[Daniel] Day 20: Debriefing (open tag)
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Daniel waited quietly, going over the notes in front of him, while waiting for everyone to have some breakfast and get on the same page. The notes were simply a way to organize his thoughts and a list of questions he wanted to ask, systems that needed to be investigated, observations that he'd made about the prisoners and the facility.
"Okay then, I'm not seeing any dusty rocks so what do you –" Jon leaned over his shoulder to peer at the writing and stopped in mid-sentence. "Do you do anything the normal way, ever, Daniel?"
"What's the problem, Jon? Not up on your Gaelic?"
"You're writing notes in Gaelic. If I ask why are you going to tell? You know without boring me to death before I'm actually legally old enough to drink?"
"It's a precaution," Daniel explained. "Our friends here, and I do use the term friends quite lightly, have access to –" Daniel paused, then decided that there was really no point in not saying it aloud, "—Ancient technology. They might be able to read it.
"I thought about all the other languages, but didn't want to chance that they knew one of those."
"Right. Makes perfect sense," Jon rolled his eyes. He kicked out a chair and dropped into it. "So, what's the big game plan? Interrogation? Torture? Throw them to the smoke monster?"
"Sounds good to me," someone muttered.
"It looks like we're all present and accounted for," Daniel looked up at those assembled and smirked at Dean balancing two plates of food. That seemed awfully domestic for Faith, but he could be wrong. "At least all of us whom are going to be present and accounted for.
"Let's get down to it, then."
"What are we doing with them?" Damon asked. The red head didn't have to point out which them he referred to.
"Before discussing the prisoners, I'd like to go over a few other things. This is the easy stuff." Daniel looked at Rodney and then the Doctor and gave them both a nod. "The Doctor and Rodney spent a lot of time working with the start you gave us, Damon. This entire complex is under our control now and completely separate from any other systems that these DHARMA people might have or do have running.
"That doesn't mean that we can let our guard down. It's entirely possible that they are planning a counterstrike. We do have several of their people, and I'm sure that they'll want them back. We'll keep the outside guard rotations at night. The cameras do have a lens to shift to night vision and we can engage the perimeter lights if we chose to do so.
"This place has food and supplies, but we don't know what or how much. Someone, probably several someones, are going to need to take stock of what's in the pantry, what's in the storeroom and what's in the kitchen. Also, I'll see if Dr. Pierson can't take stock of the medical supplies, particularly the drugs that we might need."
No one interrupted to ask why he hadn't chosen House.
"Preliminary checks and a bed count reveal that this facility sleeps 22. I'm not going to assign rooms. We're all adults, and I'm sure you can figure it out. There are twenty beds. There are a limited number of rooms. Some of you are going to be roomies, if you want to have a roof over your head. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
"In addition to inventory, someone is going to need to go back to the garden, the tunnel, the Beach Camp and Camp Serenity, to brief them on the situation here. We have a jeep, which won't be as fast as the other methods of transport available to us, but a jeep won't physically tire anyone out."
"A jeep that has to go in two different directions. That's going to take time," Damon pointed out. "Whichever way the jeep doesn't go, I will." He didn't elaborate. He also didn't sound happy about volunteering. Given his preoccupation with finding Claire and being with Claire, Daniel wasn't surprised.
"Let's not jump the gun, Damon. We'll see what we need," Daniel said quietly, giving the other man a sympathetic nod. "Last but not least, we have the prisoners. Some of them got away, and chances are that the ones who escaped will come for their people. We need to be prepared, and before we decide what to do with them, we need to find out a lot more about them."
"Okay then, I'm not seeing any dusty rocks so what do you –" Jon leaned over his shoulder to peer at the writing and stopped in mid-sentence. "Do you do anything the normal way, ever, Daniel?"
"What's the problem, Jon? Not up on your Gaelic?"
"You're writing notes in Gaelic. If I ask why are you going to tell? You know without boring me to death before I'm actually legally old enough to drink?"
