[George] What? (open tag)sinanjuJuly 13 2006, 01:41:44 UTC
"Huh?" George glanced up at Verlin. Then back at Daniel, who seemed to be looking at Verlin. Her gaze bounced back and forth a couple of time. (Oh, now that's just now fair! People are developing superpowers while I watch now!)
"Uh...he's got curly hair and--well, he looks a lot like that guy that plays Chief O'Brien on Star Trek."
Verlin seemed about to speak, but he suddenly turned and looked at George. "I look like who, now?"
George ignored him. She eyed Daniel suspiciously. "Why? What does he look like to you?"
[Daniel] Um, Never Mind (open tag)island_musesJuly 13 2006, 02:01:18 UTC
"Um, curly hair, round red face, and um, I really *shouldn't* be seeing him, should I?" Daniel asked quietly. He removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. When he looked again Verlin was still there, right next to George, looking a little more sour than he had a few moments ago
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[George] Um, Never Mind (open tag)sinanjuJuly 13 2006, 02:14:57 UTC
"Nope, he's a ghost," George said, waving her arm through Verlin to make her point.
"Hey!" he yelled, moving away. Then he stopped and looked at George. Daniel meanwhile said something about getting back to work on the pillar.
"How can you do that?" Verlin asked.
"Do what?"
"Wave your hand through me that way? I know you can touch me. So how can you do that?"
"Trade secret," George said. Truthfully, she hadn't ever really thought about it. She just did it. Grab the ghost when it suited you, ignore them when you felt like it. Simple.
[Jon] Curious (open tag)sophiedbJuly 13 2006, 09:07:44 UTC
OOC: If this doesn't make sense, fine thing. It just popped into my head with the whole "I see dead people" post up there and the co-existing fandoms everywhere else :) Came out a bit long but..
Now that he had an idea of where the ghost was, Jon couldn't resist this new form of entertainment. He ambled into that general area, hands in his pockets as tried to find any strange sources of cold or resistance.
"He's a ghost," George pointed out sarcastically, earning herself a 'who, me?' look of innocence before rolling her eyes. "Oh no, you're not obvious at all. And you're nowhere near him, either
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[George] My Big Mouth (open tag)sinanjuJuly 13 2006, 21:17:33 UTC
George watched Jon sit down and start taking his handgun apart. Maybe she shouldn't have said anything. Maybe--much as it pained her to admit it--maybe Rube had a point about not letting people know the truth. Jon wasn't panicked, but he wasn't a happy camper either
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[Jack] My Big Mouth (open tag)purplerhinoJuly 13 2006, 21:54:57 UTC
Jack was listening to the conversation as he examined the inner workings of the pillar besides Daniel. Daniel was fun to flirt with, as he never really took it seriously either. No harm in making the offer, but Jack knew when to step back from bounderies
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[Daniel] Staying on Task (open tag)island_musesJuly 14 2006, 00:51:11 UTC
Daniel tuned out the extraneous conversation. His focus was translating the Ancient language, hoping to figure out the code. He did hear Jack's comment about the crystals. "I'd say that they probably don't use this method often enough to worry about it. Or, they've got a contact. The latter is actually a good thing."
"How so?" Ash piped up. "It means the bad guys can call for reinforcements."
"Exactly," Daniel nodded. "But it also means that the reinforcements *can* get here, temporal flux and every other bit of oddity aside. If there's a way in, there is also most definitely a way out.
"But right now, we just need to find a way *in* to the women." Daniel pushed several plates in slow fashion. Nothing happened, not even a buzz or a whirr.
"Instead of seeing ghosts, I need to see the future," Daniel mumbled.
[Jon] Staying on Task (open tag)sophiedbJuly 14 2006, 12:28:23 UTC
"No no no, you do not wish for a freaking brain tumor just so we can get wherever we're going more quickly. This is a Post-It free zone, even if we do seem to have two Reapers gunning for us," Jon responded darkly, finally reloading the firearm. Jonas had been an over-enthusiastic pain in the ass, but near-death was too high a price for those visions he'd had.
He shrugged at George apologetically. It wasn't her fault she became undead (apparently) and at least Ash hadn't automatically translated that into 'zombie'.
"I don't suppose your grim ju-ju extends to y'know, disabling the enemy, kiss of death or anything like that?"
"No!"
Cringing, Jon lifted his hands in surrender as he wandered back over to the pillar. He needed to get that foot out of his mouth real soon. "Sorry. Just checkin'. Uh, Daniel - that gene thing. Is that likely to be any help here?"
[George] Naughty Thoughts (open tag)sinanjuJuly 14 2006, 19:59:08 UTC
Watching Jon walk away, George thought about the question. Despite her immediate denial, she wasn't quite so sure about that. If she yanked someone's soul out when they were still alive, what would happen?
She knew it could be done, Roxy had done it once. George had never managed to get the full story out of Roxy or Rube, but Roxy had been in the doghouse for a while for doing that. It wasn't something George was willing to experiment with on people she liked, but--in an emergency, face to face with the bad guys?
[Daniel] We're Wasting Time (tag Jack, open)fikgirlJuly 16 2006, 01:40:06 UTC
An hour passed. An hour passed and Daniel was no closer to figuring out the riddle of the pillar than he had been an hour earlier. Random combinations did nothing; Jon tried touching it, interacting with it in the hopes that the ATA gene would affect it but his efforts proved futile as well. Jack was ready to dismantle it with the hope that reverse engineering would enable them to figure out the proper coordinates, or the last coordinates punched in. All in all, everyone was growing frustrated and annoyed or just plain bored
( ... )
[Jack] We're Wasting Time (tag Daniel, open)purplerhinoJuly 16 2006, 04:38:59 UTC
"The biggest challenge for that would be a power source. You've been preserving your radios for just that reason."
