Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:36:52 UTC
Ryan's anticipating the day that Tori asks for a dog of her own. Once she gets old enough to use the 'But Aunt Caiti had one' line, he knows part of his time will be spent taking care of the dog and he'll wind up walking it around their Long Island neighborhood during a Nor'easter. Listening to her talk about Baby, though, he thinks that if it makes her happy he'll gladly take on the responsibility.
Jeannie tries to start conversation that doesn't involve Tori but it fails quickly and after dinner Jeannie takes the opportunity of a free babysitter to get some alone time with a new book. Ryan looks out the kitchen window, wishing she stayed, but it's a not-so-subtle hint that, 'Do you want the mustard?' doesn't count as getting to know Chrissy's boyfriend.
Ryan turns away from the window and heads into the living room. Jeannie mentioned that Jack worked at CTU and Ryan has the uncomfortable feeling that he knows more about them than he'll ever divulge. When they get back home, Ryan thinks, he might have to do some investigation of his own.
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:11:20 UTC
Jack's a little startled, having been lost in thought and not having hear Ryan come in, but he manages a friendly smile. "Upstate New York, yeah. Usually most of the times I got to this side of the country it was on business. It's beautiful."
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 23:12:42 UTC
Ryan glances at him, surprised that he could be easily startled, but files it away for future rumination. He nods and folds his arms. "Yeah, most people think of New York as just the city and forget about the other 99.9 percent of the state. What kind of business were you on?"
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:13:30 UTC
Jack sticks his hands in his pockets, turning toward Ryan. "Conferences or collaborations with the New York CTU office. Mostly the former, though. Didn't leave a lot of time to get out of the city."
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 23:14:22 UTC
"That's one of the nice things about teaching, I don't get stuck spending time in office buildings," Ryan's quiet for a moment. "You didn't work in the New York office?"
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:15:57 UTC
"Yeah, he was at Division most of the time I was at CTU," Jack says, unable to keep his tone from getting a little subdued, though hopefully not suspiciously so. Enough for remembering a former coworker who'd been killed in the line of duty.
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 23:16:42 UTC
"He didn't talk about his work much, but he used to say that CTU was responsible for his premature-mature balding," Ryan smiles slightly in remembrance and then sobers. "Were you at the funeral?"
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:17:48 UTC
Jack shakes his head. "I wanted to but couldn't. We lost a lot of people that day and there was still a lot of cleanup work to handle," he says.
It's a bold-faced lie; he hadn't been there because he couldn't face Ryan's kids and particularly because he was going through detox at the time. But then he's had a lot of experience putting together a cover, unfortunately this isn't much different. Either that or he'd have to admit to the heroin addiction and like that would go over well.
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:19:03 UTC
"When she went to Division a year ago, yeah," Jack says with a nod. He knows what Ryan's trying to do and throws him a bone. "The first time she worked there I'd already moved to the Department of Defense."
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 23:19:59 UTC
Ryan nods in return, but the mention of the DoD sets off warning bells. He wants to like Jack, for Chrissy's sake, but there's something about him that doesn't feel right, and he decides that when he gets back to a net connection he'll have to do a little Lexis Nexis research.
"So you're back at CTU:LA now," he lets a few moments of silence pass. "Were you there when she went AWOL a few months ago?"
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:20:50 UTC
Jack manages to not shift his feet uncomfortably, though there's a moment where he can't help but glance away. "I wasn't in L.A. at the time. I was on a... kind of sabbatical. And I don't work at CTU anymore."
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 23:21:21 UTC
Ryan might not be a trained interrogator, but he is a lawyer. "Good, Chris needs influences outside of that place," he relaxes a little. "She still won't tell us anything about where she went or what happened." He pauses. "Have you noticed anything different about her?"
Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversationaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:21:49 UTC
Jack's quiet for a moment, trying to decide what to say. "I have, yeah. She's been doing a lot better, recently, though. And I don't think it's that she won't tell you, it's that she can't," he says, softly.
Jeannie tries to start conversation that doesn't involve Tori but it fails quickly and after dinner Jeannie takes the opportunity of a free babysitter to get some alone time with a new book. Ryan looks out the kitchen window, wishing she stayed, but it's a not-so-subtle hint that, 'Do you want the mustard?' doesn't count as getting to know Chrissy's boyfriend.
Ryan turns away from the window and heads into the living room. Jeannie mentioned that Jack worked at CTU and Ryan has the uncomfortable feeling that he knows more about them than he'll ever divulge. When they get back home, Ryan thinks, he might have to do some investigation of his own.
"Is this your first time up here?"
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It's a bold-faced lie; he hadn't been there because he couldn't face Ryan's kids and particularly because he was going through detox at the time. But then he's had a lot of experience putting together a cover, unfortunately this isn't much different. Either that or he'd have to admit to the heroin addiction and like that would go over well.
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"So you're back at CTU:LA now," he lets a few moments of silence pass. "Were you there when she went AWOL a few months ago?"
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