"It's a precaution," Daniel explained. "Our friends here, and I do use the term friends quite lightly, have access to –" Daniel paused, then decided that there was really no point in not saying it aloud, "—Ancient technology. They might be able to read it.
"I thought about all the other languages, but didn't want to chance that they knew one of those."
"Right. Makes perfect sense," Jon rolled his eyes. He kicked out a chair and dropped into it. "So, what's the big game plan? Interrogation? Torture? Throw them to the smoke monster?"
"Sounds good to me," someone muttered.
"It looks like we're all present and accounted for," Daniel looked up at those assembled and smirked at Dean balancing two plates of food. That seemed awfully domestic for Faith, but he could be wrong. "At least all of us whom are going to be present and accounted for.
"Let's get down to it, then."
"What are we doing with them?" Damon asked. The red head didn't have to point out which them he referred to.
"Before discussing the prisoners, I'd like to go over a few other things. This is the easy stuff." Daniel looked at Rodney and then the Doctor and gave them both a nod. "The Doctor and Rodney spent a lot of time working with the start you gave us, Damon. This entire complex is under our control now and completely separate from any other systems that these DHARMA people might have or do have running.
"That doesn't mean that we can let our guard down. It's entirely possible that they are planning a counterstrike. We do have several of their people, and I'm sure that they'll want them back. We'll keep the outside guard rotations at night. The cameras do have a lens to shift to night vision and we can engage the perimeter lights if we chose to do so.
"This place has food and supplies, but we don't know what or how much. Someone, probably several someones, are going to need to take stock of what's in the pantry, what's in the storeroom and what's in the kitchen. Also, I'll see if Dr. Pierson can't take stock of the medical supplies, particularly the drugs that we might need."
No one interrupted to ask why he hadn't chosen House.
"Preliminary checks and a bed count reveal that this facility sleeps 22. I'm not going to assign rooms. We're all adults, and I'm sure you can figure it out. There are twenty beds. There are a limited number of rooms. Some of you are going to be roomies, if you want to have a roof over your head. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
"In addition to inventory, someone is going to need to go back to the garden, the tunnel, the Beach Camp and Camp Serenity, to brief them on the situation here. We have a jeep, which won't be as fast as the other methods of transport available to us, but a jeep won't physically tire anyone out."
"A jeep that has to go in two different directions. That's going to take time," Damon pointed out. "Whichever way the jeep doesn't go, I will." He didn't elaborate. He also didn't sound happy about volunteering. Given his preoccupation with finding Claire and being with Claire, Daniel wasn't surprised.
"Let's not jump the gun, Damon. We'll see what we need," Daniel said quietly, giving the other man a sympathetic nod. "Last but not least, we have the prisoners. Some of them got away, and chances are that the ones who escaped will come for their people. We need to be prepared, and before we decide what to do with them, we need to find out a lot more about them."
[McKay] Day 20: Debriefing (open tag)
Date: 2006-08-25 04:08 am (UTC)Of course, Dr. McKay has experience in Ancient technology. He can recognize it, use it, jury rig it, interface to it, and can even read it-- technical jargon, that is. He's been immersed in it for over a year, and in that time, he's effectively the technical expert in it in not only this galaxy but probably in the Pegasus Galaxy as well. In that, they've still got a somewhat level playing field. He'd be the first to say that the survivor group is lucky to have him on their side, but at the moment, he was a bit too preoccupied with that second cup of coffee, and after that, a third.
The moment it was done brewing, Rodney grabbed his own cup and retakes his seat. He and The Doctor worked to isolate the system, and there are still a couple more things he'd like to do to make sure that they're completely protected, or rather, as protected as they could be. The fact they've got the CCTV working helps, however. At least, it went a long way to help alleviate his concerns.
[Chris] And what about.... (tag Daniel, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 04:11 am (UTC)"Alex," someone supplied.
"Right, maybe Alex would know what's going on," Chris offered. "But I haven't seen her this morning." He wondered if she was still there, or had disappeared into the night.
