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got2haveasmith (got2haveasmith) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2010-06-22 21:39:00

Entry tags:

active, day 1: reboot, ianto jones, luke smith, sarah jane smith

Day One: 10:30 am
Who: Sarah Jane Smith, Luke Smith (and OPEN to passers-by)
What: Family Reunion
When: Day 1 - 10:30 am
Where: On the street outside Mickey's Diner
Rating: G?
Status: Active

Sarah Jane closed her journal with a loud thud on the table in the diner. It was crowded enough that she didn't think anyone had heard her. Everyone else was talking amongst themselves; she'd slipped into a booth just to check and see who else was here, what other names she remembered...and she'd found the one person she'd prayed never would end up here. Her son. Her Luke.

Glancing over toward the Doctor who wasn't quite her Doctor, and toward Remy, she slipped from her table and outside. She'd told Luke she'd wait for him on the street, so she'd be easier to find. She had to resist the urge to march down the street toward the shops and find him herself. Luke was 15, old enough to save the world, old enough to walk down a street and turn a corner. Even though she had told both the Management and Tonks he was only a child, Sarah Jane didn't consider him such. He was her son, yes, but he was his own person. A child was coddled. A child was kept safe from the monsters. Luke went after the monsters head on, just as she did.

She stood, facing the cross street she and Castiel had walked up earlier, the post office visible from the corner of one eye, the edge of the shops visible from the other. She hoped he wouldn't keep her waiting long. Because even though he wasn't a child, he was still her son, and she needed to see with her own eyes that he was, indeed, all right.

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prodigy_smith
2010-06-24 06:47 am UTC (link)

Luke embraced his mum, warmth and still relief that she was here, pulling back only when completely reassured not only she was here with him but really alright as well. It was invigorating and reassuring all at once; this for now despite the lack of real knowledge and the inkling he got alone from his mum appearing so afraid with the situation seeming almost like the countless of other times they'd saved the world or leaped head first into each passing danger if just to save another life and discover the truth. Sarah Jane's inquisitive mind seemed to have rubbed off on the teenager throughout his years alive and he found himself already trying to formulate a plan, staying close and stead fast to some of those teachings he'd learned again and again through each experience and adventure.

After all, well, there was always a way out. Always another way; whether difficult or not to comprehend and really see...He had full confidence for the moment in that.

"Me too," He agreed readily, still trying to smile at least a little reassuring. "And I'm alright, really, mum. I mean, a bit odd; didn't really expect this..." He admitted almost sheepish; for whatever reason Luke feeling as if he should have had some inkling to the kidnap or at least have figured out the location based on the quantities of information stored inside his mind...something to place them in the right direction and not left with nothing but this kit and odd theories. There was a guilt there at that, yet all the same he said all this on a lighter tone; still with the energy of seeing Sarah Jane again and hoping to lessen his mum's worry all at the same time. As much as she tried to hide it, Luke could still sense a bit of it; this alone already spurring on his determination and maybe a little reckless desire to share whatever weight his mum already had of this place reflected in her tone and demeanor... "But you're alright, right? And we'll get this sorted, just like you said, mum. With the others here too." Despite Luke still growing with normal interaction with people, he found himself almost hesitant to ask the questions he might usually find come foreword at a whim; concerned for his mum's sake and maybe bringing up memories she would rather not recall... He found himself to vividly pulling back to the time with her parents whom meant so much to her and the Trickster forcing her hand in a position she couldn't possibly go foreword with. "...But...what is this place?" He seemed to waver a moment, gaze flickering uncertain, "Have you been here before, mum...?"

While concerned Luke seemed also to somehow come across as a little curious; in a manner that Luke tended to approach a lot of things to reflect his blue eyes... As much as he worried for mum and typically would thrive off knowledge and exploration and had grown in adventure as well as his capacity to think quickly on his feet (not to mention dodge Sontaran Blasters) somehow there was this still this bit of naivety that still even to this day showed through his inquisitive face and questioning blue eyes at the best of times. While right now they were overshadowed by his hesitance and concern, it somehow still remained on the boy.

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got2haveasmith
2010-06-24 02:30 pm UTC (link)

When he stepped into her arms, Sarah Jane squeezed him tightly, shutting her eyes in relief that it really was Luke and not some sort of trick. Now that she'd seen the Management's handwriting and remembered it for what it was, she didn't trust them not to use emotional relationships against them. But no, this was Luke, in the flesh, hugging her right back. She let go when he started to pull away, giving him another once over, just to make sure he really was in one piece.

She had to choke back a laugh when he started to apologize for not expecting their current predicament. "How could you?" she asked. "None of us could have expected we'd be here." She almost said 'again', but Luke wasn't here before. There had been a boy that reminded her a bit of him - the face swam to the front of her mind - but not Luke himself, thank goodness.

She smiled at him, forcing her thoughts back to the present, to the current predicament. "Yes, I'm fine. All in one piece." His confidence sounded much like what she'd said to the Doctor not too long ago. Except, Luke didn't know what she knew about this place, and so his was actual confidence, not bravado designed to hide insecurities. "Of course we will," she said, pulling him toward her again and clapping him on the arm. "All these brilliant inquisitive minds here? All these people who have innate curiosity and a desire to get home? Won't be long at all." She really hoped Luke couldn't hear the uncertainty behind those words.

When he asked her about before, she nodded. "I have. As to what it is...I'm not entirely sure." She wouldn't sugar-coat the situation, not for Luke. Keeping spirits up with false confidence was very different to hiding relevant information. "I remember the name of this place, and I remember some of the other prisoners," because that's what they were, no reason to deny it, "and how I felt about them, but not much beyond that. I'm not even sure how long ago I was here. It was after the Daleks...." She remembered now, talking about it, having to hide certain things from Rose and the Doctor, because they hadn't happened yet. And, she realized, that was still the case. "But I think before Rani moved in. I'm not entirely sure." Luke had mentioned Rani when he asked about their friends, so she knew he was at least from within a certain range of time. But she couldn't even be certain that the two of them were from the same point in time.

"Luke, what's the last thing you remember from home? The last major thing that happened to us?" she asked. If it was something she didn't know about, well, she'd deal. She had more experience with time-streams and such than he did. And she'd find a way to talk to Jack about it all later. Because, aside from the Doctor, he was the closest to an expert on such things here. And since the Doctor didn't remember, and was possibly earlier than before, she couldn't very well ask him.

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