Reunions

[dinos4breakfast]

Characters: Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler, The 10th Doctor
Location: Apartment E-5, Rose and the Doctor's room
Planet: Coruscant
When: The day of Jack's arrival.
What: Old friends reunited
Rating: PG-13 (?)

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[huffpuffblonde]

"Not hard to look at yourself," She beamed at him, her tongue darting out to poke between her teeth. It really was good to see him. The last time she'd done had been back on her home Earth, during a parallel time stream. He sacrificed himself to end the Sontar invasion. Of course, all of it was undone with Donna, so really, the last time had been shortly before his death on Satellite Five.

She shook her head. "Dunno, he- you disappeared right after I arrived." She gave him a nod, ushering him in the door and closing it behind her. She crossed the room and hopped up onto the back of the couch next to the Doctor.

"We're from two different places, actually, me and him. And I've already ruined him a bit, told him the future. We're not sure exactly what this place is, reckon it's some sort of alternate time stream, so when we get it all sorted, even if he does remember, he'll sort out a way to forget it all again until it's time. Me, I'm from... well, a bit further on than that." She pursed her lips, going a bit serious, a bit more like the woman she actually was, rather than the girl she'd been.

[onlytheblue]

He can tell by Jack's expression that he must come from a point in time where they've had that inevitable conversation. That's good then, he'd rather just...not ever have that conversation. And it means no awkward questions in front of Rose, too.

He crosses his arms then and nods until Rose mentions the future bit. He makes a face at that. "Well, not really....ruined. Harmless bits and pieces is all, really." No, they're not addressing her dying spell and all that. "I'm a few years before Rose, though, if I understand properly."

[dinos4breakfast]

Jack put his hands in his pocket as he listened to both Rose and the Doctor. He was still slightly confused as to when exactly both of them were, but with keeping everyone from not being spoiled to their futures, he supposed he would have to either carefully word things or speak to them individually.

"I see." It was slightly relieving that Rose was a little later than he originally thought, but it didn't mean she knew about him yet. He looked to the Doctor for the same amount of vague information, then snorted and rolled his eyes.

"Seems like I'm further along than both of you. And in order to help me figure things out a little better, I'm going to say a word and you tell me if it means anything, okay? You don't have to say what... just yes or no. Canary Wharf."

Based on their small amounts of conversation so far, Jack assumed Rose would know of this, but the Doctor may or may not. Jack was slightly concerned about mentioning the place in the first hand if they did recognize it... it must have been an emotional time for the two of them based on the knowledge about it Jack had.

[huffpuffblonde]

Her eyes hardened, then dropped to the ground. Yeah. She knew about Canary Wharf. "He... doesn't know all the details. Just that we... got separated for a bit."

She flicked her eyes back up to Jack again, giving him a look that hopefully expressed the significance of the statement. After a second, she glanced over at the Doctor again. "As far as I can tell, he's from... dunno, probably half a year after he regenerated? Give or take a few months. Me, I'm from about four- nearly five years after Canary Wharf. Relative time. Probably only two for you two."

She pursed her lips. "The- ah- Earth'd just been displaced when I wound up here. I saw him get shot by that dalek, and the next thing I know, here I am, and there he is, well as you like, without the foggiest clue what I'm talking about. Honestly, it's... not really that pressing, giving away the future. I mean, just look at you. You left for a bit, and you don't even remember being here in the first place. Though, I've heard of people leaving and coming back with full memories, but I s'pose it might be situational. Either way, the Doctor's got himself covered, and I'm from far enough ahead that it doesn't even matter."

[onlytheblue]

Now he has the name of the place. It wouldn't be that difficult to get the time from then, and from there what would be to stop him from keeping Rose away from that for the rest of her life? Even if he couldn't avert the event itself, he could drop one coordinate and skip it entirely, or show her around the universe and always find an excuse to avoid landing there? The only thing to keep him from it would be his own choice to let her go.

They really shouldn't trust him with that.

His expression remains as casual and generally disinterested as ever. "About six months, give or take time travel, yes. No Canary Wharf. Never mind that, just how long have you been here, Jack? You've got no memories at all of your time here before?"

[dinos4breakfast]

Rose's answer immediately answered Jack's question. He nodded seriously, understanding how difficult it must have been. He wanted to apologize for bringing it up, but Rose had continued so he listened. Her description of the further events caused him to nod again, showing her that he knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Woah... what a moment to have been displaced." He commented, shaking his head. Then he nodded as she continued and listened as the Doctor chimed in.

"I've only just arrived, actually. I found this datapad, got some clothes, then decided to check out what was happening on the net when I saw Rose's broadcast."

At the second question, Jack shrugged and shook his head. "Afraid not. I wish I knew from what point in my timeline that was though... I suppose it's possible I might have taken some Retcon to forget about it, though, had I still been with Torchwood at the time."