[Daniel] (Insert Clever Title Here)
Who: Daniel-in-the-Doctor, Faith-in-Chloe
Where: The hallway outside the cafeteria
When: Early afternoon (concurrent with "Research, research, research")
Invited: Anyone ( Read more... )
Where: The hallway outside the cafeteria
When: Early afternoon (concurrent with "Research, research, research")
Invited: Anyone ( Read more... )
The cat call, naturally encouraged Faith who tried to intensify her assault on Daniel's mouth and his senses. Indecision gone, he gripped her shoulders, trying to push her away without hurting her.
Again, not soon enough.
"Oi! Hands off. That belongs to me." The voice, the presence, the nearness of Rose overwhelmed him. Somehow Daniel managed to detach Faith's mouth from his all the while wondering if the embarrassment could possibly be any worse.
Rose stood far closer than Daniel was comfortable with, practically poised to wedge herself between Daniel and Faith, and Faith smirked up at him deviously. Not there that had ever been any doubt as to whom was in possession of Chloe's body, but that smirk underscored it. That smirk did not belong on Chloe's face.
"This isn't - she kissed -" Daniel snapped his jaw shut in annoyed frustration. And why am I explaining and justifying myself?
He stretched his arms, pushing Faith as far from him as he could. He looked at Rose, managed to frown while blushing and then recalled her words. "What? I don't belong to you, Rose."
"You got the Doctor's body, yeah? So that's mine."
Daniel opened his mouth and snapped it closed.
Faith wasn't as wise. "Well the Doctor's not using it right now. Why can't Daniel? I'm sure he won't mind if you and the Doctor try out his body." To underscore her words, Faith ran her fingers sensually down Daniel's arm.
Daniel batted her hand away. "Yes, Daniel does mind. And Daniel is not trying out the Doctor's and why the hell am I talking about myself in third person?" Taking a deep breath, Daniel closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. Soft, almost feminine laughter drew his attention away from Rose and Faith.
He didn't recognize the young man standing there smirking at them. What he did recognize was that there was something off about the man. He felt early for lack of a better word. It was more disconcerting than the two women on either side of him."Um, who are you and ... where did you come from, because I'm thinking that it's not 2004."
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She turned to Chloe once more. "But have you ever heard of loyalty? Fidelity? Or at least just plain exclusivity?"
Okay, where had that last word come from? Kinda like her new ease with maths.
"No test drivin' anything. Got it? Only someone with little to no integrity'd do somethin' like that in a body don't belong to them."
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Faith told her as much. "Lighten up, Rose. Chloe won't mind what I do as long as I don't bring her back with any broken bones or weird tattoos. Hell, she might even like weird tattoos.
"'Sides, I find it hard to believe that someone who hangs out with Jack isn't a little more open to experiences?" Faith leaned close and suggested with a waggle of her eyebrows, "We could even grab the Doc and go foursome. You gotta admit that Danny's hot, I'd like to take a go at another alien body, you're hot, and Chloe's body is definitely not too bad. Trust me, I've had it."
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"What... what Jack does is his own business. 'S long as he doesn't bring back anythin' contagious... or end up pregnant again. And just cause I think a bloke's attractive doesn't mean I need to sleep with 'im."
Okay, so she'd skipped out on Mickey for the Doctor, and invited Adam along... and kinda came close to takin' Jack up on his initial offer... but she hadn't. With any of them. Until recently that is. Damnit... she wasn't a slapper.
"More to life than sex, Faith. You find the right one, you stay with them. Don't need nothin else. There is no way," Rose poked at Chloe's sternum, "no way you get to feel up or more the Doctor, he body or his consciousness. Got that. The real him'd be politely uninterested anyhow. And you're takin advantage of Danny's new senses ready to make his brain explode."
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Daniel was really trying hard to ignore the conversation between Faith and Rose. The young Asian man was an anamoly, and not just because Daniel didn't recall seeing him before. He was out of sync and yet not and why would he seem to be both in and out . . .
"Geez, Faith, let the guy come up for air, why don't you?" The words came back to him.
Daniel frowned in concentration, quickly sorting through names and faces and voices to match the intonation. It had to be someone aware of the switch, someone unaccounted for in the confusion. "May?"
"Got it in one." May seemed surprised by that. She (He?) also seemed to be half-listening and half-trying-not-to-listen to Faith sharing things that went beyond the borders of Too Much Information.
