Double Drabble: Not As We Know It
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badly_knittedTitle: Not As We Know It
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badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Owen, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 901: Cycle, at
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torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Another species of mystery aliens has arrived through the Rift.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“Right.” Jack set aside the last of the sheets of paper in front of him, leaned back in his chair at the head of the boardroom table, and took a swig of coffee. “Next item on the agenda. Owen, how’s the research on the new arrivals going?”
“It’s not.” Owen slid further down in his chair. “There’s nothing about anything that’s even similar in the databases, and that includes UNIT’s. Tosh downloaded everything they’ve got on their servers. We know those things are alive, after a fashion, but I can’t even make an educated guess about their lifecycle.”
“How about an uneducated guess?” Ianto raised an eyebrow as he sipped his own coffee.
“Har har.” Owen scowled across the table at his colleague.
“No, I was being serious.” Setting his mug down on its coaster, Ianto leaned forward, hands clasped, and forearms resting on the shiny wooden surface. “We’re dealing with a complete unknown, not for the first time, so everything is going to be guesswork. We know these things are living creatures, so all we have to go on is what we observe, the same as with any other unknown lifeform.”
“They’re rocks, Teaboy! They don’t bloody DO anything!”
The End
“It’s not.” Owen slid further down in his chair. “There’s nothing about anything that’s even similar in the databases, and that includes UNIT’s. Tosh downloaded everything they’ve got on their servers. We know those things are alive, after a fashion, but I can’t even make an educated guess about their lifecycle.”
“How about an uneducated guess?” Ianto raised an eyebrow as he sipped his own coffee.
“Har har.” Owen scowled across the table at his colleague.
“No, I was being serious.” Setting his mug down on its coaster, Ianto leaned forward, hands clasped, and forearms resting on the shiny wooden surface. “We’re dealing with a complete unknown, not for the first time, so everything is going to be guesswork. We know these things are living creatures, so all we have to go on is what we observe, the same as with any other unknown lifeform.”
“They’re rocks, Teaboy! They don’t bloody DO anything!”
The End
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Date: 2026-01-25 10:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2026-01-25 10:55 pm (UTC)Thank you!