A picture He found it when he was dusting his office - it must have stayed under his former desk for a couple of months. It was a tiny picture of himself, printed from a security camera tape. It was from one of the last security tapes he appeared on - just after his return from Kelowna.
A couple of beer caps Of course he knew why he kept them. He was not very much into keeping mementos, but for some reason he smuggled the beer caps from Jack's house the night after Abydos. He just felt the need for some weird thingie to remind him of that day. That he recalled, definitely. What he could not figure was why no one got rid of them when going through his stuff - they threw away lots of items that looked much more valuable, but for some reason kept a plastic box with the caps.
The latest reprint of "Egyptian Vocabulary" by Budge It was nicely wrapped, which made him think it was a welcome back present from one of his fellow linguists. He was not sure who it was, though - his opinion on Budge was not the most safely kept secret in the galaxy, so it could be pretty much anyone. The only hint was that he found it next to the box of fish food.
His diary Everything else could probably be somehow explained, but this was a complete mystery. He never kept diaries in English - ever, since his first foster home. He was not stupid enough to give other people that sort of emotional weapon against him. He used different dialects of various languages he knew - partially for secrecy, partially for practice. And yet, here it was - it covered the time past his return to Earth and up to his first official "death" when Nem kidnapped him. It was an exact copy of his real diary in Abydonian, even the cover was the same, and the handwriting definitely belonged to him. But his real diary was complete - he continued keeping it after he came back from that planet - and this one he never discovered until now.
The piano He knew he had a piano. It was a huge clumsy piece of furniture that occupied a lot of space and demanded loads of care - that much he remembered. But no matter how hard he tried, he failed to recall why it was there in the first place. He did not play the piano, never planned to learn and generally hated the whole idea. What possessed him when he got it into his loft? Well, it might have already been there when he rented the apartment, but he could not recall that either.
These are fascinating! The piano has always been a fandom mystery, but I'm scratching my head about the diary! Very Quantum and Alternate, and totally cool. :-)
It was not supposed to be _that_ alternate, but I could not watch the show when I was writing it. Later I found that Daniel's "diary" they were reading in season1 was not really a diary and included Abydos. So it's totally AU now.
I have, however, several contradictive ideas of how it got there.
He found it when he was dusting his office - it must have stayed under his former desk for a couple of months. It was a tiny picture of himself, printed from a security camera tape. It was from one of the last security tapes he appeared on - just after his return from Kelowna.
A couple of beer caps
Of course he knew why he kept them. He was not very much into keeping mementos, but for some reason he smuggled the beer caps from Jack's house the night after Abydos. He just felt the need for some weird thingie to remind him of that day. That he recalled, definitely. What he could not figure was why no one got rid of them when going through his stuff - they threw away lots of items that looked much more valuable, but for some reason kept a plastic box with the caps.
The latest reprint of "Egyptian Vocabulary" by Budge
It was nicely wrapped, which made him think it was a welcome back present from one of his fellow linguists. He was not sure who it was, though - his opinion on Budge was not the most safely kept secret in the galaxy, so it could be pretty much anyone. The only hint was that he found it next to the box of fish food.
His diary
Everything else could probably be somehow explained, but this was a complete mystery. He never kept diaries in English - ever, since his first foster home. He was not stupid enough to give other people that sort of emotional weapon against him. He used different dialects of various languages he knew - partially for secrecy, partially for practice. And yet, here it was - it covered the time past his return to Earth and up to his first official "death" when Nem kidnapped him. It was an exact copy of his real diary in Abydonian, even the cover was the same, and the handwriting definitely belonged to him. But his real diary was complete - he continued keeping it after he came back from that planet - and this one he never discovered until now.
The piano
He knew he had a piano. It was a huge clumsy piece of furniture that occupied a lot of space and demanded loads of care - that much he remembered. But no matter how hard he tried, he failed to recall why it was there in the first place. He did not play the piano, never planned to learn and generally hated the whole idea. What possessed him when he got it into his loft? Well, it might have already been there when he rented the apartment, but he could not recall that either.
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It was not supposed to be _that_ alternate, but I could not watch the show when I was writing it. Later I found that Daniel's "diary" they were reading in season1 was not really a diary and included Abydos. So it's totally AU now.
I have, however, several contradictive ideas of how it got there.
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