RP for quietbutbrainy

[quitehomoerotic]

Jack had told himself to stay out of trouble, to stick to the sidelines and not get involved. But that could only last so long. He couldn't sit back and let the world pass by, especially when the world could be so dark. He couldn't just let that happen and not try to do something about it. If he did that, perhaps then he truly would have failed.

So when he began to hear whispers about some goings on on a planet not too far from where he had stationed himself he found that he had to react. Especially when he learned (albeit from a non too reputable source) exactly what was happening.

The planet was a small one and the race a little dull and obscure. Human looking apart from the tendrils that branched out from their faces. Unassuming, and that's how and why they got away with it.

'They were replenishing', the old man in the bar had told Jack. Mining the planet for the ore deep inside. But to do so, of course, they needed a workforce. Something the inhabitants of the planet sadly lacked. So it wasn't just their planet they mined but the dead of another. Earth, to be precise.

'Use these people', he'd said, 'echoes, they call 'em'. Of course it was simple for them. It was technology they'd had for centuries, illegal, of course, but it seemed that didn't stop them. Steal the consciousness of the dead and transport it into a clone body. Use a planet like Earth so it's far enough away not to be noticed and keep it quiet enough to stay out of the radar of the Shadow Proclamation.

So Jack found himself there. Back almost into an old routine, rushing around a planet, exerting an authority that in truth he doesn't have. Just to set people free.

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[quietbutbrainy.livejournal.com]

He doesn't have to tell her twice. Tosh is good at taking orders, and maybe it's because she's realizing just what's happened to her, but she's a little pissed and that makes her extra motivated. She does exactly as she's told, disappearing in the other direction, and he won't see her again until she's trying to carefully organize people in some sort of spaceship boarding procedure not unlike she used to handle math problems.

"Just like old times, yeah?" she tries to joke, a little breathless as she has them in some sort of slightly panicked, oddly misshapen queue.

[quitehomoerotic.livejournal.com]

It's not too long before Jack is back at the ship, rallying the last few people in to the back of the expansive cargo hold. He glances toward Tosh, like watching a memory.

"Something like that," he nodded and pushed a button to seal the hold. There was no mirth in his voice, no real warmth. This was a different Jack to the one she left, a damaged Jack.

"That everyone?"

[quietbutbrainy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's everyone."

She nodded, making sure she had a grip on something steady so as not to go tumbling when the ship started moving. She ran a hand through her hair, pushing past the pain of old memories so she can do her job, be what he needs her to be. She really needs a moment to cope, a hug, but she won't ask for either.

"Let's go."

[quitehomoerotic.livejournal.com]

Jack nodded, short and turned to activate a comm, alerting the pilot that they were good to go. The craft shook a little as it took off and ascended into orbit.

He took a moment, leaned himself forward against the hull. This was a lot to take in. He took a deep breath and turned, looking toward her. "Toshiko," he spoke her name on a breath.

"It's good to see you."

[quietbutbrainy.livejournal.com]

"Likewise, Jack. I've missed you." She smiled slightly, tentatively reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright? Is there anything I can do?"