[Jon] And what about.... (tag open)
Date: 2006-08-25 08:33 am (UTC)There was some shifting in seats as everyone recalled why that room needed scrubbing, so Jon decided to plough on.
"Inventories, billets and communicating with the other groups we should be able to start on without Alex, even rotas - though they might be subject to change depending on what we find out. She's not exactly battering the door down to do away with our prisoners though, is she? So there might be some loyalty hiding away in there, however cooperative she seems."
He thought a minute. "The girls were asked questions, lots of questions, weren't they? Maybe there's some kind of truth serum about."
[Scott] And what about.... (tag open)
Date: 2006-08-25 12:20 pm (UTC)Scott briefly wondered where the prisoners were being held. For now he and especially Ethan were better off not knowing. Ami was his first priority. Revenge could wait until she was conscious and able to care for herself.
Jon's mention of questioning caught Scott's attention. "Even if the bastards weren't questioning the women, they were doping them up. Did anyone find their medical records? I can tell what the drugs did to Ami, but I need to know more about the drugs themselves." Damon's, Locke's, and the Doctor's presence reminded him that Ami wasn't the only person who'd been experimented on or hurt. "When we're done here I'll see what I can do for Tara, and anyone else who's hurt."
[Megabyte, Daniel] And What About . . . (tag Scott, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 03:10 pm (UTC)"We have their medical records," Daniel confirmed, a fact that Megabyte already knew. He'd been there when Daniel asked for them and Alex had immediately pointed them out. They were thick files for the few days that the women had been in captivity; even given that according to timestamps in the security system, it had been nearly ten days for the women, the files were still incredibly thick.
Megabyte hadn't tried to look at them. Not because he didn't think he could decipher what was done, but because he was afraid that he could.
"The Doctor, Dr. Pierson, Rodney, and I looked them over last night," Daniel continued. "They don't make for pleasant reading." From anyone else those words probably would have sounded patronizing, but a good deal of sincerity, sadness and anger -- well hidden by the calm on Daniel's face -- flowed from the archeaologist/soldier when he said those words.
"Why Rodney?" Megabyte asked.
"Because I am one of the --"
"Because Rodney has an understanding of the sorts of advanced technology, as well as a few of the other things we encountered in their files. Believe it or not, he can be helpful -- and discreet -- at times."
"Of course I can be discreet, I never would have --" Rodney stopped as a ding rang out, signifying a fresh pot of coffee. "Coffee's ready. Good. I think better with coffee."
Daniel shook his head, pushed his glasses up on his nose and continued as though uninterrupted. He looked directly at Scott. "If there aren't any objections, I don't see why you can't look at the files when we wrap up here. But it won't be my final call. They aren't my files."
Thinking about the files and the medical "procedures," Megabyte glanced at Scott. As much as he wanted to ask the man a question, he didn't want to do it aloud. Though he'd done what he had to do, revealed himself in order to rescue his friends, he felt a little odd about it now. There was no desire to continue to advertise that he was more than a little bit different.
He gave Scott a telepathic nudge, /Scott./
Megabyte waited until the man's head turned slightly and he knew that he had his attention. /I don't know how exactly how your healing works, but you said that you can tell what the drugs did to Ami. Could you check on Claire and the baby?/
[McKay] Priorities? (tag open)
Date: 2006-08-25 03:34 pm (UTC)Oh, certainly Rodney can be discreet. He hasn't said word one about the existance of the Lost City of the Ancients millions of light-years away to anyone not directly 'in the know', and the fact that he's comfortable around an alien could lead to supposition, sure, but he'd never come out and /said/ that he deals with them on a regular basis. The Asgard. Goa'uld. Ascended Ancients. Even in this push for honesty, he hasn't really said who he worked for, much less the USAF. He'd simply said the Pentagon would be looking for him...
As for what to do next, well.. that was not necessarily his call. For all intents and purposes, Dr. Jackson was running the show, and this meeting was for prioritizing, right? Those who needed to know what his expertise was, knows, and beyond that?