Jack then grinned and became animated, gesturing as he spoke. "But this pillar has a crystaline power source we could convert. If nothing else we can make sure no one else can use it for a while at the same time we can salvage parts. If we get Rodney working with us we can manage something."
He looked around at everything else in the room. "Might be other things we can salvage as well, at a later time."
[George] Tales...Of...Interest! (open tag)sinanjuJuly 17 2006, 01:38:56 UTC
"...so I drank the potion, said the words and here I am."
"Did you say them correctly this time?"
Verlin elbowed George, jolting her out of her reverie. "Uh...did you say it right this time?" she echoed. God, she was bored. When she hitched a ride on the Orb Express, she expected to be involved in a harrowing adventure to rescue Daisy and the others--not stuck sitting around in a dank tunnel...cave...whatever while the eggheads tried and failed to hack an obelisk.
Ash frowned. "Why does everyone always ask me that?" He sighed theatrically. "Yes, I said the words." Pause. "I may not have gotten every single syllable right, but I said 'em. Basically
( ... )
[Daniel]Tales...Of...Interest! (open tag)fikgirlJuly 17 2006, 02:31:15 UTC
"The O'Connell's supposedly uncovered the ruins of the legendary city of Hamunaptra, the 'City of the Dead.' Unfortunately, the only proof of this was their word, as the city could never be found again, and -" Daniel spoke as he worked on the obelisk, stopping when he realized that his words revealed that not only could he see Verlin, but hear him as well. Daniel finished by swearing in Sumerian.
"How does a common soldier know such things?" Verlin scowled. Evidently it didn't occur to the ghost that Daniel had never said he could hear the man, only that he could see him.
"I'm an archaeologist and a linguist. Which would be the reason that I am translating the writing on this pillar and the reason that I would be well-versed in matters of an archaeological nature. Legendary though it is, Hamunaptra is of great archeaological significance and personal interest," Daniel answered automatically. Then groaned. (And I'm defending myself to a ghost.)
"Uh...he's got curly hair and--well, he looks a lot like that guy that plays Chief O'Brien on Star Trek."
Verlin seemed about to speak, but he suddenly turned and looked at George. "I look like who, now?"
George ignored him. She eyed Daniel suspiciously. "Why? What does he look like to you?"
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"Hey!" he yelled, moving away. Then he stopped and looked at George. Daniel meanwhile said something about getting back to work on the pillar.
"How can you do that?" Verlin asked.
"Do what?"
"Wave your hand through me that way? I know you can touch me. So how can you do that?"
"Trade secret," George said. Truthfully, she hadn't ever really thought about it. She just did it. Grab the ghost when it suited you, ignore them when you felt like it. Simple.
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Now that he had an idea of where the ghost was, Jon couldn't resist this new form of entertainment. He ambled into that general area, hands in his pockets as tried to find any strange sources of cold or resistance.
"He's a ghost," George pointed out sarcastically, earning herself a 'who, me?' look of innocence before rolling her eyes. "Oh no, you're not obvious at all. And you're nowhere near him, either ( ... )
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"How so?" Ash piped up. "It means the bad guys can call for reinforcements."
"Exactly," Daniel nodded. "But it also means that the reinforcements *can* get here, temporal flux and every other bit of oddity aside. If there's a way in, there is also most definitely a way out.
"But right now, we just need to find a way *in* to the women." Daniel pushed several plates in slow fashion. Nothing happened, not even a buzz or a whirr.
"Instead of seeing ghosts, I need to see the future," Daniel mumbled.
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He shrugged at George apologetically. It wasn't her fault she became undead (apparently) and at least Ash hadn't automatically translated that into 'zombie'.
"I don't suppose your grim ju-ju extends to y'know, disabling the enemy, kiss of death or anything like that?"
"No!"
Cringing, Jon lifted his hands in surrender as he wandered back over to the pillar. He needed to get that foot out of his mouth real soon. "Sorry. Just checkin'. Uh, Daniel - that gene thing. Is that likely to be any help here?"
Or.. am I just getting in the way again?
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She knew it could be done, Roxy had done it once. George had never managed to get the full story out of Roxy or Rube, but Roxy had been in the doghouse for a while for doing that. It wasn't something George was willing to experiment with on people she liked, but--in an emergency, face to face with the bad guys?
Maybe.
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Jack then grinned and became animated, gesturing as he spoke. "But this pillar has a crystaline power source we could convert. If nothing else we can make sure no one else can use it for a while at the same time we can salvage parts. If we get Rodney working with us we can manage something."
He looked around at everything else in the room. "Might be other things we can salvage as well, at a later time."
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"Did you say them correctly this time?"
Verlin elbowed George, jolting her out of her reverie. "Uh...did you say it right this time?" she echoed. God, she was bored. When she hitched a ride on the Orb Express, she expected to be involved in a harrowing adventure to rescue Daisy and the others--not stuck sitting around in a dank tunnel...cave...whatever while the eggheads tried and failed to hack an obelisk.
Ash frowned. "Why does everyone always ask me that?" He sighed theatrically. "Yes, I said the words." Pause. "I may not have gotten every single syllable right, but I said 'em. Basically ( ... )
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*scratches head*
*wonders if squirrely time could land Rick and Eve on the island*
*snicker*
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"How does a common soldier know such things?" Verlin scowled. Evidently it didn't occur to the ghost that Daniel had never said he could hear the man, only that he could see him.
"I'm an archaeologist and a linguist. Which would be the reason that I am translating the writing on this pillar and the reason that I would be well-versed in matters of an archaeological nature. Legendary though it is, Hamunaptra is of great archeaological significance and personal interest," Daniel answered automatically. Then groaned. (And I'm defending myself to a ghost.)
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