinked a few seconds later, it would be blank.

"Psychic paper. It can show anything you want, or anything someone else expects to see, with just a bit of personal belief." He patted the folio against his hand, and stood. "Think that'll be good enough to get you some credits, or will we need a plan?

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2009-01-19 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Mia stared, and it was her turn to be very impressed. "Kriff, Jack. Can I get one of those sometime?" "As long as they believe we have a credit account set up, or just set up a tab at the cantina, it won't be hard. Come on, there's a good place just a few levels down, not far from here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flexibledancer 2009-01-19 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	He laughed, with another lopsided grin/shrug combination. "Yeah, no problem. They're commonplace, back home." Standing, he climbed up the ladder and opened the hatch, pulling himself onto the roof before reaching down to help Mia do the same. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)