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[not_as_factual]

The Jack Harkness who enters the Nexus this particular evening looks like he's seen better days, to be honest. It's a combination of stress and very little sleep, which might be inferred by the dark circles under his eyes and the venti cup of Starbucks in his hand, combined with the lackluster way he settles back onto one of the Convenient Nexus

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[heardmermaids]

"I putter around in the garage." Which is what he's been doing today. It's why he smells of oil and sawdust.

[not_as_factual]

"Putter around the garage?" Jack asks, raising an eyebrow. "Doing what? I mean, I like tools and all, but there's only so much you can do without a hobby?"

[heardmermaids]

"I tend to, uh, build things that usually don't work." This is not entirely true. Sebastian's bizarrely tinkered vacuums and blenders tend to settle into cheap, entertaining toy cars on a regular basis.

[not_as_factual]

This, at least, gets a soft laugh out of the tired looking man. "Sounds like fun, though. What do you build?" Apart from things that don't work, he means.

[heardmermaids]

"I've been making a bunch of small toys. Mostly cars, little racing things, a couple of boats." He just likes to tinker around and fix things.

[not_as_factual]

"Nice," Jack asserts, leaning back in his seat. "It's something to try, at least. My daughter got me interested in pottery, but I'm kind of bad at it. I guess lumpy bowls could be my things that don't usually work."

[heardmermaids]

"I also coach football with the littlest kids." You know, when they still look gloriously doofy running about on vaguely stumpy rhino-legs. "I don't really lead a wildly exciting life these days."

[not_as_factual]

"Hey, neither do I." Jack shrugs. "I run a night club, but it's not really all the glitz and booze people think it is. I do a lot of work on the books and with our advertising. Payroll, too. It's real boring."