Tweak

InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Our last best hope for victory"

Username: 
Password:    
Remember Me
  • Create Account
  • IJ Login
  • OpenID Login
Search by : 
  • View
    • Create Account
    • IJ Login
    • OpenID Login
  • Journal
    • Post
    • Edit Entries
    • Customize Journal
    • Comment Settings
    • Recent Comments
    • Manage Tags
  • Account
    • Manage Account
    • Viewing Options
    • Manage Profile
    • Manage Notifications
    • Manage Pictures
    • Manage Schools
    • Account Status
  • Friends
    • Edit Friends
    • Edit Custom Groups
    • Friends Filter
    • Nudge Friends
    • Invite
    • Create RSS Feed
  • Asylums
    • Post
    • Asylum Invitations
    • Manage Asylums
    • Create Asylum
  • Site
    • Support
    • Upgrade Account
    • FAQs
    • Search By Location
    • Search By Interest
    • Search Randomly

The Doctor ([info]fromgallifrey) wrote in [info]vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-06-01 18:58:00

Previous Entry  Add to memories!  Tell a Friend!  Next Entry
Entry tags:!complete, day 09, ianto jones, location: museum, the doctor (ten)

Who: The Doctor, Ianto, and Open to Museum Dwellers
What: They meet at last!
Where: The Museum
When: Day 9, Early afternoon
Rating: PG (though, with Torchwood, you never know)

Status: Complete

The Doctor returned from his walk to the church with a fairly thoughtful look on his features. It was fairly clear that his first physical encounter with Ryuzaki had left an impression. Though, the Doctor didn't have any intention of talking about that right now. No, he was back in the museum and he wanted to get his attention back on the modulator. He had let himself become side tracked as of late - and it was time to stop losing sight of the final goal. 

Stepping in through the museum's front doors the Time Lord meandered down the hallway to the tiny office trned his work space. It was like the TARDIS in the sense that he both lived and worked there. Sadly, it was not bigger on the inside than on the outside, so it felt a wee bit on the cramped side. 

Pulling up the chair formerly occupied by Gambit earlier in the morning the Doctor carefully lit the fire in his little smelter. He was going to work on more of the wires - and soon he'd need to start doing loop checks and making certain that everything fed in the correct direction and that his improvised switches worked the way that they were supposed to. By his estimation he had nearly 37 individual lines to check. It would take some time. However, first he needed to get the wires attached. 

He had been working quietly when he realized there was a strange feeling in his left pinky. 

"Oh, no!" He gasped, setting down the pin he had been using and carefully blowing out the flame. This was not a time to panic. No, there would be no panicing. While Jack might not have been affected by the materials they had salvaged, the Doctor, apparently had been. "Who uses lead based products? Really?!" He asked, hopping out of his chair and bounding down the hallway. 

"Chalk? Has anyone got some chalk?" He called, coming to a halt in the foyer.


(Post a new comment)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Ianto happened to be in the foyer, seated in hopelessly outdated jeans and his mismatched Wellies, picking apart what looked like the winners in the world's ugliest jumper contest. There were several bottles of cola by his knee, though to be fair only one of them was open. As much as he hated fizzy drinks, the cola just felt good going down. It probably meant that he should drink less coffee, but that thought was just horrible.

Occasionally, as he unwound the sweaters, Ianto picked up what looked like a piece of chalk to make a few doodles or hatch marks on the floor. It was safer to think on paper far away from the journals, he reckoned, though he did keep his open at his knee, where he occasionally glanced now and again. And occasionally hazarded a comment.

When the Doctor bustled in, looking intense in that sort of crazed look he had, Ianto held up a piece of his chalk. "It's from the drywall, and it's not the same quality as blackboard chalk, but it does the job. If the job is writing on things."

(Reply to this) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-01 06:01 pm UTC (link)
The Doctor had nearly stepped on Ianto, something he would have apologized for had he not been in a state of rather distinct desperation. "I would call this lead poisoning, but it's not quite. It's more a reaction to implied lead poisoning where.." Wait, why was he talking -- he needed that Chalk!