"I'd like to get back to the computers, bring it down to base code if I need to." After all, there is power in the building, which means he can run his own laptop with impugnity. Get everything organized the way he wanted them now that he's got a great deal more information... And, with coffee and food now in comparitive abundance, McKay'll pull all-nighters if need be. After all, what else was there to do? At least for a brilliant scientist like himself...
[Scott, Locke, Sam] And What About . . . (open tag)
From:[Daniel] And what about.... (tag Jon, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 03:18 pm (UTC)"A lie of omission is still a lie, Daniel. She isn't exactly volunteering stuff either, is she?" Jon reminded him, the scowl on his face so reminiscent of Jack O'Neill that for a moment Daniel felt like they were off-world in an unknown hostile environment, banging their heads together to figure everything out.
(Oh wait, we are. Except it's Jon instead of Jack. Other than that, it's life as I've come to know it.)
"She's not visiting the prisoners either," someone pointed out.
"Which makes sense if she was a prisoner here," Daniel agreed. "It also makes sense that she wouldn't necessarily be shouting 'off with their heads,' either. We don't know how long she's been here, what they've done to her or how she's been socialized --"
Jon looked dubiously at him. "Stockholm Syndrome?"
"We can't ignore the possibility."
[Sam] Missing the occult (tag Daniel, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 04:32 pm (UTC)This place, though... Dharma seemed to be run by regular, mortal humans. Sadistic, sure, but Sam didn't think he could kill one of them in cold blood. Dean, neither. Scott... maybe, after what he'd seen in the office. Sam was still resentful about whatever psychic crap the guy had tried on him the other day. It was a far cry from how Max had used his abilities, but still...
And what was this ancient technology? The control panels and notion of temporal barriers seemed pretty damn high tech. After volunteering to help John take stock of the supplies, Sam turned to Daniel, who spoke way too many obscure languages for a soldier. "Question. Ancient technology? None of this seems ancient to me."
[Daniel] It's ancient ... and it's alien (tag Sam, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 05:12 pm (UTC)"Alien," Daniel translated. Everyone else knew that. Oddly, everyone else accepted that. "It's an ancient type of alien technology, with ancient being a relative term. And yes, I said alien, and no, I don't mean people who sneak into the country and don't hold green cards."
He waited to see how Sam would handle that information.
[Sam] It's ancient ... and it's alien (open tag)
Date: 2006-08-25 05:25 pm (UTC)Everyone looked at him askance. "No," Daniel said slowly. "What would make you think that?"
Sam shrugged. "Wishful thinking. I'd love to tell Dean that he hooked up with E.T."
[Mayday] It's ancient ... and it's alien (open tag)
Date: 2006-08-25 07:00 pm (UTC)She racked up another language on the list of languages Daniel spoke as Jon mentioned the Gaelic. English, Japanese, Aramaic, something that wasn't Japanese (whatever that other couple in the clearing spoke), and now Gaelic. She'd intended to get the Doctor the other night, but it was probably best that she'd run into Daniel instead given his linguistic skills. /How many languages does this guy speak already?/ She took another gulp of her orange juice as Sam asked about Faith.
"Wishful thinking. I'd love to tell Dean that he hooked up with E.T."
May nearly spit out her drink at that, but saved herself from hosing Jon and Daniel down and nearly choked instead. "You okay?" Jon asked.
She swallowed and nodded. "Yeah. Bad timing. Not funny," she added at Sam's smile. Somehow, the citrus hitting her sinuses must have kick-started her brain because something important occurred to her. "But seriously, with all this talk of aliens, has anyone figured out exactly where we are? On Earth, I'm assuming, but beyond that? The way we got dumped here, we don't really have a point of reference."
[Dean] Whew, that was close! (open tag)
From:[Molly] Whew, that was close! (open tag)
From:[Doctor] It's ancient ... and it's alien (open tag)
From:[McKay] It's ancient ... and it's alien (tag Sam, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 05:39 pm (UTC)Oh, hey, look at that. More coffee...
