August 26th: A Symphony of Echoes: Interlude
Title: A Symphony of Echoes, Chapter 07: Interlude
Author: 3am_moonlight (MirroredIllusions on TtH)
Crossover: BtVS / Stargate SG-1: Continuum
Rating: Teen (implied past slash)
Word Count: 819
Timeline: BtVS: Post-Chosen & Stargate SG-1: Continuum
Disclaimer: Nothing copyrighted belongs to yours truly.
Summary: Buffy and Cam get a routine going.
Author's Note: Written for Day 26 of the 2021 August Fic-A-Day.
A/N: I worked late, got home later, and have little time to write. So this is blah.
Previous: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
A year of not living on Earth had strangely not been that odd. Yes, the complete lack of cars, phones, and other things she was used to from her homeworld was weird to say the least, but it had been easy enough to get used to life without it. Two years in the late 1920s/early 1930s had helped to wean her off trying to use her cellphone for half the things she wanted to do or find whatever information she needed.
The random alien technology kind of made up for it, sort of. Early on she had traded for a kind of bracer that would light up when she touched it, when she had shown it to Cam he had looked vaguely jealous and a lot sad. What had followed was an explanation of Alterran technology, and the Ancients themselves. On earlier occasions, he had focused on his own adventures in the Milky Way and what had been going on there before he joined the SGC. Cam had only touched lightly on Atlantis and the Pegasus Galaxy, speaking more about his boyfriend than what had happened there.
Basically, she descended from aliens and could use their highly advanced technology, just like Cam's boyfriend, John. The Alterrran tech was somehow telepathic, or that's how she understood it as you needed to think at it to make it work. Basic thoughts like 'on' and 'off' were easy enough, but from the sounds of it, various other things could do a lot more.
The bracer had proven itself to be able to connect to the Stargate and dial without the use of a DHD, which they had only realized once they were running for their lives from angry natives and the Gate had simply dialed without anyone touching the large dialing device in front of the Stargate. As the native populace didn't have advanced enough technology it obviously hadn't been them.
Obviously, they had spent a few hours testing that once they were certain they were safe. It had been used as a backup every since. Buffy had then given Teal'c's mini-DHD to Cam, in case they were separated so they both had a fallback in case of emergencies.
Two months into their galactic adventure, they had settled on a planet called Vojens. SG-1 had visited the planet a number of times over the years, mainly because it had quite a few ruins Dr. Daniel Jackson found to be extremely fascinating. The planet's population only consisted of a couple of hundred people or so, their level of technology was about the turn of the century on Earth, so the Goa'uld had let them be. Especially as they minded their own business and didn't use their Stargate much, nor did they have many visitors.
Buffy and Cam had essentially become traders for their new homeworld and would buy any number of things from other planets and then bring it back to Vojens. Upon returning, they would either give whoever what they had ordered since they had already been paid for it, or they would trade it for something else. It was profitable enough that they didn't need to help out with farming or other manual labor. Not that there was anything wrong with that, but they had left their world to travel not to become farmers.
Of course, they would leave Vojens for weeks at a time to explore the unknown. The villagers had given them gate addresses and they usually asked the people on whichever planet they were visiting for new ones and what was on them. Some had given the gate addresses for planets to avoid, like Goa'uld strongholds or controlled planets, places with unfriendly people, planets that were prone to natural disasters, had dangerous animals and/or creatures, and so on and so forth.
"I can't believe the SGC or even the original SG-1 never thought of doing this, it's genius. It could've been very useful. Asking Teal'c or Jonas or Vala if they recognize an address or a planet once we were already on it really doesn't count."
Buffy gave Cam an amused smile, "They could've, but how many people and species did SG-1 and the other teams manage to get on the bad side of? How many of them would've been likely to lie and send you somewhere horrible or give you an address where they knew you wouldn't survive long after exiting?"
"You're too negative," Cam replied, complaining. "We've made friends and allies, we could've asked some of them. Get the gate address for a few places with big markets and such. Someone, somewhere in this galaxy must've invented coffee or a similar drink, and we're going to find it." He gave a genuine smile that reached all they way up to his eyes.
Raising her glass of something vaguely alcoholic, Buffy's eyes twinkled, "To finding alien coffee!"