The Time Lord thought a moment. He was really hoping that the drywall was gypsum based - that would get him enough of a lime sulfur combination to do the job and kick his sytem back on the right track. It was a delicate balance, the Time Lord's internals - and the lead exposure had just set him off a couple of ticks. Had he been aware of the lead he would have been able to compensate, instead he was just reeling.

Taking the chalk the Doctor sighed greatfully and popped it into his mouth and chewed. To call chalk 'chalky' would be redunant. Instead he'd call it dry and powdery toward the edges and quite tasteless. Quite.

The Doctor chewed and forced himself to swallow, leaning backward against the wall. "Well, now, that wasn't so bad."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 06:02 pm UTC (link)
It probably was gypsum based. In Ianto's experience, most drywall was. But it was still drywall and watching the Doctor eat it was a bit on the disgusting side. Hell, even eating chalk would be a bit on the disgusting side. So while the Doctor chewed furiously, Ianto stared in horror, jumper in his lap quite forgotten.

"I'd reckon it wasn't so good, either. You eat chalk if you think you've been poisoned with lead? Is this like stomach pumping? Are you going to vomit now? Should I be recoiling in still more horror than I already am." Ianto groped a bit and came up with one of the unopened bottles of cola, offering it upwards. Drywall couldn't taste good, no matter the circumstances.

"Honestly, are you alright?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-01 06:02 pm UTC (link)
The Doctor was completely oblivious to the look of horror on Ianto's face. Because as he felt his stomach churn he realized he needed to get the chalk distributed as quickly as possible to his internals. The Doctor started jogging in place and waving his arms in an odd sort of rendition of jazzercize.

"No, not vomiting - I wouldn't have eaten that if all I was going to do was spit it back up again. The cola was taken with much appreciation. The syrup would help, even if the fizziness would likely make him burp. A lot. He took a long pull from the bottle and winced. The Doctor was not so much a fan of the fizzy drinks, either.

"I'm just trying to balance out my system - should only take a few more moments..." More jazzercize, more cola.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 06:04 pm UTC (link)
This was ... this was ... not what he expected. Not at all. He watched, absolutely stunned, while the Doctor flailed and burped and sucked down cola. Nothing in the world could have been less expected than this. He was just absolutely speechless. Rendering Ianto speechless was impressive. He didn't even have a sarcastic quip to offer in the face of this.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-01 06:07 pm UTC (link)
With little ceremony the Doctor stopped. His feet were flat on the floor and he looked like he was trying to recover something deep in his memory. Actually he was trying to decide if the drywall had done it's job or not. So far, so good.

Replacing the cap on the bottle the Doctor offered a wide grin. "Well, that ought to set me right," his grin was coming back in full force now. Crisis averted.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 06:12 pm UTC (link)
This was their best hope to get out of here?

Granted, Ianto knew the statistics on this man. He knew that the Doctor's saved the world more times than he could count. He even helped the Doctor once, pulling the Earth back across space and time to where it belonged. But he couldn't put that image together with the image of the Doctor standing before him, grinning, after eating a bellyful of cola and chalk.

"I can absolutely see why Jack respects you above everyone else in his life. Absolutely." Completely deadpan. Ianto was still trying to gather his scattered wits.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-01 06:17 pm UTC (link)
Was it the Doctor, or was Ianto looking at him like he had two heads? He'd never had two heads, so he couldn't be sure if this was how he would be observed - but the Doctor thought that this had to be fairly close.

"I'll have you know I was about to suffer a rupture of my spleen. I happen to like my spleen." He wished he could have replied in a deadpan sort of way; instead the Doctor took on the sort of tone that was generally reserved for things he genuinely enjoyed. Like his new hand. Or his mole. Or watching stars be born. Or breaking the time-limit in the TARDIS.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 06:21 pm UTC (link)
The Doctor had a mole? That was sort of frightening. Good thing Ianto didn't know about it.

"Ah, well that explains everything, then. Good to know. My mind's entirely at ease." Ianto watched the Doctor carefully, just in case something else was going to happen. Any more leaping around or a crazy run through the museum looking for shoe polish or something. When it didn't happen, Ianto looked away cautiously and gestured to the jumpers in his lap.