McKay looked away to attend to his coffee, waiting for the inevitable questions that would follow; answers he was more than willing for either Dr. Jackson to field, or-- hey-- perhaps The Doctor?
[Faith] Hey, Check Out the New Girl (tag Isabel, George, open)
Date: 2006-08-25 11:58 pm (UTC)A shrill wolf whistle changed all that.
The room fell silent, every head swiveled in their direction. She could feel George alternating between glaring and cringing, and she figured Isabel had probably just gone scarlet. Whatever. At least they had everyone's attention.
"Yo, everybody, George brought home a stray," Faith announced. She jerked her thumb towards Isabel, "This is Isabel. She's just an ordinary girl who got washed overboard out at sea and wound up in our little island of tropical fun and sun. Isabel," Faith glanced over her shoulder and grinned at the newcomer, "This is everybody."
Her eyes moved around the room and Faith snorted, "And we are all starting to look like a bunch of extras from ER."
[McKay] Hey, Check Out the New Girl (tag Isabel, Faith, open)
Date: 2006-08-26 01:09 am (UTC)The scowl began to fade, and all things considered, he had his work cut out for him for as long as he's here. He mentally began to check things off, much like he had while lying in bed, smelling the aroma of breakfast.
The interruption of Faith brought his focus off the middle distance, and pressing his lips together in a grimace, watched the introduction of yet one more undoubtedly unhelpful person to the castaways.
Still, she was cute.
Blonde.
"Never saw it. I'm thinking we're more like 'The Prisoner', but without the giant rubber ball."
[George] Hey, Check Out the New Girl (open tag)
Date: 2006-08-26 07:03 am (UTC)George turned to take a look at Isabel, to see how she was dealing with all the strangers staring at her--and noticed Blaise. He'd been sitting at a table in the corner. Now he was standing, staring at Isabel with an odd expression.
Before George could identify his reaction he gave his head a little shake and sat down again, muttering to himself. Blaise focused on his plate, picking up his fork and resuming his meal.
George watched him for a moment longer, wondering what that was about. Blaise glanced up at Isabel once more, then concentrated on eating again.
[Blaise] Hey, Check Out the New Girl (open tag)
Date: 2006-08-26 07:10 am (UTC)(Damn,) he thought. He'd been shocked when Faith's whistle caught his attention and he'd looked up. For a moment he thought that Lily--his Lily--had somehow turned up on the island. Torn by conflicting emotions, he'd leaped to his feet; thrilled to see his wife again, but angry and frightened by the thought that she'd somehow been dragged into this mess.
But Faith introduced her as Isabel and on closer inspection, she wasn't Lily. The resemblance was remarkable, but it was only a strong resemblance. She might have been Lily's sister, but not her identical twin. Still, it was a painful reminder of how much he missed her.
[Isabel] This is worse than Show and Tell (open tag)
From:[Dean] This is worse than Show and Tell (tag May, open)
From:[Tara] Sorry, guys (tag open)
From:[Mayday] Sorry, guys (tag open)
From:[Daniel] Sorry, guys (tag open)
From:[Isabel] Sorry, guys (tag open)
From:[Faith] Clothes Can Wait (tag Sam, Scott, Isabel, open)
From:[Isabel] Breakfast can't (tag open)
From:[Dean] Clothes Can Wait (tag open)
From:[Sam] Clothes Can Wait (tag Dean, open)
From:[Dean] Clothes Can Wait (tag Sam, open)
From:[Sam] Mirror, mirror on the wall (tag Dean, open)
From:[Dean] Mirror, mirror on the wall (tag Sam, open)
From:Re: [Dean] Mirror, mirror on the wall (tag Sam, open)
From:[Dean] Mirror, mirror on the wall (tag Sam, open)
From:[Isabel] Hello (tag Dean, Sam, open)
From:[Dean0] Hello (tag Isabel, Sam, open)
From:[Isabel] Hello (tag Dean, open)
From:ooc: note
From:Re: ooc: note
