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[scientificsnark]

It was almost too much to take in at once. It was a good thing Rodney was a genius, or he might not have absorbed any of it. As it was, he was getting there.

As far as he understood it, he was on a weird island populated by people from varying dimensions, realities and universes, not to mention dinosaurs, tigers, monkeys, elephants and mummy-

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[flyboy_shepp]

John couldn't really knock on Rodney's door or anything, and even if the huts had still been there, he wouldn't really have bothered. He just stuck his head inside, and once he saw Rodney there, strolled in.

Giddy wasn't exactly the word John would use to describe how he'd felt the past few days, but it might have come close. When he was ten.

Either way, John found it comforting to be able to stroll in, toss the extra empty sidearm and two clips onto Rodney's mattress, and stand over him, arms crossed. Including leaning over his laptop to see what he was doing, just to piss him off.

[scientificsnark]

Rodney Glared at him. The sheer force of the look warranted the capital letter.

"Well, the main characters always get killed off first!" he said, then realized what he'd said and looked as if he was going to throw up.

[flyboy_shepp]

The look on John's face probably matched Rodney's, and he wasn't sure what to say, or if he should say anything at all, because Carson and Elizabeth had been there.

He eventually settled for, "you got to be as Dr. Rodney McKay."

[scientificsnark]

"Wonderful," said Rodney, not meeting his gaze. He tried not think about the actor that played him or wish that instead of some pale, running-to-pudgy man with a receding hairline he'd gotten Brad Pitt.

He also tried not to think about Elizabeth. Or Carson. He felt rather like Sheppard in that way.

[flyboy_shepp]

John rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, and voted for changing the topic, or at least shifting it away from certain aspects. "Hey, I got to see Jeannie, though. And Rod."

[scientificsnark]

"Oh, you did, did you?" Rodney said, remembering that Incident as the one where everyone had found out his legal first name was actually Meredith.

Sometimes he really hated his parents.

[flyboy_shepp]

"I sure did," John said, and thought it might be in his best interests not to laugh. He couldn't help the amused smirk. That was asking a bit too much. "Meredith's the emergency passcode for shield activation," he said, gesturing to the laptop, "in case you haven't figured that out yet."

He'd probably already had, but John never gave up the chance for a Meredith.

[scientificsnark]

"I wondered about that, but I figured I was the one responsible," Rodney snapped, giving him a nasty look. "Let's not mention it again, hm?"

[flyboy_shepp]

John just shrugged. "Whatever you say, Meredith."

[scientificsnark]

"You did just give me a gun, didn't you?" Rodney glared.

[flyboy_shepp]

"Yeah," John said, and he gestured behind him, where Rodney'd tossed it on the bed. "But you wouldn't get to it fast enough."

Not that Rodney threatening him with a gun would really stop John.

[scientificsnark]

"Hmph," Rodney snorted. "Don't worry, I'll think of something far more unpleasant than just shooting you."

[flyboy_shepp]

John just looked at him. "Rodney, we fought space vampires. I've been turned into a woman, six-year-old, and Lara Croft, I've got scars from tigers, dinosaurs and a giant squid. There is nothing you can do that's unpleasant at this point in my life."

[scientificsnark]

McKay stared.

"Lara Croft? Really?"

[flyboy_shepp]

John rolled his eyes.

"Really. She even let me ride her bike."

[scientificsnark]

"If that's a euphemism for sex, I really hate you," said Rodney. Lara Croft! Really! It just wasn't fair.