"I was gearing up to measure the wall, today. When my chalk was eaten to prevent spleen ruptures."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-01 06:27 pm UTC (link)
Had the Doctor known that Ianto would be frightened of the mole he would have to ask: what did the mole ever do to you? Mole love.

Ianto spoke in a sort of manner that lead the Doctor to believe that if he ever managed to get to know him he was very funny. For the moment, however, the Doctor wasn't quite sure what was joke and what was real.

"Well, you don't need the chalk to measure the wall, do you?" The Doctor pulled up a spot against one of the nearby railings. He was leaning with crossed arms and feet; much more calm than he was a moment ago.

Abruptly, the Doctor scratched his head. He was thinking. Thinking about the modulator again. Would the lead paint affect the way it generated the pulse? That was something to chew on.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 06:35 pm UTC (link)
Most people had that trouble around Ianto. What was a joke and what was real. Ianto rather liked it like that, since it kept people slightly off balance. Though, in the Doctor's case, Ianto felt that he was always off balance. Smiling a little, he went back to unraveling yarn and rolling it into a neat ball.

"Well, no. Not to measure. But I was using it to think on paper on the floor. Thinking in the journals is broadcasting what's on my mind. This isn't quite as bad. That and I was using it to keep track of how many yards I've unraveled already."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-01 06:45 pm UTC (link)
The ball of yarn lead the Time Lord to wonder: Was Ianto a knitter in his spare time? It was a dying hobby in Ianto's time - knitting, and the Doctor would have admired that he had taken it up... if he had, anyway.

Back to the present, real world. "Oh, I think we're all quite well watched, actually whether we use the journals or not." The Doctor was back to talking like himself again now that he wasn't subject to a brush with regeneration anymore.

"How many yards are you going for, anyway?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-01 09:38 pm UTC (link)
He wasn't knitting! There were no knitting needles about, for one. That should have been a dead giveaway, though really, he could have gotten them later, he supposed. "I think we are, too, but it might be a bit more difficult without the journal. Um. I'm not certain. I'm hoping to estimate wall height before actually going out and measuring it. The yarn's to measure."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-02 08:04 am UTC (link)
Was it wrong of the Doctor to try and make every situation just a little bit more interesting than it already was? He couldn't help that he had an overactive imagination and the entire universe as his playground.

"If they are half as sophisticated as I believe them to be, they're using the glass as a sort of transitor - hypersonic waves acting as a sort of radar. It would explain why the glass would be both molecularly bound to metal and the twang it gives off when it's hit." The Doctor recalled the feedback he'd heard when he knocked on the glass. Of course, unless someone else had hyperactive hearing they wouldn't have noticed. He did. And it hurt.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-03 08:33 pm UTC (link)
Ianto would knit with all the power of his obsessive nature. It was very good that he didn't knit. They'd be knee deep in water bottle cozies, if he did. It was much safer this way. For all of them.

Ianto listened to the Doctor while he wound up a ball of yarn, blinking occasionally at the explanation. "D'you suppose that the walls are powering everything in here? The weather is entirely manufactured. I'm assuming the light is as well."

(Reply to this) (Parent)


[info]ace_of_clubs
2009-06-04 09:49 pm UTC (link)
Well, the Cajun had said he'd be back later to talk with the Doctor, so after a busy morning of running around and meeting plenty of strange people (including a man with a *very* nice coat, near the clock tower), he'd finally come full circle back to the museum where the Clever Doctor With The Rooster Hair (CDWTRH for short) was living. The red-head had been hoping he'd still be there.. because after that very strange journal entry from.. whoever that was.. he had some questions. He, of course, had some questions about some of the people here as well. But maybe he'd pace himself, he didn't want to make it seem like he was dependent on the Doctor, because he wasn't. But it didn't help to have a friend around, and he'd certainly dubbed the Doctor as a friend.

So it was up the semi-familiar steps of the museum and he was pushing open one of the two double doors, then slipping inside like a thief into.. well.. into a museum.. and the door closed quietly behind. But there was no need for silence, because he wouldn't be sneaking anywhere. The Doctor and some other man in a suit were sitting there, just inside the foyer, and Gambit opened his mouth as if to speak, to explain why he'd come inside like he was planning on robbing the place, to explain why he'd snuck in like a cat burglar, and to explain.. oh. Hell. He just shut his mouth and offered a sheepish sort of smile instead, turning that Cajun Charm on full blast in order to turn all attention away from his entrance and onto his presence.

