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Feb 18, 2007 17:37

Rodney is so tired of saving the damn universe.

He wants beer.

And maybe to rant very loudly. But of course by the time you're close enough to hear, it's already too late.

elizabeth weir, mister parker, rodney mckay

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doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:27:31 UTC

It's a kind of ranting Elizabeth hasn't heard in what seems like years, and when she's walking down the stairs from her room and sees Rodney, she finds herself almost hoping he'll start proclaiming that he destroyed another solar system.

"Rodney?" Elizabeth asks, almost disbelieving.

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:29:57 UTC

"Elizabeth," Rodney replies immediately, tone sharp in a way that she doesn't deserve at all.

Pause.

Thought.

"...Elizabeth?" he swivels on his stool to stare at her.

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:35:11 UTC

"Rodney! It's about time you've shown up around here!" Elizabeth moves quickly to Rodney's side, giving him a hug. "I've been here for months now. Kate and John are here too, Bound. Radek's able to come and go back to his university -- "

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:37:31 UTC

Rodney finds himself hugged and his eyes go wide enough that you'd worry he was about to explode. A pause, then he pats her arm... and gives in, and hugs her back.

"Elizabeth. I'm so sorry. Are.... are you okay?"

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:40:28 UTC

"Yes, I'm fine -- of course, I'd rather be doing what I was supposed to be doing, not that I'm specifically looking forward to dealing with the Replicators on Atlantis."

The last statement comes out in all of a rush, but Elizabeth maintains a smile.

"Though I don't understand -- why didn't you come through with John and I?"

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:45:04 UTC

Rodney looks confused. And then worried. And then confused and worried. And a little pale.

"You... yes. Right." He pulls back quickly, mind racing.

Fight the Replicators?

"You mean... and save General O'Neill and the IOA guy, right?" he asks, probingly.

"And... I didn't come through for complicated technical reasons that I can't explain to you right now."

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:47:02 UTC

"General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey, right, and what exactly could it be that you can't explain?"

Beat.

"So that I can understand it?"

Okay, so that second clause might be tougher.

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:48:39 UTC

Oh.

Oh no.

Temporal paradoxes. He's read the reports. Oh yes. And he has no desire to have to be stranded on planets for his lifespan duration to fix them.

He grimaces. "You don't have the temporal clearance, Elizabeth," he says. "It's vitally important you don't ask me about it. Trust me."

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:54:14 UTC

What.

"You're from the future." A statement, not a question.

Hell.

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:54:57 UTC

"From.... a certain point of view, yes."

Wince.

Crap crap, run away, Rodney, run away....

"Or! An alternate universe. That could be true also."

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:55:37 UTC

Elizabeth levels a stare at Rodney, waiting for a reaction.

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:58:30 UTC

Rodney tries to smile winningly, but looks like a rabbit in the headlights.

"What?"

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 20:59:04 UTC

"You certainly seem like the Rodney I know."

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 20:59:59 UTC

"But there could be an infinite number of tiny little variations, and the closer your universe was to mine the more likely it would be for us to m.... okay. I'm from the future."

"Probably."

doctor_weir February 18 2007, 21:00:39 UTC

"Oh, this is bad."

dr_mckay February 18 2007, 21:02:38 UTC

"Bad? Bad? This is phenomenally bad. You could jeopardise my very EXISTENCE by even TALKING TO ME. And if you met me-from-the-future, why didn't you tell me-of-my-past-but-your-not-too-distant-future? Huh?"

Rodney has a hand in his hair.

"Oh this is so very bad."

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