Pregnant again!? Daniel's brain latched onto to Rose's words and he wished he didn't, particularly when she seemed intent on pointing out how sensitive he was to everything. One thing Faith did not need was more fodder.
"All right, you win," Faith agreed easily. A little too easily in Daniel's opinion. "No more feeling up the Doctor. I guess we'll just pick this up when you're back in your rightful skin, huh, Danny?"
"Yes." Three heads swiveled and Daniel realized what he said. "I mean, no. I mean, Faith, just ..." Daniel waved down the hall in frustration, and turned to May, "May, exactly whose body did you swap?"
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"How'd you -" May began, and then remembered Scott noticing her accent back when they couldn't remember anything. It must still be apparent now.
Then something Rose said completely jolted her train of thought off the tracks, straight up in the air, spun it around and dropped it into the nearest river. "Waitwaitwait. Pregnant again?" She caught the look on the Doctor's face - no, it was Daniel - and changed the subject. "Never mind." Didn't mean she couldn't ask later, when she was hopefully back in her own body.
Again, it was really, really hard to keep from laughing at Daniel's Freudian slip, but she managed this time. "Some guy named Hiro Nakamura. Tara mentioned him last night; he wandered in during the amnesia mess. I think he only speaks Japanese."
"So he's wandering around in your body, then?" Rose asked. "I haven't seen him - uh, in you - at all."
"He's still in the laundry room. Well, he was five minutes ago," May amended. "And I just realized, I don't speak Japanese. Does anyone here speak it? 'Cause I think this explanation's going to be weird enough without a language barrier."
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"Faith." She recognized the warning tone to Daniel's voice, even if it wasn't Daniel's voice. Fun and games were over, he was back in charge and it was truly a real shame.
"I was just going to ask what it was like having a vision problem."
"I'm sure that you were," Daniel said. To May, he added, "I speak Japanese. Let's go and explain this *place* to our wayward friend."
"Sounds like a plan," Faith agreed, slipping up beside Daniel. She shook off Rose's glare of warning with a roll of her eyes and toss of her head. "Yo, Rose, we're cool all right? Hands off the merchandise, no touchy feely. I promise. I just want to meet the new guy."
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A very irritated McKay-in-Zelenka's body exited the Geek Lab, the door closing behind him. He stalked down the corridor, briefly considering some coffee. It'd be nice at the moment, but he didn't have the time.
Time.
Time--oh! Timelord!
Actually taking a look down the stretch of hallway between him and the control room, Rodney saw The Doctor. Well, not -The- Doctor.. but the Doctor and-and-and..
"Dr. Jackson..." His pace quickened a moment, though slowed once more when he saw ... Chloe? Rose... is she the same too, or has she..
"Um..." He knew for sure that Daniel and the Doctor had swapped out. "Dr. Jackson. We'll need you in the lab. We're planning on heading to the TARDIS, first ringing out to the beach, then taking the walk in. The ship may have everything we need, only it'll take some time for us to... work everything out." Science v. Magic, and in the scientist's head, if it couldn't be done by the application of science, no matter how advanced, it was impossible.
He nodded to Rose, and actually shuffled a little before nodding to the reporter. "I'm on my way to the control room to pull some files that we may need."
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"How soon?" Daniel asked. He had no problems going to the Doctor's ship, was actually dying to see it, but he'd want to make sure that everything was under control before leaving. Well, at least as under control as everything could be under the circumstances.
"We have another drop-in stray," Daniel continued. Despite his attempt at neutrality, he was certain that his feelings on the island continuing to drop random people in weren't positive.
Daniel indicated May-in-Hiro's body with a nod of his head. "He's Japanese and appearently speaks little to no English. I need to talk to him, at least find out his name and where he came from."
Or when he came from, Daniel added silently.
"He's currently occupying the body of May Parker." Daniel didn't expect Rodney to know who May Parker was, or even care aside from the factual aspects of it being another body switch.
"Who is this?" Faith-in-Chloe moved closer to McKay, drinking him in with that overly interested way of hers. She gave him a smile, and pushed his glasses up on his nose. "'Cause, you're kinda cute in a sort of geeky way."
Daniel rolled his eyes. Grabbing Faith's arm, he pulled her away from McKay before the man combusted. "Faith, that's Rodney. And Rodney, this is Faith, not Chloe with a personality transplant."