"Docteur," His name was used as a greeting as Gambit lifted up a partially gloved hand and wiggled his fingers in a wave. A kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar. Wonders never ceased. "You still here. Goo'. I was hopin' you an' I coul' have uh cha', non? Hi." That last easy greeting was sent to the other man, still settled on the...

Wait. Was he knitting?

(Reply to this) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-04 10:03 pm UTC (link)
"Seems like nothing around here is quite authentic," he observed, drumming his fingers on a nearby empty pedestal, and he couldn't help but let his mind wander off to what could have formerly occupied the space. Blinking he considered that perhaps the museum was evident of everything here - a very good fake.

"I wouldn--" The Doctor had started to reply to Ianto's query when he heard the door open behind him. Though the door opened, the person coming in from it was extraordinarily quiet. The Doctor's brow rose and he turned just in time to spy the red headed Cajun come tip toeing in.

"Good to see you weren't eaten by Weevils," The Doctor said to Gambit, still curious why he'd turned out to be so stealthy all the sudden. Catching Gambit's curious expression the Doctor grinned. "Gambit, Ianto; Ianto, Gambit. Ianto's one of those friends I'd told you about," Introduction done, it was time to get back to work.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-05 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Well, he had to accept that seeing someone with balls of yarn would make them think he was knitting. Even if there were no knitting needles anywhere. Just balls of yarn. Ianto continued unraveling patiently, looking up as the man with red and black eyes wandered in.

"Hallo," he offered in return. "Ah, Gambit. I met you over the journals. Very pleasant to meet you in person, though I could wish that the circumstances were better. Are you doing alright?" Ianto squinted at the man a bit, trying to gauge whether or not he had been involved in any experiments. It didn't seem so. That'd change soon, he reckoned.

"No, I'm not knitting. Stop looking at me like that."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]ace_of_clubs
2009-06-05 08:05 pm UTC (link)
"Yan'no." Sorry, Ianto, that was just how the name came out, thanks to that Cajun accent. "Nice t'meet you." Agreed with a nod and a smile from the red-head, who was stepping up closer, to be about three feet from the Doctor, and maybe four from Ianto. A comfortable distance for the mutant to stand.. he didn't like being too close to someone he'd just met. Made it harder to attack, if he needed. But this man seemed to be a friend of Le Docteur's, so he wasn't concerned at the moment. Not until he was given cause.

And it was red and black eyes that locked onto Ianto's face when he was spoken to directly. "Doin' alrigh', consid'rin'. Ain' got int' too much yet." The Cajun assured the both of them with a smile, and he may have said more, but Ianto's comment about the yarn made his smile spread out into a grin, his lips curling up at the corners even more, exposing straight, white teeth. Then he laughed. It was a deep, easy-going sound, certainly easy on the ears to hear, and it didn't last too long before he was crossing his arms over his chest and lifting his chin. "Knittin', 'dat seem like a good spor' t'me. Not gonna ju'ge you, Yan'no. Maybe you knit me a swea'er for 'de win'er time, non? I look good in green." This came with a wink from the cheeky red-head, before those oddly colored eyes were turning onto the alien among them.

"But I t'ink 'de Doct'r, he look better in blue, non? Maybe a nice scarf, maybe some socks? Speedo." Oh, Gambit. Don't even go there. "You two look pretty serious when I come up, you talkin' 'bout anyt'in' I shoul'n' hear?" Meaning: did they want him to lose himself in the museum and come back later? He was sure he could find a few things in this place that needed to be liberated.. speaking of which, he would need a place to call home for tonight, else he'd end up sleeping in a tree, and that wasn't something he wanted to do his first night here.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-05 08:39 pm UTC (link)
While the Doctor could have found it funny that Gambit had just totally mutilated Ianto's name - instead it seemed more than logical; just the accent playing it's tricks with syllables and pronunciation. A roll of the tongue and the Doctor might try his hand at a Canjun accent one day. Or, perhaps a regeneration might gift him with one. Stranger things had happened during regeneration - like that northern accent for one. Curly blond hair another. Then there was that mole...

