Insurance SNAFU at the CPO, by Aurora Novarum (G)
Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: none
Category: humor, gen, Daniel Jackson, character death reference
Warning: bit of angst, and LOTS of character death references... lots and lots and lots :)
Author on LJ: Aurora Novarum
Author's Website: Aurora Novarum at Alphagate
Link: Insurance SNAFU at the CPO
Why This Must Be Read: "To be honest, Dr. Jackson, I was presuming clerical error when I first read your file. That many times...no one could have..." Staring at the scientist, who had moved back to his seat, she couldn't juxtapose the file with the living, breathing man in front of her. She couldn't bear to finish the sentence.
Daniel sighed, supplying the word. "...died?"
Daniel's dead, again? Eventually someone is going to notice. Littlekfru might suspect that the local florists might be the big skeptics, but Aurora Novarum gives us the more realistic (er... realistic?) likelihood that someone in the bureaucracy might spot the odd discrepancy of mulitiple life insurance payouts to one Dr. Daniel Jackson.
With Patricia Jennings, one of the most charming OC's I've read in the Stargate fandom, serving as the narrator, this bemusing fic takes us through the many, many, many deaths of Daniel, whether presumed, near-misses, or the all too real thing. The poor woman is naturally a bit flustered by the polite young man who argues indignantly that dying of heart failure when trapped in someone else's body shouldn't really count, and if Jack didn't need to do CPR, does it matter that his heart stopped before he went through the Stargate?
While the element of humor is definitely threaded throughout the story, the nature of the fic can't avoid the angst entirely. Daniel's attempts to lightheartedly dismiss being dead for "only ten hours or so, not a whole year" on the first Abydonian mission aside, there's nothing funny about his memories of dying of radiation poisoning, nor his regrets about others who died when he managed to survive on other occasions. We also get to see Daniel's essential good nature, when Patricia is a little overwhelmed and he puts aside his own unease to help her.
Aurora Novarum deftly avoids the twin pitfalls of OCs knowing too much or regular characters over-explaining what OCs can't or shouldn't know. And by the time Patricia is done dealing with Daniel - and he hurries rather quickly out the door, rather than try to explain the near-fatality he suffered in Origin - can you blame her for calling a friend to meet her at O'Malley's for a drink? :)
"So, SG-1 returned with you listed as captured, but there's no further mention until an infirmary report giving a physical proclaiming you to be in perfect health." He squirmed uncomfortably in his chair. Again, he didn't supply the details, so she was forced to explain further. "Usually, there's some notation about the mission, the contact with an...alien. Here, you just appeared."
"Mm-hmm." Daniel blushed.
"Can you elaborate?"
"Do I have to?"
"Dr. Jackson, until this file is cleared up, it will continue to raise red flags back at the Pentagon and other government audits. You and I both know I need to fix this so no undue attention is drawn to the SGC."
"Yes, ma'am." He looked down in an expression that again reminded her of her son James. There's nothing really missing from the files. That's what happened. I was captured by...hostile forces. Jack refused to declare me MIA. Then I appeared in his office."
"You appeared?"
"Yes."
"Out of nowhere?"
"Essentially."
"Uninjured?"
"Looked that way. It's not like I could hide any injuries at the time." Daniel flushed again, then spoke quickly. "Actually the how and what really isn't pertinent to your files. Essentially, well...I mean, I guess technically it happened again."
"What happened again?"
He tried to gauge her reaction. "What we're here about. I did it again."
"You DIED again?"
Daniel couldn't quite meet her incredulous stare. "Ummm. Yes?"
Pairing: none
Category: humor, gen, Daniel Jackson, character death reference
Warning: bit of angst, and LOTS of character death references... lots and lots and lots :)
Author on LJ: Aurora Novarum
Author's Website: Aurora Novarum at Alphagate
Link: Insurance SNAFU at the CPO
Why This Must Be Read: "To be honest, Dr. Jackson, I was presuming clerical error when I first read your file. That many times...no one could have..." Staring at the scientist, who had moved back to his seat, she couldn't juxtapose the file with the living, breathing man in front of her. She couldn't bear to finish the sentence.
Daniel sighed, supplying the word. "...died?"
Daniel's dead, again? Eventually someone is going to notice. Littlekfru might suspect that the local florists might be the big skeptics, but Aurora Novarum gives us the more realistic (er... realistic?) likelihood that someone in the bureaucracy might spot the odd discrepancy of mulitiple life insurance payouts to one Dr. Daniel Jackson.
With Patricia Jennings, one of the most charming OC's I've read in the Stargate fandom, serving as the narrator, this bemusing fic takes us through the many, many, many deaths of Daniel, whether presumed, near-misses, or the all too real thing. The poor woman is naturally a bit flustered by the polite young man who argues indignantly that dying of heart failure when trapped in someone else's body shouldn't really count, and if Jack didn't need to do CPR, does it matter that his heart stopped before he went through the Stargate?
While the element of humor is definitely threaded throughout the story, the nature of the fic can't avoid the angst entirely. Daniel's attempts to lightheartedly dismiss being dead for "only ten hours or so, not a whole year" on the first Abydonian mission aside, there's nothing funny about his memories of dying of radiation poisoning, nor his regrets about others who died when he managed to survive on other occasions. We also get to see Daniel's essential good nature, when Patricia is a little overwhelmed and he puts aside his own unease to help her.
Aurora Novarum deftly avoids the twin pitfalls of OCs knowing too much or regular characters over-explaining what OCs can't or shouldn't know. And by the time Patricia is done dealing with Daniel - and he hurries rather quickly out the door, rather than try to explain the near-fatality he suffered in Origin - can you blame her for calling a friend to meet her at O'Malley's for a drink? :)
"So, SG-1 returned with you listed as captured, but there's no further mention until an infirmary report giving a physical proclaiming you to be in perfect health." He squirmed uncomfortably in his chair. Again, he didn't supply the details, so she was forced to explain further. "Usually, there's some notation about the mission, the contact with an...alien. Here, you just appeared."
"Mm-hmm." Daniel blushed.
"Can you elaborate?"
"Do I have to?"
"Dr. Jackson, until this file is cleared up, it will continue to raise red flags back at the Pentagon and other government audits. You and I both know I need to fix this so no undue attention is drawn to the SGC."
"Yes, ma'am." He looked down in an expression that again reminded her of her son James. There's nothing really missing from the files. That's what happened. I was captured by...hostile forces. Jack refused to declare me MIA. Then I appeared in his office."
"You appeared?"
"Yes."
"Out of nowhere?"
"Essentially."
"Uninjured?"
"Looked that way. It's not like I could hide any injuries at the time." Daniel flushed again, then spoke quickly. "Actually the how and what really isn't pertinent to your files. Essentially, well...I mean, I guess technically it happened again."
"What happened again?"
He tried to gauge her reaction. "What we're here about. I did it again."
"You DIED again?"
Daniel couldn't quite meet her incredulous stare. "Ummm. Yes?"