Faith smiled at Rodney and tossed him a wink, "I'm blonde now. Wanna give it a shot?"
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Both ideas were attractive, but he finally stood and popped open the door to the laundry room, sliding the backpack full of things over his shoulder. Sticking his head out the door, hand going to push up his glasses before he remembered he wasn't wearing glasses anymore.
He made a noise somewhat half-growl, half-whimper, and slid out the door, padding down the hall on alert. Looking for anyone who looked like he was supposed to.
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"Well, as soon as I pull the files. It's a five day walk." Rodney's voice dropped. Taking what he'd considered key people away for five days, who knew what would happen around here. The Doctor, him, Daniel-- only people left who could keep the peanut-gallery in check would be Blaise and Ripley. When they were themselves.
Now?
Not so much.
At the news of the new 'drop in stray', his brows rose and he glanced around to see Hiro. A quick evaluation, and there was little interest. "Hi." Done. But, it took a beat before it sunk in that it was May 'in there'. "Oh.. um.. Yes, I know her... Helped me when the wraith attacked." He remembered! Webs and all... "Hi." This time, it sounded a little less strained, though still, idle chit-chat wasn't on the agenda. And, it was more than a little awkward talking to someone inside, rather than.. the person. "Thanks, by the way, for that."
The feline movement of Chloe took the scientist way off-guard, and he actually jumped. It- Oh! Faith...
As Daniel pulled her away, Rodney-in-Radek took a step back, and readjusted his glasses for the millionth time. "How does he--" Feral animal, she... though other times, other circumstances, he may have-- No.
"I've got work to do," While it came out in the Czech's voice, the rapid stammering was unmistakable. "When you..." Here, he moved fingers around, "switch... then..." He's got a coffee 'date' with Chloe... not Faith. Assuming, of course, that all was still on now that they got their memories back. When the 'date' had been made, she didn't 'know' him. Now? "Um... Sorry."
"Dr. Jackson." Yes. Divert. Re-focus. "Uh... a half hour. Think you can make it?" Assuming he can escape within the next couple of minutes. "We'll need The Doctor's... body so connections can be made to the TARDIS. Not much The Doctor can do in yours." In other words, they -have- to have Daniel if their plan is going to work, or rather, has any chance at working.
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May could totally understand the awkwardness. "Hi. Uh, no problem."
When Faith started putting the moves on Rodney, she covered her mouth to stifle more laughter. Dean had a point, the whole thing was hysterically funny. Didn't mean she wasn't going to get revenge on him later.
The Rodney and Faith Show was blocking her view of the laundry room, so she didn't immediately notice the door opening. When Rodney stepped back, though, she caught a glimpse of the figure tentatively approaching the crowd. Even though she was braced for it, it was still bizarre to see herself from outside.
"Wow, do I ever need a haircut," she muttered without thinking, prompting odd looks from Faith and Rose (Rodney was too busy plotting out the trek to the TARDIS to notice). She indicated the teenage girl who had stopped dead and was just staring at her. "I think we found him."
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"Um." He looked from one member of the small crowd to the next, shuffling his feet, one hand clinging to the backpack strap like it was a lifevest. "That, uh," He was stammering, hoping one of them spoke Japanese, as this was going to be hard enough as it was. "That is my body, why am I not in it and how do I get it back?"
And then he waited, hopefully. Hoping he wouldn't have to try and figure out how to say that in English.
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"It isn't only you, I'm afraid. Lots of people are not in the bodies they're supposed to be in." Rose elaborated a bit. "You're inside Mayday Parker. May's inside you."
She nodded to Daniel, and she was oddly getting used to remembering he WAS Daniel, if only because of body language. "Daniel would like to ask you some questions, okay?"
Poor bloke was most likely scared and confused. At least most people here had someone to talk to, a friend at least. He apparently had no one. And a woman talking to him would most likely be less an additional strain than having Danny lob a bunch of questions at him right off. Even if he was exceedingly polite and patient about it.
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The group gathered outside the cafeteria was impossible to miss, and she found herself face-to-face with a small Japanese man she'd never seen before.
"Oh," she said. "Hello."
She looked at the Doctor's body with Daniel in it.
"Something happened just now. I felt emotions - happiness, then disappointment. Big disappointment. Anything I should know about?"
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