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May. 25th, 2007 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
othercaptjack[OOC: After the end of this episode.]
The voices of the others echo softly and mutedly from below, as Jack sits slowly down behind his desk with a slight sigh. He feels tired, even if, thanks to the earlier regeneration, he doesn't look it in the least.
He looks up at Gwen Cooper again.
"I suppose I should get the formalities out of the way, at least," he says. "When can you start?"
The voices of the others echo softly and mutedly from below, as Jack sits slowly down behind his desk with a slight sigh. He feels tired, even if, thanks to the earlier regeneration, he doesn't look it in the least.
He looks up at Gwen Cooper again.
"I suppose I should get the formalities out of the way, at least," he says. "When can you start?"
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:03 pm (UTC)Old work. Whatever.
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:10 pm (UTC)"Tell 'em it's a promotion. Torchwood'll send through confirmation if they need it."
They probably won't like it, as people don't tend to be keen on an organisation that sweps in and supersedes them without explanation. Funny, that. But it will be acceptable.
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 08:19 pm (UTC)Three guesses as to the veracity of that statement.
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:23 pm (UTC)Nervous look? Check.
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:29 pm (UTC)This probably isn't reassuring.
"Exactly. You'll have to start pissing off your co-workers just as a point of honour. Think of it as a bonding exercise."
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 08:39 pm (UTC)"And that's an 'I've met Owen' look. We're not that bad, Gwen. Not always."
For all their dysfunctionality... they're a team. Not always a good one, but they really only have each other. Alienation from that gets lonely.
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 08:45 pm (UTC)He shrugs.
"Doesn't matter that much. Special Ops works, as does just Torchwood. We do have an official presense, in that it's in most regs to defer to us, though it doesn't give much reason."
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 08:59 pm (UTC)She doesn't want to fuck up royally. Like she will anyway.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:07 pm (UTC)"Depends, I guess. Mostly just common sense. In a work situation, particularly in the field, obey direct orders? There shouldn't be that many, but those there are are most likely for a reason."
Like, 'don't touch that' will most likely be lengthened by 'because it will make your head explode.'
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:11 pm (UTC)Except ones to stop stalking Torchwood.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:20 pm (UTC)He may be jaded to the ways of the young.
Ouch. And here's the feeling old again. Did he really just think that? Not good.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:25 pm (UTC)Gwen falls silent, looking around the office again, at a loss of what else to say. It'd been a long day for her. Two deaths, one of them coming back and being held at gunpoint is enough to shock anyone. Follow it up with remembering everything and being offered a job...and Gwen needs a drink.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:27 pm (UTC)"How do you feel?" he asks after a moment, voice quieter.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:50 pm (UTC)She doesn't want to wake up.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:54 pm (UTC)"But I hope you keep that feeling."
It's all too easy to lose, once Torchwood becomes reality.
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Date: 2007-05-25 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 10:22 pm (UTC)"Hell of a day, huh?" he remarks after a moment.
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Date: 2007-05-25 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 10:43 pm (UTC)"It come with the job, and an a lot of ways, this is just a job."
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Date: 2007-05-25 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 11:02 pm (UTC)It hurts, and sickens, but he gives a loose, diffident shrug.
"Suzie was also a raving lunatic who tried to kill both of us," he reminds her lightly. "I think we can take the rest of her opinions with a grain of salt at the very least."
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Date: 2007-05-25 11:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 11:22 pm (UTC)He breaks off, shaking his head slightly. He should have been more careful. He should have watched her more closely. If she had shot Gwen instead of him, or Ianto or Owen, or Tosh...
He sometimes wonders what he thinks he's doing, leading a group like this.
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Date: 2007-05-25 11:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-25 11:25 pm (UTC)"I hope not, Gwen."
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Date: 2007-05-25 11:26 pm (UTC)