From:(frozen) [Faith] Changing of the Guard (tag Isabel, Dean, open)
From:(frozen) [Sam, Locke] Back to business (open tag)
From:(frozen) Redirection
From:(frozen) [Dean] Changing of the Guard (tag Isabel, Faith, open)
From:(frozen) [Isabel] Eek! (tag Faith, open)
From:(frozen) [Faith] Wet Clothes (tag Isabel, open)
From:(frozen) [Isabel] Wet is not the new dry (tag Faith, open)
From:(frozen) Redirect
From:OOC laughter
From:[Scott] Clothes Can Wait (tag Faith, open)
From:[Scott] Could be worse, right? (open tag)
From:[McKay] Sorry, guys (tag Daniel, Doctor, open)
From:[Doctor] Back to normal.... sort of (open)
From:[Scott] Back to normal.... sort of (open)
From:[Molly] Oh crap... (open)
From:[Mayday] Oh crap... (open)
From:[Mayday] Oh crap, continued... (tag open)
From:OOC:
From:[Chris] Oh crap, continued... (tag open)
From:[Mayday] Magic and mayhem and moving (tag Chris, open)
From:[Chris] Magic and mayhem and moving (tag Mayday, open)
From:[Mayday] Magic and mayhem and damn paranoid people (tag Chris)
From:Redirect
From:Re: OOC MIA
From:OOC: Continuity Flow
From:Re: OOC: Continuity Flow
From:[Tara] Oh crap... (tag psychics, open)
From:[Molly] Oh crap... (tag May, Tara, psychics, open)
From:OOC redirect
From:ooc: kewl
From:(frozen) [Aiden] Another day at the Office...er..compound
Date: 2006-08-26 02:07 am (UTC)She sighed and knew her "shift" as it were was not done yet. She wanted to speak to the doctor(s) who'd treated the victims and the victims themselves if they were up to it. She wanted to interview the prisoners she'd heard they'd brought back as well as this girl who'd helped them do it. And no she wasn't planing on taking a nap first. Witness testimonies were shaky enough without letting more time pass.
She wished her partner was here to help, or at least play good cop insane cop with her. She smiled at the thought but it quickly faded. She was homesick.
She swallowed her hurt and loneliness as she came into the room, snapping her gloves off in the process. She turned them inside out and put them in the plastic baggie she took our of her jeans pocket. She sealed it with a piece of tape and pulled the pen off the v-neck in her shirt to initial and date the tape. Then she helped herself to a cup of coffee.
She looked over the group as she wrapped her hands around the mug.
"Good morning." she said to the group. "So where are we?"
(frozen) [Mayday] Another day at the Office...er..compound (tag Aiden, open)
Date: 2006-08-26 02:24 am (UTC)May blinked at the woman - oh, wait, yeah, she'd been in the clearing on the night of Let's-Meet-Everybody-And-You'll-Be-Quizzed-Later. Ann? No, it wasn't a common name, but all May could remember was that it began with an A.
She was getting up to put her plate in the sink anyway, so she came over to greet the new arrival. "Eating, mostly. Help yourself, I think the wolves haven't devoured it all."
((OOC again: Okay, my brain is now trying to escape out my ear due to the Headache That Will Not Die. Bedtime....))
(frozen) Re: [Aiden] Another day at the Office...er..compound (tag Mayday, open)
Date: 2006-08-26 03:00 am (UTC)She looked around for something to eat with her coffee.
(frozen) [Aiden] Water water everywhere (tag Faith, open)
Date: 2006-08-27 03:19 am (UTC)And then she was wet.
"Son of a bitch!" she yelled, putting down her water logged coffe mug and sliding off the counter leaving a puddle in her wake. For a moment she just stood dripping and observing, her brain trying to process a lot of new information at once.
She went over and got a tea towel. She patted dry her face then started to dry her hair.
Tara of course. Aiden resisted the urge to grumble aloud.
"I'm all for putting Sabrina in a rubber padded room." She looked around at everything everybody was going through. She knew she was lucky, last time she'd had a run in with Tara's magic she ended up with a blow to the head. "For she kills someone."
