Spider's Web update
I posted Chapter Four of Spider's Web last night:
Spider's Web on Ao3
Spider's Web on fanfic.net
It was a lot harder to find teaser excerpts from this chapter that weren't too spoilery, but here are a couple of samples. These aren't actual spoilers, but I'll cut them anyway.
[Kinda-sorta-spoiler-cut]Sam cut herself off and examined Daniel’s expression, trying to figure out whether he had actually followed any of her explanation.
“Like playing Hangman with glyphs?” he said at last.
“Well, yeah. Pretty much.” She frowned thoughtfully at Teal’c’s apparent lack of expression. “Okay, Teal’c. Spit it out.”
Teal’c considered his now empty plate. “There is nothing for me to spit out, Captain Carter.”
Jack decided to start with the Gate complex, which ought to be interesting at least. Of course, there was that old saying about what the Chinese meant by ‘interesting’. From a Chinese point of view, Jack’s life had always been interesting.
Actually, he’d start by finding his way back to the transport rings, if he could, without getting lost or going in circles. He’d picked up a handy trick some years back from a group of Norwegian SFs, and it was even more useful off-planet than it had been on Earth: if the landscape was unfamiliar, you damned well made it familiar ASAP, using whatever mental tricks or shortcuts you needed. Jack checked the bearings he’d taken the previous night: the rocky spire of the Setesh Guard’s Nose over to the south, and the fine bald granite crown of Hammond’s Dome.
Spider's Web on Ao3
Spider's Web on fanfic.net
It was a lot harder to find teaser excerpts from this chapter that weren't too spoilery, but here are a couple of samples. These aren't actual spoilers, but I'll cut them anyway.
[Kinda-sorta-spoiler-cut]Sam cut herself off and examined Daniel’s expression, trying to figure out whether he had actually followed any of her explanation.
“Like playing Hangman with glyphs?” he said at last.
“Well, yeah. Pretty much.” She frowned thoughtfully at Teal’c’s apparent lack of expression. “Okay, Teal’c. Spit it out.”
Teal’c considered his now empty plate. “There is nothing for me to spit out, Captain Carter.”
Jack decided to start with the Gate complex, which ought to be interesting at least. Of course, there was that old saying about what the Chinese meant by ‘interesting’. From a Chinese point of view, Jack’s life had always been interesting.
Actually, he’d start by finding his way back to the transport rings, if he could, without getting lost or going in circles. He’d picked up a handy trick some years back from a group of Norwegian SFs, and it was even more useful off-planet than it had been on Earth: if the landscape was unfamiliar, you damned well made it familiar ASAP, using whatever mental tricks or shortcuts you needed. Jack checked the bearings he’d taken the previous night: the rocky spire of the Setesh Guard’s Nose over to the south, and the fine bald granite crown of Hammond’s Dome.