However what made the Doctor actually shake his head was Gambit's reaction to Ianto's claim to not be knitting. In fact, the Doctor had to stifle a bit of a laugh as he looked at the floor. Oh, look, faux-Venetian styled marble, hadn't noticed that the thirty or so times he'd gone in and out of the building. No, not even once. Okay, maybe every single time.

Finally perking back up again when Gambit asked if they were talking about something he shouldn't know the Doctor shook his head. "Oh, no, Ianto is going to try and measure the wall." That was simple enough. "Oh, that and the metal bound glass and the probability that it is both a surveillance system and what is controlling the weather." Wasn't it amazing the way he said that all so matter of factly?

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-05 08:54 pm UTC (link)
Ianto's eyebrows just lifted at the mangling of his name and the knitting comments, but he said nothing about it. Just continued to wind the yarn into neat and tidy little balls while the Doctor explained what they were talking about. Nothing secretive in the least. Just sort of serious. But then, being stuck here was serious.

"I don't know if you've been here long enough to notice, but the weather can't possibly be real. Two days ago, snow was falling. Today? It's hot enough to want just my shirtsleeves. There's no obvious power source and there's already been a good demonstration of tech beyond our knowledge, so I thought maybe the walls were powering this place." Ianto gestured towards his journal with his chin. It wasn't magic to him. It was just technology that they haven't figured out yet.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]ace_of_clubs
2009-06-05 09:09 pm UTC (link)
"Jus' got here las' nigh'." The Cajun assured Ianto, while glancing aside at the Doctor with a smirk. It was serious business that they were stuck here.. but it didn't mean that it wasn't interesting, and that it didn't have its very amusing moments. Soon, those eyes were back on Ianto. "You t'ink 'de walls are powerin' it?" As he asked, he was turning to look at one of the walls, studying it calmly, before he looked at Ianto again. "Easy way to fin' out, non? Remove par' of 'de wall, see if 'de power drains some? You migh' make 'de buildin' fall, so you migh' wanna pick one 'dat no one lives in.." Were there any places around here that no one lived in? Gambit wasn't so sure. "Maybe 'dere's somet'in' in 'dat Pos' Office? Trie' t'get in, but 'de door woul'n' open. 'De glass was dir'y, an' I didn' dare break it." Lord knows what might have happened if he'd shattered the glass in one of the Post Office windows. "Was 'de only place lock'd up. Everywhere else, I manage to take a look in. Not 'dat one." Which was odd to him.. and just made him want to get inside more, and see what was in there.

"You t'ink 'dey got uh securi'y sys'em? Woul' make sense." If they were here for experimental purposes, the people experimenting on them would want to watch, right? "Saw 'de lis' of names, an' 'de letters nex' to 'dem. Strike you as odd 'dat on'y five people got C's, an' one of 'dem's cross' off? An' 'dat you got 'de mos' letters?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-05 10:17 pm UTC (link)
It made perfect sense to the Doctor for the whole thing to be tied in to the glass wall - it would make such an efficient conductor and receptor simultaneously. He was sort of surprised he hadn't heard of this sort of thing going on before, actually.

"I'm so bloody thick!" The Doctor smacked his forehead. "Ryuzaki! He has a skeleton key! I saw him with it! Oh, why didn't I think of the post office?!" The Doctor was internally throwing a tantrum and outwardly throwing a tantrum. Well, there just isn't any filter, is there? "I wouldn't be surprised if nothing was in there and it was just another diversion; but, what if it's not?" The Doctor's eyes twinkled with a certain anticipation. Adventure!

"As to that strange person and their code, I try not to pay them any attention. It's all part of something to make us all upset and lose focus on what's important -- getting out of here."