Then she went for the medical supplies. No medical supply cabniet worth it's salt, even one run by kindnapping crazies, was without extra scrubs. She pulled out a pair and started to undress. She wasn't the least bit self-concious changing in a room with men, shared a locker room with them for years. She couldn't help but think of her partner's smirk. Their playful banter. And she smiled for a moment. But even happy memories made her heart hurt. So she pouted. She didn't have anything of his. She had a picture of her family, her best friend's FBI t-shirt, but nothing of her partner's to remind her of him. Just faded memories and thought about what could of been.
She pulled on the scrubs, wiping herself with the towel as she went. The starched material itched her skin but at least they were dry. She pulled out another pair and tossed them at Faith, who was still standing around naked.
Then she washed her hands and took over where May had left off making breakfast.
(frozen) OOC: Note
Date: 2006-08-27 02:04 pm (UTC)There is a map of the facility here (http://community.livejournal.com/xinglost_admin/6640.html) and scrubs would be in the bedrooms, the locker room and storage area. Medicines are in the exam room(s) and the lab.
(frozen) OOC: Oops
Date: 2006-08-27 03:19 pm (UTC)*shrug*
Ultimately, it all works out, 'cause Faith isn't standing around naked anymore.
(frozen) Redirect
Date: 2006-08-27 04:18 pm (UTC)(frozen) [Daniel, Faith] Calming Down (open tag)
Date: 2006-08-27 03:08 pm (UTC)He was glad that she was standing to the side of him. Still, he was a normal red-blooded heterosexual male and he had to force himself to look away for propriety's sake. He opened his mouth to remind her to put on some clothes – evidently Tara's magical ripple had completely banished Faith's clothes and not rendered them invisible – and changed his mind. Without a word, he walked over to one of the deserted mattresses from the night before, snatched up a blanket and wrapped it around Faith without looking at every inch of her body on display and without touching more than her shoulders.
"Tired of enjoying the view?" Faith's smirk was firmly in place.
"While I'm not surprised that you are quite confident and comfortable with your body, Faith, let's have a small measure of respect for the others present, all right?"
Faith shrugged, "Sure, no problem." She began fiddling with the blanket, pulling it off one shoulder and working it under her arms – all somehow without flashing the entire kitchen (again).
"Faith, what are you –"
"Toga," Faith supplied without looking up from what she was doing. "I know I *could* go get some scrubs, but I don't want to miss anything."
"Of course," Daniel remarked dryly, watching Dean leave with the new young woman. Faith watched as well, smirked, but didn't seem to care.
"Yes, well I think the meeting was interrupted by Tara's magical run off, so instead of showing us your expertise in ancient clothing, why don't you get some scrubs – and keep an eye on the lovely new young lady who washed up onto the beach," Daniel instructed.
"Don't trust Dean?"
"Do you trust Dean?"
"Hey, I screwed him, I didn't marry 'im."
Daniel sighed. That wasn't at all what he was getting at. "Faith –"
"Yeah I know, Dean's dick my trip him up if she's a plant or some shit like that, whereas my love of dicks won't let it happen."
He realized he must have been growing used to Faith. Her straightforward, frank description didn't even make him blink. In fact, he gave her bemused smile. "Not the words I would have chosen, but yes."
"And 'sides having the new guy – that we don't know – alone with the new girl that we don't know, not the smartest thing to do."
Daniel nodded at Faith's perception. She was smarter than she looked – and acted. "Nail on the head."
"But you weren't worried about me screwing him?"
"Somehow, Faith, I think that Dean was in more danger alone with you than vice-versa."
Faith grinned proudly. "Update me on the sitch when I get back?" Faith was already leaving the kitchen and tossed the last back over her shoulder.
"I'll try to remember to keep you in the loop," Daniel said.
(frozen) Redirection
Date: 2006-08-27 04:18 pm (UTC)Faith went here (http://community.livejournal.com/crossing_lostrp/96120.html?thread=3194488#t3194488)