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FICLET: The Walls of Jericho, Jack/Daniel. Partlet - 21
You may want to review partlet 20 first.
The Walls of Jericho - 21 (from part 1 here)
Jack walked the perimeter of their campsite. It was a solid, defensible location on high ground with limited egress. As far as he could tell there seemed to be no pursuit. That light show had seemed automatic, but he didn't like to make assumptions while on alien worlds. He returned from his survey to find dinner ready.
Carter spooned a bit of the stew Teal'c had made, dropping a little. The man was an artist with MREs, had been ever since that first: "Do the Tau'ri consider this edible, O'Neill?"
She wiped the corner of her mouth. "Sir. Daniel and I have been talking. We don't think that lava was dangerous."
"Are you kidding? Those aliens were hostile and that shit chased our asses!"
Daniel swallowed his bite. "No no, hear us out -- we've made some assumptions --"
"It's lava! Hot, burning stuff?"
"They never fired on us, sir," Carter interrupted.
Which was true. It had bothered Jack, though his first instinct had been to get his team out of danger. Daniel seized the moment.
"These aliens show every sign of a primitive civilization, except for this lava technology. It's out of place. Why? Why don't they use it to light their homes? Why isn't it everywhere, like electricity in our society?"
"They use it to heat the floors," Jack said. He raised his eyebrows at them. He could figure stuff out, too.
Carter shot him a puzzled look.
Daniel ignored him and continued. "If my theory is correct, then they were either given this technology by the Ancients, or they found it and have been adapting it to their own purposes. But they don't understand it well enough to do more than a few things with it."
"That would explain why they don't have lava weapons, sir."
"So what do you call what chased us back there?" Jack said, suspicious.
"It acted more like… running lights, actually." She gave him a tight smile. "I don't think we were ever in any danger."
"You mean these folks just turned on the porch-lights and we ran like raccoons caught digging in the garbage?"
"Um. Yeah." Daniel looked chagrined.
Carter winced. "It seems so."
"We didn't recognize it because they don't use that kind of lighting anywhere else," Daniel added.
"Oh, Christ. This mission keeps getting better and better." Jack pulled his hat off and ducked his head. He peered up at them. "I can't wait to tell Hammond."
"We acted appropriately given our understanding of the situation, sir," Carter said in a wan voice, obviously knowing it wouldn't help.
"Yeah. And that's just what I'm gonna tell SG-9 when they're laughing their asses off at us." Jack stuffed his hat back on his head. "Is there any good news? Have we accomplished anything at all on this mission?"
"That depends if we are referring to a positive or a negative effect, Colonel O'Neill," Teal'c said, while Sam and Daniel stared at the ground.
"Thanks, Teal'c. Just... rub it in why don't'cha."
More coming shortly.
Do I keep my word or what? Partlet 22 here.
The Walls of Jericho - 21 (from part 1 here)
Jack walked the perimeter of their campsite. It was a solid, defensible location on high ground with limited egress. As far as he could tell there seemed to be no pursuit. That light show had seemed automatic, but he didn't like to make assumptions while on alien worlds. He returned from his survey to find dinner ready.
Carter spooned a bit of the stew Teal'c had made, dropping a little. The man was an artist with MREs, had been ever since that first: "Do the Tau'ri consider this edible, O'Neill?"
She wiped the corner of her mouth. "Sir. Daniel and I have been talking. We don't think that lava was dangerous."
"Are you kidding? Those aliens were hostile and that shit chased our asses!"
Daniel swallowed his bite. "No no, hear us out -- we've made some assumptions --"
"It's lava! Hot, burning stuff?"
"They never fired on us, sir," Carter interrupted.
Which was true. It had bothered Jack, though his first instinct had been to get his team out of danger. Daniel seized the moment.
"These aliens show every sign of a primitive civilization, except for this lava technology. It's out of place. Why? Why don't they use it to light their homes? Why isn't it everywhere, like electricity in our society?"
"They use it to heat the floors," Jack said. He raised his eyebrows at them. He could figure stuff out, too.
Carter shot him a puzzled look.
Daniel ignored him and continued. "If my theory is correct, then they were either given this technology by the Ancients, or they found it and have been adapting it to their own purposes. But they don't understand it well enough to do more than a few things with it."
"That would explain why they don't have lava weapons, sir."
"So what do you call what chased us back there?" Jack said, suspicious.
"It acted more like… running lights, actually." She gave him a tight smile. "I don't think we were ever in any danger."
"You mean these folks just turned on the porch-lights and we ran like raccoons caught digging in the garbage?"
"Um. Yeah." Daniel looked chagrined.
Carter winced. "It seems so."
"We didn't recognize it because they don't use that kind of lighting anywhere else," Daniel added.
"Oh, Christ. This mission keeps getting better and better." Jack pulled his hat off and ducked his head. He peered up at them. "I can't wait to tell Hammond."
"We acted appropriately given our understanding of the situation, sir," Carter said in a wan voice, obviously knowing it wouldn't help.
"Yeah. And that's just what I'm gonna tell SG-9 when they're laughing their asses off at us." Jack stuffed his hat back on his head. "Is there any good news? Have we accomplished anything at all on this mission?"
"That depends if we are referring to a positive or a negative effect, Colonel O'Neill," Teal'c said, while Sam and Daniel stared at the ground.
"Thanks, Teal'c. Just... rub it in why don't'cha."
More coming shortly.
Do I keep my word or what? Partlet 22 here.
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And I still love Daniel's almost blasé attitude towards all of this. Am waiting eagerly for more!
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The next part is up!
Icarus
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;)
The next partlet is up. Annnnnd... the part after it is done. So that's going up now, too.
Icarus
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Yes, indeed you do! And I am very happy about it! And poor Jack - he seems all down and stuff...it has been a rough week huh?
:::eagerly moves on to partlet 22:::
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Icarus
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*snigger* porch lights *snigger*