Licking at the roof of his mouth the Doctor realized he could still sort of taste the combination of chalk and cola. It was an unfortunate taste. Not quite as unfortunate as pears, but close. "Ianto, you don't have any water, do you?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-06 07:09 am UTC (link)
Ianto paused in his winding while the Doctor smacked himself around and flailed like a man who's epiphany was currently mugging him violently. He assumed this was normal for the Doctor, since it was understood that the Doctor didn't work on the same wavelengths as other people. Ianto had proof, too. The Doctor ate chalk to cure lead poisoning. Anyway.

"Not these walls, ah, Remy. The glass walls circling the compound. I take it you haven't seen them yet." Ianto's accent caressed Remy's name in odd ways, making it sound sort of stupid coming out of his mouth. Not as bad as being called Yanno, though. "I haven't, either, except from afar. If you look up through the trees, you can catch a glimpse of it. It's rather shiny."

When the Doctor's tantrum was finished, Ianto calmly reached for another bit of jumper to begin unravelling. "Skeleton key. Works on everything? ..Wait, post office? I don't remember anyone mentioning the post office. Think it's got a perception filter on it?" He fully intended to go on that adventure, even if it turned into a giant mess. And when asked about water, Ianto reached behind him to sort through bottles. Most were cola, since he promised caffeine to various people, but there was some water. One of which was handed up to the Doctor.

"Not enjoying the taste of your breakfast?" he asked dryly. Nearly as dryly as the chalk, actually.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]ace_of_clubs
2009-06-06 11:04 am UTC (link)
The Cajun watched with no small amount of amusement while the Doctor threw his little fit, the smile creeping wider on his face. And when he mentioned the post office, he shrugged up his shoulders, forcing his coat to sway somewhat, before it settled again. But then Ianto was calling him by his actual name and that drew red and black eyes to lock onto him, the amusement there waning for a moment before he smiled again. Careful, Ianto. The Doctor had introduced him as Gambit for a reason: because the red-head had introduced himself that way.

"Maybe I go ou' t'morrow an' take a look myself." If he just kept walking in a straight line, he'd eventually run into one of the walls, right? If they were in a complete square around the exterior of the small town. "Percep'ion filter?" His eyebrows furrowed up some. "Saw it 'dere, plain as day, mon ami." But it might have explained why Gambit had stared at it a long time, as if to assure himself it was really there, before he'd gone up and tried to touch it. Like it was a mirage.

But then Ianto was mentioning the Doctor and his breakfast and the Cajun was turning to look at him again, pushing his hands deep into his pockets. "Breakfas'? Oui, where we get fed 'roun' here?" He hadn't eaten, of course, since arriving here several hours ago. He'd left his tic-tacs and his water with the Wolf lady. He was starting to lament that decision, right about now.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-06 10:06 pm UTC (link)
The Doctor caught the tail end of Gambit's souring expression at having been called Remy. Having read the same bit that Ianto had, it was fairly easy to ascertain that the only male name there was Remy and that must have been his. People were peculiar about names, and the Doctor was one to generally respect that - unless he felt like playing games with them, of course. Oh how he missed Rickey-Mickey-Mouse right now.

"Perception filter? It could just be as simple as the building being ramshackle and nondescript," he shrugged. Even if there was a perception filter being used it would be totally ineffective against anyone of high intelligence or moderate psychic ability. Perhaps that was why the Doctor had been unaffected.

Taking the bottle of water that Ianto had conjured with a grin the Gallifreyan started to gargle a little. "I'd say it left a bit to be desired," he remarked pointedly to Ianto. "It's whatever you manage to scavenge," he said to Gambit. "And Ianto here seems to have the market cornered on fizzy drinks," he raised his brow playfully.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-07 12:35 pm UTC (link)
Names didn't mean very much, Ianto felt. Given that he didn't know his own lover's birth name, he couldn't let them mean very much. Ianto shrugged a bit and tucked aside his latest ball of yarn, mentally calculating up the yardage. "Then I can't imagine why no one's attempted to break into it as of yet. I haven't gone exploring, but then, to be fair, I'm used to acting as General Support instead of a Field Agent." But he could be both, if necessary. It's just that there were so many about who wanted to be dashing Field Agents that he figured they could use support.

