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 [ When the feed clicks on, there's only footsteps and someone panting as if they'd just run for their lives. Which, indeed - prior to arriving here, Ianto had been. And while, the scenery is currently different, and he's not being shot at, his clothing is drenched (it hadn't even been raining)- he's not taking a chance. Finally, after a minute or

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[Well, he had been having a normal day. Walking around, talking to the locals, checking the SFC, the same. However, that voice he heard now coming from the starfish device was nearly enough for him to drop the thing.

It couldn't be...]

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[But...then again...hadn't Ianto been here before Jack himself had arrived? Hadn't he been told many times the dead could come here and sometimes people who had been here before came back? True, it didn't sound like he remembered being here, but, that didn't mean anything to Jack right now.

Cautiously, as if talking would make the whole thing be a lie, he answered the familiar voice.]

...Ianto? Is that you...?

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[There's a moment before Ianto has picked the device back up after hearing Jack's voice - he hadn't expected to hear him again so soon after... not that he's complaining, or anything.]

You sound surprised. Yes, it's me.

Where - what is this place?

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[He was surprised, he still didn't really know what to think...except that he needed to find Ianto and see him with his own eyes.]

...It's called 'Vatheon'. Ianto, where are you? What do you see around you?

[Although, sometimes, people arrived in the forest or any other part of Vatheon, Jack was making his way to the plaza, just in case.]

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Ah. [There's a slight hesitation before Ianto answers, as if he's looking for some landmark or something to identify his location, but... ]

Bunch of buildings, not that that is much of something to go by. Some sort of plaza, perhaps?

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[letsgoonmyouji]

I have to ask baby - what exactly is the 'Rift'?

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[He hadn't been aware of anyone else hearing so he jumps slightly at the unfamiliar - voice. Ah, there are other functions on this thing, then.]

Heard that, then?

[ Oops. ]

It's kind of complicated, probably wouldn't believe me if I did tell you.

[letsgoonmyouji]

Heheh... you'd be surprised, but do you think you've got a watered-down version? [ waving his flute at the screen. ]

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Ah, well. It's just as it sounds. A rift. A crack in time and space, in which things can slip through it. [It's possible that this is how they were brought here but well, who knows.]

Have you heard of anything like this here?

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I don't think you are either, sir.

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Mmm. Last time I checked, I did not live in a bubble. Of course, stranger things have happened in Cardiff.

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Stranger things, sir?

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Nothing, nevermind.

So what's with the dome, then?

Guess who is super late to this post!

[timeystorm]

[The Doctor idly looks at his SFC as a somewhat familiar face appears in a video feed. Now were had he seen that face before...? As soon as Ianto says 'Cardiff', however, he makes the connection. Jack had shown him a picture of Ianto before, even if the Doctor had never met the man himself. The Doctor shrugged. Might as well greet Jack's... partner.]

Hello there, Ianto. I take it you just arrived. Jack'll be excited to see you. He's been in a pretty sour mood lately. Not that I've been in a great mood myself. Actually, the whole of Vatheon is pretty shaken up right now. It's too bad you had to drop in now. Not that you had a choice.

I still can't seem to figure out how this place is reaching between so many universes. You'd think a mechanism that can simply pluck someone from their home universe and drag him into another would give off a giant energy signal.

[The Doctor continues to talk about the theory and practice behind inter-universal travel, not pausing for a breath.]

better late than never <3

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[A face, a somewhat familiar face. They hadn't spoke much, even over the feed months ago, but Ianto still remembers that face.]

Doctor. Hello. Again.

What's going on? Other than, being brought here - what, why is now a bad time, exactly?