Cam raised his own, "To finding alien coffee!"
Author: 3am_moonlight (MirroredIllusions on TtH)
Crossover: BtVS / Stargate SG-1: Continuum
Rating: Teen (implied past slash)
Word Count: 819
Timeline: BtVS: Post-Chosen & Stargate SG-1: Continuum
Disclaimer: Nothing copyrighted belongs to yours truly.
Summary: Buffy and Cam get a routine going.
Author's Note: Written for Day 26 of the 2021 August Fic-A-Day.
A/N: I worked late, got home later, and have little time to write. So this is blah.
Previous: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
A year of not living on Earth had strangely not been that odd. Yes, the complete lack of cars, phones, and other things she was used to from her homeworld was weird to say the least, but it had been easy enough to get used to life without it. Two years in the late 1920s/early 1930s had helped to wean her off trying to use her cellphone for half the things she wanted to do or find whatever information she needed.
The random alien technology kind of made up for it, sort of. Early on she had traded for a kind of bracer that would light up when she touched it, when she had shown it to Cam he had looked vaguely jealous and a lot sad. What had followed was an explanation of Alterran technology, and the Ancients themselves. On earlier occasions, he had focused on his own adventures in the Milky Way and what had been going on there before he joined the SGC. Cam had only touched lightly on Atlantis and the Pegasus Galaxy, speaking more about his boyfriend than what had happened there.
Basically, she descended from aliens and could use their highly advanced technology, just like Cam's boyfriend, John. The Alterrran tech was somehow telepathic, or that's how she understood it as you needed to think at it to make it work. Basic thoughts like 'on' and 'off' were easy enough, but from the sounds of it, various other things could do a lot more.
The bracer had proven itself to be able to connect to the Stargate and dial without the use of a DHD, which they had only realized once they were running for their lives from angry natives and the Gate had simply dialed without anyone touching the large dialing device in front of the Stargate. As the native populace didn't have advanced enough technology it obviously hadn't been them.
Obviously, they had spent a few hours testing that once they were certain they were safe. It had been used as a backup every since. Buffy had then given Teal'c's mini-DHD to Cam, in case they were separated so they both had a fallback in case of emergencies.
Two months into their galactic adventure, they had settled on a planet called Vojens. SG-1 had visited the planet a number of times over the years, mainly because it had quite a few ruins Dr. Daniel Jackson found to be extremely fascinating. The planet's population only consisted of a couple of hundred people or so, their level of technology was about the turn of the century on Earth, so the Goa'uld had let them be. Especially as they minded their own business and didn't use their Stargate much, nor did they have many visitors.
Buffy and Cam had essentially become traders for their new homeworld and would buy any number of things from other planets and then bring it back to Vojens. Upon returning, they would either give whoever what they had ordered since they had already been paid for it, or they would trade it for something else. It was profitable enough that they didn't need to help out with farming or other manual labor. Not that there was anything wrong with that, but they had left their world to travel not to become farmers.
Of course, they would leave Vojens for weeks at a time to explore the unknown. The villagers had given them gate addresses and they usually asked the people on whichever planet they were visiting for new ones and what was on them. Some had given the gate addresses for planets to avoid, like Goa'uld strongholds or controlled planets, places with unfriendly people, planets that were prone to natural disasters, had dangerous animals and/or creatures, and so on and so forth.
"I can't believe the SGC or even the original SG-1 never thought of doing this, it's genius. It could've been very useful. Asking Teal'c or Jonas or Vala if they recognize an address or a planet once we were already on it really doesn't count."
Buffy gave Cam an amused smile, "They could've, but how many people and species did SG-1 and the other teams manage to get on the bad side of? How many of them would've been likely to lie and send you somewhere horrible or give you an address where they knew you wouldn't survive long after exiting?"
"You're too negative," Cam replied, complaining. "We've made friends and allies, we could've asked some of them. Get the gate address for a few places with big markets and such. Someone, somewhere in this galaxy must've invented coffee or a similar drink, and we're going to find it." He gave a genuine smile that reached all they way up to his eyes.
Raising her glass of something vaguely alcoholic, Buffy's eyes twinkled, "To finding alien coffee!"
Cam raised his own, "To finding alien coffee!"