When Gambit mentioned breakfast and the Doctor mentioned fizzy drinks, Ianto offered up a bottle of cola to Gambit. "I've got tinned pears and a bag of trail mix as well. It's not quite the breakfast of champions, but we do need to keep our caloric intake up." To be ready for general arse kicking. "And, er, I'm a caffeine junky." So was Jack and a few others, so he didn't feel too badly about it. Besides, out of all the vices in the universe, this was one of the most innocuous.

"Alright, so when do we go and explore said post office? I'm rather interested to see if there's anything in there. Though, it may be another layer to the mind games that have been going on." Like the insider, like the experiments.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]ace_of_clubs
2009-06-07 01:18 pm UTC (link)
The Cajun leaned down to take the soda with a smile and lifted it a bit. "Trail mix? I take some of 'dat, mon ami." Definitely. Anything to go in his stomach. "'Dere any animals out in 'de woo's?" If so, he'd.. well. Alright, so there were no real weapons around and exploding a deer wouldn't make for good eating. Scratch that plan off his list. Maybe berries?

"My mama say never put off 'til t'morrow wha' you can do t'day, non?" Well, his mother hadn't said it, and really, no one had ever said that to him.. but he was saying it to the pair of them. So there. "We go now." Careful, Doctor, or Gambit was going to take over your role as leader of this strange little rabble.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]fromgallifrey
2009-06-07 02:57 pm UTC (link)
"None that I've seen," he piped up to the question of animals. No birds, no squirrels, nothing. Though, just because he hadn't seen them, didn't mean they weren't there. For all he knew they could be surrounded by deer, he hadn't managed to get out of the museum much to really find out.

Another swig another gargle and the Doctor was almost rid of the chalky taste. Fantastic. Now all he needed to go was will away the tingly feeling in his pinky finger and he'd be set.

Gambit, it seemed wanted to go running off to check out the post office. The Doctor, usually would be quite ready to go do that aside from the fact they'd need somehow get the key there and that Ianto seemed to be so close to being ready to measuring the wall.

"I think I'd rather keep my attention focused on leaving rather than exploring, if that's alright," he had been thinking a lot about how he'd been getting sidetracked - how the people and the adventure had been pulling him away from what was important.

Was the Doctor the leader? Funny, he hadn't noticed. It's sort of strange how people just tended to follow and listen when he spoke, wasn't it? He hadn't come in and taken over Sam's place; and he certainly hadn't worked to dethrone anyone from being in charge. Yet, somehow he'd wound up there. If Gambit could manage to walk in and take charge, more power to him, it wasn't at all like the Doctor to fight for power, he had moe important things to take care of.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]madeinwales
2009-06-07 04:01 pm UTC (link)
It wasn't so much that people were in charge, but more that certain people had an air of confidence about them. There wasn't that tiny panicky voice in their heads that didn't know what to do. Or, in Ianto's case, he was used to just generally supporting.

Ianto stood and dusted himself off and tried not to think about the awful thrift store clothing he was in. It just didn't fit correctly and that drove him mad. If he could, he'd spend an hour with a needle and thread to correct the fit of the clothes. There were more important things afoot, though. "Alright. I'm about ready to measure the wall, if you still think that's something that needs to be done," he said and nudged one of his yarn balls with the toe of his green Wellie.

"We still need the key as well and I don't know where L is at the moment. So rushing over to the post office is a bit daft, at the moment, I suppose." Though, his sense of adventure was tingling at the thought.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)


[info]ace_of_clubs
2009-06-08 12:02 pm UTC (link)
"You bunch." Gambit scolded with a smile, shaking his head only slightly and letting his hair sway with the movements. "One minu'e you wanna do one t'in'. 'Den you change your min'. I tell you what. You can measure 'de wall. 'De Doct'r can look pensive an' import'an', an' I'll take a nap. An' when we all done, we can meet up an' share our findin's. Sorry, Yan'no, look like you got 'de short end of 'de stick." He was, of course, just teasing.. for the most part. He did want a nap.. he had only been asleep an hour before he'd woken in the forest.

"'Less one of you got a bett'r idea?" The Cajun prompted simply, pushing his hands deeper into his coat pockets.

(Reply to this) (Parent)



Home | Site Map | Manage Account | TOS | Privacy | Support | FAQs